Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.025 - Customary and traditional uses of game populations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of
				Game has examined whether the game populations in the units set out in the
				following table, excluding those units or portions of those units within
				nonsubsistence areas established by the Joint Board of Fisheries and Game
				(5 AAC 99.015), are customarily and traditionally taken or
				used for subsistence and make the following findings:
SPECIES & UNIT           FINDING         	AMOUNT

                                                 REASONABLY

                                                NECESSARY FOR

                                                 SUBSISTENCE

                                                   USES
(1) Bison
Unit 11                           negative

Unit 19(D)                        negative

Unit 20(D)                        negative
(2) Black Bear
Unit 1(A), outside the

Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area     positive            5 - 10

Unit 1(B)                         positive            2 - 5

Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau

Nonsubsistence Area               positive            50 - 70

Unit 1(D)                         positive            10 - 20

Unit 2                            positive            15 -  20

Unit 3                            positive            15 - 20

Unit 5                            positive            5 - 10

Unit 6                            positive            80 - 120

Unit 12                           positive            40 - 60

Units 11 and 13                   positive            20 - 50

Unit 15(C), outside of the        positive            20 - 60

Anchorane-Matsu-Kenai

Nonsubsistence Area

Unit 16(B)                        positive            15 - 40

Unit 17                           negative

Unit 19                           positive            30 - 50

Unit 20, outside the

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence area     positive            20 - 30

Unit 21                           positive

Unit 24                           positive

Unit 25                           positive            150 - 250
(3) Brown Bear
Unit 1(A), outside the

Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area     positive            2 - 3

Unit 1(B) and 3                   positive            1

Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau

Nonsubsistence Area               positive            1

Unit 1(D)                         positive            3 - 5

Unit 4, outside the

Juneau Nonsubsistence Area       	positive            5 - 10

Unit 5                            positive            3 - 6

Unit 6                            negative

Unit 8                            negative

Units 9(A), 9(C), and 9(D)        negative

Unit 9(B)                         positive            10 - 20

Unit 9(E)                         positive            10 - 15

Unit 10                           negative

Unit 11                           negative

Unit 12                           negative

Unit 13                           negative

Unit 15(C)                        negative

Unit 16(B)                        negative

Unit 17(A) and Unit 17(B),

that portion draining into

the Nuyakuk and Tikchik Lake      positive            5

Unit 17(B), that portion not

draining into the Nuyakuk and

Tikchik Lake, Unit 17(C),

Units 19(A) and 19(B)

upstream of and excluding the

Aniak River drainage, and

Unit 19(D)                        positive            10 - 15

Unit 18                           positive            20 - 30

Units 19(A) and 19(B)

downstream of and including

the Aniak River drainage          positive            5

Unit 19(C)                        negative

Unit 19(D)                        positive            2 - 6

Units 20(A) and 20(B),            positive            1 - 3

outside the boundaries of the

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Use

Area and Unit 20(C)

Unit 20(D), outside the

boundaries of the Fairbanks

Nonsubsistence Area               positive            1 - 2

Unit 20(E)                        negative

Units 21 and 22                   positive            20 - 25

Units 23, 24, and 26              positive            25 - 35

Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(C)         negative
Unit 25(D)                        positive
(4) Caribou
Unit 8                            negative

Units 9(A), 9(B), 17, 18, 

19(A)

that portion south of the

Kuskokwim River, and Unit

19(B) (Mulchatna herd)            positive            2,100 - 2,400

Units 9(C) and 9(E) (North

Alaska Peninsula herd)            positive            1,200 - 1,900

Units 9(D) and 10 Unimak          positive            100 - 150

Island (South Alaska

Peninsula herd)                   positive            100 - 150

Unit 10 (Unimak Island herd)      negative  

Unit 10 (Adak herd)               negative       

Unit 11 (Mentasta herd)           positive

Unit 12 (Chisana herd)            negative

Units 12 and 13 (Nelchina

herd)                             positive            600 - 1,000

Units 12, 20(D), 20(E), and

25(C), outside the Fairbanks 

Nonsubsistence Area 

 (Fortymile herd)                 positive            350 - 400

Units 16(B), 19(B), 19(C),

and 19(D) (Big River herd,

Rainy Pass herd)                  positive            50 - 70

Unit 18 (Kilbuck herd,

Andreafsky herd)                  positive            350 - 500

Unit 19 (Tonzona herd)            positive            20 - 30

Units 19(A), 19(D), 19(E), 21(A),

and 21(E) (Beaver Mountains

herd, Sunshine Mountains herd)    positive            5

Unit 20(D), that portion

south of the Tanana River,

except that portion within

the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

Area (Macomb herd)                positive            10 - 40

Units 20(F), 21(B), 21(C),

21(D), and 24 (Galena

Mountains herd, Wolf

Mountains herd, Ray Mountains

herd)                             positive            150 - 200

Units 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26

(Western Arctic herd,

Teshekpuk Lake herd)              positive            8,000 - 12,000

Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(D),

26(B), and 26(C) (Porcupine

herd)                             positive            1,250 - 1,550

Unit 26(B) (Central Arctic

herd)                             positive            250 - 450
(5) Deer
Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan              		positive            5 - 40

