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 13 - Yakutat Area
5 AAC 01.680 - Subsistence fishing permits

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.680

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Salmon, trout and char may only be taken under authority of a subsistence fishing permit.

(b) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the department shall not issue a permit for the taking of steelhead trout.

(c) Salmon, trout, or char taken incidentally by gear operated under the terms of a subsistence permit for salmon are legally taken and possessed for subsistence purposes. A holder of a subsistence salmon permit must report any salmon, trout, or char taken in this manner on the permit holder's permit calendar.

(d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the department shall issue subsistence permits for the taking of steelhead trout in the Situk and Ahrnklin Rivers, and it shall manage that directed fishery toward an annual guideline harvest level of 300 steelhead trout.

At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.680 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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