Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 06 - Bristol Bay Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 06.350 - Closed waters
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 06.350
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The following locations in the Nushagak District are closed to the taking of salmon:
(1) those waters north of a line from 58°
58.63' N. lat., 158° 33.62' W. long., to 58° 56.79' N. lat., 158°
29.53' W, long., except that the commissioner may, by emergency order, open the
Wood River Special Harvest Area as provided in
5
AAC 06.358:
(2) repealed 4/2/88;
(3) the Snake River Section;
(4) those waters of the Snake River upstream
from a line across the river at 58° 52.80' N. lat.;
(5) those waters of the Igushik River
upstream of a line from 58° 43.82' N. lat., 158° 52.77' W. long. to
58° 43.60' N. lat., 158° 54.06' W. long.
(b) The following locations in the Naknek-Kvichak District are closed to the taking of salmon:
(1) those waters northeast of a line from a
point near Graveyard Point at 58° 52.10' N. lat., 157° 00.80' W. long.,
to a point on the northwest shore of Kvichak Bay at 58° 53.37' N. lat.,
157° 04.26' W. long., except that the commissioner may, by emergency order,
open the Alagnak River Special Hanest Area as provided in
5
AAC 06.373:
(2) those waters of the Naknek River upstream
of a line from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at 58° 43.55' N.
lat., 157° 03.63' W. long. to an ADF&G regulatory marker located at
58° 42.43' N. lat., 157° 04.67' W. long.; however, the commissioner may
open, by emergency order, waters of the Naknek River as provided in
5
AAC 06.360;
(3) by set gillnets along the southeast shore
of the Naknek Section from the Naknek-Kvichak District boundary north to
58° 37.15' N. lat., 157° 15.30' W. long.
(c) The following locations in the Egegik District are closed to the taking of salmon:
(1) those waters of the Egegik River upstream
of a line from 58° 12.80' N. lat., 157° 17.04' W. long. to 58°
12.28' N. lat., 157° 18.53' W. long.;
(2) all waters of the King Salmon River
upstream of a line from 58° 13.92' N. lat., 157° 20.76' W. long. to
58° 13.49' N. lat., 157° 19.48' W. long.;
(3) all waters of Big Creek upstream of a
line from 58° 17.52' N. lat., 157° 32.16' W. long. to 58° 17.28' N.
lat., 157° 31.91' W. long.
(d) The following locations in the Ugashik District are closed to the taking of salmon:
(1) those waters of the Ugashik River
upstream of a line from 57° 30.19' N. lat., 157° 39.37' W. long. to
57° 29.83' N. lat., 157° 35.22' W. long., except that set gillnets may
be used to take salmon along that portion of the east bank of the Ugashik River
from a point at 57° 30.74' N. lat., 157° 24.10' W. long. to 57°
31.27' N. lat., 157° 24.36' W. long.;
(2) all waters of Dago Creek upstream of a
line from 57° 36.70' N. lat., 157° 36.75' W. long. to 57° 36.53' N.
lat., 157° 36.08' W. long.
(e) The following locations in the Togiak District are closed to the taking of salmon:
(1) those waters of the Togiak River upstream
of a line from 59° 03.33' N. lat., 160° 20.08' W. long. to 59°
03.58' N. lat., 160° 22.60' W. long.;
(2) those waters of the Kulukak River
upstream of a line from 58° 55.84' N. lat., 159° 43.42' W. long. to
58° 54.94' N. lat., 159° 43.81' W. long.;
(3) from June 1 through July 15, those waters
of the Togiak District inside a line from 59° 03.19' N. lat., 160°
20.18' W. long. to 59° 01.76' N. lat., 160° 28.17' W. long. are closed
to commercial fishing for salmon with a drift gillnet.
(f) Salmon may not be taken in any locations that are not described in 5 AAC 06.200, except as allowed in 5 AAC 06.330.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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