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 01.336 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.336
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Bristol Bay Area:
(1) all finfish;
(2) herring spawn on kelp in the waters of
the Togiak District as described in
5
AAC 27.805(a).
(b) The board finds that
(1) 157,000 - 172,171 salmon are reasonably
necessary for subsistence uses in the Bristol Bay Area, including 55,000 -
65,000 Kvichak River drainage sockeye salmon; this finding does not include
salmon stocks in the Alagnak River;
(2) 250,000 usable pounds of finfish other
than salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Bristol Bay
Area.
(3) 4,100 - 12,700 usable
pounds of herring spawn on kelp are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses
in the Togiak District as described in
5
AAC 27.805(a).
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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