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 30.350 - Closed waters
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 30.350
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Salmon may not be taken in the following waters:
(1) Alsek River: upstream starting at
three miles below the southern end of "basin";
(2) Situk River: upstream of a line from the
ADF & G regulatory marker located on the western bank of the Situk River
mouth near the Yakutat Seafoods buying station, to an ADF & G regulatory
marker buoy anchored in the channel directlv off the mouth of the Situk River,
to an ADF & G regulatory marker on the cut bank on the eastern side of the
mouth of Johnson Slough;
(3) Ankau
Inlet: inside of a line from ADF&G regulatory markers located across the
terminus of Ankau Inlet at mean low water;
(4) Italio Rivers:
(A) upstream from the ADF&G regulatory
markers located one and one-half miles from the terminus of the Middle Italio
River at mean low water;
(B)
downstream from the ADF&G regulatory markers located 200 yards upstream
from the New Italio River's confluence with the Akwe River lagoon;
and
(C) upstream of the ADF&G
regulatory markers located 500 yards upstream from the New Italio River's
confluence with the Akwe River lagoon;
(5) East River: upstream from ADF&G
regulatory markers located approximately one mile downstream from the
westernmost tip of Steve's Island at 138º 25.25' W. long.;
(6) Akwe River: downstream from ADF&G
regulatory markers located approximately 500 yards above the confluence with
the New Italio River and upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located
approximately two and one-half miles downstream from the westernmost end of the
Sand Dunes;
(7) Lost River:
upstream from ADF&G regulatory markers located in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet
approximately 100 yards downstream from the terminus of the river, except that,
after the closure of the fishing period for the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet during the
second week of July through the remainder of the season, upstream from
ADF&G regulatory markers located in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet approximately
500 yards downstream from the terminus of the river;
(8) Old Village Lagoon: upstream from the
road;
(9) salmon may not be taken
with set gillnets in those waters of the Yakutat District south of the latitude
of the Dangerous River (59º 20.83' N. lat.) that are seaward of mean
higher high tide except as indicated as open to commercial salmon fishing by
ADF&G regulatory markers;
(10)
Kaliakh River: upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately
500 yards downstream of the mouth of the Chiuki River (Stink Creek);
(11) Dangerous River: upstream of the
Dangerous River Bridge;
(12) Tsiu
River: upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately one-half
mile downstream from Duck Camp Island.
(b) Repealed 10/1/98.
(c) In this section, "mean low water" means the average of the low tides of that day.
As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 30.350(b) appears in 5 AAC 29.150(a)(2).
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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