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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 01.506 - Use of global positioning system (GPS)

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Kodiak 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.
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 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.510 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be taken for subsistence
				  purposes from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. from January 1 through December 31,
				  with the following exceptions:
(1) from June
				  1 through September 15, salmon seine vessels may not be used to take
				  subsistence salmon for 24 hours before, during, and for 24 hours after any open
				  commercial salmon fishing period;
(2) from June 1 through September 15, purse
				  seine vessels may be used to take salmon only with gillnets and no other type
				  of salmon gear may be on board the vessel.
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 01.520 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  restricted by this section or under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit,
				  fish may be taken by gear listed in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a).
(b) Salmon may be taken only by gillnet and
				  seine. Gillnet and seine gear may not be operated in a manner to obstruct more
				  than one-half the width of any waterway and any channel or side channel of a
				  waterway.
(c) Halibut may be taken
				  only by a single hand-held line with not more than two hooks attached to
				  it.
(d) Subsistence fishermen must
				  be physically present at the net at all times the net is being
				  fished.
(e) Lingcod may be taken
				  only by a single hand-held line or a single longline, none of which may have
				  more than five hooks attached to it, except that lingcod taken incidentally in
				  another subsistence finfish fishery may be retained for subsistence purposes as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 01.510(c).
(f) Rockfish may be taken only by a single
				  hand-held line or a single longline, none of which may have more than five
				  hooks attached to it, except that rockfish taken incidentally in another
				  subsistence finfish fishery may be retained for subsistence purposes as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 01.510(c).
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.520 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 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.530 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A subsistence
				  fishing permit is required for taking salmon, trout, char, and herring for
				  subsistence purposes.
(b) The
				  annual limit for a subsistence salmon fishing permit holder is as follows:
(1) in the fresh waters of Kodiak Island,
				  east of a line from Crag Point south to the westernmost point of Saltery Cove,
				  including the waters of Woody and Long Islands, and the salt waters bordering
				  this area within one mile of Kodiak Island, excluding the waters bordering
				  Spruce Island, 25 salmon for the permit holder plus an additional 25 salmon for
				  each member of the same household whose names are listed on the permit; an
				  additional permit may be obtained if it can be shown that more fish are
				  needed;
(2) in the remainder of the
				  Kodiak Area not described in (1) of this subsection, there is no annual
				  limit.
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 01.536 - 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 finds that
				  salmon and finfish other than salmon, except steelhead and rainbow trout, in
				  the Kodiak Area, except that portion described in
				  5 AAC 18.200(g), are customarily and
				  traditionally taken or used for subsistence.
(b) The board finds that the following
				  amounts of salmon and other finfish are reasonably necessary for subsistence
				  uses in the Kodiak Area:
(1) 26,800 - 44,700
				  salmon;
(2) 21,000 - 35,000
				  rockfish;
(3) 3,300 - 5,600
				  lingcod;
(4) 550,000 - 900,000
				  usable pounds of finfish, other than salmon, rockfish, and lingcod.
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 01.545 - Subsistence bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The daily bag
				  limit for halibut is two fish and the possession limit is four fish. A person
				  may not take or possess halibut under sport fishing regulations and under this
				  section on the same day.
(b) The
				  daily bag limit for lingcod is two fish and the possession limit is four fish.
				  A person may not take or possess lingcod under sport fishing regulations and
				  under this section on the same day.
(c) The daily bag limit for rockfish is 10
				  fish and the possession limits is 20 fish. A person may not take or possess
				  rockfish under sport fishing regulations and under this section on the same
				  day.
At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.545 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 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.548 - Retention of king salmon in a subsistence fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
If the department projects that the Karluk River biological
					 escapement goal for king salmon will not be met and the sport fishery is
					 restricted in the Karluk watershed to the non-retention of king salmon or the
					 sport fishery for king salmon is closed, the commissioner may close, by
					 emergency order, the salmon subsistence fishery season in the Inner and Outer
					 Karluk Sections and the Karluk River, and immediately reopen a salmon
					 subsistence fishery season during which
(1) king salmon may not be
				  retained;
(2) the only gear
				  allowable is beach seine; and
(3)
				  king salmon caught must be immediately returned to the water
				  unharmed.
