Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The waters listed in this section are closed to the taking of salmon with net gear. (b) District 1: (1) Behm Canal: waters between a line from Nose Point at 55° 48.32' N. lat., 131°42.53' W. long., to Snail Point at 55° 49.47' N. lat., 131° 46.25' W. long., and a line from Ca…

(a) The department may open Section 6-D to drift gillnet fishing during the period of time that is after the first Saturday in August and before the first Sunday in September as described in this section. (b) If a purse seine fishery is announced to be opened or is opened in the …

On and after the third Sunday in July in District 1, when a purse seine fishery is harvesting pink salmon stocks subject to concurrent salmon fishing by drift gillnets in Section 1-B, the following time formula applies: (1) when the purse seine fishery is open for any portion of …

(a) The department shall manage the recreational, troll, purse seine and gillnet salmon fisheries in the Southeastern Alaska and Yakutat Areas in accordance with the conservation and harvest goals, and the understandings, of the United States-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty. (b) Rep…

Notes 5 AAC 33.362 Repealed 6/25/89. 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) Present management of state-financed hatchery and enhanced stocks represents the collective biological, social, and economic factors which have been applied over time and have resulted in current regulations. (b) Similarly, present management of wild stocks represents the col…

(a) The purpose of the management plan contained in this section is to provide a fair and reasonable distribution of the harvest of salmon from enhancement projects among the seine, troll, and drift gillnet commercial fisheries, and to reduce conflicts among these users, in the S…

Notes 5 AAC 33.365 In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/10/87, Register 102; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91,…

(a) During July, the department may allow the operation of purse seines in District 12 north of Point Marsden to harvest pink salmon migrating northward in Chatham Strait only as follows: (1) the department may open only those portions of the area in which a harvestable abundance…

Notes 5 AAC 33.367 Eff. 10/1/98, Register 147; repealed 6/1/2003, Register 166 As of Register 166, July 2003, the substance of former 5 AAC 33.367 appears in 5 AAC 29.060 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison betw…

(a) The purpose of the management plan in this section is to provide for abundance-based management of king salmon, reduce the conflicts between commercial and sport fishermen, and reduce the incidental harvest of steelhead. (b) District 8 will open on the second Monday in June, …

(a) The management plan in this section allows for a harvest of Whitman Lake hatchery-produced king salmon by the troll, personal use, and sport fisheries. (b) The Herring Bay Troll Terminal Harvest Area is open for commercial salmon trolling from July 1 through August 30, unless…

(a) The intent of the Board of Fisheries in adopting this management plan is to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced fall chum and coho salmon in Neets Bay between the purse seine, troll, and drift gillnet fleets. In addition to that goal, the board and the public would li…

Notes 5 AAC 33.371 Eff. 6/25/89, Register 110; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/26/2003, Register 167; repealed 5/31/2009, Register 190 Authority:AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.…

(a) This management plan provides for the terminal area common property harvest of hatchery-produced coho and chum salmon in the Nakat Inlet Terminal Harvest Area and distributes the harvest between the troll and drift gillnet fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the …

Notes 5 AAC 33.373 Eff. 6/25/89, Register 110; am 6/30/91, Register 119; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/26/2003, Register 167; repealed 5/31/2009, Register 190 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two ver…

(a) The Hidden Falls Terminal Harvest Area for chum, king, and coho salmon consists of the waters of District 12 south of the latitude of South Point at 57° 16.28' N. lat., and north of 57° 06.76' N. lat., and west of a line from a point offshore at 57° 16.28' N. lat., 134° 48.00…

(a) The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, salmon fishing seasons and periods in waters of Silver Bay east of a line from Entry Point Light at 57° 01.98' N. lat, 135° 15.00' W. long., to Silver Point at 57° 00.82' N. lat., 135° 18.10' W. long., to ensure chum …

(a) The intent of this management plan is to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced salmon in the area described in (b) of this section between the purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquacult…

(a) The management plan in this section allows for a harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon in the Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area by the purse seine and troll fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA), s…

The department shall manage the enhanced sockeye salmon production and returns from Port Snettisham to meet the following objectives, in order of priority: (1) sustain the production of wild sockeye salmon from Crescent Lake and Speel Lake; (2) manage the enhanced Snettisham sock…

