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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.359 - Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purposes of
				  this management plan are to ensure an adequate escapement of late-run king
				  salmon into the Kenai River system and to provide management guidelines to the
				  department. The department shall manage the late-run Kenai River king salmon
				  stocks primarily for sport and guided sport uses in order to provide the sport
				  and guided sport fishermen with a reasonable opportunity to harvest these
				  salmon resources over the entire run, as measured by the frequency of inriver
				  restrictions. The provisions of this management plan are in effect from June 20
				  through August 15.
(b) The
				  department shall manage the late run of Kenai River king salmon to achieve an
				  optimal escapement goal of 15,000 - 30,000 king almon 75 cm mid eye to tail
				  fork and longer as described in this section.
(c) In the sport fishery,
(1) if the optimal escapement goal is
				  projected to be exceeded, the commissioner may, by emergency order, extend the
				  sport fishing season up to seven days during the first week of
				  August;
(2) from July 1 through
				  July 31, a person may not use more than one single hook in the Kenai River
				  downstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the outlet of Skilak
				  Lake;
(3) that portion of the Kenai
				  River downstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the outlet of
				  Skilak Lake is open to unguided sport fishing from a non-motorized vessel on
				  Mondays in July; for purposes of this paragraph, a non-motorized vessel is one
				  that does not have a motor on board;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.360 - Kenai River Late-Run Sockeye Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage the Kenai River late-run sockeye salmon stocks primarily for
				  commercial uses based on abundance. The department shall also manage the
				  commercial fisheries to minimize the harvest of Northern District coho,
				  late-run Kenai River king, and Kenai River coho salmon stocks to provide
				  personal use, sport, and guided sport fishermen with a reasonable opportunity
				  to harvest salmon resources.
(b)
				  The Kenai River late-run sockeye salmon commercial, sport, and personal use
				  fisheries shall be managed to
(1) meet the
				  sustainable escapement goal (SEG) range of 750,000 - 1,300,000 late-run sockeye
				  salmon;
(2) achieve inriver goals
				  as established by the board and measured at the Kenai River sonar counter
				  located at river mile 19; and
(3)
				  distribute the escapement of sockeye salmon evenly within the (SEG) range, in
				  proportion to the size of the run.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.361 - Russian River Sockeye Salmon Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 174, July 2005, the substance of former
						5 AAC 21.357 appears in
						5 AAC 56.075.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.363 - Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  should receive long-term direction in management of upper Cook Inlet salmon
				  stocks and salmon species. Divisions within the department must receive
				  long-term direction in order to accomplish their missions and plan management,
				  research, administrative, and other programs. Upper Cook Inlet stakeholders
				  should be informed of the long-term management objectives of the Board of
				  Fisheries (board). Therefore, the board establishes the following provisions
				  for the management and conservation of upper Cook Inlet salmon stocks:
(1) consistent with the statutory priority
				  for subsistence, the harvest of upper Cook Inlet salmon for customary and
				  traditional subsistence uses will be provided for specific species in
				  appropriate areas, seasons, and periods to satisfy subsistence needs; other
				  beneficial uses, to the extent they are consistent with the public interest and
				  overall benefit of the people of Alaska, will be allowed in order to maximize
				  the benefits of these resources;
(2) to provide for the management and
				  allocation of the upper Cook Inlet salmon resources, the harvest of the upper
				  Cook Inlet salmon will be governed by specific and comprehensive management
				  plans adopted by the board for salmon stocks and species, on a Cook Inlet basin
				  wide basis, for different areas, and drainages and for different types of
				  fisheries;
(3) in adopting the
				  specific management plans described in (2) of this subsection the board will
				  consider:
(A) the need for sustainable
				  fisheries for all salmon stocks and salmon species throughout the Cook Inlet
				  basin;
(B) the protection of the
				  fisheries habitat both in the fresh water and the marine environment throughout
				  the Cook Inlet basin; and
(C) the
				  various needs and demands of the user groups of the salmon resources of upper
				  Cook Inlet;
(4) in these
				  management plans, the board may, as appropriate, address the following
				  considerations:
(A) the need to allocate the
				  harvestable surplus among commercial, sport, guided sport and personal use
				  fisheries; and
(B) the need to
				  allocate the harvestable surplus within user groups;
(5) in the absence of a specific management
				  plan, it is the intent of the board that salmon be harvested in the fisheries
				  that have historically harvested them, according to the methods, means, times,
				  and locations of those fisheries;
(6) consistent with
				  5 AAC 39.220(b), it is the intent of
				  the board that, in the absence of a specific management plan, where there are
				  known conservation problems, the burden of conservation shall, to the extent
				  practicable, be shared among all user groups in close proportion to their
				  respective harvest on the stock of concern.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.368 - Big River Sockeye Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  this management plan is to authorize a harvest of Big River sockeye salmon by
				  set gillnets in a portion of the Kustatan and Kalgin Island
				  Subdistricts.
