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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.270 - Lawful gear and gear specifications and operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken only by gillnet, beach seine, a hook and line attached to a rod or pole,
				  handline, dip net as defined in
				  5 AAC 07.365(c)(11)(A), or fish wheel
				  subject to the restrictions set out in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.275, except that salmon may also be taken by
				  spear in the Holitna River drainage, Kanektok River drainage, Arolik River
				  drainage, and the drainage of Goodnews Bay.
(b) The aggregate length of set gillnets or
				  drift gillnets in use by any individual for taking salmon may not exceed 50
				  fathoms.
(c) Fish other than salmon
				  may be taken only by set gillnet, drift gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, pot,
				  longline, fyke net, dip net, jigging gear, spear, a hook and line attached to a
				  rod or pole, handline, or lead.
(d)
				  Each subsistence set gillnet operated in tributaries of the Kuskokwim River
				  must be attached to the bank, fished substantially perpendicular to the bank
				  and in a substantially straight line.
(e) In that portion of the Kuskokwim River
				  drainage from the north end of Eek Island upstream to the mouth of the
				  Kolmakoff River, no part of a set gillnet located within a tributary to the
				  Kuskokwim River may be set or operated within 75 feet of any part of another
				  set gillnet.
(f) A gillnet may not
				  obstruct more than one-half the width of any fish stream and any channel or
				  side channel of a fish stream. A stationary fishing device may not obstruct
				  more than one-half the width of any salmon stream and any channel or side
				  channel of a salmon stream.
(g)
				  Repealed 5/19/2004.
(h) The maximum
				  depth of gillnets is as follows:
(1) gillnets
				  with six-inch or smaller mesh may not be more than 45 meshes in
				  depth;
(2) gillnets with greater
				  than six-inch mesh may not be more than 35 meshes in depth.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.271 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 01.010(h),
(1) each fish wheel must have the first
				  initial, last name and address of the operator plainly and legibly inscribed on
				  the side of the fish wheel facing midstream of the river;
(2) for all gillnets and unattended gear that
				  are fished under the ice, the first initial, last name and address of the
				  operator must be plainly and legibly inscribed on a stake inserted in the ice
				  and attached to the gear.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.271 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.275 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  4/15/81.
(b) The commissioner may,
				  by emergency order, close the Goodnews River to the subsistence taking of fish
				  by nets east of a line between ADF&G regulatory markers placed near the
				  mouth of the Ufigag River and an ADF&G regulatory marker placed near the
				  mouth of the Tunulik River before, during, and after each open commercial
				  salmon fishing period.
(c) The
				  commissioner may, by emergency order, close the Kanektok River to the
				  subsistence taking of fish by nets upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers
				  placed near the mouth before, during, and after each open commercial salmon
				  fishing period.
(d) The
				  commissioner may, by emergency order, close the Arolik River to the subsistence
				  taking of fish by nets upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers placed near the
				  mouth before, during, and after each open commercial salmon fishing
				  period.
Authority:
AS
						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 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.280 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
Fish may be taken for subsistence purposes without a
					 subsistence fishing permit, except as otherwise provided in this
					 section.