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 10 - Kodiak Area › 5 AAC 01.549 - Prohibitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Kodiak 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 have been taken under this chapter, unless the
(1) finfish have been taken with gear
				  deployed, operated, 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
(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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.550 - Description of Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Cook Inlet Area includes all waters of Alaska enclosed
					 by a line extending east from Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.) and a line
					 extending south from Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W. long.), excluding all
					 waters of the Upper Susitna River drainage upstream of the Susitna River's
					 confluence with the Oshetna River.
At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.550 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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.555 - Description of districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Districts and
				  subdistricts are as described in
				  5 AAC 21.200.
(b) In addition to (a) of this section, the
				  Tyonek Subdistrict includes those waters of the Northern District within mean
				  lower low tide from a point one mile south of the southern edge of the Chuitna
				  River south to the easternmost tip of Granite Point.
At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.555 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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.560 - Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except in the
				  nonsubsistence area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (3), and, unless
				  restricted in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.575, or unless restricted under the terms of a
				  subsistence fishing permit, fish, other than rainbow trout and steelhead trout,
				  may be taken at any time in the Cook Inlet Area. Rainbow trout and steelhead
				  trout, taken incidentally in other subsistence finfish net fisheries and
				  through the ice, are lawfully taken and may be retained for subsistence
				  purposes.
(b) Salmon may be taken
				  for subsistence purposes only as follows:
(1)
				  in the Tyonek Subdistrict
(A) from May 15
				  through June 15 from 4:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
				  Fridays;
(B) from June 16 through
				  October 15 from 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays;
(C) repealed 5/21/2011;
(D) repealed 5/21/2011;
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.565 - Limitations on participation in subsistence finfish fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
5 AAC 01.565(a) and (b) were repealed by emergency regulation
						effective May 22, 1991. On May 30, 1991 the Superior Court found the repeals
						invalid as an emergency regulation. Therefore, the repeals were not published
						in Register 118 (July 1991). The repeals subsequently were filed as "regular"
						regulations.
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.566 - 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) salmon in the
				  following waters:
(A) the Port Graham,
				  Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts;
(B) salmon, except enhanced salmon, in the
				  following locations:
(i)  along the eastern
				  shoreline from a point at 59° 28.78' N. lat., 151° 39.49' W. long., to
				  Watch Point located at 59° 26.55' N. lat.. 151° 43.28' W. long.,
(ii)  along the eastern shoreline
				  from a point at 59° 25.97' N. lat., 151° 43.17' W. long., to a point at
				  59° 24.90' N. lat., 151° 41.94' W. long.; and
(iii) from a point at 59° 27.10' N. lat..
				  151° 44.70' W. long., to a point at 59° 26.47' N. lat., 151° 47.47'
				  W. long.;
(C) salmon,
				  other than king salmon, in the Yentna River drainage outside the
				  Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (3);
(D) king salmon and salmon, other than king
				  salmon, in the Tyonek Subdistrict;
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.570 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except in the
				  nonsubsistence area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (3) and unless
				  restricted in this section,
				  5 AAC 01.575, or under the terms of a subsistence
				  fishing permit, fish may be taken only by gear listed in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a).
(b) Salmon may be taken only as follows:
(1) in the Tyonek Subdistrict, by set
				  gillnets not exceeding 10 fathoms in length, six inches in mesh size, and 45
				  meshes in depth;
(2) in the Port
				  Graham, Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts, and the waters of
				  Seldovia Bay described in
				  5 AAC 01.566(1), by set gillnets not
				  exceeding 35 fathoms in length, six inches in mesh size, and 45 meshes in
				  depth;
(3) no part of a set gillnet
				  may be set or operated within 600 feet of any part of another set gillnet,
				  except in the waters described in
				  5 AAC 01.566(a)(1)(b), where no part of
				  a set gillnet may be set or operated within 300 feet of any part of another set
				  gillnet;
(4) repealed
				  5/14/93;
(5) repealed
				  5/14/93;
(6) repealed
				  6/7/95;
(7) repealed
				  6/7/95.
