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

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…

Notes 5 AAC 01.713 Eff. 6/3/2000, Register 154; repealed 8/8/2007, Register 183 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will …

(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…

Notes 5 AAC 01.715 Repealed 5/15/93. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

(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…