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 5 - Kuskokwim Area
5 AAC 01.286 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.286
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) halibut, Pacific
cod, and all other finfish, except as specified in (2) - (4) of this
subsection, in the Kuskokwim Area;
(2) salmon in the Kuskokwim Area, except the
Kuskokwim River drainage;
(3) king,
chum, sockeye, coho, and pink salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage;
(4) herring and herring roe, along the coast
between the westernmost tip of the Naskonat Peninsula and the terminus of the
Ishowik River, and along the coast of Nunivak Island.
(b) The board finds that the following amounts of fish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses:
(1) 67,200 - 109,800 king salmon in the
Kuskokwim River drainage;
(2)
41,200 - 116,400 chum salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage;
(3) 32,200 - 58,700 sockeye salmon in the
Kuskokwim River drainage;
(4)
27,400 - 57,600 coho salmon in the Kuskokwim River drainage;
(5) 500 - 2,000 pink salmon in the Kuskokwim
River drainage;
(6) 6,900 - 17,000
salmon in Districts 4 and 5, combined;
(7) 12,500 - 14,400 salmon in the remainder
of the Kuskokwim Area.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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