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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 61 - Susitna River Drainage Area › 5 AAC 61.185 - Special management areas for rainbow trout in the Susitna River Drainage Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise specified in
				5 AAC 61.110 -
				5 AAC 61.123 or by an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, only one unbaited, single-hook,
				artificial lure may be used in the special management areas for rainbow trout
				described in (b) and
(c) of this
				section.
(b) Rainbow trout trophy
				special management areas are those waters managed to maintain a harvestable
				surplus of rainbow trout 20 inches or greater in length. The rainbow trout
				trophy special management area is that portion of the Susitna River drainage
				upstream of its confluence with the Talkeetna River to Devils Canyon, excluding
				the Chulitna River drainage.
(c)
				Rainbow trout catch-and-release special management areas are those waters
				managed to maintain historical size and age distributions. The rainbow trout
				catch-and-release special management areas in the Susitna River Drainage Area
				are the following:
(1) that portion of the
				Deshka River upstream from the forks;
(2) the North fork of the Kashwitna
				River;
(3) Fish Creek (in the
				Talkeetna River drainage);
(4) the
				Talachulitna River and all waters within a three-quarter mile radius of its
				confluence with the Skwentna River;
(5) the Lake Creek drainage upstream from an
				ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately one-quarter mile upstream of
				Bulchitna Lake;
(6) X
				Lake;
(7) Montana Creek
				drainage;
(8) Willow Creek, below
				the Parks Highway;
(9) Alexander
				Creek;
(10) Canyon Creek;
				and
(11) Prairie Creek.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 61 - Susitna River Drainage Area › 5 AAC 61.195 - Criteria for establishing special management areas for Dolly Varden in the Susitna River Drainage Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of
				Fisheries (board) may consider proposals for regulations designating and
				dealing with special management areas for bodies of water in the Susitna River
				Drainage Area that would diversify sport fishing opportunity for populations of
				wild Dolly Varden, such as catch-and-release, fly-fishing-only, or trophy
				designation.
(b) In making
				determinations on regulatory proposals dealing with a special management area
				under (a) of this section, the board will consider the following criteria:
(1) stock status: the body of water must
				contain Dolly Varden populations that are naturally reproducing and possess
				some unique characteristic; the Dolly Varden populations must be shown to have
				maintained historical size and age composition, and numbers of Dolly Varden, or
				the area must have retained the habitat attributes necessary to allow these
				population characteristics to return to historical levels;
(2) history of quality fishing: a body of
				water that the public perceives as having provided quality Dolly Varden fishing
				will be preferred over a body of water that is not so perceived;
(3) proximity to a community: to avoid
				conflict with traditional consumptive use patterns by local residents, a body
				of water located near enough to a permanent community to be commonly used or
				visited by local residents will not be preferred, unless the establishment of
				the body of water as a special management area is requested or supported by the
				community;
(4) legal access: a body
				of water with more than 50 percent of its uplands publicly owned or that is
				determined to be navigable will be preferred;
(5) conflict with freshwater net fisheries: a
				body of water with a Dolly Varden fishery that is seasonally or spatially
				segregated from subsistence, personal use, and commercial net fisheries will be
				preferred;
(6) abundance and size
				of the Dolly Varden population: a body of water with unusually high numbers of
				Dolly Varden, with uniquely large Dolly Varden, or documented as having Dolly
				Varden that have been entered in the department's trophy fish program will be
				preferred;
(7) clear geographical
				boundaries: a body of water with clearly distinguishable legal regulatory
				boundaries will be preferred;
(8)
				relative economic importance of the wild Dolly Varden fishery: a body of water
				with a Dolly Varden fishery of high economic value to the state will be
				preferred;
(9) geographical
				distribution of special management waters: the proximity of a body of water to
				other special management waters and the availability of alternative locations
				not designated for special management; and
(10) special research or educational needs:
				the need for a body of water for special management research or educational
				reasons.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.101 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
The provisions of this chapter apply to sport fishing for
				  finfish in the waters of the West Cook Inlet Area.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.105 - Description of the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The West Cook Inlet Area consists of all fresh water
				  drainages which flow into the west side of Cook Inlet from Kamishak Bay and
				  contiguous bays north of the latitude of Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N.