(1) Starting in the 2018
				  fishing season, during times when the commissioner determines it is necessary
				  for the conservation of king salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency order,
				  require that in the Kuskokwim River drainage, upstream of a line between ADF
				  & G regulatory markers at the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Boundary
				  near Aniak, king salmon may be taken only under the authority of a subsistence
				  fishing permit with the following conditions:
(A) annual limit of 10 king salmon;
(B) fishing under the permit may not commence
				  until the subsistence king salmon fishery opens after June 11 as described in
				  5 AAC 07.365;
(C) the commissioner may, by emergency order,
				  implement one or more of the gear limitations specified in
				  5 AAC 01.270(n)(1) for fishing under the
				  permit;
(D) permit holders must
				  complete and return permits, including daily records of king salmon harvested,
				  each year by October 31;
(E) once
				  the annual limit is reached, additional king salmon may not be taken except in
				  compliance with all applicable regulations and emergency orders;
(F) only one permit may be issued to a
				  household each year;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.284 - Limitations on subsistence fishing with hook and line gear

Current through May 31, 2024
During times when the commissioner determines it to be
					 necessary for the conservation of salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency
					 order, close the fishing season for salmon, and immediately reopen the season
					 during which restrictions apply to the waters, seasons, bag, possession, and
					 size limits, and method and means for subsistence fishing for salmon with a
					 hook and line attached to a rod or pole. The provisions of this section do not
					 apply to fishing through the ice.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS 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 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.285 - Limitations on participation in subsistence finfish fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.286 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or
				  used for subsistence:
(1) halibut, Pacific
				  cod, and all other finfish, except as specified in (2) - (4) of this
				  subsection, in the Kuskokwim Area;
(2) salmon in the Kuskokwim Area, except the
				  Kuskokwim River drainage;
(3) king,
				  chum, sockeye, coho, and pink salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage;
(4) herring and herring roe, along the coast
				  between the westernmost tip of the Naskonat Peninsula and the terminus of the
				  Ishowik River, and along the coast of Nunivak Island.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.295 - Aniak River bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
From June 1 through August 31, when subsistence fishing
					 with a hook and line attached to a rod or pole, in that portion of the Aniak
					 River drainage upstream of Doestock Creek,
(1) the bag and possession limit, is as
				  specified by species in
				  5 AAC 71.010, except that the bag and possession limit
				  for king salmon is two fish, with no size and annual limits; and
(2) rainbow trout may not be
				  retained.
Authority:
AS
						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 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.299 - Kuskokwim River drainage king salmon possession limits (Expired)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.300 - Description of Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Bristol Bay Area consists of all waters of Bristol Bay
					 including drainages enclosed by a line from Cape Newenham at 58º 38.88' N.
					 lat., 162º 10.51' W. long. to Cape Menshikof at 57º 28.34' N. lat.,
					 157º 55.84' W. long.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.300 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.305 - Description of districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts and sections for salmon, halibut, bottomfish, and
					 other finfish fisheries are described in
					 5 AAC 06.200. The districts and sections for herring,
					 herring spawn on kelp, and capelin fisheries are described in
					 5 AAC 27.805.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.305 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.310 - Fishing seasons and periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  restricted in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.325, by emergency order, or unless restricted
				  under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, fish, other than rainbow
				  trout, may be taken at any time in the Bristol Bay Area.
(b) In all commercial salmon districts,
				  except for special harvest areas, from May 1 through May 31 and October 1
				  through October 31, subsistence fishing for salmon is permitted from 9:00 a.m.
				  Monday until 9:00 a.m. Friday. From June 1 through September 30, within the
				  waters of a commercial salmon district, except for special harvest areas,
				  salmon may be taken only during open commercial fishing periods. In the
				  Nushagak District, the commissioner, by emergency order, shall also provide for
				  subsistence salmon fishing during periods of extended closures. During these
				  emergency order openings,
(c)
				  Repealed 5/31/98.
(d)In all waters
				  upstream of a line from a point approximately two miles south of Bradford Point
				  at 58° 58.63' N. lat., 158° 33.62' W. long., to Nushagak Point at
				  58° 56.79' N. lat., 158° 29.53' W. long., to a point at Red Bluff on
				  the west shore of the Wood River at 59° 09.58' N. lat., 158° 32.36' W.
				  long., and to Lewis Point on the north shore on the Nushagak River at 58°
				  59.46' N. lat., 158° 05.57' W. long., salmon may be taken at any
				  time
(e) Repealed
				  4/16/2016.
(f) Under conditions set
				  out in 5 AAC 06.361(e),
				  the commissioner may, by emergency order, reduce time or area for the Nushagak
				  River king salmon subsistence fishery.
(g) Rainbow trout taken incidentally in other
				  subsistence finfish net fisheries and through the ice, are lawfully taken and
				  may be retained for subsistence purposes.
(h) On the north shore of the Naknek River,
				  from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 300 feet upstream
				  from the north commercial fishing section boundary marker to an ADF&G
				  regulatory marker located approximately 1,300 feet upstream from the north
				  commercial fishing section boundary marker, salmon may be taken only by a
				  person 60 years of age or older from June 23 through July 17, except that a
				  person authorized to take salmon under this subsection may not authorize a
				  proxy to take or attempt to take salmon on behalf of the person under
				  AS
				  16.05.405 or
				  5 AAC 01.011.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						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 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.320 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within any
				  district, salmon, herring, and capelin may be taken only by drift and set
				  gillnets.
