5 AAC 77 — Personal Use Fishery (Article 1 to 14)

(a) Salmon may only be taken under the authority of a personal use fishing permit. (b) The department shall adhere to the following when issuing personal use salmon fishing permits: (1) the fishing effort must be allowed in places and during times when resource abundance will all…

Notes 5 AAC 77.649 Eff. 6/3/2000, Register 154; repealed 7/1/2006, Register 178 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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 …

The Southeastern Alaska Area consists of all waters of Alaska between Cape Fairweather and Dixon Entrance. Notes 5 AAC 77.650 Eff. 5/31/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison …

Districts and sections are as described in 5 AAC 33.200. Notes 5 AAC 77.655 Eff. 5/31/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quar…

In the personal use taking of shrimp (1) shrimp may only be taken from May 1 through February 28; except as provided in (7) and (8) of this section, there are no bag and possession limits; (2) a commercially licensed and registered shrimp fishing vessel may not be used to take sh…

In the personal use taking of Dungeness crab (1) there is no closed season; (2) the daily bag and possession limit is 20 male Dungeness crab 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 fi…

(a) King crab may only be taken under the authority of a permit issued under 5 AAC 77.015; the department will issue only one king crab personal use fishing permit per household per year. (b) Except as specified in (e) of this section, through January 24, 2028, the daily bag and …

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, in the personal use taking of Tanner crab, (1) Tanner crab may be taken only from July 1 through June 15; (2) the daily bag and possession limit is 30 male Tanner crab; (3) notwithstanding 5 AAC 77.010(i), no more than four pots or 1…

In the personal use taking of scallops (1) there is no closed season; (2) the daily possession limit is (A) five rock scallops (Hinnites sp); (B) 10 weathervane scallops (Pecten sp); (3) there is no possession limit for bay scallops. (4) scallops may be taken by all gear specifie…

In the personal use taking of clams (1) there is no closed season; (2) there are no daily bag and possession limits for clams, except that for (A) geoducks, the daily bag and possession limit is six; (B) razor clams on western Kruzof Island beaches between Cape Edgecumbe and Cape…

In the personal use taking of abalone (1) there is no closed season; (2) the daily bag and possession limit is five abalone per person; (3) the minimum legal size is three and one-half inches (89 mm) in greatest diameter of shell; (4) personal use fishing is prohibited while enga…

In the personal use taking of sea cucumbers, (1) there is no closed season; (2) sea cucumbers may be taken by all gear specified in 5 AAC 77.010(f)(3), except that sea cucumbers may not be taken with the use of diving gear in the waters described in 5 AAC 38.140(k) that are close…

In the personal use taking of herring and herring spawn (1) herring may be taken at any time; (2) herring and herring spawn may be taken by gear listed in 5 AAC 01.010; (3) there is no annual possession limit for herring or for herring spawn which is not on kelp; (4) herring spaw…

In the personal use taking of groundfish, (1) groundfish may be taken at any time, except lingcod may not be taken from December 1 through May 15; (2) groundfish may be taken for personal use only by longline or hand held line, except that sablefish, Pacific cod, and rockfish, in…

In the personal use taking of halibut (1) halibut may be taken from February 1 through December 31; (2) halibut may be taken only by a single line which is operated by hand with not more than two hooks attached to it; no person may operate more than one line and the line must be …

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, smelt may be taken for personal use at any time and there are no bag or possession limits. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, in District 1, eulachon smelt may only be taken under the terms of a personal use fishing permit issu…

Aquatic plants may be harvested by hand for personal use at any time, and there are no daily harvest or possession limits, except that: (a) within the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area defined in 5 AAC 99.015(1), there are no harvest limits, except that along the shoreline adjacent t…

Notes 5 AAC 77.680 Repealed 6/25/89. 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) Salmon may only be taken under the authority of a personal use fishing permit. (b) The department shall adhere to the following when issuing personal use salmon fishing permits: (1) the fishing effort must be allowed in places and during times when resource abundance will all…

Salmon streams flowing across or adjacent to the road systems of Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, Sitka, and Ketchikan support only limited runs of salmon. Harvestable numbers of salmon in excess to the spawning escapement needs for those streams are normally of such a small magnitu…

From January 1 through August 31, in the waters of 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. lon…

(a) The purpose of the personal use hatchery salmon management plan set out in (b) - (e) of this section is to allow the personal use taking of hatchery salmon in terminal locations when those salmon have not been taken in other authorized fisheries. (b) Fishing times and locatio…

Notes 5 AAC 77.690 Repealed 4/18/86. 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…

Notes 5 AAC 77.695 Repealed 4/18/86. 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) 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, shellfish that has been taken under this chapter…