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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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.714 - Limitations on participation in subsistence finfish fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the
				  Southeastern Alaska Area, finfish may not be taken for subsistence uses in the
				  Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area and the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area described in
				  5 AAC 99.015.
(b) A person on board a vessel from which a
				  longline is used to take groundfish for subsistence uses in the Northern
				  Southeast Inside Subdistrict or the Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict,
				  described in
				  5 AAC 28.105, may not operate commercial longline gear
				  for groundfish from that vessel until all subsistence-taken groundfish are
				  ofiloaded from the vessel.
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 01.716 - 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 in the following portions of the Southeastern Alaska Area outside
				  the nonsubsistence areas described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(1) and (2):
(1) District 1, as follows:
(A) eulachon in the fresh waters of section
				  1-C and section 1-D;
(B) salmon and
				  Dolly Varden char, as follows:
(i) in the
				  waters of the Naha River;
(ii) in
				  Boca de Quadra, in the waters of Sockeye Creek, and within 500 yards of the
				  terminus of Sockeye Creek, and in Hugh Smith
				  Lake;
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 01.717 - Customary trade in herring roe on kelp

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The limited,
				  noncommercial exchange for cash of subsistence-harvested herring roe on kelp,
				  legally taken in Districts 1 - 16, under the terms of
				  5 AAC 01.730, is permitted as customary trade. Persons
				  licensed under
				  AS
				  43.75.011 to engage in a fisheries business
				  may not exchange, solicit to exchange, or receive for commercial purposes
				  subsistence-taken herring roe on kelp. Allowable possession limits for
				  customary trade and other subsistence uses shall be those specified on permits
				  issued according to
				  5 AAC 01.730(g). Permits must include
				  the following information:
(1) the intended
				  purposes of the harvest and the estimated amount of herring roe on kelp
				  dedicated to each purpose;
(2) the
				  name of the individual transporting the herring roe on kelp to the point of
				  sale or transfer.
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 01.720 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
Fish may be taken by gear listed in
					 5 AAC 01.010(a) except as may be
					 restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit and except as
					 follows:
(1) in District 13, Redoubt
				  Bay, gillnet or seine gear may not be used to take salmon in any waters of the
				  bay closed to commercial salmon fishing;
(2) a set gillnet may not be used to take
				  salmon except in the mainstream and side channels, but not the tributaries, of
				  the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of Wells Bridge;
(A) the mainstream and side channels, but not
				  the tributaries, of the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of
				  Wells Bridge; and
(B) District 5 in
				  Shipley Bay, not more than 100 yards from the terminus of Shipley
				  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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.725 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may not
				  be taken for subsistence purposes in
(1) the
				  Klawock River drainage upstream of the Klawock River Bridge;
(2) District 15, in the salt waters of Lynn
				  Canal, including Chilkat Inlet, Chilkoot Inlet, and Lutak Inlet, during closed
				  periods of the commercial salmon net fishery in the district, except that
				  salmon may be taken in salt waters of Chilkoot Inlet and Lutak Inlet north of
				  the latitude of Battery Point at 59° 12.47' N. lat., excluding waters of
				  Tai ya Inlet north of the latitude of Tai ya Point at 59° 17.27' N. lat.,
				  and in Chilkat Inlet north of the latitude of Glacier Point at 59° 06.02'
				  N. lat. on the Saturday before and the day before any period that the
				  commercial salmon net fishery is open in the waters of Section
				  15-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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.730 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Eulachon in the
				  Unuk River, and salmon, trout, char, herring spawn on kelp, and sablefish may
				  only be taken under authority of a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) Permits will not be issued for the taking
				  of coho salmon from the Taku River and Stikine River drainages. However, coho
				  salmon taken incidentally by gear operated under terms of a subsistence permit
				  for other salmon are legally taken and possessed for subsistence purposes as
				  described in (j) of this section.
(c) In the Chilkat River, the subsistence
				  fishing permit holder shall be physically present at the net while it is
				  fishing.
(d) Repealed
				  7/18/2003.
