Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery
Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound)
5 AAC 31.205 - Description of Registration Area E districts and sections

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 31.205

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Inside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area enclosed by lines from Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Zaikof Point, and from Cape Cleare to Cape Puget. The Inside District sections are as follows:

(1) Central Section: waters of the Inside District east of 147º 30.00' W. long.;

(2) Wells Section: waters of the Inside District enclosed by a line from a point at 60º 45.80' N. lat., 148º 13.56' W. long. on the mainland, to a point at 60º 45.49' N. lat., 148º 12.00' W. long. on the north side of Culross Island, and west of a line from Culross Light located on Culross Island at 60º 44.80' N. lat., 148º 06.80' W. long. to Esther Light on Esther Island at 60º 47.10' N. lat., 148º 06.00' W. long., and west of a line from the northwestern tip of Esther Island at 60º 55.66' N. lat., 148º 04.33' W. long., to a point on the mainland at 60º 55.90' N. lat., 148º 03.95' W. long., including Cochrane and Blackstone Bays;

(3) Northwest Section: the remaining waters of the Inside District west of 147º 30.00' W. long. and north of 60º 30.00' N. lat. that are not in the Wells Section described in (2) of this subsection;

(4) Southwest Section: waters of the Inside District west of 147º 20.00' W. long. and south of 60º 30.00' N. lat.

(b) Outside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area that are seaward of the Inside District and between a line running along the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148º 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., then west to 149º W. long., then south along 149º W. long., and the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144º W. long. The Outside District sections are as follows:

(1) Eastern Section: all waters of the Outside District east of 147º W. long.;

(2) Western Section: all waters of the Outside District west of 147º W. long.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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