(a) This management plan distributes the harvest of hatchery-produced king salmon in the Carroll Inlet Terminal Harvest Area between the purse seine, troll and drift gillnet fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (…

(a) This management plan provides for the harvest of hatchery-produced king and chum salmon in the Crawfish Inlet Terminal Harvest Area by the troll, purse seine, and drift gillnet fleet. (b) The department, in consultation with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Associa…

(a) The Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan distributes the harvest of Crystal Lake Hatchery king and coho salmon returns to the terminal harvest area of Wrangell Narrows in Section 6-A south of 56° 46.00' N. lat., and north and east of the …

(a) This management plan distributes the harvest of hatchery-produced king salmon in the Port Saint Nicholas Terminal Harvest Area between the purse seine, troll, and drift gillnet fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Associ…

(a) The Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Anita Bay south and west of a line from the tip of Anita Point at 56º 13.68' N. lat., 132º 22.48' W. long., to a point on the northern shore at 56º 14.26' N. lat., 132º 23.93' W. long. (b) The commissioner shall op…

(a) The purpose of the management plan in this section is to provide for the biological spawning escapement requirements of king salmon to the Chilkat River. It is the intent of the Board of Fisheries (board) that Chilkat River king salmon be harvested in the fisheries that have …

(a) The Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area for coho salmon using troll gear is established adjacent to and exclusive of the Mist Cove Special Harvest Area specified in 5 AAC 40.042(a) (8). The Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters that are outside of the Mist Cove S…

(a) This management plan provides for the harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon in the Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area for the Southeastern Alaska drift gillnet fleet in Section 15-C. The Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area includes those waters within two nautical miles of th…

(a) The purpose of the management plan in this section is to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced salmon in the Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area. (b) The Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Keku Strait enclosed by a line from a rocky point on…

(a) This management plan provides for the terminal area common property harvest of hatchery-produced chum and coho salmon in the Port Asumcion Terminal Harvest Area and distributes the harvest between the purse seine, gillnet, and troll fleets. (b) The department, in consultation…

(a) The Burnett Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan distributes the harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon in the Burnett Inlet Terminal Harvest Area between the purse seine, troll, and drift gillnet fleets. (b) The department, in consultation with the Southern Southea…

The Board of Fisheries (board) recognizes the uncertainty in the stock assessment data used to develop the Hugh Smith Lake sockeye salmon biological escapement goal, the contribution of rehabilitation efforts in rebuilding the Hugh Smith Lake sockeye salmon stock, and the value a…

(a) Unless otherwise specified, king salmon taken and retained must measure at least 28 inches from tip of snout to tip of tail (in its natural open position) or 23 inches from the midpoint of the cleithral arch to the tip of the tail. Undersized king salmon which are taken must …

The heads of all adipose-fin-clipped coho salmon must remain attached to the fish until sold. Notes 5 AAC 33.393 In effect before 1986; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 10/1/98, Register 147 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions…

(a) In a purse seine fishery, a CFEC purse seine salmon permit holder may take but may not sell steelhead trout. (b) In a drift gillnet fishery, a CFEC gillnet salmon permit holder may take but may not sell steelhead. Notes 5 AAC 33.394 Eff. 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Reg…

Notes 5 AAC 33.395 Eff. 5/26/2006, Register 178; repealed 7/13/2012, Register 203 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…

In the Southeastern Alaska Area (a) during an open commercial salmon fishing period, a person may not use an unmanned aircraft to locate salmon for the commercial taking of salmon or to direct commercial salmon fishing operations; (b) during an open commercial purse seine fishing…

Notes 5 AAC 33.400 Repealed 7/14/85. 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 33.405 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.410 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.415 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.420 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.425 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.430 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.440 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.460 Repealed 7/30/89. 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 33.510 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 in the Southeastern Alaska Area only by a CFEC permit holder. Before taking eulachon smelt, a CFEC permit holder must register with the department no later than March 1 of each calendar year. (b) Eulachon smelt may be taken…

Notes 5 AAC 33.610 Repealed 4/8/79. 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 compare…