				  lat.), to the Susitna River, excluding the Susitna River
				  drainage.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.120 - General provisions for seasons, bag, possession, annual, and size limits, and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in
				  5 AAC 62.122 or by an emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, the following are the general
				  seasons, bag, possession, annual, and size limits, and methods and means for
				  the West Cook Inlet Area:
(1) king
				salmon
(A) 20 inches or greater in length may
				be taken only from January 1 - June 30; bag and possession limit is one fish;
				there is an annual limit of five fish and a harvest record is required, as
				specified in
				5 AAC 75.006; a king salmon 20 inches or greater in
				length that is removed from the water shall be retained and becomes a part of
				the bag limit of the person originally hooking it; a person may not remove a
				king salmon from the water before releasing the fish; notwithstanding the
				annual limit established for king salmon in this subparagraph, the annual limit
				for king salmon in the combined waters of the West Cook Inlet Area and the
				other areas in the Cook Inlet region that are open to sport fishing for king
				salmon under 5 AAC 56 - 5 AAC 61 is five king salmon 20 inches or greater in
				length, not more than two of which may be taken from that portion of the Kenai
				River drainage open to king salmon fishing, and not more than two of which may
				be taken, in combination, from Deep Creek and the Anchor River, except that
				from January 1 through June 30, a king salmon less than 28 inches in length
				taken from the Kenai River does not count towards the annual limit;
(B) less than 20 inches in length may be
				taken only from January 1 - June 30; bag and possession limit is 10
				fish;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.122 - Special provisions for the seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified by an emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, the following are localized
				  additions and exceptions to seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and
				  methods and means specified in
				  5 AAC 62.120 and 5 AAC 75 for the West Cook Inlet
				  Area:
(1) in drainages between the
				Susitna River and the West Foreland,
(A) in
				flowing waters, from September 1 - July 13, only unbaited, artificial lures may
				be used;
(B) from May 15 - June 30,
				in waters open to sport fishing for king salmon, fishing is not allowed for any
				species of finfish from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.;
(C) northern pike may be taken by spear,
				sport fishing gear, or bow and arrow;
(D) after taking a bag limit of coho salmon
				16 inches or greater in length, a person may not sport fish for any species of
				finfish during that same day;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.124 - Harvest record required; annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 209, April 2014, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 62.124 were repealed because the substance of the
					 harvest record provisions appears in
					 5 AAC 75.006, which applies on a statewide basis, and
					 the annual limit provisions for king salmon and rainbow/steelhead trout appear
					 in 5 AAC 62.120.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.140 - Freshwater guiding requirements for the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the West Cook Inlet Area, a person who is a sport fishing
				  guide may not sport fish in waters open to sport fishing for king salmon 20
				  inches or greater in length while a client is present or within the guide's
				  control or responsibility, except when guiding a client with a disability. For
				  the purposes of this section, "disability" has the meaning given in
				  42 U.S.C.
				  12102(2)(A) and (C), as
				  amended as of February 8, 1994.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.180 - Riparian Habitat Fishery Management Plan for the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				Board of Fisheries (board) finds that freshwater fisheries in upper Cook Inlet,
				including the West Cook Inlet Area, subject to access limitations of federal,
				state, and local landowners, are a recognized use of the fishery resources of
				upper Cook Inlet. The board also finds that, in some situations, freshwater
				fisheries are negatively impacting riparian habitats of upper Cook
				Inlet.
(b) The board recognizes the
				importance of maintaining the structural and functional integrity of upper Cook
				Inlet riparian habitats. Given this, the board will consider, as part of its
				deliberations, avoidable impacts to upper Cook Inlet riparian habitats related
				to sport fishing.
(c) If the
				commissioner determines that freshwater fisheries are likely to result in
				riparian habitat loss that could negatively affect the fishery resources of
				upper Cook Inlet, the commissioner may close, by emergency order, those
				riparian areas to fishing. This authority extends only to riparian areas in
				which there is a state, federal, or municipal property interest. The
				commissioner may reopen, by emergency order, those riparian areas to fishing if
				the commissioner determines that such openings will not compromise the
				integrity of the riparian habitats the emergency order is designed to protect.