(b) Outside the
				  boundaries of any district and within the Naknek, Alagnak, and Wood River
				  special harvest areas, salmon may only be taken by set gillnet, except that
				  salmon may also be taken by dip nets in the waters described in
				  5 AAC 01.310(d) if fishing other than
				  from a vessel, and salmon may also be taken as follows:
(1) in the Togiak River,
(A) excluding its tributaries, by
				  spear;
(B) between the mouth of the
				  river and upstream approximately two miles to a line across the river at
				  59° 05.50' N. lat., by a drift gillnet that is not more than 10 fathoms in
				  length;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.325 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for the
				  western shore of the Newhalen River, waters within 300 feet of a stream mouth
				  used by salmon are closed to the subsistence taking of fish.
(b) Unless otherwise specified in
				  5 AAC 01.320, gillnets are prohibited in all waters of
				  the Naknek River drainage upstream of Savonaski, from June 1 - October
				  1.
(c) From September 1 through
				  June 14, subsistence fishing with a net is prohibited in the following waters
				  and within one-fourth mile of the terminus of those waters:
(1) Lower Talarik Creek;
(2) Middle Talarik Creek;
(3) Upper Talarik Creek;
(4) Pete Andrew Creek;
(5) Zacker Creek;
(6) Newhalen River;
(7) Roadhouse Creek;
(8) Alexi Creek;
(9) Taziminia River;
(10) Young's Creek;
(11) Chekok Creek;
(12) Tomkok Creek;
(13) Nick G. Creek;
(14) Copper River;
(15) Kakhonak River;
(16) Gibralter River;
(17) Dennis Creek;
(18) Belinda Creek.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.330 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may only
				  be taken under authority of a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) Repealed 4/15/81.
(c) Only one subsistence fishing permit may
				  be issued to each household per year.
(d) Repealed 4/16/2023.
(e) Repealed 4/2/88.
Authority:
AS
						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 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.336 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or
				  used for subsistence in the Bristol Bay Area:
(1) all finfish;
(2) herring spawn on kelp in the waters of
				  the Togiak District as described in
				  5 AAC 27.805(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.340 - Marking of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Togiak River drainage, a person may not
					 possess
(1) coho salmon taken under
				  the authority of a subsistence fishing permit unless both lobes of the caudal
				  fin (tail) or the dorsal fin have been removed;
(2) salmon taken under authority of a
				  subsistence fishing permit with a drift gillnet unless both lobes of the caudal
				  fin (tail) or the dorsal fin have been removed.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.340 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.345 - Subsistence bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The total
				  annual possession limit for sockeye salmon taken after August 15 in the Naknek
				  District is 200 sockeye salmon.
(b)
				  The daily bag limit for halibut is two, and the possession limit is two daily
				  bag limits. No person may possess sport-taken and subsistence-taken halibut on
				  the same day.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.345 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 6 - Bristol Bays Area › 5 AAC 01.349 - Prohibitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Bristol Bay Area, an owner,
				  operator, or employee of a lodge, charter vessel, or other enterprise that
				  furnishes food, lodging, or sport fishing guide services, as defined in
				  5 AAC 75.995, may not furnish to a client or guest of
				  that enterprise, finfish that has been taken under this chapter, unless the
(1) finfish has been taken with gear deployed
				  and retrieved by the client or guest;
(2) gear has been marked with the client's or
				  guest's name and address, as specified in
				  5 AAC 01.010(h) and
				  5 AAC 01.320(f); and
(3) finfish is consumed by the client or
				  guest or is consumed in the presence of the client or guest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.350 - Description of Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Aleutian Islands Area includes the waters of Alaska in
					 and surrounding the Aleutian Islands west of Cape Sarichef Light and west of a
					 line extending from Scotch Cap through the easternmost tip of Ugamak Island,
					 including the waters in and surrounding the Pribilof Islands.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.350 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.355 - Description of districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts are
(1)
				  as described in
				  5 AAC 12.200; and
(2) Atka-Amlia Islands District: the waters
				  described in
				  5 AAC 11.101.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.355 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.360 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Unalaska District, salmon may be
				  taken for subsistence purposes from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. from January 1
				  through December 31, except
(1) that from
				  June 1 through September 15, a salmon seine vessel may not be used to take
				  salmon for subsistence purposes during the 24 hours before and 12 hours after
				  an open commercial salmon fishing period within an area open to commercial
				  salmon fishing;
(2) as may be
				  specified on a subsistence fishing permit; or
(3) repealed 5/30/2007;
(4) in the waters closed to subsistence
				  fishing as specified in
				  5 AAC 01.375.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.366 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that halibut and all other finfish in the Aleutian Islands Area and the
				  waters surrounding the Pribilof Islands are customarily and traditionally taken
				  or used for subsistence.