Nonsubsistence Area

Unit 1(B)                         positive            40 - 50

Unit 1(C) outside the 

Juneau Nonsubsistence Area 							positive            30 - 40
                              
Unit 2                            positive            1,500 - 1,600

Unit 3                            positive            150 - 175

Unit 4, outside the 

Juneau Nonsubsistence Area								positive            5,200 - 6,000
                            
Unit 5                            positive            20 - 40                                                      

Unit 6                            positive            1,000 - 1,250

Unit 8                            positive            3,600 - 4,100
(6) Elk
Unit 2                            negative

Unit 3                            negative

Unit 8                            negative
(7) Goat
Unit 1(A), outside                positive            5 - 10

the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence

Area

Unit 1(B)                         positive            5 - 10

Unit 1(C), outside                positive            25 - 30

the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area

Unit 1(D)                         positive            10 - 15

Unit 4                            negative

Unit 5                            positive            1 - 2

Units 6(C) and 6(D)               positive            15 - 26

Units 7 and 15(C) outside the

Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai

Nonsubsistence Area               positive            7 - 10

Unit 8                            negative

Unit 11                           negative

Unit 13(D)                        negative
(8) Moose
Units 1(B) and 3                  positive            40

Unit 1(C) (Gustavus Forelands)    negative

Unit 1(D)                         positive            100 percent of

                                                      allowable

                                                      harvest

Unit 5                            positive            50

Unit 6                            negative

Units 9(A), 9(B), 9(C), and

9(E)                              positive            100 - 140

Unit 9(D)                         negative

Unit 11                           positive            30 - 40

Unit 12                           positive            60 - 70

Unit 13                           positive            300 - 600

Unit l5(B) (Kalgin Island)							 positive												2

Unit 15(C), that portion

southwest of a line from

Point Pogibishi to the point

of land between Rocky Bay and

Windy Bay                         positive            5 - 6


Unit 15(C) that portion north     negative
 
and east of a line from Point
 
Pogibshi to the point of land
 
between Rocky Bay and Windy 
 
Bay, and south and west of a 

line beginning at the mouth of

Rocky River, up the Rocky and 

Windy Rivers, across the Windy
 
River/Jakolof Creek divide,
 
then down Jakolof Creek to 

its mouth, including the islands
 
between the eastern most point 

of Jakolof Bay and the eastern 

most point of Rocky Bay







Unit 16(B) (Redoubt Bay

drainages)                        positive            10

Unit 16(B), that portion

south of the Beluga River and

north of Redoubt Bay              positive            29 - 37

Unit 16(B), that portion

north of the Beluga River         positive            160 - 180

Unit 17                           positive            100 - 150

Unit 18                           positive            200 - 400

Unit 19, that portion outside

of the Lime Village

Management Area                   positive            400 - 700,

                                                      including 175 -

                                                      225 in Units

                                                      19(A), 19(E) and 20 -

                                                      24 in Unit 19(B)

Unit 19, that portion within

the Lime Village Management

Area                              positive            30 - 40

Unit 20(A), that portion

outside the boundaries of the

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area     positive            50 - 75

Unit 20(B) that portion

outside the Minto Management

Area                              positive            75 - 100





Unit 20(B), that portion

within the Minto Management

Area                              positive            20 - 40

Units 20(C) and 20(F)             positive            100 - 130

Unit 20(D), that portion

north of the Tanana River and

outside the Fairbanks

Nonsubsistence Area               positive            5 - 15

Unit 20(D) (south of the

Tanana River)                     positive            5

Unit 20(E)                        positive            50 - 75

Unit 21                           positive            600 - 800

Unit 22                           positive            250 - 300

Unit 23                           positive            325 - 400

Unit 24                           positive            170 - 270

Unit 25(A)                        positive            25 - 75

Unit 25(B)                        positive            15 - 37

Unit 25(C), that portion

outside the boundaries of the

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area     positive            8 - 15

Unit 25(D) (west)                 positive            50 - 70

Unit 25(D) (east)                 positive            150 - 250

Unit 26                           positive            21 - 48,

                                                      including 15 -

                                                      30 in Unit 26(A)
(9) Musk Oxen
Unit 18   																				  negative


Units 21(D) and 24(D)											negative


Unit 22 and Unit 23, that

portion south and west of

Kobuk River drainage              positive            100 - 150,

                                                      including 10 -

                                                      25 in Unit 22(E)