(b) Salmon may be
				  taken in waters of the Kustatan Subdistrict west of 151° 52.30' W. long.,
				  approximately one mile south of the terminus of the Kustatan River, and in the
				  Kalgin Island Subdistrict north and cast of 60° 20.67' N. lat., near the
				  Kalgin Island Light around Kalgin Island to the southside of Light Point at
				  151° 50.50' W. long.
(c) The
				  open fishing season is from June 1 through June 24, except that if June 1 falls
				  within a closed weekly fishing period, the season will open the next following
				  open period.
(d) Fishing periods
				  are from 7:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and
				  Friday.
(e) Salmon may be taken by
				  set gillnets only as follows:
(1) a set
				  gillnet may not exceed 35 fathoms in length nor five and one-half inches in
				  mesh size;
(2) no CFEC permit
				  holder may operate more than one set gillnet at a time;
(3) no set gillnet may be set or operated
				  within 1,800 feet of another set gillnet;
(4) no set gillnet may extend more than 35
				  fathoms seaward of the mainland beach at the lowest tide of the current
				  day;
(5) repealed 4/7/93.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.369 - Lower Cook Inlet Seine Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
When the Board of Fisheries authorized the use of power
					 purse seines in the Cook Inlet salmon fishery, the board was concerned that the
					 more efficient gear might allow the fleet to increase its harvest of Upper Cook
					 Inlet salmon stocks. The department shall manage the seine fleet so that its
					 efforts are directed on Lower Cook Inlet salmon stocks. The board recognizes
					 that some incidental catch of Upper Cook Inlet salmon stocks will occur while
					 the seine fishery is managed for Lower Cook Inlet salmon
					 stocks.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.370 - Packers Creek Sockeye Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may not base fishing time in the Kalgin
					 Island Subdistrict on the enhanced run strength of Packers Creek sockeye
					 salmon. For the purpose of harvesting Packers Creek sockeye salmon, extra
					 fishing time in the Kalgin Island Subdistrict shall be limited to no more than
					 one additional fishing period per week.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.372 - Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Tutka Bay
				  Subdistrict and the Paint River Subdistrict to provide for Common property
				  fisheries and to achieve the hatchery broadstock and cost recovery goals set by
				  the hatchery operator and approved by the department for the Tutka Bay Lagoon
				  Hatchery. The department will manage the sport fisheries in accordance with
				  regulations in 5 AAC 56 - 62 and 5 AAC 75. The commissioner may issue emergency
				  orders to liberalize or restrict sport fisheries based on achievement of
				  broodstock goals.
(b) The Tutka Bay
				  Lagoon Hatchery special harvest areas are as follows:
(1) Tutka Bay Lagoon Special Harvest Area:
				  the marine waters of Tutka Bay Subdistrict in the Southern District southeast
				  and shoreward of a line from 59° 30.23' N. lat., 151° 28.23' W. long.
				  to 59° 28.63' N. lat., 151° 30.37' W. long., including Tutka Bay
				  Lagoon;
(2) Paint River Special
				  Harvest Area: the marine waters of Akjemguiga Cove west of a line from 59°
				  09.50' N. lat., 154° 12.83' W. long. to 59° 10.00' N. lat., 154°
				  12.50' W. long., including the lagoon at the Paint River mouth and intertidal
				  fish ladder;
(3) Halibut Cove
				  Lagoon Special Harvest Area: the marine waters of Halibut Cove Subdistrict east
				  of a 151° 11.90' W. long., including all marine waters of Halibut Cove
				  Lagoon.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.373 - Trail Lakes Hatchery Sockeye Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Resurrection Bay
				  North Subdistrict, China Poot Subdistrict, Tutka Bay Subdistrict, and the
				  Kirschner Lake Section of the Bruin Bay Subdistrict to provide for a common
				  property fishery and to achieve the hatchery broadstock and cost recovery goals
				  set by the hatchery operator and approved by the department for the Trail Lakes
				  Hatchery. The department will manage the sport fisheries in accordance with
				  regulations in 5 AAC 56 - 62 and 5 AAC 75. The commissioner may issue emergency
				  orders to liberalize or restrict sport fisheries based on achievement of
				  broodstock goals.
