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 01.599 - Subsistence smelt fishery

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.599

Current through August 30, 2024

In the subsistence taking of smelt,

(1) there are no bag or possession limits;

(2) smelt may be taken

(A) in salt water from April 1 through May 31 and September 1 through October 30;

(B) in fresh water from April 1 through June 15;

(C) only with the following gear:
(i) dip nets may be used in fresh and salt water;

(ii) gillnets may be used in fresh and salt water;

(iii) repealed 5/14/93;

(iv) no gillnet fished in salt water may exceed 50 feet in length and two inches in mesh size;

(v) no gillnet fished in fresh water may exceed 20 feet in length and two inches in mesh size;

(vi) repealed 6/7/95;

(D) repealed 5/6/94; and

(E) only outside the boundary of the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a) (3);

(3) each gillnet must be attended by the fisherman at all times when it is being used to take fish.

5 AAC 01.599 took effect May 22, 1991 as an emergency regulation. On May 30, 1991, the Superior Court found the regulation invalid as an emergency regulation. Therefore, it was not published in Register 118 (July 1991). The regulation subsequently was filed as a "regular" regulation.

At its November 8 - 20, 1992 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.599(1), (2)(A), (2)(B), (2)(C)(i), (2)(C)(iv), (2)(C)(v), and (3) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.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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