(e) The department shall
				  adhere to the following when issuing subsistence salmon fishing permits:
(1) fishing effort must be allowed in places
				  and during times when resource abundance will allow a harvest without
				  jeopardizing the sustained yield of the stock and in a manner which provides
				  for an orderly fishery;
(2) any
				  gear must be allowed which is efficient and economical in light of local
				  circumstances and which provides for an orderly harvest without waste of the
				  resource;
(3) possession limits may
				  be established if resources are limited relative to anticipated harvest
				  levels;
(4) the department may not
				  set any possession limit which jeopardizes the sustained yield of a
				  stock;
(5) a permit is valid for
				  the entire season in which it is issued;
(6) the department may require the permit
				  holder to report daily harvests on the catch calendar which accompanies the
				  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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.740 - Marking of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
Subsistence fishermen shall immediately remove the dorsal
					 fin of all salmon when taken.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.740 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 01.745 - Subsistence bag and possession limits; annual 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.
(c) In the subsistence fishery established in
				  5 AAC 01.710(f), the total annual limit
				  for salmon is 25 salmon per household.
(d) There is no daily bag or possession limit
				  for aquatic plants, other than herring spawn on kelp, that are taken for
				  subsistence purposes.
(e) In the
				  Ketchikan Management Area, in waters open to subsistence salmon fishing under a
				  household subsistence salmon fishing permit, the possession and annual limits
				  for salmon per household are as follows:
(1)
				  sockeye salmon: the possession limit is 10 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit
				  of 20 sockeye salmon, except as follows:
(A)
				  District 1: in the following waters, the possession limit is 12 sockeye salmon,
				  with no annual limit:
(i) Hugh Smith Lake and
				  Sockeye Creek, combined;
(ii) Naha
				  River east of 131° 37.03' 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 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area › 5 AAC 01.747 - Subsistence fishing policy for the Petersburg, Wrangell, and Sitka road systems

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon streams flowing across or adjacent
				  to the road systems of Petersburg, Wrangell, and Sitka support only limited
				  runs of salmon. Harvestable numbers of salmon in excess of the spawning
				  escapement needs for those streams are normally of such a small magnitude that
				  these numbers alone are not sufficient to support the consumptive demands of
				  those communities. Therefore, permits allowing the use of nets shall not be
				  issued for the streams along the road systems of those communities.
(b) Repealed 4/14/82.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries amended
						5 AAC 01.747(a) 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 01.750 - Vessel specifications and operations

Current through May 31, 2024
From January 1 through August 31, 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., a
					 person may subsistence salmon fish from a vessel that is powered only by hand
					 or an outboard motor of no greater than 50 horsepower.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.750 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 01.760 - Redoubt Bay and Lake Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section provides guidelines to the department for allocating
				  Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon between the commercial, sport, and subsistence
				  fisheries. The department shall manage the Redoubt Bay and Lake sockeye salmon
				  fisheries to achieve an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 - 25,000 sockeye
				  salmon. For the purpose of this section, Redoubt Bay consists of the waters of
				  Redoubt Bay south of 56º 54.71' N. lat.
(b) In the Redoubt Bay and Lake subsistence
				  salmon fishery,
(1) sockeye salmon may be
				  taken
(A) from June 1 through August 31;
				  and
(B) by gaff, dip net, seine,
				  gillnet, and a hook and line attached to a rod or pole;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Regulations in this chapter apply to subsistence fishing
					 for Dungeness crab, king crab, Tanner crab, shrimp, clams, abalone and other
					 types of shellfish or their parts. The descriptions of legal types of gear
					 (5 AAC 39.105), the definitions
					 (5 AAC 39.975) and the abbreviations
					 and symbols (5 AAC 39.997) set forth in 5 AAC 39
					 are applicable to the regulations in this chapter.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.001 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.005 - Subsistence fishing permitted

Current through May 31, 2024
Shellfish may be taken for subsistence purposes at any time
					 in any area of the state by any method unless restricted by the subsistence
					 fishing regulations in this chapter.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.005 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.010 - Methods, means, and general restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided in this title, the following are legal types of gear for
				  subsistence fishing:
(1) gear specified in
				  5 AAC 39.105;
(2) jigging gear which consists of a line or
				  lines with lures or baited hooks which are operated during periods of ice cover
				  from holes cut in the ice and which are drawn through the water by
				  hand;
(3) a spear which is a shaft
				  with a sharp point or fork-like implement attached to one end, used to thrust
				  through the water to impale or retrieve fish and which is operated by
				  hand;
(4) a lead which is a length
				  of net employed for guiding fish into a seine or a length of net or fencing
				  employed for guiding fish into a fish wheel, fyke net, or dip net.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.011 - Subsistence fishing by proxy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Shellfish may
				  be taken by subsistence fishing by proxy only as provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.405 and in this section.
