Alaska Administrative Code

The Kuskokwim Area consists of all waters of Alaska between the latitude of the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula and the latitude of the southernmost tip of Cape Newenham, including the waters of Alaska surrounding Nunivak and St. Matthew Islands and those waters drain…

(a) District 1 consists of that portion of the Kuskokwim River upstream from a line from Apokak Slough at 60º 08.50' N. lat., 162º 12' W. long. to the southernmost tip of Eek Island to Popokamiut at 60º 04' N. lat., 162º 28' W. long., to a line between ADF&G regulatory markers lo…

Except as provided in 5 AAC 07.320 - 5 AAC 07.360, commercial salmon fishing seasons will be opened and closed by emergency order except that districts will be closed as follows: (1) Districts 1 and 2 will close on September 1; (2) Districts 4 and 5 will close on September 8; (3)…

In the Kuskokwim Area, in all districts, subdistricts, and sections, salmon may be taken only during fishing periods established by emergency order. However, when fish abundance and processing capacity allows, the Lower Section of Subdistrict 1-B will open up to two hours earlier…

In the Kuskokwim Area, salmon may be taken only with set gillnets and drift gillnets. A person may not operate or assist in operating more than one type of gear at any time. Notes 5 AAC 07.330 In effect before 1988; am 6/7/2007, Register 182 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulatio…

(a) A gillnet must have a mesh size of six inches or less, and may not be more than 45 meshes in depth. The aggregate length of a set gillnet or drift gillnet may not exceed 50 fathoms, except that if the commissioner determines that there is a harvestable surplus of salmon, the …

(a) Each drift gillnet in operation must have at one end a red keg, buoy or cluster of floats plainly and legibly marked with the fisherman's five-digit CFEC permit serial number. (b) Each set gillnet in operation must be identified as required by 5 AAC 39.280. Notes 5 AAC 07.334…

In District 5, no part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 300 feet of any part of another set gillnet. Notes 5 AAC 07.335 In effect before 1988 Authority:AS 16.05.251(a) State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comp…

Notwithstanding 5 AAC 39.119, a vessel used to commercially fish for salmon in the Kuskokwim Area must permanently display the vessel's ADF&G license plate number, or the permit holder's CFEC permit number, on both sides of the vessel in symbols no less than 12 inches high and on…

Salmon may not be taken in the following locations: (1) waters of the Kuskokwim River drainage not included in Districts 1 and 2; (2) repealed 5/11/85; (3) tributaries of the Kuskokwim River; (4) waters of Kuskokuak Slough of the Kuskokwim River drainage between department regula…

A salmon buyer or processor transporting salmon or salmon roe to the point of initial processing must have in possession, and display, upon request, to a peace officer of the state, a completed fish ticket, or a copy of the fish ticket, for all salmon or salmon roe in the buyer's…

Notes 5 AAC 07.360 Repealed 6/14/90. 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 purpose of this management plan is to provide guidelines for management of the Kuskokwim River salmon fisheries that result in the sustained yield of salmon stocks large enough to meet escapement goals, amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence uses, and for nonsubsist…

(a) The objective of the Districts 4 and 5 Salmon Management Plan is to maintain a level of sustained yield which will provide for subsistence needs, the long-term economic health of the commercial and sport fishing industries, and recreational opportunities in the districts and …

(a) A CFEC salmon limited entry or interim-use permit holder shall register to fish in a subdistrict described in 5 AAC 07.200(a) (1) or (2) by indicating on the ADF&G fish ticket used for the first delivery of the season the subdistrict in which the permit holder first took salm…

Notes 5 AAC 07.510 In effect before 1988; repealed 7/21/99, Register 151 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 adde…

Whitefish Lake, southwest of Aniak in the Ophir Creek drainage, is closed to commercial fishing. Notes 5 AAC 07.650 Eff. 7/16/92, Register 123 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between o…

Notes 5 AAC 07.710 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…

Notes 5 AAC 07.730 Repealed 6/15/74. 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 07.750 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…

Notes 5 AAC 07.760 Repealed 6/15/74. 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 07.792 Repealed 6/15/74. 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…

Requirements set out in this chapter apply only to commercial fishing, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence, personal use, and sport fishing regulations affecting commercial fishing vessels or affecting any other commercial fishing activity are set out in the subsistence fishi…

The Alaska Peninsula Area includes the 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 Li…

(a) Northern District: waters on the north (Bering Sea) side of the Alaska Peninsula west of a line from Cape Menshikof (57° 28.34' N. lat., 157° 55.84' W. long.) to Cape Newenham (58° 39.00' N. lat., 162° W. long.) and the longitude of Moffet Point (162° 35.50' W. long.), exclud…