				During seasons in areas opened by emergency order, fishing is only open at
				times selected by the commissioner at the commissioner's discretion, and
				fishing is only open from the following, selected at the commissioner's
				discretion:
(1) boats;
(2) boardwalks or similar
				structures;
(3) docks;
(4) gravel bars;
(5) natural formations identified by the
				commissioner;
(6) other areas
				identified by the commissioner as areas where use for fishing will not
				compromise the integrity of the habitat the closure is designed to
				protect.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 62 - West Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 62.195 - Criteria for establishing special management areas for Dolly Varden in the West Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) may
				consider proposals for regulations designating and dealing with special
				management areas for bodies of water in the West Cook Inlet Area that would
				diversify sport fishing opportunity for populations of wild Dolly Varden, such
				as catch-and-release, fly-fishing-only, or trophy designation.
(b) In making determinations on regulatory
				proposals dealing with a special management area under (a) of this section, the
				board will consider the following criteria:
(1) stock status: the body of water must
				contain Dolly Varden populations that are naturally reproducing and possess
				some unique characteristic; the Dolly Varden populations must be shown to have
				maintained historical size and age composition, and numbers of Dolly Varden, or
				the area must have retained the habitat attributes necessary to allow these
				population characteristics to return to historical levels;
(2) history of quality fishing: a body of
				water that the public perceives as having provided quality Dolly Varden fishing
				will be preferred over a body of water that is not so perceived;
(3) proximity to a community: to avoid
				conflict with traditional consumptive use patterns by local residents, a body
				of water located near enough to a permanent community to be commonly used or
				visited by local residents will not be preferred, unless the establishment of
				the body of water as a special management area is requested or supported by the
				community;
(4) legal access: a body
				of water with more than 50 percent of its uplands publicly owned or that is
				determined to be navigable will be preferred;
(5) conflict with freshwater net fisheries: a
				body of water with a Dolly Varden fishery that is seasonally or spatially
				segregated from subsistence, personal use, and commercial net fisheries will be
				preferred;
(6) abundance and size
				of the Dolly Varden population: a body of water with unusually high numbers of
				Dolly Varden, with uniquely large Dolly Varden, or documented as having Dolly
				Varden that have been entered in the department's trophy fish program will be
				preferred;
(7) clear geographical
				boundaries: a body of water with clearly distinguishable legal regulatory
				boundaries will be preferred;
(8)
				relative economic importance of the wild Dolly Varden fishery: a body of water
				with a Dolly Varden fishery of high economic value to the state will be
				preferred;
(9) geographical
				distribution of special management waters: the proximity of a body of water to
				other special management waters and the availability of alternative locations
				not designated for special management;
(10) special research or educational needs:
				the need for a body of water for special management research or educational
				reasons.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.014 - Criteria for special management areas for Dolly Varden

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of
				Fisheries (board) will, in its discretion, consider proposals for regulations
				designating and dealing with special management areas of bodies of water in the
				Kodiak Area that would diversify sport fishing opportunity for populations of
				wild Dolly Varden, such as catch-and-release, fly-fishing only, or trophy
				designation.