(b) Any species of shellfish that may be
				  taken by subsistence fishing under this chapter may be taken by subsistence
				  fishing by proxy.
(c) Before a
				  proxy may take, attempt to take, or transport shellfish taken under this
				  section, on behalf of a beneficiary, the proxy or the beneficiary shall obtain
				  and complete a proxy fishing information form available from the department.
				  The proxy or the beneficiary shall take or mail the completed form to any
				  ADF&G office for validation. The department shall return the validated form
				  and retain a copy for the department's records. In addition to the requirements
				  of
				  AS
				  16.05.405(c), the proxy must
				  have in possession a validated proxy fishing information form when taking,
				  attempting to take, or transporting shellfish taken under this section, on
				  behalf of a beneficiary. A subsistence fishing permit issued by the department
				  may be substituted for the proxy fishing information form if the information
				  requested on the subsistence fishing permit is the same as the information
				  requested on the proxy fishing information form.
(d) As provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.405, a proxy who takes or attempts to
				  take shellfish by subsistence fishing on behalf of a beneficiary may, at the
				  same time, fish for the proxy's own use, except that the proxy
(1) may not take more than twice the bag
				  limit, and may not possess more than twice the possession limit, of a species,
				  as established in this chapter, for the waters in which the fishing occurs;
				  and
(2) may not fish with more than
				  one legal limit of gear, as established in this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.015 - Subsistence fishing permits and reports

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a
				  subsistence fishing permit is required by this chapter, the following
				  conditions apply unless otherwise specified by the subsistence fishing
				  regulations this chapter:
(1) the numbers of
				  shellfish taken for subsistence use may not exceed the limits set out in the
				  permit;
(2) permits must be
				  obtained from a local representative of the department prior to subsistence
				  fishing;
(3) permits must be
				  retained in the possession of the permittee and be readily available for
				  inspection while taking or transporting the species for which the permit is
				  issued;
(4) the permit may
				  designate the species and numbers of shellfish to be harvested, time and area
				  of fishing, the type and amount of fishing gear and other conditions necessary
				  for management or conservation purposes;
(5) if specified on the permit, each
				  subsistence fisherman shall keep accurate daily records of the catch involved,
				  showing the number of shellfish taken by species, location and date of the
				  catch and such other information as the department may require for management
				  or conservation purposes;
(6)
				  subsistence fishing reports must be completed on forms provided by the
				  department and submitted to the department office from which the permit was
				  issued at a time specified by the department for each particular area and
				  fishery;
(7) if applicable, the
				  total annual possession limit for the permittee must be entered on each permit
				  by the local representative of the department issuing the permit; if
				  applicable, the local representative of the department issuing the permit shall
				  require from an applicant documented proof of residency, income or other
				  criteria required by regulation, or in the absence of such documentation, a
				  signed affidavit setting forth duration of residency, income or other criteria
				  required by regulation, to determine the applicable annual possession limit and
				  residency of the applicant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.019 - Prohibitions on shellfish pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not disturb, tamper with, or retrieve another
					 person's shellfish pot gear without prior permission of the owner of that pot
					 gear.
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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.021 - Retention of fish taken in commercial fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 213, April 2015, the substance of former
						5 AAC 02.021 appears in
						5 AAC 39.010.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.025 - Use of commercially licensed or registered vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Limitations on
				  the use of subsistence shrimp pots by vessels and participants in commercial
				  shrimp pot fisheries and the use of subsistence trawls by vessels and
				  participants in commercial shrimp trawl fisheries are contained in 5 AAC
				  31.
(b) Limitations on the use of
				  subsistence Dungeness crab gear by vessels and participants in commercial
				  Dungeness crab fisheries are contained in 5 AAC 32.
(c) Limitations on the use of subsistence
				  king crab gear by vessels and participants in commercial king crab fisheries
				  are contained in 5 AAC 34.
(d)
				  Limitations on the use of subsistence Tanner crab gear by vessels and
				  participants in commercial Tanner crab fisheries are contained in 5 AAC
				  35.
