Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery
Article 10 - Kodiak Area
5 AAC 01.548 - Retention of king salmon in a subsistence fishery

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.548

Current through August 30, 2024

If the department projects that the Karluk River biological escapement goal for king salmon will not be met and the sport fishery is restricted in the Karluk watershed to the non-retention of king salmon or the sport fishery for king salmon is closed, the commissioner may close, by emergency order, the salmon subsistence fishery season in the Inner and Outer Karluk Sections and the Karluk River, and immediately reopen a salmon subsistence fishery season during which

(1) king salmon may not be retained;

(2) the only gear allowable is beach seine; and

(3) king salmon caught must be immediately returned to the water unharmed.

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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