Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery
Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet)
5 AAC 38.314 - Closed waters for clams and mussels in Registration Area H

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 38.314

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Razor clams may not be taken on the east side of Cook Inlet from the Kenai River to the end of the Homer Spit.

(b) Razor clams may not be taken from the Polly Creek certified beach (from Redoubt Point at 60º 17.25' N. lat., 152º 25' W. long., south to 60º 13' N. lat., 152º 34' W. long.) for any purpose other than for human consumption.

(c)

(1) The following waters are closed to the commercial harvest of all calm and mussel species:
(A) Mallard Bay, enclosed by a line from 59º 40.10' N. lat., 151º 08.10' W. long. to 59º 40.70' N. lat., 151º 07.20' W. long.;

(B) Rusty's Lagoon, enclosed by a line from 59º 36.30' N. lat., 151º 11.30' W. long. to 59º 37.30' N. lat., 151º 11.70' W. long.;

(C) Halibut Cove Lagoon, enclosed by a line from 59º 35.10' N. lat., 151º 10.80' W. long. to 59º 35.10' N. lat., 151º 11.40' W. long.;

(D) the head of Sadie Cove, enclosed by a line from 59º 27.90' N. lat., 151º 20.30' W. long. to 59º 27.90' N. lat., 151º 21.30' W. long.;

(E) the head of Tutka Bay, enclosed by a line from 59º 24.60' N. lat., 151º 17.80' W. long. to 59º 25.10' N. lat., 151º 17.80' W. long.;

(F) waters of China Poot Bay east of a line from 59º 33.90' N. lat., 151º 17.50' W. long. to 59º 33.40' N. lat., 151º 17.50' W. long.;

(G) the intertidal beach along Shipwreck Cove in China Poot Bay enclosed by a line from 59º 34.34' N. lat., 151º 18.11' W. long., to 59º 34.26' N. lat., 151º 17.96' W. long., to 59º 34.20' N. lat., 151º 17.94' W. long., to 59º 34.19' N. lat., 151º 17.81' W. long., to 59º 34.13' N. lat., 151º 17.75' W. long., to 59º 34.13' N. lat., 151º 17.77' W. long., to 59º 34.19' N. lat., 151º 17.96' W. long., to 59º 34.26' N. lat., 151º 17.98' W. long., to 59º 34.33' N. lat., 151º 18.14' W. long., as marked by ADF&G regulatory markers located in the upper intertidal area;

(H) the intertidal beach by Otter Rock in Peterson Bay enclosed by a line from 59º 34.78' N. lat., 151º 17.84' W. long., to 59º 34.70' N. lat., 151º 17.68' W. long., to 59º 34.79' N. lat., 151º 17.68' W. long., as marked by ADF&G regulatory markers located in the upper intertidal area;

(2) The waters and intertidal beaches of Bear Cove east of a line from a point on the mainland at 59º 43.37' N. lat., 151º 04.60' W. long. to a point on Bear Island at 59º 43.59' N. lat., 151º 04.20' W. long., and from 59º 43.76' N. lat., 151º 04.05' W. long. on Bear Island to 59º 44.12' N. lat., 151º 02.90' W. long. on the mainland.

(d) Repealed 8/23/2009.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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