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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.027 - Prohibitions for use of subsistence-taken shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner,
				  operator, or employee of a lodge, charter vessel, or other enterprise that
				  furnishes food, lodging, or sport fishing guide services may not furnish to a
				  client or guest of that enterprise, shellfish that has been taken under this
				  chapter, unless the
(1) shellfish 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 02.010(e) (1); and
(3) shellfish is to be 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.030 - Unlawful possession of subsistence shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  possess, transport or place into the possession of another person, raw or
				  unprocessed subsistence-taken shellfish or their parts that the person has
				  taken contrary to state law or regulation.
(b) No person may possess or transport raw or
				  unprocessed subsistence-taken shellfish or their parts if the items have been
				  received from a person who took, possessed or transported the items contrary to
				  state law or regulation and if the person receiving the items knows, has reason
				  to know or should have reason to know that the items were taken, possessed or
				  transported contrary to state law or regulation.
(c) No person may possess or transport raw or
				  unprocessed subsistence-taken shellfish or their parts that the person knows
				  were taken, possessed or transported contrary to state law or
				  regulation.
(d) No person may take
				  or possess shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.030 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.035 - Width of shell measurement for king and Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, the width of shell measurement for king
					 and Tanner crab is the greatest straight-line distance across the carapace at a
					 right angle to a line midway between the eyes to the midpoint of the posterior
					 portion of the carapace, including the spines.
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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 02.040 - Policy on closures due to illegal fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Some fisheries
				  have had a documented history of illegal commercial fishing dating back to
				  1968. Enforcement efforts by the Department of Public Safety have been largely
				  ineffective in controlling this recurring problem on a long-term basis. The
				  board recognizes the difficulty of enforcement in some areas of the state and
				  although the current regulations are sufficient to protect fish stocks, they
				  may be ineffective due to special enforcement problems.
(b) In the interest of the conservation of
				  valuable renewable fish resources, the Board of Fisheries directs the
				  commissioner, or his authorized designee, to take the following actions given
				  the specified circumstances. If illegal fishing activities develop to the point
				  that regulations pertaining to protection of fish stocks become ineffective,
				  the commissioner shall consider closing the affected fishery by emergency order
				  for a period of up to one week. When the fishery reopens and illegal fishing
				  continues to be a problem, the appropriate fishery may be closed for an
				  additional period of time. Continued violations may result in additional
				  closures of the fishery.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.040 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.100 - Description of the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area has as its western
					 boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.), its southern
					 boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance, and its seaward boundary
					 the 400-fathom (732 m) depth contour.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.100 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.105 - Description of districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts are as described in
					 5 AAC 30.200 and
					 5 AAC 33.200.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.105 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.106 - Limitations on participation in subsistence shellfish fisheries; nonsubsistence areas

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area, shellfish may not
					 be taken for subsistence purposes in the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area and the
					 Juneau Nonsubsistence Area described in
					 5 AAC 99.015.
Before Register 214, July 2015, the substance of
						5 AAC 02.106 appeared in
						5 AAC 02.108(b). The history note for
						5 AAC 02.106 does not reflect the history of the earlier
						provision.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.107 - Limitations on participation in subsistence shellfish 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.108 - Customary and traditional uses of shellfish stocks

Current through May 31, 2024
The Alaska Board of Fisheries finds that the following
					 shellfish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for
					 subsistence in the following portions of the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area
					 outside of the nonsubsistence areas described in
					 5 AAC 99.015(a)(1) and (2):
(1) District 1: shellfish, except shrimp,
				  king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters
(A)
				  Section 1-E south of the latitude of Grant Island Light;
(B) Section 1-F north of the latitude of the
				  northernmost tip of Mary Island, except the waters of Boca de
				  Quadra;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.109 - Lawful gear for subsistence shellfish fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area,
(1) in the subsistence taking of shellfish
				  other than shrimp, no more than five pots of any type, per person, and no more
				  than I 0 pots of any type, per vessel, may be used;
(2) in the subsistence taking of sea
				  cucumbers, sea cucumbers may not be taken with the use of diving gear in the
				  waters described in
				  5 AAC 38.140(k) that are closed to
				  commercial sea cucumber fi shing.