(b) The Trail
				  Lakes Hatchery special harvest areas are as follows:
(1) Bear Lake Special Harvest Area: the
				  marine waters of Resurrection Bay in the Eastern District north of the latitude
				  of Caines Head at 59° 58.93' N. lat., and the fresh waters of Bear Creek,
				  Salmon Creek, and Resurrection River downstream from, and including, the Bear
				  Creek weir, excluding all freshwaters downstream from the Seward Highway and
				  Nash Road to a line between the ADF&G saltwater/freshwater regulatory
				  markers at 60° 07.49' N. lat., 149° 24.72' W. long. and 60° 07.25
				  N. Iat., 149° 22.54' W. long.;
(2) China Foot Special Harvest Area: the
				  marine waters of China Foot Bay Subdistrict in the Southern District inshore
				  of, and enclosed by, a line from a point at the base of China Poot Spit at
				  59° 33.42' N. lat, 151° 21.70' W. long., to a point offshore at 59°
				  34.11' N. lat., 151° 22.45' W. long, to a point at 59° 35.08' N. lat.,
				  151° 19.77' W. long., to Moosehead Point at 59° 34.66' N. Iat.,
				  151° 19.27' W. long.;
(3) Tutka
				  Bay Lagoon Special Harvest Area: the marine waters of Tutka Bay Subdistrict in
				  the Southern District southeast and shoreward of a line from 59° 30.23' N.
				  lat., 151° 28.23' W. long. to 59° 28.63' N. lat., 151° 30.37' W.
				  long., including Tutka Bay Lagoon;
(4) Kirschner Lake Special Harvest Area: the
				  marine waters of Bruin Bay Subdistrict in the Kamishak Bay District northwest
				  of a line connecting 59° 25.17' N. lat., 153° 50.50' W. long. and
				  59° 23.17' N. lat., 153° 56.90' W. long.
(5) Hazel Lake Special Harvest Area: the
				  marine waters of the China Foot Bay Subdistrict in the Southern District
				  inshore of, and enclosed by, a line connecting 59° 32.84' N. lat., 151°
				  24.90' W. long., to a point offshore at 59° 33.09' N. lat., 151° 25.22'
				  W. long., to a point at 59° 34.11' N. lat., 151° 22.45' W. long., to a
				  point at the base of China Poot Spit at 59° 33.42' N. lat., 151° 21.70'
				  W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.376 - Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Since the
				  beginning of significant commercial harvests of pink and chum salmon in
				  Resurrection Bay, there have been some conflicts between recreational and
				  commercial fishermen. The issues are the protection of coho and king salmon for
				  the recreational fishery, and the management of surplus pink and chum salmon
				  stocks in a manner that provides for a commercial fishery while minimizing the
				  incidental catch of coho and king salmon.
(b) The commissioner shall, by emergency
				  order,
(1) manage Resurrection Bay coho and
				  king salmon stocks primarily for recreational use;
(2) manage the indigenous pink and chum
				  salmon stocks primarily for commercial use, insofar as that harvest does not
				  interfere in time or area with the recreational fishery;
(3) manage the commercial fishery in
				  Resurrection Bay in a manner that does not interfere with the recreational
				  fishery.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.377 - Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Port Graham
				  Subdistrict to provide for a common property fishery and to achieve the
				  hatchery broadstock and cost recovery goals set by the hatchery operator and
				  approved by the department for the Port Graham salmon hatchery. The department
				  will manage the sport fisheries in accordance with regulations in 5 AAC 56 - 62
				  and 5 AAC 75. The commissioner may issue emergency orders to liberalize or
				  restrict sport fisheries based on achievement of broodstock goals.
(b) The Port Graham Special Harvest Area
				  consists of the marine waters of Port Graham Subdistrict in the Southern
				  District south of a line from the southern tip of Passage Island at 151° 53
				  .08' W. long., 59° 22.00' N. lat., to a point offshore at 59° 21.45' N.
				  lat., 151° 50.05' W. long, to a point on shore at 59° 20.83' N. lat.,
				  151° 48.53' W. long.
