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 11 - Cook Inlet Area
5 AAC 01.575 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.575

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) All salt water is closed to the taking of finfish, except

(1) the Tyonek and Port Graham Subdistricts;

(2) salmon may be taken in the Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts;

(3) repealed 5/14/93;

(4) repealed 5/14/93;

(5) smelt may be taken as provided in 5 AAC 01.599;

(6) repealed 6/7/95;

(7) repealed 6/7/95;

(8) salmon may be taken in the waters of Seldovia Bay described in 5 AAC 01.560(b) (8);

(9) bottomfish, halibut, and herring may be taken in the waters of the Cook Inlet Area that are outside the boundaries of the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a) (3).

(b) Salmon may not be taken in waters described in 5 AAC 39.290.

(c) Trout, grayling, char, whitefish, and burbot may not be taken in fresh water, except that Dolly Varden may be taken in fresh water in the Port Graham Subdistrict.

At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.575(a) (1), (a)(2), (a)(5), (b), and (c) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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