Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The daily bag
limit for halibut is two fish and the possession limit is two daily bag limits.
No person may possess sport-taken and subsistence-taken halibut on the same
day.
(b) No person may possess
subsistence-taken and sport-taken salmon on the same day.
(c) In the subsistence fishery established in
5
AAC 01.710(f), the total annual limit
for salmon is 25 salmon per household.
(d) There is no daily bag or possession limit
for aquatic plants, other than herring spawn on kelp, that are taken for
subsistence purposes.
(e) In the
Ketchikan Management Area, in waters open to subsistence salmon fishing under a
household subsistence salmon fishing permit, the possession and annual limits
for salmon per household are as follows:
(1)
sockeye salmon: the possession limit is 10 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit
of 20 sockeye salmon, except as follows:
(A)
District 1: in the following waters, the possession limit is 12 sockeye salmon,
with no annual limit:
(i) Hugh Smith Lake and
Sockeye Creek, combined;
(ii) Naha
River east of 131° 37.03' W. long.;
(B) District 2: in the waters of the Karta
River and Kasaan Bay, combined, the possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with
no annual limit;
(C) District 3: in
the following waters, the following possession and annual limits apply:
(i) Eek Lake, Hetta Lake Creek, and Hetta
Inlet, combined: the possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with no annual
limit;
(ii) Klakas Inlet and Klakas
Lake, combined: the possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with no annual
limit;
(iii) Klawock Inlet and
Klawock River, combined: the possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with no
annual limit;
(iv) Sarkar Cove and
Sarkar Lake, combined: the possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with an
annual limit of 40 sockeye salmon;
(2) coho salmon: the possession limit is 20
coho salmon, with an annual limit of 40 coho salmon;
(3) pink salmon: the possession limit is 150
pink salmon, with no annual limit;
(4) chum salmon: the possession limit is 25
chum salmon, with no annual limit.
(f) In the Petersburg-Wrangell Management
Area, in waters open to subsistence salmon fishing under a household
subsistence salmon fishing permit, the possession and annual limits for salmon
per household are as follows:
(1) sockeye
salmon may not be taken for subsistence uses, except that sockeye salmon may be
taken in the vicinity of Point Baker as described in
5
AAC 01.710(f) and (c) of this
section, and in the following waters, with the following possession and annual
limits:
(A) District 5: in Shipley Bay, the
possession limit is 25 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit of 50 sockeye
salmon;
(B) District 6: in the
following waters, the possession and annual limit is 30 sockeye salmon:
(i) Red Bay;
(ii) Salmon Bay;
(C) District 7: in the following waters, the
possession limit is 20 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit of 40 sockeye
salmon:
(i) Mill Creek;
(ii) Thoms Creek;
(D) Section 9-B: in the following waters, the
possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon:
(i) Alecks Creek;
(ii) Bay of Pillars;
(2) coho salmon: the possession
limit is 20 coho salmon, with an annual limit of 40 coho salmon;
(3) pink salmon: the possession limit is 100
pink salmon, with no annual limit;
(4) chum salmon: the possession limit is 50
chum salmon, with no annual limit.