(c)
				  Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 21.320 and
				  5 AAC 21.330, and except as otherwise provided by
				  emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, the permit holder for the Port
				  Graham Salmon Hatchery, and the permit holder's agents, contractors, or
				  employees authorized under
				  5 AAC 40.005(g) may harvest salmon in
				  the Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. July IS
				  until 6:00 p.m. September 15 using purse seines, hand purse seines, and beach
				  seines.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.730
AS
						16.10.440
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.379 - Prohibitions on the use of aircraft

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not use or employ an aircraft to locate salmon
					 for the commercial taking of salmon or to direct commercial fishing operations
					 in the Central and Northern Districts of the Cook Inlet Area one hour before,
					 during, and one hour after a commercial salmon fishing
					 period.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.380 - Unlawful possession of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
It is unlawful to purchase or sell salmon from which both
					 lobes of the caudal fin (tail) have been removed as required by
					 5 AAC 01.590.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 21.382 - Kenai River late-run king salmon stock of concern management plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage the late run of Kenai River king salmon to achieve a recovery goal
				  of 14,250 - 30,000 king salmon 75 cm mid eye to tail fork and longer as
				  described in this section. Achieving the lower end of the Kenai River late-run
				  king salmon recovery goal shall take priority over not exceeding the upper end
				  of the escapement and inriver goal ranges for Kenai and Kasilof River sockeye
				  salmon.
(b) The purposes of this
				  management plan are to rebuild the Kenai River late-run king salmon stock to
				  levels that consistently achieve management targets established by the board
				  and to provide sustainable harvest opportunities. The Kenai River late-run king
				  salmon will remain a stock of concern until the department recommends delisting
				  to the board at a Board of Fisheries meeting and the board adopts the delisting
				  recommendation. The provisions of this management plan are in effect from June
				  20 through August 15 and supersede the provisions in 5 AAC 21.359 until the
				  recovery goal is either
(1) achieved or
				  exceeded for three consecutive years, one of which is at or above 18,000 fish,
				  which is the estimated number of spawners needed for maximum sustained yield
				  and is expected to achieve the goal established in (a) of this section in
				  future years; or
(2) achieved four
				  of six consecutive years, one of which is at or above 18,000 fish and is
				  expected to achieve the goal established in (a) of this section in future
				  years.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 5 - Smelt Fishery › 5 AAC 21.505 - Cook Inlet Smelt Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Smelt may be
				  taken only under the conditions of a commissioner's permit issued under this
				  section.
(b) Smelt may be taken
				  only
(1) from May 1 through June
				  30;
(2) in the marine waters of
				  Cook Inlet in that portion of the General Subdistrict northeast of the Chuit
				  River and southwest of the Little Susitna River; and
(3) with a dip net.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 8 - Freshwater Fishery › 5 AAC 21.850 - Closed waters

Current through May 31, 2024
Commercial fishing is prohibited in Lake Louise, Susitna
					 Lake and Tyone Lake.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area › Article 8 - Freshwater Fishery › 5 AAC 21.880 - Permits

Current through May 31, 2024
A permit is required as specified in
					 5 AAC 39.780.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 1 - Description of Area › 5 AAC 24.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Requirements set out in this chapter apply to commercial
					 fishing only, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence, personal use, and sport
					 fishing regulations affecting commercial fishing vessels or affecting any other
					 commercial fishing activity are set out in the subsistence fishing regulations
					 in 5 AAC 01 and 5 AAC 02, personal use fishing regulations in 5 AAC 77, and
					 sport fishing regulations in 5 AAC 55 and 5 AAC 75.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 1 - Description of Area › 5 AAC 24.100 - Description of area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Prince William Sound Area includes all waters of Alaska
					 between 148° 50.25' W. long. (near Cape Fairfield) and 144° W. long.
					 (near Cape Suckling).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 2 - Fishing Districts and Subdistricts › 5 AAC 24.200 - Fishing districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Copper River
				  District: waters surrounding Hinchinbrook Island between the tip of Hook Point
				  at 60° 20.11' N. lat., 146° 15.02' W. long., and Boswell Rock at
				  60° 24.76' N. lat., 146° 06.28' W. long., including Boswell Bay, and
				  waters south and east of a line from Boswell Rock at 60° 24.76' N. lat.,
				  146° 06.28' W. long., to 60° 28.02' N. lat., 145° 57.57' W. long.,
				  and west of a line from a point on the mainland at 60° 10.32' N. lat.,
				  144° 35.49' W. long. to the northernmost tip of Fox Island at 60°
				  10.13' N. lat., 144° 36.01' W. long. and then extending south from Fox
				  Island along 144° 36.12' W. long.