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.575 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All salt water
				  is closed to the taking of finfish, except
(1) the Tyonek and Port Graham
				  Subdistricts;
(2) salmon may be
				  taken in the Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts;
(3) repealed 5/14/93;
(4) repealed 5/14/93;
(5) smelt may be taken as provided in
				  5 AAC 01.599;
(6) repealed 6/7/95;
(7) repealed 6/7/95;
(8) salmon may be taken in the waters of
				  Seldovia Bay described in
				  5 AAC 01.560(b) (8);
(9) bottomfish, halibut, and herring may be
				  taken in the waters of the Cook Inlet Area that are outside the boundaries of
				  the nonsubsistence area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (3).
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.580 - Subsistence fishing permits; recordkeeping

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken only under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the
				  department; only one permit may be issued to a household each year. A
				  subsistence fishing permit holder shall record daily salmon catches on forms
				  provided by the department.
(b)
				  Repealed 5/11/85.
(c) Repealed
				  3/14/2009.
(d) Dolly Varden may be
				  taken in fresh water only under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit
				  issued by the department; only one permit may be issued to a household each
				  year. A subsistence fishing permit holder shall record daily Dolly Varden
				  catches on forms provided by the department.
At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.580(a) and (d) in their
						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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.590 - Marking of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  possess salmon taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit unless
				  both lobes of the caudal fin (tail) have been immediately removed from the
				  salmon.
(b) It is unlawful to
				  purchase or sell salmon from which both lobes of the caudal fin (tail) have
				  been removed.
At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.590 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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.591 - Southern District Coho Salmon Subsistence Fishery Management Plan (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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.592 - Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Subsistence Fishery Management Plan (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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.593 - Upper Yentna River subsistence salmon fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Yentna River drainage outside the
					 Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area described in
					 5 AAC 99.015(a) (3), salmon, other than
					 king salmon, may be taken for subsistence purposes only as follows:
(1) under a subsistence permit issued under
				  5 AAC 01.015 and
				  5 AAC 01.580;
(2) in the mainstem of the Yentna River from
				  its confluence with Martin Creek upstream to its confluence with the Skwentna
				  River from July 15 through August 7 from 4:00 am to 8:00 p.m. Monday through
				  Friday
(3) only with a fish wheel
				  as follows:
(A) each fish wheel must be
				  equipped with a livebox; the livebox must be constructed so that it contains no
				  less than 45 cubic feet of water volume while it is in operation;
(B) the permit holder shall attach a wood or
				  metal plate that is at least 12 inches high by 12 inches wide, bearing the
				  permit holder's name and address in letters and numerals at least one inch high
				  to each fish wheel operated under this section so that the name and address are
				  plainly visible;
(C) the permit
				  holder shall be present to attend the fish wheel at all times while the fish
				  wheel is in operation, and king salmon and rainbow trout must be returned alive
				  to the water;
(D) for purposes of
				  (A) of this paragraph, a "livebox" is a submerged container that is attached to
				  the fish wheel that will keep fish caught by the fish wheel alive;
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.595 - Subsistence bag, possession, and size limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The total
				  annual possession limit for each subsistence salmon fishing permit is as
				  follows:
(1) there is no annual possession
				  limit for holders of Port Graham, Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay
				  Subdistrict and Seldovia Bay subsistence salmon fishing permits, except that in
				  Seldovia Bay a person holding a subsistence salmon fishing permit may not take
				  more than 20 king salmon per household;
(2) 25 salmon for the head of a household and
				  10 salmon for each dependent of the permit holder;
(3) the holder of a Tyonek Subdistrict
				  subsistence salmon fishing permit may take 95 salmon and 10 salmon for each
				  additional household member, with an annual limit of 70 king salmon per
				  household;
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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.596 - Southern District Coho Salmon Subsistence Fishery Management Plan (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 11 - Cook Inlet Area › 5 AAC 01.599 - Subsistence smelt fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of smelt,
