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 4 - Yukon Area
5 AAC 01.236 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.236

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence:

(1) king, summer chum, fall chum, coho, and pink salmon in the Yukon Area;

(2) freshwater fish species, including sheefish, whitefish, lamprey, burbot, sucker, grayling, pike, and char;

(3) herring and herring roe, within 20 miles of the coast between the terminus of the Black River and the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula; and

(4) all finfish other than salmon and herring, in the salt waters of the Yukon Area.

(b) The board finds that in the Yukon Area the following amounts of fish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses:

(1) king salmon: 45,500 - 66,704;

(2) summer chum salmon: 83,500 - 142,192;

(3) fall chum salmon: 89,500 - 167,900;

(4) coho salmon: 20,500 - 51,980;

(5) pink salmon: 2,100 - 9,700.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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