Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The purpose of the Main Bay salmon hatchery harvest management plan in this section is to provide an equitable distribution of harvest opportunity and to reduce conflicts between users in the vicinity of the Main Bay salmon hatchery. The department, in consultation with the h…

(a) The department, in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Esther Subdistrict, the Perry Island Subdistrict, and the Granite Bay Subdistrict to achieve the corporation's escapement goal for the Wally Noerenberg (Esther Island) salmon hatchery. The Granite Ba…

(a) The purpose of the management and allocation plan contained in this section is to provide a fair and reasonable allocation of the harvest of enhanced salmon among the drift gillnet, seine, and set gillnet commercial fisheries, and to reduce conflicts between these user groups…

During open commercial salmon fishing periods no person may use an aircraft to locate salmon for the commercial taking of those fish or to direct commercial fishing operations. Notes 5 AAC 24.378 Eff. 4/30/91, Register 118 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quar…

Notes 5 AAC 24.510 In effect before 1988; repealed 7/21/99, Register 151 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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…

(a) Eulachon smelt (thaleichthys pacificus) may be taken only in the fresh waters of the Copper River drainage below Miles Lake and only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. (b) The permit required in (a) of this section shal…

Notes 5 AAC 24.705 Repealed 6/15/74.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Notes 5 AAC 24.710 Repealed 10/12/74.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Notes 5 AAC 24.730 Repealed 10/12/74.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 24.734 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 24.750 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 24.760 Repealed 6/26/75. 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 24.770 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 24.792 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…

Crosswind Lake is closed to commercial fishing for whitefish, char and allied species. Notes 5 AAC 24.850 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 …

Notes 5 AAC 24.900 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 24.910 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 24.920 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 24.930 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 24.934 Repealed 3/8/74. 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 compare…

Notes 5 AAC 24.980 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 24.990 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…

Unless otherwise specified, the requirements set out in this chapter apply only to commercial herring fishing. Subsistence, personal use, and sport fishing regulations that affect commercial herring fishing vessels or activity are set out in the subsistence fishing regulations in…

Herring fishery registration areas and code letters are: Code Letter A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 27.100) D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 27.200) E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 27.300) H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 27.400) K - Kodiak Area (5 AAC 27.500) L - Chignik Area (5 AAC …

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter that apply to a herring registration area also apply to the waters of the exclusive economic zone that are adjacent to the herring registration area. (b) The commissioner may suspend the application o…

Notes 5 AAC 27.020 Repealed 4/14/82. 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) Except as specified in (b) of this section, a herring fishing vessel must land all herring within the registration area in which the herring were taken. (b) The vessel owner, or the owner's agent, of a herring fishing vessel that desires to land herring in a registration area…

(a) The commissioner shall monitor the condition of herring stocks in all registration areas by using the data and information that are practically available. (b) When the commissioner finds that continued herring fishing would jeopardize the health of herring stock within a regi…

In any registration area or portion of a registration area, the commissioner may delay the opening beyond the earliest date specified in the regulations if the commissioner finds that the delay would effect the orderly conduct of the fishery or the conservation of the fishery res…

(a) During an open herring fishing season in a registration area, herring may only be taken by seines, gillnets, trawls, or pounds as specified in 5 AAC 27.100 - 5 AAC 27.990. In areas in which legal gear is not specified in 5 AAC 27.100 - 5 AAC 27.990 for use during an open herr…

The taking of herring spawn for commercial purposes may be conducted only under the terms of a permit issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 27.100 - 5 AAC 27.990. Notes 5 AAC 27.055 In effect before 1988; am 5/31/98, Registe…

(a) If the department has adequate information, and if department management programs are in place, the department may manage commercial herring sac roe fisheries, to enhance the value of the landed product as follows: (1) fishing periods may be established by emergency order in …

(a) The department shall follow the directives of the Bering Sea Herring Management Plan, as well as the regulations that govern the individual herring fisheries, when managing the commercial herring fisheries that take place in the Bering Sea. (b) Unless otherwise specified in t…

Notes 5 AAC 27.070 Repealed 4/14/82. 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) A person may not possess unprocessed herring aboard a vessel licensed as a commercial fishing vessel within any registration area unless the season is open or unless the person is acting under the authorization of 5 AAC 27.030(b). This prohibition does not apply to herring po…

Notes 5 AAC 27.092 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/31/98, Register 146 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 27.093 In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; repealed 6/15/95, Register 134 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 compari…

Notes 5 AAC 27.095 In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 5/11/85, Register 94; repealed 5/31/98, Register 146 As of Register 146, July 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 27.095 appears in 5 AAC 27.510(b), 5 AAC 27.560(c), and 5 AAC 27.610(f). State regulations are u…

Notes 5 AAC 27.096 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/31/98, Register 146 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 27.097 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/31/98, Register 146 As of Register 146, July 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 27.097 appears in 5 AAC 27.030(b). State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison betwee…

Notes 5 AAC 27.098 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/31/98, Register 146 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…

The Southeastern Alaska Area has as its southern boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance, and as its northern Boundary a line extending seaward from the western tip of Cape Fairweather, at 58º 47.89' N. lat., 137º 56.68' W. long., to the intersection with the seawar…

Districts are as described in 5 AAC 33.200. Notes 5 AAC 27.105 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 recent version and the prior quarterly release.…

(a) Herring may be taken from October 1 through February 28 (winter food and bait fishery), only during periods established by emergency order, in the following Districts and Sections: 1 - 10, 11-B, 11-C, 12, 13-A, 13-B south of the latitude of Aspid Cape (56º 41.75' N. lat.), 14…

(a) Herring may be taken during the open season by purse seines and gillnets. (b) Herring pounds for fresh bait and tray pack operations may be used only under the terms of a permit issued by the commissioner. (c) Herring pounds for the taking of spawn-on-kelp in pounds may be op…

(a) Except as provided in (i) of this section, a vessel fishing for herring may not have more than one herring gillnet on board or operated from any vessel taking herring. A herring gillnet may not be longer than 50 fathoms. (b) Herring gillnets must be set with an anchor at each…

(a) A herring purse seine may not be more than 200 fathoms in length. (b) A herring purse seine may not be more than 1,700 meshes in depth, except that for Section 12-A, the commissioner may, by emergency order, open a purse seine herring fishery during which a herring purse sein…