Unit 23, that portion north

and west of the Kobuk River

drainage, and that portion           positive            18 - 22

of Unit 26(A) west of the
   
Topagoruk River following

156° W. Long, south to

the Unit 26(A) border


Unit 26(B), that portion east

of the Dalton Highway Corridor    positive            4


Unit 26(A) that portion east							 	positive            20

of the Topagoruk River following

156° W. Long, south to the

Unit 26(A) border, and Unit 26(B),

that portion west of the

Dalton Highway Corridor           


Unit 26(C)                        positive            15
(10) Dall Sheep
Unit 11                           positive            60 - 75

Unit 12, that portion within

the Tok Management Area           negative

Unit 13(B), that portion

within the Delta Management

Area                              negative

Unit 13(C), that portion

within the Tok Management Area    negative

Unit 13(D)                        negative

Unit 19                           positive            1 - 5

Unit 20, those portions

within the Tok Management

Area and the Delta Management

Area                              negative

Units 23 and 26(A), that

portion west of the Etivluk

River (DeLong Mountains)          positive            0 - 9

Unit 23 (Baird Mountains)         positive            18 - 47

Unit 23 and Unit 26(A), that

portion east of the Etuvluk

River (Schwatka Mountains)        positive            2 - 4

Units 23, 24, 25(A), and 26

(Brooks Range)                    positive            75 - 125

Units 25(B) and 25(C)             negative
(11) Wolves (whether taken as

big game or as furbearer)
Unit 1(A), outside the

Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area     positive

Unit 1(B)                         positive

Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau

Nonsubsistence Area               positive

Unit 1(D)                         positive

Unit 2                            positive

Unit 3                            positive

Unit 5                            positive

Unit 6                            positive

Unit 9                            positive            10 - 28

Unit 10 (Unimak Is. only)         positive            0 - 1

Unit 11                           positive            5 - 10

Unit 12                           positive

Unit 13                           positive            8 - 24

Unit 16(B)                        positive            0 - 5

Units 17, 19 - 21, 24, 25,

26(B), and 26(C)                  positive

Unit 18                           positive            5 - 20

Unit 22                           positive            5 - 20

Unit 23                           positive            10 - 30

Unit 26(A)                        positive            4 - 8
(12) Small Game
(A) Canada Geese

Unit 6, excluding the Valdez

Nonsubsistence Area               positive

(B) Grouse

Units 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19 and

20 - 25 outside the Anchorage - 

Matsu - Kenai and 

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

Areas                          			positive


(C) Ptarmigan

Units 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15,

16, 17, 19, 20 - 26,

outside the Anchorage - 

Matsu - Kenai and 

Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

Areas                             positive


Unit 18                           positive            3,000 - 23,000


Unit 22                           positive            125 - 900


(D) Tundra Swans

Unit 22                           negative

(E) Cormorant 

(Pelagic and 

Double-crested 

only)

Units 6, 8, 9, 																			positive

10, 17, 18, 22, 

and 23

(F) Snowy Owl

Units 17, 18, 22, 																positive

23, and 26

(I) Migratory game birds          positive

All units with a

harvestable portion

except within the nonsubsistence

areas as defined in 5 AAC 99.015


(J) Snowshoe hares                  positive

Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(A), 

14(B), 16, and 17 outside 

the Anchorage- Matsu

Kenai Nonsubsistence Area
 

(K) Alaska hares
(13) Furbearers and Fur

animals
: The Board of Game

(board) finds that all

resident uses of furbearers

and fur animals are customary

and traditional uses, and

that furbearers and fur

animals, in general, tend to

be the focus of these uses,

rather than users focusing on

individual species or

populations. Given this

finding, the board also finds

that effort on any given

population varies according

to its harvestable surplus.

(A) Beaver

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(B) Coyote

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(C) Fox

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(D) Lynx

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(E) Marmot

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(F) Marten

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(G) Mink

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(H) Muskrat

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(I) Otter, land

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(J) Squirrel

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(K) Weasel

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion

(L) Wolf

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion, except

                                                      as specified in

                                                      (11) of this

                                                      subsection for

                                                      Units 9, 10

                                                      (Unimak Is.

                                                      only), 11, 12,

                                                      13, 16(B), 18,

                                                      22, 23, and

                                                      26(A)

(M) Wolverine

all units with a harvestable

portion                           positive            90 percent of

                                                      the harvestable

                                                      portion
(14) Unclassified Game
bats (statewide)                  negative
(b) In order to
				establish an amount reasonably necessary for subsistence uses under this
				section and whether a reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses exists, the
				Board of Game will, as the board determines is appropriate, attempt to
				integrate opportunities offered under both state and federal
				regulations.
(c) In this section,
(1) "amount reasonably necessary for
				subsistence uses" includes the total amount of animals from a population that
				must be available for subsistence hunting in order to provide a reasonable
				opportunity for subsistence uses, under state and federal subsistence hunting
				regulations, where both exist;
(2)
				"reasonable opportunity" has the meaning given in
				AS
				16.05.258(f).