Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 04 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 04.380 - Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District Salmon Management Plan
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 04.380
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) The purpose of this management plan is to provide the department with management guidelines for the sustained yield of salmon stocks in Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District.
The department shall manage, to the extent practicable, the subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries in Subdistrict 1 to achieve escapement goals.
(b) The department shall manage salmon fisheries in Subdistrict 1 as follows:
(1) commercial fishing for chum and pink
salmon may be opened in the waters east or west of Cape Nome, or both, by
emergency order, if the department projects the harvestable surplus will more
than meet subsistence needs;
(2)
subsistence fishing for chum salmon will be opened and closed by emergency
order on a stream-by-stream basis, if the department determines there is a
harvestable surplus; a permit under
5
AAC 01.180 is required;
(3) if subsistence fishing for chum salmon is
restricted, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close a commercial
fishery and immediately reopen a commercial fishery during which chum salmon
may be retained, but not sold.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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