(b) In making
				determinations on regulatory proposals designating and dealing with a special
				management area under (a) of this section, the board will consider the
				following criteria:
(1) stock status: the
				body of water must contain Dolly Varden populations that are naturally
				reproducing and possess some unique characteristic; the Dolly Varden
				populations must be shown to have maintained historical size and age
				composition, and numbers of Dolly Varden, or the area must have retained the
				habitat attributes necessary to allow these population characteristics to
				return to historical levels;
(2)
				history of quality fishing: a body of water that the public perceives as having
				provided "quality" Dolly Varden fishing will be preferred over a body of water
				that is not so perceived;
(3)
				proximity to a community: to avoid conflict with traditional consumptive use
				patterns by local residents, a body of water located near enough to a permanent
				community to be commonly used or visited by local residents will not be
				preferred, unless the establishment of the body of water as a special
				management area is requested or supported by the community;
(4) legal access: a body of water with more
				than 50 percent of its uplands publicly owned or that is determined to be
				navigable will be preferred;
(5)
				conflict with freshwater net fisheries: a body of water with a Dolly Varden
				fishery that is seasonally or spatially segregated from subsistence, personal
				use, and commercial net fisheries will be preferred;
(6) abundance and size of the Dolly Varden
				population: a body of water with unusually high numbers of Dolly Varden, with
				uniquely large Dolly Varden, or documented as having Dolly Varden that have
				been entered in the department's trophy fish program will be
				preferred;
(7) clear geographical
				boundaries: a body of water with clearly distinguishable legal regulatory
				boundaries will be preferred;
(8)
				relative economic importance of the wild Dolly Varden fishery: a body of water
				with a Dolly Varden fishery of high economic value to the state will be
				preferred;
(9) geographical
				distribution of special management waters: the proximity of a body of water to
				other special management waters and the availability of alternative locations
				not designated for special management; and
(10) special research or educational needs:
				the need for a body of water for special management research or educational
				reasons.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.022 - Waters; seasons; bag, possession, annual, and size limits; and special provisions for the Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise specified in this section,
				5 AAC 64.051, or
				5 AAC 64.060, or by an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the following are the bag,
				possession, annual, and size limits, and special provisions for finfish and
				shellfish in the waters of the Kodiak Area:
(1) king salmon: may be taken from January 1
				- December 31, as follows:
(A) in fresh
				waters:
(i) 20 inches or greater in length;
				bag and possession limit of two fish; annual limit of five king salmon; a
				harvest record is required as specified in
				5 AAC 75.006;
(ii) less than 20 inches in length; bag and
				possession limit of 10 fish; king salmon less than 20 inches in length caught
				in fresh water do not count toward the annual limit;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.025 - Harvest record required; annual limits (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 209, April 2014, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 64.025(a) and (c) were repealed
					 because the substance of the harvest record provisions appears in
					 5 AAC 75.006, which applies on a statewide basis, and
					 the annual limit provisions for king salmon and rainbow/steelhead trout appear
					 in 5 AAC 64.022.
In Register 206, July 2013, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 64.025(b) were repealed because
					 the substance of that subsection regarding annual limits and reporting
					 requirements for sharks appears in the provisions of
					 5 AAC 75.012, which applies on a statewide
					 basis.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.030 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Finfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless provided otherwise in
				5 AAC 64.022 or by emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the provisions of this section
				apply to finfish sport fishing in the Kodiak Area.
(b) Unless provided otherwise in this section
				or in 5 AAC 75, finfish may only be taken by hook-and-line gear.
(c) Repealed 3/13/2004.
(d) In the waters of Uyak Bay inside a line
				from Cape Kuliuk to Rocky Point, a sport fish guide or a guide's client may not
				engage in sport fishing from a vessel that is attached in any way to commercial
				fishing set gillnet gear, including a set gillnet anchor line, when a set
				gillnet is actively fishing. A sport fishing guide or a guide's client may not
				cast, drift, or troll with sport fishing gear across commercial fishing set
				gillnet gear, including a set gillnet anchor line when a set gillnet is
				actively fishing.
(e) In the Dog
				Salmon River drainage, including Frazer Lake, the use of bait is prohibited
				from January 1 - July 25.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless provided
				otherwise in
				5 AAC 64.022 or by emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the provisions of this section
				apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Kodiak Area.
(b) Repealed 4/9/2005.
(c) Only male crab may be taken.
(d) Until a crab is being processed for human
				consumption, a person may not mutilate or otherwise disfigure a crab in any
				manner that would prevent the determination of the minimum size and sex
				restrictions.
(e) A person may not
				take or possess shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits.
(f) The bag and possession limits for
				sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under
				subsistence or personal use fishing regulations.
(g) The operator of a commercially licensed
				and registered shrimp fishing vessel who is using the vessel in the sport-fish
				taking of shrimp during a closed commercial shrimp season or within a closed
				commercial shrimp district, section, or subsection may not possess more than
				500 pounds of shrimp on board the vessel.
