Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 30.310 - Fishing seasons
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 30.310
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) Salmon may be taken by set gillnets only as follows:
(1) in the Yakataga District the
opening and closing dates will be established by emergency order;
(2) in the Yakutat District,
(A) in the Alsek River and waters
three-quarters of a mile on either side of the river mouth seaward to the
outermost bar at mean low tide, from the second Sunday in May until closed by
emergency order, except that from the second Sunday in May through the first
Saturday in June, the commissioner may open, by emergency order, set gillnet
fishing periods in the Alsek River subject to the following provisions:
(i) set gillnet fishing periods are subject
to the provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty specified in
5
AAC 33.361;
(ii) fishing periods will begin at 12:01 p.m.
from the second Sunday in May through the first Saturday in June;
(iii) notwithstanding
5
AAC 75.003(2) (A), if the set gillnet
fishery is opened under this paragraph, from the second Sunday in May through
the first Sunday in June, the commissioner may, by emergency order, increase
the sport fishery bag and possession limits and liberalize method and means for
harvest of salmon;
(B)
in the Dangerous River and in Yakutat Bay south of 59° 40' N. lat., from
the second Sunday in June until closed by emergency order;
(C) Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet, Lost River, and
Yakutat Bay north of 59° 40' N. lat., from the third Sunday in June until
closed by emergency order;
(D)
Italio River, the opening and closing dates will be established by emergency
order;
(E) in the East River and
waters two miles on either side of the river mouth seaward for a distance of
500 yards, and in the remainder of the district, from the fourth Sunday in June
until closed by emergency order.
(b) Repealed 10/1/98.
As of Register 147, Oct., 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 30.310(b) appears in 5 AAC 29.080(b) and 5 AAC 29.100(h).
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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