Alaska Administrative Code

(a) Salmon may be taken only by purse seine and hand purse seine. (b) Repealed 4/24/80. Notes 5 AAC 15.330 In effect before 1988 Authority:AS 16.05.251(a) State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most rec…

(a) In the Eastern, Central, Western and Perryville Districts, a purse seine may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 225 fathoms in length. (b) In the Eastern, Central, Western and Perryville Districts, a hand purse seine may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 225 fa…

Notes 5 AAC 15.342 Repealed 4/18/86.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 waters: (1) Chignik Lagoon: (A) Mallard Duck and Schooner Bays: south of a line from the tip of Green Point at 56° 16.75' N. lat., 158° 33.90' W. long. to Chignik Island at 56° 16.63' N. lat., 158° 34.90' W. long., and south of a line from…

(a) The operator of a floating salmon processing vessel or tender, or 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 man…

(a) he department shall manage the commercial salmon fishery in the Chignik Area in accordance with the guidelines set out in the management plan under this section. The goals of this management plan are to allow traditional fisheries in the area to be conducted on Chignik Area s…

Notes 5 AAC 15.358 In effect 5/6/2005 - 9/2/2005, by em. adop., Register 174 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 …

Notes 5 AAC 15.359 Eff. 3/31/2002, Register 161; am 3/6/2003, Register 165; am 2/5/2004, Register 169; am 3/13/2005, Register 173; repealed 2/15/2006, Register 177 Effective April 25, 2005, 5 AAC 15.359 was ruled invalid by the Alaska Supreme Court in Grunert v. State of Alaska, …

Notes 5 AAC 15.360 Eff. 4/16/83, Register 86; repealed 5/29/99, Register 150 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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 …

Notes 5 AAC 15.362 Eff. 2/15/2006, Register 177; repealed 5/26/2006, 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 wil…

Notes 5 AAC 15.700 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 15.705 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 15.710 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 15.730 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 15.741 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 15.750 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 15.760 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 15.792 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…

Requirements set out in this chapter apply to commercial fishing only, 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 Kodiak Area includes all waters of Alaska south of a line extending from Cape Douglas (58° 51.10' N. lat.,) west of 150° W. long., north of 55° 30.00' N. lat., and north and east of a line extending 135° southeast for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks at 57° 10.34' …

(a) Afognak District: all waters of Afognak and Shuyak Islands bounded by a line from Occident Point (57° 57.42' N. lat., 152° 51.75' W. long.), to Last Timber Point (57° 58.60' N. lat., 152° 59.05' W. long.), by the latitude of Dolphin Point on Whale Island (57° 59.17' N. lat.),…

Notes 5 AAC 18.201 In effect before 1988; am 4/14/93, Register 126; am 7/2/93, Register 126; repealed 3/16/96, Register 137 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quart…

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 18.206 Eff. 4/9/200…

Salmon may be taken only from June 1 through October 31. Notes 5 AAC 18.310 In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 6/2/88, Register 106; am 10/18/96, Register 140; am 4/9/2005, Register 174 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently h…

Salmon may be taken only during fishing periods established by emergency order. Notes 5 AAC 18.320 In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 4/14/91, Register 126; am 10/18/96, Register 140; am 4/9/2005, Register 174 Authority:AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 State regulations …

(a) In the Afognak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines. (b) In the Northwest Kodiak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines, except that in the Central Section, salmon may also be taken by set gillnets. (c) In the Southw…

(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, a CFEC permit holder may operate no more than two set gillnets with no more than 150 fathoms of set gillnet in the aggregate, except that in the Central Section of the Northwest Kodiak District, the aggregate length may be no more th…

(a) A purse seine or hand purse seine may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 250 fathoms in length. A seine may not be less than 100 meshes or more than 325 meshes in depth. At least 50 fathoms of a seine must be 150 meshes in depth. (b) One lead no more than 100 fathoms i…

No part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 900 feet of any part of another set gillnet, or be attached to the beach within 900 feet of another net, except that in the Dog Salmon Flats, Outer Upper Station, Inner Upper Station, Outer Akalura, Humpy-Deadman Section as d…

(a) From May 25 through October 31, purse seine vessels may make practice purse seine sets in the locations specified in (b) of this section. The sets may be made only during daylight hours. All fish caught shall be returned to the water without further harm. (b) Purse seine prac…