(g) In the Sitka Management Area, in waters
open to subsistence salmon fishing under a household subsistence salmon fishing
permit, the possession and annual limits for salmon per household are as
follows:
(1) sockeye salmon: the possession
and annual limit is 10 sockeye salmon, except as follows:
(A) Section 9-A: in the following waters, the
following possession and annual limits apply:
(i) Falls Lake: the possession and annual
limit is 25 sockeye salmon;
(ii)
Gut Bay: the possession limit is 10 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit of 20
sockeye salmon;
(B)
District 13: in the following waters, the following possession and annual
limits apply:
(i) Ford Arm and Ford Arm Lake,
combined: the possession and annual limit is 25 sockeye salmon;
(ii) Hanus Bay and Lake Eva, combined: the
possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(iii) Hoktaheen Cove, Hoktaheen Creek, and
Hoktaheen Lake, combined: the possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye
salmon;
(iv) Klag Bay and Camp
Lake, combined: the possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(v) Lake Anna: the possession and annual
limit is 25 sockeye salmon;
(vi)
Necker Bay and Benzeman Lake, combined: the possession limit is 100 sockeye
salmon, with no annual limit;
(vii)
Redfish Bay and Tumak of Lake, combined: the possession limit is 50 sockeye
salmon, with an annual limit of 100 sockeye salmon;
(viii) Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake,
combined: the possession and annual limits are as specified in
5
AAC 01.760(b) and (d);
(ix) Sitkoh Bay and Sitkoh Lake, combined:
the possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(x) Surge Bay and Surge Lake, combined: the
possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(xi) Whale Bay and Politofski Lake, combined:
the possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(2) coho salmon: the
possession limit is 20 coho salmon, with an annual limit of 40 coho
salmon;
(3) pink salmon: the
possession limit is 100 pink salmon, with no annual limit;
(4) chum salmon: the possession limit is 50
chum salmon, with no annual limit.
(h) In the Juneau Management Area, in waters
open to subsistence salmon fishing under a household subsistence salmon fishing
permit, the possession and annual limits for salmon per household are as
follows:
(1) sockeye salmon may not be taken
for subsistence uses, except that in the following waters sockeye salmon may be
taken with the following possession and annual limits:
(A) District 12: in the following waters, the
following possession and annual limits apply:
(i) Basket Bay: the possession limit is 15
sockeye salmon, with an annual limit of 30 sockeye salmon;
(ii) Hasselborg River and Salt Lake,
combined: the possession and annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon;
(iii) Kanalku Bay: the possession and annual
limit is 20 sockeye salmon;
(B) District 14: in the following waters, the
following possession and annual limits apply:
(i) Berg Bay: the possession and annual limit
is 25 sockeye salmon;
(ii) Neva
Creek: the possession and annual limit is 20 sockeye salmon;
(2) coho salmon: the
possession limit is 20 coho salmon, with an annual limit of 40 coho salmon,
except that in Hasselborg River and Salt Lake, combined, the possession and
annual limit is 20 coho salmon;
(3)
pink salmon: the possession limit is 150 pink salmon, with no annual
limit;
(4) chum salmon: the
possession limit is 50 chum salmon, with no annual limit.
(i) In the Haines Management Area, salmon may
not be taken for subsistence uses, except that in the Chilkat River, Chilkat
Inlet, Lutak Inlet, and Chilkoot River, combined, salmon may be taken for
subsistence uses under a household subsistence salmon fishing permit with the
following possession and annual limits per household:
(1) sockeye salmon: the possession limit is
25 sockeye salmon, with an annual limit of 50 sockeye salmon;
(2) coho salmon: the possession limit is 20
coho salmon, with an annual limit of 40 coho salmon;
(3) pink and chum salmon, combined: the
possession limit is 75 pink and chum salmon, combined, with an annual limit of
100 pink and chum salmon, combined.
(j) For the purposes of this section, the
(1) Ketchikan Management Area consists of the
waters of the Southeastern Alaska Area in Districts 1 - 4;
(2) Petersburg-Wrangell Management Area
consists of the waters of the Southeastern Alaska Area in Districts 5 - 8,
Section 9-B, and District 10;
(3)
Sitka Management Area consists of the waters of the Southeastern Alaska Area in
Section 9-A, District 12 south of the latitude of Point Hayes and west of a
line midway between the shoreline of Admiralty Island and the shorelines of
Chichagof Island, Baranof Island, and Catherine Island, and District
13;
(4) Juneau Management Area
consists of the waters of the Southeastern Alaska Area in Districts 11, 12, 14,
and 16, except for those waters of District 12 described in (3) of this
subsection;
(5) Haines Management
Area consists of the waters of the Southeastern Alaska Area in District
15.
(k) Eulachon on the
Unuk River: the possession and annual limit is 50 pounds of eulachon
smelt.
Authority:AS
16.05.251
AS
16.05.258
