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 6 - Bristol Bays Area
5 AAC 01.325 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.325

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) Except for the western shore of the Newhalen River, waters within 300 feet of a stream mouth used by salmon are closed to the subsistence taking of fish.

(b) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 01.320, gillnets are prohibited in all waters of the Naknek River drainage upstream of Savonaski, from June 1 - October 1.

(c) From September 1 through June 14, subsistence fishing with a net is prohibited in the following waters and within one-fourth mile of the terminus of those waters:

(1) Lower Talarik Creek;

(2) Middle Talarik Creek;

(3) Upper Talarik Creek;

(4) Pete Andrew Creek;

(5) Zacker Creek;

(6) Newhalen River;

(7) Roadhouse Creek;

(8) Alexi Creek;

(9) Taziminia River;

(10) Young's Creek;

(11) Chekok Creek;

(12) Tomkok Creek;

(13) Nick G. Creek;

(14) Copper River;

(15) Kakhonak River;

(16) Gibralter River;

(17) Dennis Creek;

(18) Belinda Creek.

(d) Waters described in 5 AAC 27.850 are closed to the taking of herring and capelin.

At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.325 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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