(b) Bering River District: waters west of
				  144° W. long. and east of a line from a point on the mainland at 60°
				  10.32' N. lat., 144° 35.49' W. long. to the northernmost tip of Fox Island
				  at 60° 10.13' N. lat., 144° 36.01' W. long., and then extending south
				  from Fox Island along 144° 36.12' W. long.
(c) Eastern District: waters north and east
				  of a line from Shepard Point to Salmo Point and south and west along the shore
				  to a point at 60° 35.95' N. lat., 145° 47.67' W. long., to a point at
				  60° 36.87' N. lat., 146° 58.73' W. long., to Point Freemantle at
				  60° 55.76' N. lat., 146° 58.73' W. long.
(1) Valdez Narrows Subdistrict: waters of
				  Port Valdez enclosed by a line from Potato Point at 61° 03.37' N. lat.,
				  146° 41.81' W. long., to Entrance Point at 61° 03. 79' N. lat.,
				  146° 39.73' W. long.;
(2) Port
				  Fidalgo Subdistrict: waters east of 146° 24.12' W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.301 - Seaward boundary of districts

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purpose of managing the historical salmon net
					 fishery in the vicinity of the Copper River and Bering River, the outer
					 boundary of the Copper River and Bering River Districts is a line from a point
					 at 60° 01.16' N. lat., 144° 00.00' W. long., to a point at 59°
					 57.98' N. lat., 144° 00.00' W. Jong., to a point at 59° 44.29' N. lat.,
					 144° 36.12' W. long., to a point at 60° 17.13' N. lat., 146°15.02'
					 W. long., to Hook Point at 60° 20.11' N. lat., 146° 15.02' W.
					 long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.310 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Copper River District is open and
				  closed by emergency order.
(b) The
				  Bering River District is open and closed by emergency order.
(c) In the Coghill and Unakwik Districts,
				  salmon may be taken only during seasons established by emergency
				  order.
(d) In the Eshamy District,
				  salmon may be taken only during seasons established by emergency
				  order.
(e) In the Eastern,
				  Northern, Northwestern, Southwestern, Montague and Southeastern Districts,
				  salmon may be taken only during seasons established by emergency
				  order.
(f) Repealed
				  8/20/71.
(g) Repealed
				  4/15/81.
(h) Repealed
				  4/8/79.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.320 - Weekly fishing periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Copper River and Bering River
				  Districts, salmon may be taken only during periods established by emergency
				  order. Fishing periods will open at 7:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.
(b) Repealed 4/9/89.
(c) In all other districts, salmon may be
				  taken only during periods established by emergency order; an open fishing
				  period for an entire district starts at 8:00 a.m.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.330 - Gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Drift gillnets may be used in the
				  Coghill, Unakwik, Eshamy, Copper River and Bering River Districts.
(b) Set gillnets may be used in the Eshamy
				  District.
(c) Purse seines may be
				  used in all districts, except for the Eshamy, Copper River, and Bering River
				  Districts, in accordance with
				  5 AAC 24.370.
(d) Repealed 3/8/74.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.331 - Gillnet specifications and operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Copper River
				  and Bering River Districts:
(1) a person may
				  not operate more than one gillnet from a drift gillnet vessel; a drift gillnet
				  may not exceed 150 fathoms in length, hung measure;
(2) a gillnet fished by a valid interim-use
				  or entry permit holder may not be fastened in any manner to a gillnet fished by
				  another interim-use or entry permit holder;
(3) gillnets with mesh size less than eight
				  inches may not be more than 60 meshes in depth; gillnets with mesh size eight
				  inches or larger may not be more than 40 meshes in depth;
(4) drift gillnet specifications for the
				  Copper River District may be modified in accordance with
				  5 AAC 24.360;
(5) repealed 4/2/88;
(6) repealed 4/30/91;
(7) gillnets with mesh size greater than six
				  inches will not be allowed in the Copper River District before July 15 unless
				  specified by emergency order in accordance with
				  5 AAC 24.360.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.332 - Seine specifications and operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for the
				  first five fathoms in length of the purse seine, a purse seine may not be less
				  than 200 meshes or more than 335 meshes in depth, or less than 125 fathoms or
				  more than 225 fathoms in length, hung measure, or with mesh size greater than
				  four inches stretched measure, except that the first 25 meshes immediately
				  above or below the lead line may be a chafing strip with a mesh size no larger
				  than seven and one-half inches stretched measure. Leads deeper than the seine
				  or exceeding 75 fathoms in length, or leads with mesh size between four inches
				  and six and one-quarter inches may not be used, except as specified in
				  5 AAC 39.260(f) for a cork line border
				  strip and lead line chafing strip. Except as provided in 5 AAC 24.333, the
				  aggregate of seine and lead may not be more than 225 fathoms in
				  length.