Before Register 214, July 2015, the substance of
						5 AAC 02.109 appeared in
						5 AAC 02.110. The history note for
						5 AAC 02.109 does not reflect the history of the earlier
						provision.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.110 - Subsistence shrimp fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of shrimp,
(1) a pot used to take shrimp must have
(A) no more than four tunnel eye openings; a
				  tunnel eye opening may not exceed 15 inches in perimeter;
(B) a bottom perimeter of no more than 153
				  inches; and
(C) a volume of no
				  more than 25 cubic feet;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.115 - Subsistence Dungeness crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of Dungeness crab
(1) the daily bag and possession limit is 20
				  crab per person except that, in waters of Thorne Bay west of the longitude of
				  the southernmost tip of Thorne Head, the daily bag and possession limit is five
				  crab;
(2) only male Dungeness crab
				  six and one-half inches or greater in shoulder width may be taken or possessed;
				  male Dungeness crab less than the minimum legal size and female Dungeness crab
				  that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed; for
				  the purposes of this paragraph, the shoulder width measurement of Dungeness
				  crab is the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately anterior to
				  the tenth anterolateral spine, not including the spines;
(3) spears and gaffs may not be used in
				  Districts 1 - 16;
(4) repealed
				  7/14/85;
(5) live holding
				  facilities utilized to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits by an individual
				  or individuals are not allowed;
(6)
				  a pot used to take Dungeness crab under this section must have at least two
				  escape rings that each are not less than four and three-eighths inches, inside
				  diameter; the escape rings must be located on opposite sides of the pot and the
				  upper half of the vertical pane of the pot;
(7) no more than 10 ring nets per person,
				  with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take Dungeness
				  crab.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.115 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.120 - Subsistence king crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of king crab
(1) repealed 4/23/94;
(2) repealed 7/14/85;
(3) in the districts described in
				  5 AAC 30.200
(A) red
				  and blue king crab may not be taken from April 1 through June 30;
(B) only male king crab seven inches or
				  larger in width of shell may be taken or possessed;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.125 - Subsistence Tanner crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of Tanner crab
(1) the possession limit for Tanner crab is
				  30 crab per person, per day; only male Tanner crab five and one-half inches or
				  greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed; male Tanner crab less than
				  the minimum legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be
				  immediately returned to the water unharmed;
(2) repealed 7/14/85;
(3) a pot used to take Tanner crab under this
				  section must have at least two circular escape rings on opposing vertical or
				  sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than four and three-quarter
				  inches inside diameter;
(4) no more
				  than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be
				  used to take Tanner crab;
(5) a
				  person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple
				  bag limits of Tanner crab.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.125 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.130 - Subsistence clam fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the
				  subsistence taking of geoducks the bag limit is six geoducks per person per
				  day.
(b) Unless opened by emergency
				  order, the Sitka Sound Special Use Area described in
				  5 AAC 77.674(3) (A)(i) is closed to the
				  harvest of razor clams.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.130 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.135 - Subsistence abalone fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of abalone
(1) the possession limit is five abalone per
				  person;
(2) the minimum legal size
				  is three and one-half inches (89 mm) in greatest diameter of shell;
(3) subsistence fishing is prohibited while
				  engaged in commercial abalone fishing; prior to engaging in the subsistence
				  fishery, commercial abalone fishermen must return the commercial permit to the
				  Department of Fish and Game and land the commercial catch in
				  possession;
(4) repealed
				  6/30/83;
(5) a diver using a
				  compressed air system, such as scuba or hookah, may not take abalone.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.135 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area › 5 AAC 02.140 - Subsistence scallop fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the subsistence taking of rock scallops
(Hinnites sp)
and weathervane scallops
(Pecten
					 sp)
, the daily bag and possession limit is five rock scallops and 10
					 weathervane scallops.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.200 - Description of the Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Prince William Sound Area has as its western boundary
					 the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W. long.), as its eastern
					 boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.), and as its
					 seaward boundary the 400-fathom (732 m) depth contour.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.200 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.206 - Subsistence king and Tanner crab fishing permit

Current through May 31, 2024
A person must obtain a subsistence crab permit, described
					 in 5 AAC 02.015, from the department
					 before harvesting crab with pots in the Prince William Sound Area. Upon taking
					 king or Tanner crab and before concealing the crab from plain view or removing
					 the crab from the fishing site, the person must enter the catch information
					 requested on the permit.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.207 - Lawful gear for subsistence king and Tanner crab fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Prince William Sound Area,
(1) king and Tanner crab may be taken only
				  with pots, ring nets, dip nets, diving gear, hooked or hookless hand lines, and
				  by hand;
(2) a pot used to take
				  king or Tanner crab
(A) must have a minimum
				  of two escape rings that are at least four and three-eighths inches inside
				  diameter; and
(B) may not have any
				  portion of the line attaching the pot to a buoy floating on the surface of the
				  water at any time, except for that portion of the line connecting the main buoy
				  to any auxiliary buoy or buoys;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.208 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of shellfish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska
				  Board of Fisheries (board) finds that shrimp, Dungeness crab, Tanner crab, king
				  crab, and miscellaneous shellfish are customarily and traditionally used for
				  subsistence in the Prince William Sound Area.