In the Alaska Peninsula 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 09.206 Ef…

For the purpose of managing the historical salmon net fishery in the vicinity of False Pass and Unimak Bight, the outer boundary of the Southwestern and Unimak Districts is a line drawn three miles seaward from a line commencing at 54° 26.70' N. lat., 162° 53.00' W. long., near t…

(a)In the Northern District, salmon may be taken as follows: (1) Cinder River Section: (A) from May 1 through September 30, waters within the lagoon into which Cinder River drains (locally known as False U gashik or Shagong) that are inside a line across the lagoon entrance from …

(a) In the Northern District, salmon may be taken only during weekly fishing periods from 6:00 a.m. Monday until 6:00 p.m. Thursday, unless modified by emergency order, except as follows: (1) in the Black Hills Section, (A) before July 1, salmon may be taken from 6:00 a.m. Monday…

(a) In the Northern District, salmon may be taken in the (1) Cinder River Section: with drift gillnets or set gillnets only; (2) Inner Port Heiden Section: with drift gillnets or set gillnets only; (3) Ilnik Section: with drift gillnets or set gillnets only; (4) Three Hills Secti…

(a) The size and operation of drift gillnets is as follows: (1) the aggregate length of drift gillnets on a salmon fishing boat or in use by such boat shall be no more than 200 fathoms in length; (2) repealed 6/5/2016; (3) in the Northwestern, Unimak, and Southwestern Districts, …

(a) Purse seines or hand purse seines may not be less than 100 fathoms nor more than 250 fathoms in length. A purse seine or hand purse seine may not exceed 375 meshes in depth. Seine mesh may not be more than three and one-half inches, except that the first 25 meshes above the l…

(a) Each drift gillnet in operation must have at each end a bright red keg, buoy, or cluster of floats plainly and legibly marked with the permanent vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel operating the gear, as well as the initials of the operator. (b) Each set gillnet…

No part of a commercial set gillnet may be set or operated within 900 feet of any part of another commercial set gillnet, except that in the (1) Inner Port Heiden Section no part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 600 feet of any part of another set gillnet; (2) Nelso…

Notes 5 AAC 09.342 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…

Salmon may not be taken in the following locations: (1) Cape Menshikof: waters of the Cinder River Section located north and east of a line extending 304º from a point on the shore at 57º 24.40' N. lat., 158º 03.00' W. long.; (2) Cinder River Lagoon: waters enclosed by a line fro…

The operator of a floating salmon processing vessel or tender, or of a shorebased processing operation, and a company employing aircraft used for transporting salmon, shall report in person, or by radio or telephone, to a local representative of the department located in the mana…

(a) The purpose of this management plan is to provide guidelines to the department for the management of the interception of Chignik River sockeye salmon caught in the Southeastern District Mainland fishery conducted in the East Stepovak, Stepovak Flats, Northwest Stepovak, South…

(a) The South Unimak and Shumagin Islands June fisheries harvest both sockeye salmon and chum salmon in a mixed stock fishery during the month of June. The sockeye salmon are predominantly Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula origin. The chum salmon are bound for a number of areas, i…

(a) The purpose of this management plan is to provide management guidelines to the department for the management of the post-June salmon fisheries along the South Alaska Peninsula, to provide for the harvest of local stocks in terminal harvest areas, and to establish fishing peri…

(a) The purpose of this management plan is to provide guidelines to the department for the management of salmon stocks in the Northern District of the Alaska Peninsula Management Area. (b) The department shall manage the Northern District salmon fisheries on the basis of salmon a…

A person may not use or employ an aircraft to locate salmon for the commercial taking of salmon or to direct commercial fishing operations in the Alaska Peninsula Area one hour before, during, and one hour after a commercial salmon fishing period. Notes 5 AAC 09.378 Eff. 5/31/98,…

Notes 5 AAC 09.392 Eff. 5/30/2007, Register 182; repealed 6/1/2013, Register 206 In Register 206, July 2013, the provisions of 5 AAC 09.392 were repealed because the substance of that section appears in the provisions of 5 AAC 39.112, which applies on a statewide basis. State reg…

Notes 5 AAC 09.510 In effect before 1988; am 5/31/98, Register 146; repealed 7/21/99, Register 151 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 compar…

Notes 5 AAC 09.700 Repealed 6/15/74. 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 09.705 Repealed 6/15/74. 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 09.710 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…