Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon and Shellfish Hatcheries
Chapter 18 - Kodiak Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 18.330 - Gear

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 18.330

Current through May 30, 2025

(a) In the Afognak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines.

(b) In the Northwest Kodiak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines, except that in the Central Section, salmon may also be taken by set gillnets.

(c) In the Southwest Kodiak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines.

(d) In the Alitak District,

(1) in the Humpy-Deadman and Cape Alitak Sections, salmon may be taken by purse seines and beach seines only;

(2) in the Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay, Dog Salmon Flats, Outer and Inner Upper Station, and Outer and Inner Akalura Sections, salmon may be taken by set gillnets only, except that after September 4, salmon may be taken also by purse seines and beach seines.

(3) notwithstanding (d)(1) of this section, salmon may be taken in the Humpy-Deadman and Cape Alitak Sections north of a line from Cape Trinity at 56° 44.80' N. lat., 154° 08.90' W. long., to Cape Alitak at 56° 50.58' N. lat., 154° 18.50' W. long., by set gillnet gear after September 4;

(4) if the Cape Alitak, Alitak Bay, Moscr Bay, and Olga Bay Sections are closed and the Humpy-Deadman Section Is open, salmon may be taken by set gillnet gear in that portion of the Humpy-Deadman Section, from Cape Hepburn south of 56° 58.80' N. lat., north of 56° 56.83' N. lat., and east of 153° 53.30' W. long.

(e) In the East Kodiak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines.

(f) In the Northeast Kodiak District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines.

(g) In the Mainland District, salmon may be taken only by purse seines and beach seines.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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