(b) The
				  board finds that
(1) 13,500 - 23,000 salmon
				  are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Aleutian Islands
				  Area:
(2) 200,000 - 330,000 usable
				  pounds of finfish other than salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence
				  uses in the Aleutian Islands Area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.370 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing
				  permit.
(b) Fish other than salmon
				  may be taken by gear specified in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a), unless restricted
				  under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.
(c) Halibut may be taken for subsistence
				  purposes only by a single handheld line with no more than two hooks
				  attached.
(d) In the Unalaska
				  District, a subsistence permit holder fishing with a net must be physically
				  present at the net at all times when the net is being used for
				  fishing.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.370 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.375 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for
					 salmon:
(1) waters of Unalaska Lake
				  (at the city of Unalaska), its tributaries and outlet stream, and waters
				  between Unalaska and Amaknak Islands, including Margaret's Bay, west of a line
				  from the "Bishop's House" at 53º 52.64' N. lat., 166º 32.30' W. long.
				  to a point on Amaknak Island at 53º 52.82' N. lat., 166º 32.13' W.
				  long., and north of line from a point south of Agnes Beach at 53º 52.28'
				  N. lat., 166º 32.68' W. long. to a point at 53º 52.35' N. lat.,
				  166º 32.95' W. long. on Amaknak Island;
(2) within Unalaska Bay south of a line from
				  the northern tip of Cape Cheerful to the northern tip of Kalekta Point: waters
				  are closed to subsistence salmon fishing within 250 yards of any anadromous
				  stream, except the outlet stream of Unalaska Lake, which is closed under (1) of
				  this section;
(3) waters of Summers
				  and Morris Lakes and their tributaries and outlet streams;
(4) all anadromous streams flowing into
				  Unalaska Bay south of a line from the northern tip of Cape Cheerful to the
				  northern tip of Kalekta Point;
(5)
				  waters of McLees Lake and its tributaries and its outlet stream; in the waters
				  of Reese Bay from July 1 through July 9, salmon may not be taken within 500
				  yards of the outlet stream terminus to McLees Lake;
(6) the following waters of and around Adak
				  Island and Kagalaska Island in the Adak District:
(A) all freshwater; and
(B) all salt waters within 100 yards of a
				  stream terminus.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.380 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon, trout,
				  and char may be taken only under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit,
				  except that a permit is not required in the Akutan, Umnak, and Atka-Amlia
				  Islands Districts.
(b) No more than
				  250 salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes unless otherwise specified on
				  the subsistence fishing permit, except that in the Unalaska and Adak Districts,
(1) the holder of a subsistence salmon
				  fishing permit may take no more than 25 salmon, of which no more than 10
				  sockeye salmon may be harvested from Front Beach in Unalaska Bay, plus an
				  additional 25 salmon for each member of the same household whose name is listed
				  on the permit, of which no more than 10 sockeye salmon may be harvested from
				  Front Beach in Unalaska Bay; in this section, " Front Beach" means all Unalaska
				  Bay waters south of a line from a point near the Bishop's House at 53°
				  52.64' N. lat., 166° 32.30' W. long., to a point on the Unalaska Bay shore
				  at 53° 52.68' N. lat., 166° 30.91 1 W. long; and
(2) a permit holder may obtain an additional
				  permit from the department to harvest more salmon other than sockeye salmon
				  from Front Beach in Unalaska Bay.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 7 - Aleutian Islands Area › 5 AAC 01.390 - Bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
The daily bag limit for halibut is two fish and the
					 possession limit is two daily bag limits. No person may possess sport-taken and
					 subsistence-taken halibut on the same day.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.390 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.400 - Description of Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Alaska Peninsula Area consists of all waters of Alaska
					 on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula southwest of a line from Cape
					 Menshikof (57º 28.34' N. lat., 157º 55.84' W. long.) to Cape Newenham
					 (58º 39.00' N. lat., 162º W. long.) and east of the longitude of Cape
					 Sarichef Light (164º 55.70' W. long.) and on the south side of the Alaska
					 Peninsula from a line extending from Scotch Cap through the easternmost tip of
					 Ugamak Island to a line extending 135º southeast from Kupreanof Point
					 (55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.).
