(a) Except as
provided in this section and
5
AAC 01.249, fish may be taken for subsistence purposes
without a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) A subsistence fishing permit is required
as follows:
(1) for the Yukon River drainage
upstream from the westernmost tip of Garnet Island to the mouth of the Dall
River;
(2) repealed
4/13/80;
(3) for the Yukon River
drainage from the upstream mouth of Twenty-two Mile Slough to the United
States-Canada border;
(4) repealed
4/13/80;
(5) for the Tanana River
drainage above the mouth of the Wood River;
(6) repealed 5/19/2010;
(7) for the taking of pike in waters of the
Tolovana River drainage upstream of its confluence with the Tanana
River;
(8) for the taking of salmon
in Subdistricts 6-A and 6-B;
(9)
for the South Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the mouth of the
Jim River and the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the
mouth of the North Fork.
(c) In addition to the subsistence fishing
permit conditions set forth in
5
AAC 01.015, permits issued for fish other than salmon
may also designate restrictive measures for the protection of salmon.
(d) Only one subsistence salmon fishing
permit will be issued to each household per year.
(e) In addition to the subsistence fishing
permit conditions specified in
5
AAC 01.015, and except as provided in
5
AAC 01.249, permits issued for the taking of salmon in
Subdistricts 6-A and 6-B must also contain the following requirements:
(1) salmon may be taken only by set gillnet,
dip net, or fish wheel; no household may operate more than one fish
wheel;
(2) a subsistence fishing
permit holder shall keep accurate daily records of the permit holder's catch,
the number of fish taken by species, location and date of the catch, and other
information that the department may require for management or conservation
purposes;
(3) in that portion of
Subdistrict 6-B three miles or more upstream of the mouth of Totchaket Slough,
each permittee shall report the number of salmon taken to the department once
each week, or as specified on the permit; in the remainder of Subdistrict 6-B
and in Subdistrict 6-A, each permittee shall report the total number of salmon
taken to the department no later than October 31;
(4) the annual harvest limit for the holder
of a Subdistrict 6-A or 6-B subsistence salmon fishing permit is 60 king salmon
and 500 chum salmon for the period through August 15 of a year, and 2,000 chum
and coho salmon combined for the period after August 15; upon request, permits
for additional salmon may be issued by the department;
(5) unless otherwise provided, from June 20
through September 30, open subsistence salmon fishing periods are concurrent
with open commercial salmon fishing periods; during closures of the commercial
salmon fishery, open subsistence salmon fishing periods are as specified in
5
AAC 05.367;
(6) in the Kantishna River drainage, the open
subsistence salmon fishing periods are seven days per week, except as specified
in 5 AAC 01.249;
(7) in Subdistrict 6-B from the downstream
end of Crescent Island to a line three miles upstream from the mouth of
Totchaket Slough, the open subsistence salmon fishing periods are from 6:00
p.m. Friday through 6:00 p.m. Wednesday.