(a) Salmon may not be taken in the following waters:(1) Alitak District: (A) Humpy Cove: all waters east of a line from the northern entrance of Seaborg Cove at 56° 53.55' N. lat., 153° 58.95' W. long., to a point approximately two and three-quarters miles northeast of Hawk Point…

(a) The operator of a floating salmon processing vessel or tender, or 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 man…

(a) In years when a harvestable surplus beyond escapement goals for the first (Black Lake) and second (Chignik Lake) runs of Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected to be less than 600,000, there will be no commercial salmon fishery allowed in the Cape Igvak Section, as d…

(a) The department shall manage the commercial salmon fishery in the Alitak District in accordance with the management plan set out in this section. The goal of the management plan is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives of salmon stocks returning to the Humpy-Deadman Sec…

(a) The goal of the Westside Kodiak Management Plan is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives of sockeye salmon returning to the Karluk, Ayakulik, and other Westside minor sockeye salmon systems, and of pink, chum, and coho salmon returning to systems in the Southwest Afogn…

(a) The purpose of the North Shelikof Strait Sockeye Salmon Management Plan is to allow traditional fisheries in the area to be conducted on Kodiak Area salmon stocks, while minimizing the directed harvest of Cook Inlet sockeye salmon stocks. The board recognizes that some incide…

(a) From July 15 through October 31, the department shall manage the commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in Settler Cove to provide for full utilization of the enhanced stock of coho salmon returning to Crescent Lake in accordance with the Crescent Lake Coho Salmon Manag…

(a) The goal of the management plan set out in this section is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives of sockeye, pink, coho, and chum salmon returning to natural spawning systems in the Raspberry Strait, Southeast Afognak, Duck Bay, Izhut Bay, and Kitoi Bay Sections, and b…

(a) The department shall manage the commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in Spiridon Bay to provide for full use of the enhanced stock of sockeye salmon returning to Spiridon Lake. (b) The purpose of the Spiridon Bay harvest strategy is to allow the orderly harvest of soc…

(a) The goal of the Eastside Kodiak Salmon Management Plan is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives for sockeye, pink, chum, and coho salmon returning to natural spawning systems located in the Northeast Kodiak and Eastside Kodiak Districts. The commissioner shall open and…

(a) The goal of the North Afognak/Shuyak Island Management Plan is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives of sockeye, pink, and coho salmon returning to spawning systems located in the Northeast Afognak, Perenosa Bay, Pauls Bay, Shuyak Island, and Northwest Afognak Sections…

(a) The goal of the management plan set out in this section is to achieve escapement and harvest objectives for sockeye, pink, coho, and chum salmon returning to natural spawning systems within the Mainland District (from Cape Douglas south to Kilokak Rocks). (b) The Big River Se…

Notes 5 AAC 18.375 Eff. 3/16/96, Register 137; am 6/15/96, Register 138; repealed 4/9/2005, Register 174 As of Register 174, July 2005, the substance of former 5 AAC 18.375 appears in 5 AAC 40.085 to reflect the change in designation of the Foul Bay Terminal Harvest Area to the F…

Notes 5 AAC 18.376 Eff. 3/16/96, Register 137; am 6/15/96, Register 138; am 5/29/99, Register 150; repealed 4/9/2005, Register 174 As of Register 174, July 2005, the substance of former 5 AAC 18.376 appears in 5 AAC 40.085 to reflect the change in designation of the Waterfall Bay…

Notes 5 AAC 18.377 Eff. 3/16/96, Register 137; am 6/15/96, Register 138; repealed 4/9/2005, Register 174 As of Register 174, July 2005, the substance of former 5 AAC 18.377 appears in 5 AAC 40.085 to reflect the change in designation of the Settler Cove Terminal Harvest Area to t…

The Malina Creek Terminal Harvest Area consists of all waters within one-half nautical mile of the beach near the terminus of Malina Creek between 58º 10.00' N. lat. and 58º 11.00' N. lat. Notes 5 AAC 18.378 Eff. 5/4/2002, Register 162 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are…

In the Kodiak Area, a net pen or other device may be used to hold live salmon before processing, only under the conditions specified in a commissioner's permit. Notes 5 AAC 18.392 Eff. 4/9/2005, Register 174 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we curre…