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.400 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.405 - Description of districts and sections in the Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Subsistence fishing districts and sections in the Alaska
					 Peninsula Area are as described in
					 5 AAC 09.200.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.410 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Alaska Peninsula Area, salmon may
				  be taken at any time, except
(1) in those
				  districts and sections open to commercial salmon fishing, a commercial salmon
				  fishing permit holder may not subsistence fish for salmon during the 24 hours
				  before a commercial salmon fishing period or the 12 hours following the closure
				  of a commercial salmon fishing period; however, a commercial salmon fishing
				  permit holder may choose to subsistence fish instead of commercial fish for
				  salmon during a commercial salmon fishing period;
(2) as otherwise specified on a subsistence
				  fishing permit; and
(3) in the
				  waters closed to subsistence fishing for salmon specified in
				  5 AAC 01.425.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.416 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that halibut and all other finfish in the Alaska Peninsula Area are
				  customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence.
(b) The board finds that
(1) 34,000 - 56,000 salmon are reasonably
				  necessary for subsistence uses in the Alaska Peninsula Area;
(2) 47,000 - 79,000 pounds of finfish other
				  than salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Alaska
				  Peninsula Area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.420 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken only by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence
				  fishing permit.
(b) Fish other than
				  salmon may be taken by gear specified in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a) unless restricted under
				  the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.
(c) In waters open to commercial salmon
				  fishing, salmon may be taken only with a set or drift gillnet that does not
				  exceed 50 fathoms in total length.
(d) Except as specified in (a) and (c) of
				  this section, a permit holder may not operate a
(1) set gillnet that is more than 100 fathoms
				  in length; and
(2) drift gillnet
				  that is more than 200 fathoms in length.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.423 - Special provision for subsistence finfish fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The special
				  provisions in this section for subsistence finfish fishing in the Alaska
				  Peninsula Area apply as follows:
(1) in
				  Mortensens Lagoon
(A) a gillnet may not
				  exceed 15 fathoms in length;
(B) no
				  more than 50 salmon may be taken per permit;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.425 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for
					 salmon:
(1) Russell Creek and Nurse
				  Lagoon and within 500 yards from the stream terminus of Russell Creek and Nurse
				  Lagoon;
(2) Trout Creek and within
				  500 yards outside its mouth;
(3)
				  inshore of a line from the Trident Seafood's Dock at Sand Point to Black Point
				  located on the northwest side of Popof Island, including the inlet and Humboldt
				  Creek;
(4) in the Black Hills
				  Section, all fresh waters and within 500 yard of any anadromous salmon stream
				  terminus;
(5) in the Bear River
				  Section, the waters of Frank's Lagoon and King Salmon River;
(6) the waters specified in
				  5 AAC 39.290;
(7) for a commercial salmon fishing permit
				  holder or a commercial crewmember license holder in the commercial salmon
				  fishery, the waters specified in
				  5 AAC 09.350 during an open commercial salmon fishing
				  period.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.425 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.427 - Identification of subsistence fishing gear

Current through May 31, 2024
A buoy attached to one end of gillnet subsistence fishing
					 gear must have printed on it the first initial, last name, and address of the
					 subsistence permit holder, or the ADF&G number of the vessel used to
					 operate the gear, in numbers and letters that are
(1) at least one inch high;
(2) in a color that contrasts with the
				  background; and
(3) plainly visible
				  when the gear is in the water.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.430 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon, trout,
				  and char may only be taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit.
				  The department will only issue one permit per household.
(b) No more than 250 salmon may be taken for
				  subsistence purposes, per household, unless otherwise specified by a local
				  representative of the department on the subsistence fishing permit. A permit
				  holder may obtain an additional permit from the department.
(c) A record of subsistence-caught fish must
				  be kept on the the permit. The record must be completed immediately upon taking
				  subsistence-caught fish and must be returned to the local representative of the
				  department no later than October 31.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.435 - Marking and use of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Alaska
				  Peninsula Area, a person may not possess salmon taken under the authority of a
				  subsistence fishing permit unless the dorsal fin has been removed immediately
				  after harvest.
