Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery
Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area
5 AAC 02.108 - Customary and traditional uses of shellfish stocks

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 02.108

Current through August 30, 2024

The Alaska Board of Fisheries finds that the following shellfish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the following portions of the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area outside of the nonsubsistence areas described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(1) and (2):

(1) District 1: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters

(A) Section 1-E south of the latitude of Grant Island Light;

(B) Section 1-F north of the latitude of the northernmost tip of Mary Island, except the waters of Boca de Quadra;

(2) District 2: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab in the waters north of the latitude of the northernmost tip of Chasina Point and west of a line from the northernmost tip of Chasina Point to the easternmost tip of Grindall Island to the easternmost tip of the Kasaan Peninsula;

(3) District 3: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of Section 3-A and Section 3-B;

(4) District 5: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 5 that are

(A) except as specified in (B) of this paragraph, north of a line from Point St. Albans to Cape Pole; and

(B) north of 56° 40' N. lat.;

(5) District 6: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of

(A) Section 6-A west of a line from Macnamara Point to Mitchell Point; and

(B) Section 6-B west of the longitude of Macnamara Point;

(6) District 7: shellfish, except king crab and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 7;

(7) District 8: shellfish, except king crab and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 8;

(8) District 9: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of Section 9-B north of the latitude of Point Ellis;

(9) District 10: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 10 west of a line from Pinta Point to Point Pybus;

(10) District 12: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 12 between the latitude of Parker Point and the latitude of Point Caution;

(11) District 13, as follows:

(A) except as specified in (B) of this paragraph, Dungeness crab, shrimp, abalone, sea cucumbers, gum boots, cockles, and clams, except geoducks, in the waters of District 13;

(B) shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of Section 13-C east of the longitude of Point Elizabeth;

(12) District 14: shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab, in the waters of District 14 east of the longitude of Point Dundas;

(13) District 15: shellfish, except king crab and Tanner crab, in the waters of Section 15-A;

(14) Yakutat District: shellfish in the waters of Yakutat Bay, including the islands within Yakutat Bay, west of the Situk River drainage, and south of and including Russell Fjord, within a line from the westernmost point of Point Manby to the southernmost point of Ocean Cape.

In Register 214, July 2015, the substance of 5 AAC 02.108(b) was moved to 5 AAC 02.106.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258

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