Alaska Administrative Code

The Bristol Bay Area consists of all waters of Bristol Bay including drainages enclosed by a line from Cape Newenham at 58º 38.88' N. lat., 162º 10.51' W. long. to Cape Menshikof at 57º 28.34' N. lat., 157º 55.84' W. long. Notes 5 AAC 01.300 In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93…

Districts and sections for salmon, halibut, bottomfish, and other finfish fisheries are described in 5 AAC 06.200. The districts and sections for herring, herring spawn on kelp, and capelin fisheries are described in 5 AAC 27.805. Notes 5 AAC 01.305 In effect before 1983; am 4/16…

(a) Unless restricted in this section and 5 AAC 01.325, by emergency order, or unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, fish, other than rainbow trout, may be taken at any time in the Bristol Bay Area. (b) In all commercial salmon districts, except for s…

(a) Within any district, salmon, herring, and capelin may be taken only by drift and set gillnets. (b) Outside the boundaries of any district and within the Naknek, Alagnak, and Wood River special harvest areas, salmon may only be taken by set gillnet, except that salmon may also…

(a) Except for the western shore of the Newhalen River, waters within 300 feet of a stream mouth used by salmon are closed to the subsistence taking of fish. (b) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 01.320, gillnets are prohibited in all waters of the Naknek River drainage upstrea…

(a) Salmon may only be taken under authority of a subsistence fishing permit. (b) Repealed 4/15/81. (c) Only one subsistence fishing permit may be issued to each household per year. (d) Repealed 4/16/2023. (e) Repealed 4/2/88. Notes 5 AAC 01.330 In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82,…

Notes 5 AAC 01.335 Repealed 5/15/93.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 (board) finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Bristol Bay Area: (1) all finfish; (2) herring spawn on kelp in the waters of the Togiak District as described in 5 AAC 27.805(a).…

In the Togiak River drainage, a person may not possess (1) coho salmon taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit unless both lobes of the caudal fin (tail) or the dorsal fin have been removed; (2) salmon taken under authority of a subsistence fishing permit with a…

(a) The total annual possession limit for sockeye salmon taken after August 15 in the Naknek District is 200 sockeye salmon. (b) The daily bag limit for halibut is two, and the possession limit is two daily bag limits. No person may possess sport-taken and subsistence-taken halib…

(a) In the Bristol Bay 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 has been t…

The Aleutian Islands Area includes the waters of Alaska in and surrounding the Aleutian Islands west of Cape Sarichef Light and west of a line extending from Scotch Cap through the easternmost tip of Ugamak Island, including the waters in and surrounding the Pribilof Islands. Not…

Districts are (1) as described in 5 AAC 12.200; and (2) Atka-Amlia Islands District: the waters described in 5 AAC 11.101. Notes 5 AAC 01.355 In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 5/31/98, Register 146 At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheri…

(a) In the Unalaska District, salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. from January 1 through December 31, except (1) that from June 1 through September 15, a salmon seine vessel may not be used to take salmon for subsistence purposes during the…

Notes 5 AAC 01.365 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 (board) finds that halibut and all other finfish in the Aleutian Islands Area and the waters surrounding the Pribilof Islands are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence. (b) The board finds that (1) 13,500 - 23,000 salmon are…

(a) Salmon may be taken by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit. (b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by gear specified in 5 AAC 01.010(a), unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit. (c) Halibut may be taken for subs…

The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for salmon: (1) waters of Unalaska Lake (at the city of Unalaska), its tributaries and outlet stream, and waters between Unalaska and Amaknak Islands, including Margaret's Bay, west of a line from the "Bishop's House" at 53º …

(a) Salmon, trout, and char may be taken only under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, except that a permit is not required in the Akutan, Umnak, and Atka-Amlia Islands Districts. (b) No more than 250 salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes unless otherwise specified…

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. Notes 5 AAC 01.390 Eff. 6/2/88, Register 106; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993…

The Alaska Peninsula Area consists of all waters of Alaska on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula southwest of a line from Cape Menshikof (57º 28.34' N. lat., 157º 55.84' W. long.) to Cape Newenham (58º 39.00' N. lat., 162º W. long.) and east of the longitude of Cape Sarichef …

Subsistence fishing districts and sections in the Alaska Peninsula Area are as described in 5 AAC 09.200. Notes 5 AAC 01.405 Eff. 6/4/2004, Register 170 Authority:AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is…