(h) Tanner crab may be taken only with a
				Tanner crab pot. A Tanner crab pot is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long
				by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high with rigid tunnel eye openings that
				individually are less than five inches in one dimension, with tunnel eye
				opening perimeters that individually are more than 36 inches, or a pot that is
				no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high and that tapers
				inward from its base to a top consisting of one horizontal opening of any
				size.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.051 - Waters closed to sport fishing in the Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to those waters closed as specified in
				  5 AAC 64.022(b), the following waters
				  are closed to all sport fishing in the Kodiak Area, as follows:
(1) from January 1 - December 31, that
				portion of the Pillar Creek drainage upstream from the Monashka
				Highway;
(2) repealed
				4/21/2024;
(3) from June 1 - August
				31, the waters of the Dog Salmon River from the Frazer Fish Pass Weir
				downstream to an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 200 yards
				downstream from the weir;
(4) from
				January 1 - December 31, in Big Kitoi Bay, all waters seaward of the terminus
				of Big Kitoi Creek to a straight line extending northwesterly from 58º
				11.43' N. lat., 152º 22.00' W. long., to 58º 11.52' N. lat.,
				152º 22.07' W. long.; all waters between that line and a line running
				northwesterly from 58º 11.34' N. lat., 152º 21.66' W. long., to
				58º 11.45' N. lat., 152º 21.84' W. long., are closed to sport fishing
				from August 15 - September 30.
(5)
				from January 1 - December 31, that portion of the Monashka Creek drainage
				upstream of the ADF & G regulatory markers approximately 50 yards upstream
				of the Monashka Highway.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.060 - Kodiak Area Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose
				of the management plan under this section is to meet the Board of Fisheries'
				goal of stabilizing the sport harvest of king salmon in the salt waters of the
				Kodiak Area.
(b) In the Kodiak Area
				salt water king salmon sport fishery,
(1) the
				guideline harvest level is 11,000 king salmon;
(2) the sport harvest will be estimated
				annually by the department's statewide harvest survey;
(3) king salmon taken in Monashka Bay will
				not count towards the guideline harvest level established in (1) of this
				subsection;
(4) the bag and
				possession limit for king salmon is two fish, with no size limit;
(5) the annual limit and harvest record
				specified in
				5 AAC 64.022 does not apply.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.070 - Kodiak Area Rockfish Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				the management plan under this section is to meet the Board of Fisheries' goal
				of stabilizing the sport harvest of black rockfish in the waters of the Kodiak
				Area, particularly in the areas of Chiniak Bay and Marmot Bay. Black rockfish
				will be managed for harvest levels within the established guideline harvest
				range until a time when survey abundance estimates suggest an increase in
				harvest is appropriate. Black rockfish also will be managed to attempt to
				prevent unintentional overharvest of other rockfish species. In recognition
				that commercial and sport users harvest the same populations of black rockfish,
				a management plan is also in place for commercial fisheries to maintain harvest
				within the guideline harvest range as specified in
				5 AAC 28.466(h).
(b) In the Kodiak Area rockfish sport
				fishery,
(1) the guideline harvest range is 0
				- 26,000 black rockfish;
(2) the
				sport harvest will be estimated annually by the department using saltwater
				guide logbooks, statewide harvest survey data, and dockside sampling
				data;
(3) repealed
				4/21/2024;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 64.095 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in this chapter also apply in the adjoining
				  waters of the exclusive economic zone.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
AS
					 16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
This chapter applies to sport fishing in the waters of the
				  Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.005 - Description of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area consists of
				  all waters of Alaska on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, including
				  Pacific Ocean drainages west of the longitude of Cape Douglas (excluding the
				  Kodiak Area), and waters, including Bering Sea drainages on the north side of
				  the Alaska Peninsula south of the latitude of Cape Menshikof, and all waters of
				  Alaska circumjacent to the Aleutian Islands, including the Pribilof
				  Islands.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.010

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 219, October 2016, the substance of
					 5 AAC 65.010 was moved to
					 5 AAC 65.020.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.020 - General provisions for seasons and bag, possession, annual, and size limits for the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in
				  5 AAC 65.022,
				  5 AAC 65.051, or by an emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, the seasons and bag, possession,
				  annual, and size limits for finfish and shellfish in the Alaska Peninsula and
				  Aleutian Islands Area are as follows:
(1) king salmon:
(A) in fresh waters: may be taken only from
				January 1 through July 25, except that king salmon may be taken in the Chignik
				River only from January 1 through August 9, and as follows:
(i) 20 inches or greater in length; bag and
				possession limit of two fish; annual limit of five fish; a harvest record is
				required as specified in
				5 AAC 75.006;
(ii) less than 20 inches in length; bag and
				possession limit of 10 fish; no annual limit;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.022 - Special provisions for bag, possession, and annual limits, and methods and means in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise provided by emergency
				order, issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the special provisions regarding
				bag, possession, and annual limits, and methods and means in this section apply
				to sport fishing in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area.
