Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.525 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to the subsistence taking
					 of salmon:
(1) all waters of Near
				  Island Channel that are bounded by a line from a point on Kodiak Island near
				  Delarov Street at 57º 47.62' N. lat., 152º 22.78' W. long., to the
				  northernmost point of Holiday Island at 57º 47.27' N. lat., 152º
				  22.60' W. long., to a point at the northernmost tip of Near Island at 57º
				  47.30' N. lat., 152º 23.16' W. long., to a point at the northernmost end
				  of Uski Island south of the Dog Bay small boat harbor entrance at 57º
				  46.92' N. lat., 152º 24.56' W. long., and north to a point at the tip of
				  the breakwater on Kodiak Island at 57º 47.08' N. lat., 152º 24.60' W.
				  long; in addition, from August 7 through September 30, all waters of Mill Bay
				  and those waters bounded by a line from a point at Spruce Cape at 57º
				  49.33' N. lat., 152º 19.48' W. long., to the northernmost point of Woody
				  Island at 57º 47.91' N. lat., 152º 19.85' W. long., to a point at the
				  northernmost point of Holiday Island at 57º 47.27' N. lat., 152º
				  22.60' W. long., and to a point on Kodiak Island near Delarov Street at
				  57º 47.62' N. lat., 152º 22.78' W. long.;
(2) all freshwater systems of Little Afognak
				  River and Portage Creek drainage in Discoverer Bay;
(3) repealed 4/13/80;
(4) all waters closed to commercial salmon
				  fishing in the Barabara Cove, Chiniak Bay, Saltery Cove, Pasagshak Bay,
				  Monashka Bay and Anton Larsen Bay as described in
				  5 AAC 18.350, and all waters closed to commercial salmon
				  fishing within 100 yards of the terminus of Selief Bay Creek and north and west
				  of a line from the tip of Last Point to the tip of River Mouth Point in Afognak
				  Bay;
(5) repealed
				  4/13/80;
(6) all waters 300 yards
				  seaward of the terminus of Monks Creek;
(7) from August 15 through September 30, all
				  waters 500 yards seaward of the terminus of Little Kitoi Creek;
(8) all freshwater systems of Afognak
				  Island;
(9) all waters of Ouzinkie
				  Harbor north of a line from 57º 55.17' N. lat., 152º 36.00' W. long.,
				  to 57º 55.05' N. lat., 152º 29.33' W. long.;
(10) from June 1 through October 31, all
				  waters seaward of the terminus of Big Kitoi Creek to a line extending
				  northwesterly from 58º 11.42' N. lat., 152º 21.95' W. long., to
				  58º 11.59' N. lat., 152º 22.03' W. long.;
(11) from August 15 through September 30, all
				  waters of Big Kitoi Bay west of the longitude of 152º 21.55' W.
				  long.;
(12) all waters within the
				  Northeast Arm of Kazakof Bay (Danger Bay) north and east of a line bound by a
				  point on the west shore at 58° 12.55' N. lat., 152° 34.30' W. long.,
				  and a point on the east shore at 58° 12.47' N. lat., 152° 33.93' W.
				  long.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.525 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1,
						SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258