(b) A person may not
				  sell or purchase salmon from which the dorsal fin has been removed.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area › 5 AAC 01.440 - Bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
The daily bag limit for halibut is two fish and the
					 possession limit is two daily bag limits. No person may possess sport-taken and
					 subsistence-taken halibut on the same day.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.440 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.450 - Description of Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Chignik Area includes all waters of Alaska on the south
					 side of the Alaska Peninsula bounded by a line extending 135º southeast
					 for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks at 57º 10.34' N. lat.,
					 156º 20.22' W. long. (the longitude of the southern entrance to Imuya
					 Bay), then due south, and a line extending 135º southeast from Kupreanof
					 Point at 55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.450 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.455 - Description of districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts are described in
					 5 AAC 15.200.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.456 - Use of global positioning systems (GPS)

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Chignik Area, boundaries, lines, and coordinates are
					 identified with the global positioning system (GPS). If the global positioning
					 system is not operating, the boundaries, lines, and coordinates are as
					 identified by ADF&G regulatory markers.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.460 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
Fish, other than rainbow trout and steelhead trout, may be
					 taken at any time, except as may be specified by a subsistence fishing permit.
					 Rainbow trout and steelhead trout, taken incidentally in other subsistence
					 finfish net fisheries, are lawfully taken and may be retained for subsistence
					 purposes.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.460 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.466 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that salmon and finfish other than salmon are customarily and
				  traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Chignik Area.
(b) The board finds that the following
				  amounts of salmon and other finfish are reasonably necessary for subsistence
				  uses in the following locations:
(1) in the
				  Perryville and Western Districts, combined:
(A) 1,400 - 2,600 coho salmon;
(B) 1,400 - 2,600 salmon, other than coho
				  salmon;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.470 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken by seines and gillnets, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing
				  permit, except that in Chignik Lake salmon may not be taken with purse seines.
				  A gillnet may not be set, staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in a stream
				  while it obstructs more than one-half of the width of the waterway and any
				  channel or side channel of the waterway.
(b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by
				  gear listed in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a), unless restricted
				  under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.
(c) Halibut may be taken for subsistence
				  purposes only by a single handheld line with no more than two hooks
				  attached.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.470 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.475 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
Salmon may not be taken
(1) from July 1 through August 31, in the
				  Chignik River from a point 300 feet upstream from the Chignik weir to Chignik
				  Lake;
(2) in Black Lake, or any
				  tributary to Black Lake or Chignik Lake, except the waters of Clark River and
				  Home Creek, from each of their confluences with Chignik Lake to a point one
				  mile upstream.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.475 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.480 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon, trout
				  and char may only be taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing
				  permit.
(b) Not more than 250
				  salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes unless otherwise specified on the
				  subsistence fishing permit.
(c) A
				  subsistence fishermen shall keep a record of the number of subsistence fish
				  taken by that subsistence fisherman each year. The number of subsistence fish
				  taken shall be recorded on the permit. The record must be completed immediately
				  upon landing subsistence-caught fish, and must be returned to the local
				  representative of the department by December 31 of the year the permit was
				  issued.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.485 - Restrictions on commercial fishermen

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Chignik Area, a commercial salmon fishing permit
					 holder may not subsistence fish for salmon during the 12 hours before a
					 commercial salmon fishing period or the 12 hours following the closure of a
					 commercial salmon fishing period. However, a commercial salmon fishing license
					 holder may choose to subsistence fish instead of commercial fish for salmon
					 during a commercial salmon fishing period.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area › 5 AAC 01.490 - Bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
The daily bag limit for halibut is two fish and the
					 possession limit is two daily bag limits. No person may possess sport-taken and
					 subsistence-taken halibut on the same day.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.490 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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						16.05.258.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.500 - Description of Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Kodiak Area includes all waters of Alaska south of a
					 line extending from Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.), west of 150º
					 W. long., north of 55º 30.00' N. lat., and north and east of a line
					 extending 135º southeast for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks
					 at 57º 10.34' N. lat., 156º 20.22' W. long. (the longitude of the
					 southern entrance of Imuya Bay), then due south.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.500 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
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