(b) In the King Salmon River and Bear River
				drainages, 20 inches or greater in length may not be retained or possessed and
				must be released immediately; a person
(1) may
				not remove a fish from the water before releasing the fish;
(2) may use only an unbaited, single hook,
				artificial lure or fly.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.024 - Harvest record required; annual limits (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 209, April 2014, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 65.024(b) were repealed because
					 the substance of the harvest record provisions appears in
					 5 AAC 75.006, which applies on a statewide basis, and
					 the annual limit provisions for rainbow/steelhead trout appear in
					 5 AAC 64.022.
In Register 206, July 2013, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 65.024(c) were repealed because
					 the substance of that subsection regarding annual limits and reporting
					 requirements for sharks appears in the provisions of
					 5 AAC 75.012, which applies on a statewide
					 basis.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise provided by an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the provisions in this section
				apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
				Area.
(b) The operator of a
				commercially licensed and registered shrimp fishing vessel who is using the
				vessel in the sport-fish taking of shrimp during a closed commercial shrimp
				season or within a closed commercial shrimp district, section, or subsection
				may not possess more than 500 pounds of shrimp on board the vessel.
(c) Only male crab may be taken.
(d) Until a crab is being processed for human
				consumption, no person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure the crab in a manner
				that would prevent the determination of the minimum size
				restrictions.
(e) No person may
				take or possess shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits.
(f) The bag and possession limits for
				sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under
				subsistence or personal use fishing regulations.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.060
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.051 - Waters closed to sport fishing in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to sport fishing in the
				  Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Island Area:
(1) that portion of the Makushin River
				drainage upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately two
				miles upstream from its mouth;
(2)
				that portion of the Nateekin River drainage upstream from an ADF&G
				regulatory marker located approximately two miles upstream from its mouth
				(immediately below the canyon hole);
(3) Humpy Cove and Summer Bay Lake outlet
				creeks;
(4) the following areas on
				and around Unalaska Island are closed to sport fishing as follows:
(A) the Illiuliuk River drainage, including
				Illiuliuk Creek (also known as Town or Unalaska Creek), Illiuliuk Lake, and all
				waters flowing into Illiliuk Lake,
(i) is
				closed to sport fishing for sockeye salmon;
(ii) upstream from ADF&G regulatory
				markers located at the Church Hole, is closed to sport fishing for
				salmon;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 65 - Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 65.095 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in this chapter also apply in the adjoining
				  waters of the exclusive economic zone.
5 AAC 65.095 took effect 7/25/95,
					 Register 135, as an emergency regulation. In reviewing the "permanent"
					 regulation, the regulations attorney made technical corrections to the wording
					 of the regulation. The section's history note does not reflect the changes made
					 by the regulations attorney.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
AS
					 16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.005 - Description of the Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Bristol Bay Area consists of all waters of Alaska,
				  including drainages, enclosed by a line from Cape Newenham to Cape
				  Menshikof.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.020 - General provisions for seasons and bag, possession, annual, and size limits for the Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in
				  5 AAC 67.022,
				  5 AAC 67.025, or by an emergency order issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.060, the seasons and bag, possession,
				  annual, and size limits for finfish and shellfish in the Bristol Bay Area are
				  as follows:
(1) king salmon:
(A) in fresh waters, as follows:
(i) 20 inches or greater in length; may be
				taken only from May 1 through July 31; bag and possession limit of three fish,
				of which only one fish may be 28 inches or greater in length; annual limit of
				five fish 20 inches or greater in length taken in combination from fresh waters
				and salt waters; a harvest record is required as specified in
				5 AAC 75.006;
(ii) less than 20 inches in length; may be
				taken from January 1 through December 31; bag and possession limit of 10
				fish;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.022 - Special provisions for seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means in the Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise provided by emergency order, issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the special provisions regarding
				seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means in this
				section apply to sport fishing in the Bristol Bay Area.
