5 AAC 01 — Subsistence Finfish Fishery (Article 1 to 14)

(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…

(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 t…

(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 enhanc…

(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) i…

(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and Port Graham Subdistricts; (2) salmon may be taken in the Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts; (3) repealed 5/14/93; (4) repealed 5/14/93; (5) smelt may be taken as provided in 5 AAC …

(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) Repeal…

(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 b…

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; (…

(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 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 …

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 …

(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 C…

(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…

(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 Copp…

(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/…

(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. …

(a) Except as provided in this section, fish other than salmon, herring, sablefish, and freshwater fish species may be taken for subsistence purposes without a subsistence fishing permit. (b) Salmon, herring, sablefish, and freshwater fish species may be taken only under authorit…

(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 fr…

(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,…

(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 Ri…

(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)…

The Yakutat Area includes all waters of Alaska between the longitude of Cape Suckling and the longitude of Cape Fairweather. Notes 5 AAC 01.650 In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.65…

(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 …

(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 …

(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 subsisten…

(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 u…

Subsistence fishermen must remove the dorsal fin from subsistence-caught salmon when taken. Notes 5 AAC 01.690 In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.690 in its entirety without change,…

(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. Notes 5 AAC 01.69…

The Southeastern Alaska Area includes all waters between a line projecting southwest from the westernmost tip of Cape Fairweather and Dixon Entrance. Notes 5 AAC 01.700 In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993 mee…

Districts and sections are as described in 5 AAC 33.200. Notes 5 AAC 01.705 In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 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 …

(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…

(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 vessel or a person on board a vessel from which subsistence fishing gear is used to take gro…

(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 …

(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 exchan…

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 commerci…

(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…

(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, …

Subsistence fishermen shall immediately remove the dorsal fin of all salmon when taken. Notes 5 AAC 01.740 In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 4/16/83, Register 86; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopte…

(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 subsis…

(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 n…

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 m…

(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 e…