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 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area
5 AAC 01.160 - Fishing seasons and periods
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.160
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) In the Port Clarence District, fish may be taken at any time, except as specified by emergency order.
(b) In the Norton Sound District, fish may be taken at any time except as follows:
(1) in Subdistrict 1,
(A) in fresh water, from June 15 through
August 31, set gillnets may be used to take salmon only from 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Monday;
(B) in marine waters, west of Cape Nome,
unless modified by emergency order to ensure reasonable opportunity for
subsistence uses of available surpluses of salmon, from June 15 through August
15, set gillnets may be used to take salmon from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday until 6:00
p.m. Monday;
(C) in this paragraph
"fresh water" includes
(i) all rivers and
streams separated from marine waters at the mouth of rivers and streams by a
line drawn between the seaward extremities of the exposed tideland banks at the
present stage of the tide;
(ii) the
waters of Safety Sound; and
(iii)
the waters of Bonanza Channel;
(2) in Subdistricts 2 - 6, commercial
fishermen may not fish for subsistence purposes during the weekly closures of
the commercial salmon fishing season, except that from July 15 through August
1, commercial fishermen may take salmon for subsistence purposes seven days per
week in the Unalakleet and Shaktoolik River drainages with gillnets which have
a mesh size that does not exceed four and one-half inches, and with beach
seines;
(3) in the Unalakleet River
from June 15 through July 15, salmon may be taken only during periods
established by emergency order from 8:00 a.m. Monday until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday
and from 8:00 a.m. Friday until 8:00 p.m. Saturday;
(4) in Subdistricts 1 - 3, salmon other than
chum salmon may be taken by beach seine during periods established by emergency
order;
(5) in Subdistrict 1, salmon
other than pink salmon may be taken by beach seine during periods established
by emergency order;
(6)
notwithstanding the provisions of (2) and (3) of this subsection, in
Subdistricts 5 and 6, salmon other than king salmon may be taken from July 1
through August 10 by beach seine with a mesh size no larger than four and
one-half inches; all king salmon caught must be returned immediately to the
water alive; if the commissioner determines that it is necessary for the
conservation of king salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close
the season and immediately reopen the season during which the fishing time,
area, and beach seine mesh size may be adjusted; and
(7) in the marine waters of Subdistricts 5
and 6, from June 15 through July 15, salmon may be taken only during fishing
periods established by emergency order from 6:00 p.m. Monday until 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday and from 6:00 p.m. Thursday until 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.160 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
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