Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 21 - Cook Inlet Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 21.330 - Gear
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 21.330
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Purse seines, hand purse seines, and beach seines may be used in the Southern, Kamishak Bay, Outer, and Eastern Districts, and in the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict east of a line from the crane on the south shore to the largest boulder on the landward end of Glacier Spit.
(b) Set gillnets may be used only in the following locations:
(1) Southern District:
(A) on Ismailof Island east of 151º
13.10' W. long., and the mainland south of Ismailof Island from 151º
13.10' W. long. to 151 12.12' W. long., and inshore of a line from a point off
the northeast shore of Ismailof lsland at 59° 36.27' N. lat., 151°
13.10' W. long., to 59° 36.11' N. lat., 151° 12.58' W. long., to
59° 35.65' N. lat., 151° 12.60' W. long., to a point off the eastern
entrance to Halibut Cove at 59° 35.70' N. lat., 151° 12.12' W.
long.
(B) between Barabara Point at
59° 29.12' N. lat.. 151° 38.76' W. long., and a point on the north side
of McDonald Spit at 59° 28.49' N. lat., 151° 36.12' W. long., and
inshore of a line from a point off Barabara Point at 59° 29.39' N. lat.,
151" 38.76' W. long., to another point at 59° 29.31' N. lat, 151°
38.20' W. long., to a point near the base of McDonald Spit at 59° 28.80' N.
lat., 151° 36.12' W. long.
(C)
from the north side of McDonald Spit at 59º 28.69' N. lat., 151º
35.25' W. long., east along the outer shoreline of McDonald Spit, and including
the entire shoreline of Kasitsna Bay to the headland at the west side of the
entrance of Jakolof Bay, and inshore of a line from a point near the base of
McDonald Spit at 59° 28.53' N. lat., 151° 35.44' W. long., to 59°
29.25' N. lat., 151° 34.53' W. long., to 59° 29.33' N. lat., 151°
34.47' W. long., to 59° 29.37' N. lat., 151° 34.20' W. long., to
59° 29.29' N. lat., 151° 33.89' W. long., to 59° 29.00' N. lat.,
151° 33.16' W. long., to 59° 28.84' N. lat., 151° 33.18' W. long.,
to 59° 28.66' N. lat.. 151° 33.91' W. long., to 59° 28.30' N. lat.,
151° 33.84' W. long., to 59° 28.47' N. lat., 151° 32.68' W. long.,
to 59° 28.39' N. lat., 151° 32.11' W. long., to a point on the east
shore of the entrance to JakolofBay at 59° 28.16' N. lat., 151° 32.03'
W. long.;
(D) the west shore of
Seldovia Bay from Point Naskowhak to a point at the latitude of an unnamed
creek at 59º 25.19' N. lat., 151º 44.05' W. long., and inshore of a
line from Point Naskowhak at 59° 27.37' N. lat., 151° 44.63' W. long.,
to 59° 27.45' N. lat., 151° 44.41' W. long., to 59° 27.38' N. lat.,
151° 44.22' W. long., to 59° 26.96' N. lat., 151° 44.19' W. long.,
to 59° 26.74' N. lat., 151° 43.78' W. long., to 59° 25.90' N. lat.,
151° 44.12' W. long., to 59° 25.14' N. lat., 151° 43.53' W.
long.;
(E) from the old cannery
site on the south shore of Port Graham at 59° 21.06' N. lat., 151°
49.61' W. long., along the beach to a point south of English Bay at 59 20.98'
N. lat., 151° 56.77' W. long., and inshore of a line from a point in
English Bay at 59° 21.41' N. lat., 151° 56.77' W. long., to 59°
21.49' N. lat., 151° v 56.31' W. long., to 59° 21.78' N. lat., 151°
56.10' W. long., to 59° 22.07' N. lat., 151° 55.04' W. long., to
59° 22.04' N. Iat., 151° 52.37' W. long., to 59° 21.71' N. lat.,
151° 51.11' W. long., to 59° 21.66' N. lat., 151° 50.19' W. long.,
to 59° 21.37' N. lat., 151° 49.01' W. long., to the old cannery in Port
Graham at 59° 21.06' N. lat., 151° 49.61' W. long.