(1) there are no bag or possession
				  limits;
(2) smelt may be taken
(A) in salt water from April 1 through May 31
				  and September 1 through October 30;
(B) in fresh water from April 1 through June
				  15;
(C) only with the following
				  gear:
(i) dip nets may be used in fresh and
				  salt water;
(ii) gillnets may be
				  used in fresh and salt water;
(iii)
				  repealed 5/14/93;
(iv) no gillnet
				  fished in salt water may exceed 50 feet in length and two inches in mesh
				  size;
(v) no gillnet fished in
				  fresh water may exceed 20 feet in length and two inches in mesh size;
(vi) repealed 6/7/95;
(D) repealed 5/6/94; and
(E) only outside the boundary of the
				  nonsubsistence area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (3);
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.600 - Description of Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Prince William Sound Area includes all waters of Alaska
					 between the longitude of Cape Fairfield and the longitude of Cape Suckling
					 south of the Yukon Area described in
					 5 AAC 05.100, and all waters of the Upper Susitna River
					 drainage upstream of the Susitna River's confluence with the Oshetna
					 River.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.600 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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.605 - Description of districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Upper
				  Copper River District consists of all waters of the mainstem Copper River from
				  the mouth of the Slana River downstream to an east-west line crossing the
				  Copper River approximately 200 yards upstream of Haley Creek as designated by
				  ADF&G regulatory markers.
(1) The Chitina
				  Subdistrict consists of all waters of the Upper Copper River District
				  downstream of the downstream edge of the Chitina-McCarthy Road
				  Bridge.
(2) The Glennallen
				  Subdistrict consists of all remaining waters of the Upper Copper River
				  District.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.610 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except in the nonsubsistence area
				  described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (5) and unless restricted in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.625, or unless restricted under the terms of a
				  subsistence fishing permit, fish, other than rainbow trout and steelhead trout,
				  may be taken at any time in the Prince William Sound Area.
(b) Salmon may be taken in the Upper Copper
				  River District only as follows:
(1) in the
				  Glennallen Subdistrict, from June 1 through September 30;
(2) repealed 6/12/2003;
(3) when the Copper River subsistence fishery
				  is closed or restricted because of an inadequate escapement of sockeye or king
				  salmon, the fishery may be reopened September 1 for the taking of coho salmon,
				  which constitute the majority of the salmon at that time.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.616 - 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 stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for
				  subsistence in the following locations:
(1)
				  the Glennallen Subdistrict of the Upper Copper River District described in
				  5 AAC 01.605(2) and the waters of the
				  Copper River described in
				  5 AAC 01.647(i) (3);
(2) the Southwestern District described in
				  5 AAC 24.200(i) and the waters along
				  the northwestern shore of Green Island from the westernmost tip of the island
				  to the northernmost tip of the island;
(3) the waters north of a line from Porcupine
				  Point to Granite Point and south of a line from Point Lowe to Tongue
				  Point;
(4) the Copper River
				  District described in
				  5 AAC 24.200(a);
(5) repealed 6/12/2003;
(6) the Coghill, Northwestern, Eshamy,
				  Unakwik, Southeastern, and Bering River Districts and those portions of the
				  Northern, Montague, and Eastern Districts not included in (2) and (3) of this
				  subsection, excluding those portions within the Valdez Nonsubsistence Area as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 99.015(a) (5).
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.620 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Fish may be
				  taken by gear listed in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a) unless restricted in this
				  section or under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) Salmon may be taken only by the following
				  types of gear:
(1) in the Glennallen
				  Subdistrict by fish wheels or dip nets;
(2) repealed 4/30/91;
(3) in salt water by a gillnet or seine, in a
				  district as specified in
				  5 AAC 24.330, and as
				  follows:
(A) by a gillnet as described in
				  5 AAC 01.010(c);
(B) by a seine that is not longer than 50
				  fathoms in length and 100 meshes in depth with a maximum mesh size of four
				  inches;
(4) repealed
				  6/12/2003;
(5) notwithstanding
				  other provisions of this chapter, by gillnet gear as specified in
				  5 AAC 01.010(c) for the area that is closed
				  to commercial fishing as described in
				  5 AAC 01.645(b).
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.625 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All tributaries
				  of the Copper River and waters of the Copper River that are not in the Upper
				  Copper River District are closed to the taking of salmon.