(b) In the Ugashik River drainage, the
				following special provisions apply:
(1) in
				the Ugashik Narrows (all waters from the outlet of Upper Ugashik Lake
				downstream to Lower Ugashik Lake), including those waters of Upper and Lower
				Ugashik Lakes within a one-quarter mile radius of the Ugashik Narrows, Arctic
				grayling may not be possessed or retained; all Arctic grayling caught must be
				immediately released;
(2) the
				waters of the Ugashik River downstream of Lower Ugashik Lake are closed to the
				fishing for Arctic grayling;
(3) in
				the Ugashik River drainage, including all lakes,
(A) from June 8 through October 31, the bag
				and possession limit for rainbow trout is one fish, with no size
				limit;
(B) from November 1 through
				June 7, the bag and possession limit for rainbow trout is five fish, of which
				only one fish may be over 20 inches in length.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.024 - Harvest record required; annual limits (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 209, April 2014, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 67.024(a) and (b) were repealed
					 because the substance of the harvest record provisions for king salmon appears
					 in 5 AAC 75.006 and for shellfish
					 appears in 5 AAC 75.016, which apply on a
					 statewide basis, and the annual limit provisions for king salmon and the
					 requirement for a shellfish harvest recording form appear in
					 5 AAC 67.020 and
					 5 AAC 67.022.
In Register 206, July 2013, the provisions of
					 5 AAC 67.024(c) were repealed because
					 the substance of that subsection regarding annual limits and reporting
					 requirements for sharks appears in the provisions of
					 5 AAC 75.012, which applies on a statewide
					 basis.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.025 - Kvichak River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				this management plan is to ensure biological spawning escapement requirements
				of sockeye salmon into the Kvichak River drainage upstream of its confluence
				with the Alagnak River (Branch River). It is the intent of the Board of
				Fisheries to address the trade-off between biological, social, and economic
				concerns for Kvichak River drainage sockeye salmon. This management plan
				provides guidelines to the department to minimize allocation conflicts between
				sport and subsistence users of the sockeye salmon resource. The department
				shall manage the Kvichak River as follows:
(1) if the inseason escapement is projected
				to be two million sockeye salmon or more, the existing sport fishing
				regulations in this title will be in effect;
(2) if the inseason escapement is projected
				to be less than two million sockeye salmon, the commissioner shall, by
				emergency order, impose restrictions on the sport fishery as follows:
(A) a reduction in bag and possession limits
				from five fish to two fish; and
(B)
				a closure of waters within the Kvichak River drainage to sport fishing for
				sockeye salmon that may have the potential for conflict between the sport and
				subsistence fisheries, including
(i) Alexi
				Creek and all waters within 150 yards of its confluence with the Newhalen
				River;
(ii) the waters of Sixmile
				Lake and one-quarter mile downstream of Sixmile Lake in the Newhalen River and
				the lower one-quarter mile of the Tazimina River;
(iii) all waters within one-half-mile of the
				confluence of the Gibraltar River with Lake Iliamna; and
(iv) the waters of the Kvichak River adjacent
				to the community of Igiugig as posted between ADF&G regulatory
				markers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.030 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Finfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				6/14/2001.
(b) Repealed
				3/13/2004.
(c) Repealed
				3/13/2004.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless provided
				otherwise in
				5 AAC 67.022 or by emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the provisions in this section
				apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Bristol Bay Area.
(b) The operator of a commercially licensed
				and registered shrimp fishing vessel who is using the vessel in the sport-fish
				taking of shrimp during a closed commercial shrimp season or within a closed
				commercial shrimp district, section, or subsection may not possess more than
				500 pounds of shrimp on board the vessel.
(c) Only male crab may be taken.
(d) Until a crab is being processed for human
				consumption, no person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure the crab in a manner
				that would prevent the determination of the minimum size restriction.
