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 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area
5 AAC 01.423 - Special provision for subsistence finfish fishing
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 01.423
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The special provisions in this section for subsistence finfish fishing in the Alaska Peninsula Area apply as follows:
(1) in
Mortensens Lagoon
(A) a gillnet may not
exceed 15 fathoms in length;
(B) no
more than 50 salmon may be taken per permit;
(2) in the False Pass vicinity, in those
waters bounded by the latitude of Whirl Point (54º 49.50' N. lat.) and the
latitude of Morzhovoi Village (54º 54.58' N. lat.), a gillnet may not
exceed 50 fathoms in length;
(3) in
the fresh waters of Bear River, upstream of the confluence of the Milky River,
also known as the Mad Sow River, salmon may be taken only with the gear
specified on the subsistence fishing permit;
(4) in the fresh waters of Sandy River,
upstream from the Sandy River aircraft landing strip located at 56º 13.70'
N. lat., 160º 13.55' W. long., which is approximately five miles east of
the stream terminus, salmon may be taken only with the gear specified on the
subsistence fishing permit.
(b) In the Alaska Peninsula Area the commissioner may close, by emergency order, the subsistence fishing season and immediately reopen a season during which different or additional conditions apply to provide more opportunity for subsistence fishing or to protect the fishery resource.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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