(b) Salmon may not be taken in any area
				  closed to commercial salmon fishing unless permitted in
				  5 AAC 01.610 -
				  5 AAC 01.645.
(c) The following waters are closed to the
				  taking of whitefish with gillnet gear:
(1)
				  Lake Louise, north of a line from 62º 21.24' N. lat., 146º 38.14' W.
				  long. to 62º 21.43' N. lat., 146º 37.56' W. long.;
(2) Susitna Lake, east of a line from
				  62º 21.38' N. lat., 146º 38.31' W. long. to 62º 21.72' N. lat.,
				  146º 38.24' W. long. and east of a line from 62º 28.58' N. lat.,
				  146º 40.57' W. long. to 62º 28.36' N. lat., 146º 40.52' W.
				  long.;
(3) Tyone Lake, south and
				  west of a line from 62º 28.86' N. lat., 146º 39.95' W. long, to
				  62º 28.79' N. lat., 146º 39.66' W. long.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.630 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in this section, fish other than salmon, herring, and freshwater fish
				  species may be taken for subsistence purposes without a subsistence fishing
				  permit.
(b) Salmon, herring, and
				  freshwater fish species may be taken only under authority of a subsistence
				  fishing permit.
(c) Repealed
				  6/2/88.
(d) Only one subsistence
				  fishing permit per stock will be issued to each household per year.
(e) The following apply to Glennallen
				  Subdistrict subsistence salmon fishing permits:
(1) only one type of gear may be specified on
				  a permit;
(2) only one Glennallen
				  Subdistrict subsistence salmon fishing permit per calendar year may be issued
				  to a household;
(3) permits must be
				  returned to the department no later than October 31, or a permit for the
				  following year may be denied as provided in
				  5 AAC 01.015(c);
(4) repealed 6/12/2003;
(5) repealed 6/12/2003;
(6) repealed 3/14/2009;
(7) only the permit holder and the authorized
				  member of the household listed on the subsistence permit may take
				  salmon;
(8) a subsistence permit
				  holder shall record all harvested fish on the permit before concealing the fish
				  from plain view or transporting the fish from the fishing site; for the
				  purposes of this paragraph, "fishing site" means the location where the fish is
				  removed from the water and becomes part of the permit holder's bag
				  limit;
(9) repealed
				  3/14/2009.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.640 - Marking of subsistence-taken fish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not possess salmon taken under the authority of an Upper Copper River District
				  subsistence permit unless both tips (lobes) of the tail fin (caudal) have been
				  removed from the salmon before the person conceals the salmon from plain view
				  or transports the salmon from the fishing site.
(b) A person may not possess rainbow trout or
				  steelhead trout retained under
				  5 AAC 01.610(e) unless both tips
				  (lobes) of the tail fin (caudal) have been removed from the fish before the
				  person conceals the fish from plain view or transports the fish from the
				  fishing site.
(c) A person may not
				  possess salmon taken under the authority of a Prince William Sound Area
				  subsistence permit unless both the top and bottom lobes of the tail fin
				  (caudal) have been completely removed from the salmon before the person
				  conceals the salmon from plain view or transports the salmon from the fishing
				  site.
