Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The purpose of
this plan is to ensure that adequate escapement of salmon in the Copper River
system occurs and that subsistence uses, as described under
AS
16.05.251 and
5
AAC 99.010, are accommodated.
(b) The following are directives pertaining
to the management of Copper River System salmon:
(1) this policy governs only those salmon
which pass the department sonar counters located at the Million Dollar
Bridge;
(2) the department shall
manage the Copper River commercial salmon fishery to attain a total escapement
of salmon into the Copper River as specified in
5
AAC 24.360 to ensure that an adequate escapement
reaches the spawning grounds and to provide for hatchery broodstock and for
subsistence, personal use, and sport fisheries;
(3) repealed 4/28/84;
(4) repealed 4/28/84.
(i) Salmon, other than king salmon, may be
taken in the vicinity of the former Native village of Batzulnetas under the
following conditions:
(1) unless modified by
this subsection,
5
AAC 01.001 -
5
AAC 01.040 and
5
AAC 01.600 -
5
AAC 01.645 apply to this fishery;
(2) salmon may be taken only under the
authority of a Batzulnetas subsistence salmon fishing permit issued by the
department;
(3) salmon may be taken
only in those waters of the Copper River between ADF&G regulatory markers
located near the mouth of Tanada Creek and approximately one-half mile
downstream from that mouth and in Tanada Creek between ADF&G regulatory
markers identifying the open waters of the creek;
(4) fish wheels and dip nets only may be used
on the Copper River; dip nets and spears only may be used in Tanada
Creek;
(5) salmon may be taken only
from June 1 through September 1 or until the season is closed by emergency
order; fishing periods are from 12:00 noon Friday through 12:00 noon Sunday
from June 1 through Jun.e 30, and from 12:00 noon Friday through 11:59 p.m.
Monday from July 1 through September 1;
(6) king salmon taken must be released to the
water unharmed; fish wheels must be equipped with a livebox or be monitored at
all times;
(7) annual bag and
possession limits are as specified in
5
AAC 01.645(a);
(8) the permit must be returned to the
department's Glennallen office no later than September 30 of each
year.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.647 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1,
SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
AS
16.05.258.
Authority:AS
16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS
16.05.258