(b) Leads set for fishing
				  must be removed from the water during closed fishing periods and during the
				  closed season within two hours after such closure.
(c) A purse seine vessel may only be
				  connected to a seine or lead at one end of the net. An anchor may only be
				  connected to a seine or lead at the shoreward end of the net.
(d) A lead may only be connected to one end
				  of a seine.
(e) Notwithstanding (a)
				  of this section, from August 25 through the end of the fishing season in the
				  terminal harvest areas and special harvest areas of the Prince William Sound
				  Area, except the Main Bay Hatchery Special Harvest Area described in
				  5 AAC 24.361, a purse seine may be used that is not more
				  than 150 fathoms in length and not more than 1,025 meshes in depth, hung
				  measure, and with a mesh size no larger than one and five-eighths inches,
				  except that the maximum lead mesh size is as specified in
				  5 AAC 39.260(f).
(f) A purse seine is considered to have
				  ceased fishing as specified in 5 AAC 39,260(c).
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.333 - Requirements and specifications for use of 250 fathoms of purse seine gear in Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Two Area E purse seine CFEC permit
				  holders may concurrently fish from the same vessel and jointly operate up to
				  250 fathoms in the aggregate of seine and lead under this section, except that,
				  in times of conservation, purse seine gear may be restricted by emergency order
				  to an aggregate length of 225 fathoms of seine and lead.
(b) When two Area E purse seine CFEC permit
				  holders fish from the same vessel and jointly operate purse seine gear under
				  this section, the vessel must display its ADF&G permanent license plate
				  number followed by the letter "D" to identify the vessel as a dual permit
				  vessel. The letter "D" must be removed or covered when the vessel is operating
				  with only one purse seine CFEC permit holder on board the vessel. The
				  identification number and letters must be displayed
(1) in letters and numerals 12 inches high
				  with lines at least one inch wide;
(2) in a color that contrasts with the
				  background;
(3) on both sides of
				  the hull; and
(4) in a manner that
				  is plainly visible at all times when the vessel is being operated.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.334 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for the end of the drift gillnet
				  attached to the vessel operating the gear, each end of a drift gillnet in
				  operation must have a red keg or buoy attached that is plainly and legibly
				  marked with the permanent vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel
				  operating the gear in permanent symbols at least four inches high with lines at
				  least one-half inch wide in a color that contrasts with the
				  background.
(b) Each lead set for
				  fishing must have at each end a buoy, cork or float plainly and legibly marked
				  with the permanent department vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the
				  vessel operating the gear.
(c) Each
				  set gillnet in operation must be marked as required by
				  5 AAC 39.280.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.335 - Minimum distance between units of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
No part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 100
					 fathoms of any part of another set gillnet, except in the Main Bay Subdistrict
					 as provided in
					 5 AAC 24.367(c) (4). In the Crafton
					 Island Subdistrict, no part of a drift gillnet may be operated within 60
					 fathoms of a set gillnet, except in the zone outside of the offshore end of the
					 set gillnet.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.350 - Closed waters

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to commercial salmon
					 fishing:
(1) Copper River District:
(A) within a line from Point Whitshed south
				  to a point at 60° 26.49' N. lat., 145° 52.86' W. long. to a point at
				  Alaganik Slough North at 60° 24.65' N. lat., 145° 36.70' W. long. to a
				  point at Pete Dahl East at 60° 20.44' N. lat., 145° 29.14' W. long. to
				  a point at West Kokinhenik at 60° 14.88' N. lat., 145° 10.01' W. long.
				  to a point at East "East Side" at 60° 14.83' N. lat., 145° 03.36' W.