(e) A person may not take or possess
				shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits set out in
				5 AAC 67.020.
(f) The bag and possession limits for
				sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under
				subsistence or personal use fishing regulations.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.036 - Fresh water sport fishing guides

Current through May 31, 2024
A sport fishing guide may not retain fish while the guide is
				  accompanying or personally directing the angler in fishing activities during
				  any portion of a guided fishing trip.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area › 5 AAC 67.095 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in this chapter also apply in the adjoining
				  waters of the exclusive economic zone.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
AS
					 16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 69 - North Slope Area › 5 AAC 69.105 - Description of the North Slope Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The North Slope Area consists of all northerly flowing
				  waters, including lakes, draining into, and including, the Arctic Ocean, the
				  Beaufort Sea, and the Chukchi Sea, west of the Canadian border and east of
				  Point Hope.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 69 - North Slope Area › 5 AAC 69.110 - Seasons and bag, possession, and size limits for the North Slope Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise specified in this
				section or through an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, sport fishing is permitted year
				round in the waters of the North Slope Area.
(b) Except as otherwise specified in (c) of
				this section, the following are the general bag, possession, and size limits
				for finfish and shellfish in the waters of the North Slope Area:
(1) king salmon 20 inches or greater in
				length: the bag and possession limit is three fish, of which only two fish may
				be 28 inches or greater in length;
(2) salmon, other than king salmon: the bag
				and possession limit is 10 fish, with no size limit;
(3) Arctic char/Dolly Varden and lake trout:
(A) in all lakes: the bag and possession
				limit is two fish of all species combined, with no size limit;
(B) in all flowing waters: the bag and
				possession limit is 10 fish of all species combined, of which only two fish may
				be 20 inches or greater in length, and of which only two fish may be lake
				trout;
(4) Arctic
				grayling: the bag and possession limit is five fish, with no size
				limit;
(5) sheefish: the bag and
				possession limit is 10 fish, with no size limit;
(6) northern pike: the bag and possession
				limit is 10 fish, with no size limit;
(7) burbot: the bag and possession limit is
				15 fish, with no size limit;
(8)
				halibut: may be taken only from February 1 through December 31, with a bag
				limit of two fish and a possession limit of four fish, with no size
				limit;
(9) Dungeness crab: the bag
				and possession limit is 12 male crab, with a size limit of 6.5 inches minimum
				carapace width;
(10) repealed
				7/22/2017;
(11) repealed
				7/22/2017;
(12) finfish and
				shellfish species that are not specified in this section: there are no bag,
				possession, or size limits.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 69 - North Slope Area › 5 AAC 69.130 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Finfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise provided in this chapter or by an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the provisions in this section
				apply to finfish sport fishing in the North Slope Area.
(b) In all waters, multiple hooks with a gap
				between the point and shank greater than one-half inch may be used for taking
				fish other than salmon.
(c) A spear
				or bow and arrow may be used to take suckers and burbot. Unless prohibited in
				5 AAC 69.110, northern pike and whitefish, except
				sheefish, may be speared by a person who is completely submerged at any time,
				and, from September 1 through April 30, may be taken by spear or bow and
				arrow.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.060
AS
					 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 69 - North Slope Area › 5 AAC 69.140 - North Slope Area Wild Lake Trout Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				the other provisions in this chapter regarding lake trout, the department shall
				manage wild lake trout populations in the North Slope Area by employing a
				conservative harvest regime and by maintaining harvest below the maximum
				sustained yield level. Following sustained yield principles, the department may
				manage wild lake trout fisheries to provide or maintain fishery qualities that
				are desired by sport anglers.
(b)
				In a sport fishery covered by this management plan, the commissioner, by
				emergency order, may take one or more of the management actions specified in
				this subsection if there is a conservation or biological concern for the
				sustainability of the fishery or for a stock harvested by that fishery. The
				concern must arise from harvest, effort, or catch data for that fishery which
				has been derived from statewide harvest survey data, on-site creel survey data,
				stock status data, stock exploitation rates, or from inferential comparisons
				with other fisheries. The management actions are as follows:
(1) reduce bag and possession
				limits;
(2) reduce fishing
				time;
(3) allow only
				catch-and-release fishing;
(4)
				modify methods and means of harvest.