(d) For the purposes of this
				  section, "fishing site" means the location where the fish is removed from the
				  water and becomes part of the permit holder's bag limit or is
				  retained.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.640 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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.645 - Subsistence bag, possession, and size limits; annual limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The total
				  annual possession limits for a Glennallen Subdistrict subsistence salmon
				  fishing permit is as follows:
(1) for a
				  household with one person: 30 salmon, of which no more than five may be king
				  salmon if taken by dip net;
(2) for
				  a household with two persons: 60 salmon, of which no more than five may be king
				  salmon if taken by dip net;
(3) 10
				  salmon for each additional person in a household over those specified in (2) of
				  this subsection, except that the household's limit under (2) of this subsection
				  for king salmon taken by dip net does not increase;
(4) upon request, a permit for additional
				  salmon will be issued with the following limits:
(A) no more than a total of 200 salmon for a
				  permit issued to a household with one person, of which no more than five may be
				  king salmon if taken by dip net;
(B) no more than a total of 500 salmon for a
				  permit issued to a household with two or more persons, of which no more than
				  five may be king salmon if taken by dip net.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.647 - Copper River Subsistence Salmon Fisheries Management Plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  this plan is to ensure that adequate escapement of salmon in the Copper River
				  system occurs and that subsistence uses, as described under
				  AS
				  16.05.251 and
				  5 AAC 99.010, are accommodated.
(b) The following are directives pertaining
				  to the management of Copper River System salmon:
(1) this policy governs only those salmon
				  which pass the department sonar counters located at the Million Dollar
				  Bridge;
(2) the department shall
				  manage the Copper River commercial salmon fishery to attain a total escapement
				  of salmon into the Copper River as specified in
				  5 AAC 24.360 to ensure that an adequate escapement reaches
				  the spawning grounds and to provide for hatchery broodstock and for
				  subsistence, personal use, and sport fisheries;
(3) repealed 4/28/84;
(4) repealed 4/28/84.
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 12 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 01.648 - Prince William Sound Subsistence Salmon Fisheries Management Plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes in those waters of the
				  Southwestern District, as described in
				  5 AAC 24.200, and along the northwestern shore of Green
				  Island from the westernmost tip of the island to the northernmost tip, only as
				  follows:
(1) repealed 6/27/93;
(2) salmon may be taken only by seines up to
				  50 fathoms in length and 100 meshes deep with a maximum mesh size of four
				  inches, or by gillnets up to 150 fathoms in length, except that pink salmon may
				  be taken in fresh water by dip nets only;
(3) repealed 3/14/2009;
(4) repealed 3/14/2009;
(5) no fishing is allowed within the closed
				  waters areas described in
				  5 AAC 24.350 and
				  5 AAC 39.290 for commercial salmon fisheries; only pink
				  salmon may be taken in fresh water;
(6) there are no bag and possession limits
				  for this fishery;
(7) repealed
				  3/14/2009.
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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.650 - Description of Yakutat Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Yakutat Area includes all waters of Alaska between the
					 longitude of Cape Suckling and the longitude of Cape
					 Fairweather.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.650 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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.660 - Fishing seasons and periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  restricted in this section or
				  5 AAC 30.365, or unless restricted under the terms of a
				  subsistence fishing permit, fish may be taken at any time in the Yakutat
				  Area.
(b) From the beginning of the
				  commercial salmon net season through the end of the commercial salmon net
				  season, the weekly subsistence fishing period is from 6:00 a.m. Friday to 6:00
				  p.m. Saturday, unless extended by emergency order. This subsection applies to
				  each river and bay fishery individually.
(c) Repealed 6/30/83.
(d) Repealed 5/31/2009.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.660 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.666 - 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 finds that
				  the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for
				  subsistence:
(1) herring and herring spawn in
				  waters of Yakutat Bay, including Russell Fjord, within a line from the
				  westernmost point of Point Manby to the southernmost point of Ocean
				  Cape;
(2) bottomfish and halibut in
				  waters of Yakutat Bay, including Russell Fjord, and in waters of Alaska bounded
				  by a line from Point Manby, at 59° 41.66' N. lat., 140° 19.57' W.
				  long., to 59° 39.17' N. lat., 140° 26.75' W. long. to Ocean Cape, at
				  59° 31.62' N. lat., 139° 49.87' W. long., to 59° 29.69' N. lat.,
				  139° 55.18' W. long.;
(3)
				  salmon in freshwater upstream from the terminus of streams and rivers of the
				  Yakutat Area from the Doame River to the Tsiu River, in waters of Yakutat Bay
				  and Russell Fjord inside a line from the Westernmost point of Point Manby to
				  the southernmost point of Ocean Cape, and in waters of Icy Bay inside a line
				  from the westernmost tip of Point Riou to Icy Cape Light;
(4) Dolly Varden char, steelhead trout, and
				  smelt in freshwater upstream from the terminus of streams and rivers of the
				  Yakutat area from the Doame River to Point Manby, and in waters of Yakutat Bay
				  and Russell Fjord inside a line from the westernmost point of Point Manby to
				  the southernmost point of Ocean Cape.