(a) In the Alaska Peninsula Area, salmon may be taken at any time, except (1) in those districts and sections open to commercial salmon fishing, a commercial salmon fishing permit holder may not subsistence fish for salmon during the 24 hours before a commercial salmon fishing pe…

Notes 5 AAC 01.415 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 (board) finds that halibut and all other finfish in the Alaska Peninsula Area are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence. (b) The board finds that (1) 34,000 - 56,000 salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in th…

(a) Salmon may be taken only by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit. (b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by gear specified in 5 AAC 01.010(a) unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit. (c) In waters open to commerc…

(a) The special provisions in this section for subsistence finfish fishing in the Alaska Peninsula Area apply as follows: (1) in Mortensens Lagoon (A) a gillnet may not exceed 15 fathoms in length; (B) no more than 50 salmon may be taken per permit; (2) in the False Pass vicinity…

The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for salmon: (1) Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon and within 500 yards from the stream terminus of Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon; (2) Trout Creek and within 500 yards outside its mouth; (3) inshore of a line from the Trident Se…

A buoy attached to one end of gillnet subsistence fishing gear must have printed on it the first initial, last name, and address of the subsistence permit holder, or the ADF&G number of the vessel used to operate the gear, in numbers and letters that are (1) at least one inch hig…

(a) Salmon, trout, and char may only be taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit. The department will only issue one permit per household. (b) No more than 250 salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes, per household, unless otherwise specified by a local repr…

(a) In the Alaska Peninsula Area, a person may not possess salmon taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit unless the dorsal fin has been removed immediately after harvest. (b) A person may not sell or purchase salmon from which the dorsal fin has been removed. N…

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. Notes 5 AAC 01.440 Eff. 6/2/88, Register 106; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126 At its February 23 - 27, 1993…

The Chignik Area includes all waters of Alaska on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula bounded by a line extending 135º southeast for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks at 57º 10.34' N. lat., 156º 20.22' W. long. (the longitude of the southern entrance to Imuya Bay), t…

Districts are described in 5 AAC 15.200. Notes 5 AAC 01.455 Eff. 3/13/2005, Register 173 Authority:AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258 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 Chignik 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. Notes 5 AAC 01.456 Eff. 3/13/2…

Fish, other than rainbow trout and steelhead trout, may be taken at any time, except as may be specified by a subsistence fishing permit. Rainbow trout and steelhead trout, taken incidentally in other subsistence finfish net fisheries, are lawfully taken and may be retained for s…

Notes 5 AAC 01.465 Repealed 5/13/93. 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 (board) finds that salmon and finfish other than salmon are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Chignik Area. (b) The board finds that the following amounts of salmon and other finfish are reasonably necessary for s…

(a) Salmon may be taken by seines and gillnets, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit, except that in Chignik Lake salmon may not be taken with purse seines. A gillnet may not be set, staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in a stream while it obstructs more than o…

Salmon may not be taken (1) from July 1 through August 31, in the Chignik River from a point 300 feet upstream from the Chignik weir to Chignik Lake; (2) in Black Lake, or any tributary to Black Lake or Chignik Lake, except the waters of Clark River and Home Creek, from each of t…

(a) Salmon, trout and char may only be taken under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit. (b) Not more than 250 salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes unless otherwise specified on the subsistence fishing permit. (c) A subsistence fishermen shall keep a record of th…

In the Chignik Area, a commercial salmon fishing permit holder may not subsistence fish for salmon during the 12 hours before a commercial salmon fishing period or the 12 hours following the closure of a commercial salmon fishing period. However, a commercial salmon fishing licen…

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. Notes 5 AAC 01.490 Eff. 6/2/88, Register 106; readopt 5/13/93, Register 126 At its January 5 - 11, 1993 m…

The Kodiak Area includes all waters of Alaska south of a line extending from Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.), west of 150º W. long., north of 55º 30.00' N. lat., and north and east of a line extending 135º southeast for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks at 57º 10.34' …

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. Notes 5 AAC 01.506 Eff. 4/9/200…

(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, an…

(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 following waters are closed to the subsistence taking of salmon: (1) all waters of Near Island Channel that are bounded by a line from a point on Kodiak Island near Delarov Street at 57º 47.62' N. lat., 152º 22.78' W. long., to the northernmost point of Holiday Island at 57º …

(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 …

Notes 5 AAC 01.535 Repealed 5/13/93. 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…