				  long. to a point at Coffee Creek East at 60° 14.19' N. lat., 144°
				  58.01' W. long. to a point at Charlie Mohr North at 60° 15.15' N. lat.,
				  144° 56.43' W. long. to a point at Martin River North at 60° 15.29' N.
				  lat., 144° 52.52' W. long. to a point on Strawberry Reef at 60° 13.93'
				  N. lat., 144° 50.66' W. long., and at all times within sloughs and in
				  Boswell Bay within the bay;
(B)
				  except as provided in
				  5 AAC 24.361(b), the inside closure area
				  defined as all waters north of line from a point at Steamboat South at 60°
				  22.31' N. lat., 145° 33.50' W. long. to the west side of the Pete Dahl
				  entrance at 60° 18.89' N. lat., 145° 30.99' W. long. to the western end
				  of the Grass Island Bar at 60° 18.30' N. lat., 145° 28.42' W. long. to
				  the eastern end of Grass Island Bar at 60° 15.24' N. lat., 145° 17.89'
				  W. long. to the western end of Kokinhenik Bar at 60° 15.00' N. lat.,
				  145° 16.20' W. long. to the eastern tip of Kokinhenik Bar at 60° 13.65'
				  N. lat., 145° 09.46' W. long. to the western tip of Softuk Bar at 60°
				  13.68' N. lat., 145° 05.78' W. long. to Coffee Creek West at 60° 14.13'
				  N. lat., 144° 58.31' W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.355 - Salmon processor and buyer reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
The operator of a floating salmon processing vessel, a
					 tender, or a shorebased processing operation, employing aircraft used for the
					 transport of fish, shall report in person, or by radio or telephone, to a local
					 representative of the department located in the management area of intended
					 operation before the start of processing or buying operations. The report must
					 include the location and the date of intended operations, and must identify and
					 describe each vessel or other method of transport employed in hauling or
					 processing salmon.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.360 - Copper River District Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve a
				  sustainable escapement goal of 360,000 - 750,000 sockeye salmon into the Copper
				  River.
(b) The department shall
				  manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve an
				  inriver goal of salmon, as measured at the sonar counter near Miles Lake, based
				  on the total of the following categories:
Spawning escapementlower end of sockeye salmon sustainable
					 escapement goal
17,500 other salmon Glennallen Subdistrict subsistence
					 fishery 61,000 - 82,500 salmon Chitina Subdistrict personal use fishery 100,000
					 - 150,000 salmon Sport fishery 15,000 salmon Hatchery brood (sockeye salmon)
					 estimated annually Hatchery surplus (sockeye salmon) estimated annually TOTAL
					 announced annually
(c)
				  Repealed 4/24/2009.
(d) Repealed
				  3/30/2000.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.361 - Copper River King Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage the Copper River commercial, sport, personal use, and subsistence
				  fisheries to achieve a sustainable escapement goal of 21,000 - 31,000 for king
				  salmon. For the purposes of managing these fisheries, the department shall
				  consider the best available information regarding harvest, age composition, and
				  escapement, including escapement information obtained from mark-recapture
				  studies, aerial surveys, or by other means.
(b) In the commercial fishery, during the
				  statistical weeks 20 and 21, the commissioner may not open more than one
				  12-hour fishing period within the inside closure area of the Copper River
				  District described in
				  5 AAC 24.350(1) (B).
(c) In the sport fishery,
(1) in the upper Copper River drainage, the
				  annual limit for king salmon 20 inches or greater in length is four
				  fish;
(2) if the commissioner
				  determines additional conservation measures are necessary to achieve the
				  escapement goals, the commissioner may, by emergency order, use the following
				  management measures in the following priority order:
(A) reduce the annual limit for king
				  salmon;
(B) modify other methods
				  and means not specified in this paragraph;
(C) designate the fishery as a catch and
				  release fishery only;
(D) close
				  specific waters to sport fishing for king salmon.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.363 - Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Cannery Creek
				  Subdistrict to achieve the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation's
				  escapement goal for the Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 24.320 and
				  5 AAC 24.330, and except as otherwise provided by
				  emergency order, a corporation holding a permit under
				  AS
				  16.10.400 for the Cannery Creek Salmon
				  Hatchery, and an agent, contractor, or employee of that corporation who is
				  authorized under
				  5 AAC 40.005(g), may harvest salmon
				  within the Cannery Creek Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. July 7
				  through 6:00 p.m. September 15, using purse seines, hand purse seines, and
				  beach seines.
