Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 15 - Chignik Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 15.350 - Closed waters
Current through August 30, 2024
Salmon may not be taken in the following waters:
(1) Chignik Lagoon:
(2) Kilokak Rocks Bay: northwest of a line from the southern entrance of the bay at 57° 09.78' N. lat., 156° 20.78' W. long., then to the opposite shore 500 yards northeast of the mouth of Kilokak Rocks Creek at 57° 10.07' N. lat., 156° 20.78' W. long.;
(3) Agripina River: west of a line from 57° 06.72' N. lat., 156° 28.22' W. long., to 57° 06.44' N. lat., 156° 28.67' W. long.;
(4) Chiginagak Bay: north of a line from 57° 00.50' N. lat., 156° 45.75' W. long., to 57° 01.68' N. lat., 156° 41.97' W. long.;
(5) Nakalilok Lagoon: the lagoon and within 500 yards of the entrance;
(6) Yantarni Lagoon: the lagoon and within 500 yards of the entrance;
(7) Aniakchak River: northwest of a line from approximately 500 yards northeast of the mouth at 56° 45.86' N. lat., 157° 28.88' W. long., to an ADF&G regulatory marker on the southern tip of the island directly off the mouth and then to approximately 1,000 yards southwest of the mouth at 56° 45.28' N. lat., 157° 31.53' W. long.;
(8) Aniakchak Lagoon: the lagoon and within 500 yards of the entrance;
(9) Kujulik Bay: the southwest end of the bay southwest of a line from 56° 35.85' N. lat., 157° 59.12' W. long., to the opposite shore at 56° 34.50' N. lat., 157° 54.63' W. long.;
(10) Portage Bay: west of a line from 56° 11.68' N. lat., 158° 33.07' W. long., to 56° 10.58' N. lat., 158° 33.07' W. long.;
(11) Ivan Bay: north of a line from the ADF&G regulatory marker on the northwest shore, 1,000 yards from the stream mouth, to the ADF&G regulatory marker on the southeast shore 750 yards from the stream mouth;
(12) Humpback Bay: within 1,000 yards of the terminus of Humpback Bay stream at 55° 52.68' N. lat., 159° 20.12' W. long.;
(13) Ivanof Bay: all waters northwest of a line from a point on the northeast shore at 55° 52.42' N. lat., 159° 28.40' W. long., to a point on the north end of the spit at 55° 50.95' N. lat., 159° 31.02' W. long. (all waters northwest of Road Island are closed);
(14) Alfred Creek: before August 1, the 500-yard closure at the terminus described in 5 AAC 39.290 does not apply; the 500-yard closure does apply from August 1 to the end of the salmon fishing season;
(15) Dago Frank Creek: before August 1, the 500-yard closure at the terminus described in 5 AAC 39.290 does not apply; the 500-yard closure does apply from August 1 to the end of the salmon fishing season;
(16) Hook Bay: southwest of a line from the tip of Hook Bay Spit at 56° 30.07' N. lat., 158° 08.18' W. long., to a point northwest of the spit at 56° 30.61' N. lat., 158° 09.27' W. long.;
(17) unnamed stream at 55° 48.98' N. lat., 159° 24.45' W. long.; the 500-ya rd closure at the terminus described in 5 AAC 39.290 does not apply;
(18) Lake Bay: all waters southwest of a line drawn at the entrance to Lake Bay at 56° 18.80' N. lat., 158° 17.62' W. long., extending across the entrance to Lake Bay to a point at 56° 18.32' N. lat., 158° 16.20' W. long.;
(19) Mud Bay: all waters southwest of a line from 56° 19.42' N. lat., 158° 25.10' W. long., extending across the entrance to Mud Bay;
(20) from July 6 through August 31, all waters of Alaska in the Ivanof Bay Section, between a line extending 135° from Kupreanof Point at 55° 33.98' N. lat., 159° 35.88' W. long., and a line extending 65° from 55° 34.90' N. lat., 159° 37.10' W. long.
Authority:AS 16.05.251