Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
finds that salmon stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for
subsistence in the following locations:
(1)
the Glennallen Subdistrict of the Upper Copper River District described in
5
AAC 01.605(2) and the waters of the
Copper River described in
5
AAC 01.647(i) (3);
(2) the Southwestern District described in
5
AAC 24.200(i) and the waters along
the northwestern shore of Green Island from the westernmost tip of the island
to the northernmost tip of the island;
(3) the waters north of a line from Porcupine
Point to Granite Point and south of a line from Point Lowe to Tongue
Point;
(4) the Copper River
District described in
5
AAC 24.200(a);
(5) repealed 6/12/2003;
(6) the Coghill, Northwestern, Eshamy,
Unakwik, Southeastern, and Bering River Districts and those portions of the
Northern, Montague, and Eastern Districts not included in (2) and (3) of this
subsection, excluding those portions within the Valdez Nonsubsistence Area as
described in
5
AAC 99.015(a) (5).
(b) The board finds that the
following amounts of salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in
the following locations:
(1) Glennallen
Subdistrict of the Upper Copper River District:
(A) in that portion from the southern
boundary of the subdistrict at the downstream edge of the Chitina-McCarthy Road
Bridge to the mouth of the Tonsina River: 25,500 - 39,000 salmon;
(B) in that portion from the mouth of the
Tonsina River upstream to the mouth of the Gakona River: 23,500 - 31,000
salmon;
(C) in that portion from
the mouth of the Gakona River upstream to the mouth of the Slana River, and the
waters of the Copper River as described in
5
AAC 01.647(i) (3): 12,000 - 12,500
salmon;
(2) in the
Copper River District as described in
5
AAC 24.200(a):
(A) in a year when there is a harvestable
surplus that allows for a commercial fishery: 3,000 - 5,000 salmon;
(B) in a year when there is no commercial
fishery: 19,000 - 32,000 salmon;
(3) the Southwestern District as described in
5
AAC 24.200(i) and the waters along
the northwestern shore of Green Island from the westernmost tip of the island
to the northernmost tip of the island: 2,100 - 3,500 salmon;
(4) the waters north of a line from Porcupine
Point to Granite Point and south of a line from Point Lowe to Tongue Point:
1,800 - 3,000 salmon;
(5) the
waters described in (a)(6) of this section: 115 - 200 salmon.
(c) The board finds that
groundfish, herring, herring spawn on kelp, and smelt in those portions of the
Prince William Sound Area that are outside the boundaries of the nonsubsistence
area described in
5
AAC 99.015(a) (5) are customarily and
traditionally taken or used for subsistence.
(d) The board finds that the following
amounts of fish, other than salmon, are reasonably necessary for subsistence
uses in the Prince William Sound Area:
(1)
1,000 - 1,500 lingcod;
(2) 7,500 -
12,500 rockfish;
(3) 16,000 -
24,000 pounds of groundfish, other than rockfish and lingcod;
(4) 12,000 - 18,000 pounds of
herring;
(5) 4,000 - 6,000 pounds
of herring spawn on kelp.
(e) The board finds that freshwater finfish,
other than salmon, in the Prince William Sound Area are customarily and
traditionally taken or used for subsistence.
(f) The board finds that 25,000 - 42,000
usable pounds of freshwater finfish, other than salmon, are reasonably
necessary for subsistence uses in the Prince William Sound Area.
Authority:AS
16.05.251
AS
16.05.258
