Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The Department of Fish and Game (department) and the Board of Fisheries (board) are charged with the duty to conserve and develop Alaska's salmon fisheries on the sustained yield principle. Therefore, the establishment of salmon escapement goals is the responsibility of both …

Notes 5 AAC 39.225 Eff. 7/3/94, Register 130; repealed 6/22/2001, Register 158 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.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 b…

Only those gillnets, seines, troll lines, fish wheels, spears or other appliances as provided for in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39 may be used to take salmon. Notes 5 AAC 39.230 In effect before 1988 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two vers…

(a) A salmon fishing vessel shall operate, assist in operating, or have aboard it or any boat towed by it, only one legal limit of salmon fishing gear in the aggregate except as otherwise provided in this title. (b) Unhung gear sufficient for mending purposes may be carried aboar…

(a) The trailing of gillnet web is prohibited at any time or place where fishing is not permitted. (b) Set gillnets shall be removed from the water during any closed period. (c) The gillnet web in a gillnet must contain (1) at least 30 filaments, each of which must be of equal di…

(a) In the use of purse seines and hand purse seines, not more than one anchor may be used to hold the seine, lead and seine boat during a set. (b) Repealed 3/26/76. (c) A purse seine has ceased fishing when both ends of the seine, excluding skiff tow lines and straps, are attach…

(a) The Board of Fisheries recognizes that at times during a commercial salmon season it may be necessary to require retention of all salmon species taken in a commercial net fishery for the purpose of conservation or development of the salmon resource. (b) In a commercial salmon…

(a) Repealed 10/1/98. (b) Repealed 10/1/98. (c) Repealed 4/18/86. (d) Repealed 4/18/86. (e) Repealed 10/1/98. (f) Repealed 10/1/98. (g) Repealed 4/16/83. (h) Repealed 10/1/98. (i) Repealed 10/1/98. Notes 5 AAC 39.270 In effect before 1982; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 4/14/82, Reg…

(a) The owner or operator of a set gillnet or fish wheel in operation shall place in a conspicuous place on or near the set gillnet or fish wheel the name of the fisherman operating it, together with the fisherman's five-digit CFEC permit serial number. Numbers must be at least s…

Notes 5 AAC 39.281 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…

(a) Except as otherwise specified in this title, commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited at all times in the waters of Alaska that are (1) within the fresh water of streams and rivers of this state; (2) within 500 yards of the fresh water of a stream that is a salmon stream;o…

The department may post a boundary described in regulation by an appropriate marker. The marker must be placed as close as possible to the location specified in the applicable regulation. Where markers have been lost or destroyed, the boundary is as specified in the applicable re…

Notes 5 AAC 39.292 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 39.330 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 39.380 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 39.381 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 39.382 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 39.390 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 39.395 Repealed 6/14/80. 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 39.410 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 39.610 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 39.615 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 39.620 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 39.625 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 39.630 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 39.633 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 39.635 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 39.640 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…

(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) finds that onboard observers provide the only effective means of collecting essential biological and management data from catcher-processor and floating processor vessels that process shellfish, and from an adequate number of catcher vessels tha…

(a) To qualify as a crab onboard observer trainee, an applicant must have one of the following: (1) a Bachelor degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in the sciences of biology, any branch of biology, or limnology that includes a minimum of 30 seme…

Notes 5 AAC 39.655 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 39.660 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…

(a) This management plan applies to the management of the nine crab fisheries rationalized by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), including the Community Development Quota and the Adak community allocation, with management authority deferred to the Department of Fish an…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 AAC 34 - 5 AAC 35, king and Tanner crab pots may be stored outside of a designated storage area specified in 5 AAC 34.052 and 5 AAC 35.052 with all bait and bait containers removed and doors secured fully open for up to 14 days followi…

Notes 5 AAC 39.680 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…

Persons and vessels participating in the Bering Sealeutian Islands IFQ crab fisheries are exempt from the requirements specified in 5 AAC 34.053(1), 5 AAC 35.053(1), and 5 AAC 34.628. Notes 5 AAC 39.685 Eff. 8/14/2005, Register 175 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are upd…

(a) Male red, blue, and golden king crab and male Tanner crab may be taken in a Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands CDQ fishery only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner. In Registration Area O, west of 174º W. long., male golden king crab may only be taken under t…

Notes 5 AAC 39.695 Eff. 8/31/2000, Register 155; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; repealed 8/14/2005, Register 175 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. …

All freshwater fishing gear, while in operation, must be plainly and legibly marked with the operator's name and permanent vessel license plate number of the vessel fishing the gear or the fishing permit number assigned by the department. Notes 5 AAC 39.734 In effect before 1988 …

(a) Whitefish, sheefish, char, trout, pike, burbot and lamprey in fresh and salt water may be taken or purchased under the authority of a permit issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. Smelt may only be taken by, or purchased from, a person who meets the requir…

(a) In 5 AAC 01 - 5 AAC 39, (1) "alien" means a person who is not a citizen of the United States, and who does not have a petition for naturalization pending before the district court; (2) "bag limit" means the maximum legal take per person per day, even if part or all of the fis…

Unless otherwise specified, water depths in 5 AAC 01 - 5 AAC 39 are to be measured from mean lower low water. Notes 5 AAC 39.995 Eff. 7/23/88, Register 107 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a compari…

(a) The abbreviations a.m. and p.m. indicate antemeridian and postmeridian respectively for either Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time in conformance with the official time in use for Alaska. (b) The symbols °,', ", indicate degrees, minutes, and seconds, respectively, of longi…

The Board of Fisheries recognizes that in rare instances, circumstances may require regulatory changes outside the process described in 5 AAC 96.625(b) - (d). Notwithstanding 5 AAC 96.625(f), a petition for a regulatory change may be submitted under this section and 5 AAC 96.625(…

(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) will, in its discretion, change its schedule for consideration of a proposed regulatory change in response to an agenda change request, submitted on a form provided by the board, in accordance with the following guidelines: (1) the board will ac…

(a) The harvest of salmon and shellfish inhabiting the water of the state, regardless of whether the salmon or shellfish are naturally or artificially propagated, may only be conducted under regulations adopted by the Board of Fisheries or the commissioner. (b) The harvest of sal…

(a) The commissioner may authorize legal gear for cost recovery either through the hatchery permit or by regulation. (b) Fishing periods for each gear type may be modified by emergency order as needed to protect the public interest or wild stocks. (c) The hatchery operator shall …

(a) A hatchery permit holder shall, with respect to salmon or shellfish harvested by the permit holder or the permit holder's agent, contractee, or employee, comply with the applicable provisions of 5 AAC 39.130 as though that person is a purchaser of fish. (b) A hatchery permit …

It is unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of this chapter. Notes 5 AAC 40.015 In effect before 1988 Authority:AS 16.05.050 AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.831 AS 16.05.920 AS 16.10.420 - 16.10.440 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two ver…

(a) There are established under the provisions of 5 AAC 40.005 the following Sheldon Jackson Special Harvest Areas: (1) the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery Special Harvest Area for pink, chum, and king salmon consists of the waters of Crescent Bay and Eastern Anchorage enclosed by a lin…