Alaska Administrative Code

(a) Since the beginning of significant commercial harvests of pink and chum salmon in Resurrection Bay, there have been some conflicts between recreational and commercial fishermen. The issues are the protection of coho and king salmon for the recreational fishery, and the manage…

(a) The department, in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Port Graham Subdistrict to provide for a common property fishery and to achieve the hatchery broadstock and cost recovery goals set by the hatchery operator and approved by the department for the Por…

Notes 5 AAC 21.378 Eff. 6/13/99, Register 150; repealed 6/11/2005, Register 174 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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 …

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 Central and Northern Districts of the Cook Inlet Area one hour before, during, and one hour after a commercial salmon fishing period. …

It is unlawful to purchase or sell salmon from which both lobes of the caudal fin (tail) have been removed as required by 5 AAC 01.590. Notes 5 AAC 21.380 In effect before 1988 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions availabl…

(a) The department shall manage the late run of Kenai River king salmon to achieve a recovery goal of 14,250 - 30,000 king salmon 75 cm mid eye to tail fork and longer as described in this section. Achieving the lower end of the Kenai River late-run king salmon recovery goal shal…

(a) Smelt may be taken only under the conditions of a commissioner's permit issued under this section. (b) Smelt may be taken only (1) from May 1 through June 30; (2) in the marine waters of Cook Inlet in that portion of the General Subdistrict northeast of the Chuit River and so…

Notes 5 AAC 21.510 In effect before 1988; repealed 7/21/99, Register 151 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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…

Notes 5 AAC 21.531 In effect before 1988; repealed 7/21/99, Register 151 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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…

Notes 5 AAC 21.534 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…

Notes 5 AAC 21.535 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…

Notes 5 AAC 21.550 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…

Notes 5 AAC 21.705 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 21.710 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 21.730 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 21.734 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 21.750 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 21.760 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 21.770 Repealed 6/28/75. 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 21.790 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 21.792 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…

Commercial fishing is prohibited in Lake Louise, Susitna Lake and Tyone Lake. Notes 5 AAC 21.850 In effect before 1988 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 a…

A permit is required as specified in 5 AAC 39.780. Notes 5 AAC 21.880 In effect before 1988 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 quarterly rele…

Notes 5 AAC 21.910 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.920 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.930 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.934 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.950 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.960 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.980 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.990 Repealed 6/30/79. 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 21.992 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 Prince William Sound Area includes all waters of Alaska between 148° 50.25' W. long. (near Cape Fairfield) and 144° W. long. (near Cape Suckling). Notes 5 AAC 24.100 In effect before 1988; am 3/29/2018,Register 225, April 2018 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are upda…

(a) Copper River District: waters surrounding Hinchinbrook Island between the tip of Hook Point at 60° 20.11' N. lat., 146° 15.02' W. long., and Boswell Rock at 60° 24.76' N. lat., 146° 06.28' W. long., including Boswell Bay, and waters south and east of a line from Boswell Rock …

For the purpose of managing the historical salmon net fishery in the vicinity of the Copper River and Bering River, the outer boundary of the Copper River and Bering River Districts is a line from a point at 60° 01.16' N. lat., 144° 00.00' W. long., to a point at 59° 57.98' N. la…

(a) The Copper River District may only open after May 21 by emergency order and may be closed by emergency order. (b) The Bering River District is open and closed by emergency order. (c) In the Coghill and Unakwik Districts, salmon may be taken only during seasons established by …

(a) In the Copper River and Bering River Districts, salmon may be taken only during periods established by emergency order. Fishing periods will open at 7:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. (b) Repealed 4/9/89. (c) In all other districts, salmon may be taken only during periods established by …

(a) Drift gillnets may be used in the Coghill, Unakwik, Eshamy, Copper River and Bering River Districts. (b) Set gillnets may be used in the Eshamy District. (c) Purse seines may be used in all districts, except for the Eshamy, Copper River, and Bering River Districts, in accorda…

(a) Copper River and Bering River Districts: (1) a person may not operate more than one gillnet from a drift gillnet vessel; a drift gillnet may not exceed 150 fathoms in length, hung measure; (2) a gillnet fished by a valid interim-use or entry permit holder may not be fastened …

(a) Except for the first five fathoms in length of the purse seine, a purse seine may not be less than 200 meshes or more than 335 meshes in depth, or less than 125 fathoms or more than 225 fathoms in length, hung measure, or with mesh size greater than four inches stretched meas…

(a) Two Area E purse seine CFEC permit holders may concurrently fish from the same vessel and jointly operate up to 250 fathoms in the aggregate of seine and lead under this section, except that, in times of conservation, purse seine gear may be restricted by emergency order to a…

(a) Except for the end of the drift gillnet attached to the vessel operating the gear, each end of a drift gillnet in operation must have a red keg or buoy attached that is plainly and legibly marked with the permanent vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel operating t…

No part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 100 fathoms of any part of another set gillnet, except in the Main Bay Subdistrict as provided in 5 AAC 24.367(c) (4). In the Crafton Island Subdistrict, no part of a drift gillnet may be operated within 60 fathoms of a set g…

Notes 5 AAC 24.342 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…

The following waters are closed to commercial salmon fishing: (1) Copper River District: (A) within a line from Point Whitshed south to a point at 60° 26.49' N. lat., 145° 52.86' W. long. to a point at Alaganik Slough North at 60° 24.65' N. lat., 145° 36.70' W. long. to a point a…

The operator of a floating salmon processing vessel, a tender, or a shorebased processing operation, employing aircraft used for the transport of fish, shall report in person, or by radio or telephone, to a local representative of the department located in the management area of …

Notes 5 AAC 24.356 Eff. 5/22/94, Register 130; am 2/16/2006, Register 177; repealed 4/24/2009, Register 190 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. Mo…

(a) The department shall manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve a sustainable escapement goal of 360,000 - 750,000 sockeye salmon into the Copper River. (b) The department shall manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve a…

(a) The department shall manage the Copper River commercial, sport, personal use, and subsistence fisheries to achieve a sustainable escapement goal of 21,000 - 31,000 for king salmon. For the purposes of managing these fisheries, the department shall consider the best available …