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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.670 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Fish may be
				  taken by gear listed in
				  5 AAC 01.010(a), unless restricted in
				  this section or under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) Halibut may be taken only by a single
				  hand-held line with not more than two hooks attached to it.
(c) In the Situk River, a subsistence salmon
				  fishing permit holder shall attend the permit holder's gillnet at all times
				  when it is being used to take salmon.
(d) A gillnet or seine used for subsistence
				  fishing may not block more than two-thirds the width of a stream and any
				  channel or side channel of a stream.
(e) Repealed 10/16/2022.
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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.680 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon, trout
				  and char may only be taken under authority of a subsistence fishing
				  permit.
(b) Except as provided in
				  (d) of this section, the department shall not issue a permit for the taking of
				  steelhead trout.
(c) Salmon, trout,
				  or char taken incidentally by gear operated under the terms of a subsistence
				  permit for salmon are legally taken and possessed for subsistence purposes. A
				  holder of a subsistence salmon permit must report any salmon, trout, or char
				  taken in this manner on the permit holder's permit calendar.
(d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the
				  department shall issue subsistence permits for the taking of steelhead trout in
				  the Situk and Ahrnklin Rivers, and it shall manage that directed fishery toward
				  an annual guideline harvest level of 300 steelhead trout.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.680 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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.690 - Marking of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
Subsistence fishermen must remove the dorsal fin from
					 subsistence-caught salmon when taken.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.690 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 13 - Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 01.695 - Subsistence bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) 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.
(b) No person may possess
				  subsistence-taken and sport-taken salmon on the same day.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.695 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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.700 - Description of the Southeastern Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Southeastern Alaska Area includes all waters between a
					 line projecting southwest from the westernmost tip of Cape Fairweather and
					 Dixon Entrance.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.700 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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.705 - Description of districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts and sections are as described in
					 5 AAC 33.200.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.705 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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.710 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except in the nonsubsistence areas
				  described in
				  5 AAC 99.010(a)(1) and (2) and unless
				  restricted in this section,
				  5 AAC 01.725, or under the terms of a subsistence
				  fishing permit, fish, other than rainbow trout and steelhead trout, may be
				  taken in the Southeastern Alaska Area at any time.
(b) Repealed 6/30/83.
(c) Herring may be taken at any time, except
				  that in the 72 hours before, and 72 hours after an open commercial herring
				  fishing period in the Southeastern Alaska Area, a vessel that, or crew member
				  or permit holder who, participates in that commercial herring fishery opening
				  may not take or possess herring under this chapter in any district in the
				  Southeastern Alaska Area.
(d)
				  Repealed 7/18/2003.
(e) From July 7
				  through August 7, sockeye salmon may be taken in the waters of Klawock Harbor
				  enclosed by a line from the northernmost tip of Klawock Island at 55°
				  33.42' N. lat., 133° 06.38' W. long. to Klawock Island Light to the Klawock
				  Cannery Dock at 55° 33.47' N. lat., 133° 05.96' W. long., the Klawock
				  River, and Klawock Lake only from 8:00 a.m. Monday until 5:00 p.m.
				  Friday.
(f) A subsistence permit
				  issued under
				  5 AAC 01.015 for salmon taken in those waters of Sumner
				  Strait in the vicinity of Point Baker will specify the
(1) area where the salmon may be
				  taken;
(2) time period during which
				  the salmon may be taken; and
(3)
				  gillnet gear that may be used, not to exceed 50 fathoms in length.