(c) The Cannery Creek
				  Hatchery harvest areas are as follows:
(1)
				  Cannery Creek Terminal Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the
				  Northern District north and east of a line from 61º 00.97' N. lat.,
				  147º 33.12' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60º 59.79'
				  N. lat., 147º 32.40' W. long., excluding the Cannery Creek Hatchery
				  Special Harvest Area;
(2) Cannery
				  Creek Special Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the Northern
				  District north and east of a line from 61º 00.97' N. lat., 147º
				  32.62' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60º 59.96' N. lat.,
				  147º 31.48' W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.365 - Armin F. Koernig Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Point Elrington
				  and Port San Juan Subdistricts to achieve the Prince William Sound Aquaculture
				  Corporation's escapement goal for the Armin F. Koernig salmon
				  hatchery.
(b) The Armin F. Koernig
				  Hatchery Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Sawmill Bay (Evans
				  Island) north and west of a line from 60° 03.66' N. lat., 147° 59.11'
				  W. long. to 60° 02.77' N. lat., 148° 01.00' W. long. to 60° 02.76'
				  N. lat., 148° 01.66' W. long., excluding the Armin F. Koernig Hatchery
				  Special Harvest Area.
(c) The Armin
				  F. Koernig Hatchery Special Harvest Area consists of the waters of Sawmill Bay
				  (Evans Island) west of 148° 01.95' W. long.
(d) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 24.320 and
				  5 AAC 24.330, and except as otherwise provided by
				  emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, a person holding a permit under
				  AS
				  16.10.400 for the Armin F. Koernig Hatchery,
				  and an agent, contractor, or employee of that person who is authorized under
				  5 AAC 40.005(g), may harvest salmon
				  within the Armin F. Koernig Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. July 7
				  through 6:00 p.m. September 15 using purse seines, hand purse seines and beach
				  seines.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.366 - Solomon Gulch Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department,
				  in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Valdez Narrows
				  Subdistrict to achieve the corporation's pink salmon escapement goal for the
				  Solomon Gulch salmon hatchery. The department may manage those waters of Valdez
				  Arm south to the latitude of Rocky Point to assist in the achievement of the
				  corporation's pink salmon escapement goal for the hatchery.
(b) The Solomon Gulch Hatchery Terminal
				  Harvest Area consists of the waters of Port Valdez east of 146° 30.62' W.
				  long., except for the closed waters described in
				  5 AAC 24.350(3)(V) - (X).
(c) Before July 5 of each year, the Solomon
				  Gulch Hatchery Special Harvest Area consists of the waters of Port Valdez east
				  of 146º 30.62' W. long. Beginning July 5, of each year, the Solomon Gulch
				  Hatchery Special Harvest Area consists of the waters within a 1,000 yard radius
				  of the terminus of Solomon Gulch Creek.
(d) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 24.320 and
				  5 AAC 24.330, and except as
				  otherwise provided by emergency order, a corporation holding a permit under
				  AS
				  16.10.400 for the Solomon Gulch Salmon
				  Hatchery, and an agent, contractor, or employee of that corporation who is
				  authorized under
				  5 AAC 40.005(g), may harvest salmon within
				  the Solomon Gulch Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. June 15 through
				  6:00 p.m. September 15, using gear described in
				  5 AAC 39.105(d), except gillnets.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 24.367 - Main Bay Salmon Hatchery Harvest Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  the Main Bay salmon hatchery harvest management plan in this section is to
				  provide an equitable distribution of harvest opportunity and to reduce
				  conflicts between users in the vicinity of the Main Bay salmon hatchery. The
				  department, in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Main
				  Bay Subdistrict to achieve the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation's
				  escapement goal for the Main Bay Hatchery.
(b) In the Main Bay Subdistrict,
(1) no portion of a drift gillnet may be
				  operated within 30 fathoms of a set gillnet, except in the zone outside of the
				  offshore end of the set gillnet;
(2) no set gillnet buoy may be more than 20
				  feet seaward of the set gillnet to which it is attached;
(3) a set gillnet must be operated in
				  substantially a straight line, except that no more than 25 fathoms of a set
				  gillnet may be used as a hook, in any configuration;
(4) the inshore end of a set gillnet or set
				  gillnet lead may not be operated in water deeper than two fathoms at low
				  tide.