(2) Northern District: set gillnets may be
used only in the following areas:
(A) those
waters along the north and west coast from Point MacKenzie at 61° 14.29' N.
lat., 149° 59.20' W. long., to the southern boundary of the district on the
west shore at 60° 46.39' N. lat., except for closed waters listed in
5
AAC 21.350;
(B) waters along the west coast of Fire
Island from North Point to West Point;
(C) waters along the east coast in the
Northern District
(i) from Point Possession
to the latitude of Birch Hill at approximately 60º 55.00' N.
lat.;
(ii) from 60º 52.67' N.
lat. (one-half mile north of Otter Creek) to the southern boundary of the
district (60º 46.39' N. lat.);
(3) Central District: set gillnets may be
used only in the following locations:
(A)
waters along the west coast in the Central District
(i) from the northern boundary of the
district to the Drift River terminal and only within five miles of the mean
high tide mark;
(ii) from 60º
29.50' N. lat., 152º 19.00' W. long., to 60º 28.50' N. lat.,
152º 19.50' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide
mark;
(iii) from 60º 27.50' N.
lat., 152º 19.74' W. long., to 60º 22.75' N. lat., 152º 16.50'
W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;
(iv) from 60º 21.47' N. lat., 152º
21.50' W. long., to 60º 20.67' N. lat., 152º 22.50' W. long. and only
within five miles of the mean high tide mark;
(v) from 60º 16.19' N. lat., 152º
29.90' W. long., to 60º 14.24' N. lat., 152º 32.62' W. long. and from
60º 13.42' N. lat., 152º 34.65' W. long. to 60º 05.25' N. lat.,
152º 34.92' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide
mark;
(vi) near Johnson River from
60º 01.32' N. lat., 152º 36.25' W. long., to 59º 55.67' N. lat.,
152º 41.67' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide
mark;
(vii) along the north side of
Chinitna Bay from 59° 53.18' N. lat.,. 153° W. long, to 59°
51.64'N. lat, 153° 08.35' W. long., and only within 2,500 feet of the mean
high tide mark;
(B)
waters along the coast of Kalgin Island within one mile of the mean lower low
tide mark;
(C) waters along the
east coast in the Central District
(i) within
one mile of the mean high tide mark from the northern boundary of the district
to a line from the northern ADF& G regulatory marker at the mouth of the
Kenai River at 60° 34.24' N. lat., 151° 18.99' W. long., then offshore
on a bearing of 235° to a point one mile from the mean high tide mark at
60° 33.66' N. lat., 151° 20.66' W. Iong.;
(ii) from a line from the southern ADF& G
regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kenai River at 60° 30.49' N. lat.,
151° 16.80' W. long., offshore approximately one and one-half miles to a
point at 60° 30.49' N. lat., 151° 19.86' W. long., to a line from the
northern ADF& G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kasilof River at
60° 24.23' N. lat., 151° 17.66' W. long., offshore approximately one
and one-half miles to a point at 60° 24.23' N. lat., 151° 20.68' W.
long., and only within one and one-half miles of the mean high tide
mark;
(iii) from a line from the
southern ADF & G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kasilof River at
60° 22.56' N. lat., 151° 20.98' W. long., offshore approximately one
and one-half miles to a point at 60° 21.97' N. lat., 151° 22.02' W.
long., to a line from the ADF& G regulatory marker at the northern limit of
the closed area at the mouth of the Ninilchik River at 60° 04.02' N. lat.,
151° 38.90' W. long., offshore approximately one and one-half miles to a
point at 60° 04.02' N. lat., 151° 42.00' W. long., and only within one
and one-half miles of the mean high tide mark;
(D) waters around Chisik Island north of the
latitude of Chisik Island Light within five miles of the mean high tide mark
except those waters near the Crescent River described in
5
AAC
21.350(a).
(c) Drift gillnets may be used only in the Central District, except that in the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict drift gillnets may be used only east of a line from the crane on the south shore at 59° 49.91' N. lat. 153° 05.47' W. long., to Glacier Spit at 59° 51.67' N. lat. 153° 07.92' W. long.
(d) Repealed 3/8/74.
(e) Each fisherman shall operate or assist in operating only one type of gear at any one time.
(f) Repealed 4/18/86.
(g) Repealed 3/8/74.
(h) Repealed 3/8/74.
(i) Dip nets, as defined in 5 AAC 39.105(d)(24), may be used in the Upper Subdistrict of the Central District.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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