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 01.425 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing
Current through August 30, 2024
The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for salmon:
(1) Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon and within 500 yards from the stream terminus of Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon;
(2) Trout Creek and within 500 yards outside its mouth;
(3) inshore of a line from the Trident Seafood's Dock at Sand Point to Black Point located on the northwest side of Popof Island, including the inlet and Humboldt Creek;
(4) in the Black Hills Section, all fresh waters and within 500 yard of any anadromous salmon stream terminus;
(5) in the Bear River Section, the waters of Frank's Lagoon and King Salmon River;
(6) the waters specified in 5 AAC 39.290;
(7) for a commercial salmon fishing permit holder or a commercial crewmember license holder in the commercial salmon fishery, the waters specified in 5 AAC 09.350 during an open commercial salmon fishing period.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.425 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.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