(b) The board finds that 9,000 - 15,000
				  pounds of usable weight of shrimp are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses
				  in the Prince William Sound Area.
(c) The board finds that 15,000 - 25,000
				  pounds usable weight of shellfish other than shrimp and crab are reasonably
				  necessary for subsistence uses in the Prince William Sound Area.
(d) The board finds that 550 - 2,050 Tanner
				  crab are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Prince William Sound
				  Area.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.210 - Subsistence shrimp fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will manage the subsistence shrimp fishery
					 in Prince William Sound as specified in
					 5 AAC 55.055. In the subsistence taking of
					 shrimp,
(1) repealed
				  7/12/86;
(2) repealed
				  7/12/86;
(3) in addition to the
				  marking requirements specified in
				  5 AAC 02.010(e) (1), each keg or buoy
				  must also be plainly and legibly inscribed with the vessel name or the division
				  of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, of the
				  vessel used to operate the pot;
(4)
				  all shrimp pots must have at least two adjacent vertical sides, or
				  near-vertical sides, excluding tunnels, completely composed of uncovered net
				  webbing or rigid mesh; pots that do not have a definable side, including round
				  pots, must have net webbing or rigid mesh panels covering a minimum of 50
				  percent of the vertical, or near-vertical, surface area of the pot; the net
				  webbing or rigid mesh on all pots must be large enough to allow the unaided
				  passage of a maximum 12-inch long, seven-eighths inch diameter, round wooden
				  peg without deforming the opening, except for the selvage;
(5) a person may take shrimp only from April
				  15 through September 15;
(6) no
				  more than five pots per person, and no more than five pots per vessel, may be
				  used;
(7) a person may take shrimp
				  only under a permit issued by the department as specified in
				  5 AAC 02.015.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.210 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.215 - Subsistence Dungeness crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
The subsistence taking of Dungeness crab in the Prince
					 William Sound Area is closed until the Dungeness crab stocks recover enough to
					 provide a harvestable surplus and regulations are adopted by the Board of
					 Fisheries that reopen the fishery.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.215 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 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.220 - Subsistence Tanner crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Prince William Sound Area, in the subsistence taking
					 of Tanner crab,
(1) Tanner crab may be
				  taken only from October 1 through March 31;
(2) only male Tanner crab five inches or
				  greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed;
(3) the daily bag and possession limit is 12
				  male Tanner crab.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.225 - Subsistence king crab fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for
				  golden king crab as described in (b) of this section, the subsistence taking of
				  king crab in the Prince William Sound Area is closed until the king crab stocks
				  recover enough to provide a harvestable surplus and regulations are adopted by
				  the Board of Fisheries that reopen the fishery.
(b) In the Prince William Sound Area, in the
				  subsistence taking of golden king crab,
(1)
				  golden king crab may be taken only from October 1 through March 31;
(2) golden king crab may be taken only in the
				  waters west of 147º 20.00' W. long.;
(3) only male golden king crab seven inches
				  or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed;
(4) an annual limit per household is three
				  male golden king crab.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery › Article 3 - Prince William Sound Area › 5 AAC 02.230 - Subsistence clam fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
In waters east of 146º W. long. and south of a line
					 from the southernmost tip of Point Bentinck to the southernmost tip of Point
					 Whitshed
(1) razor clams may be taken
				  only under the authority of a subsistence razor clam fishing permit;
(2) only razor clams four and one-half inches
				  or longer in length of shell may be taken or possessed.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 02.230 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
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