Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 39 - General Provisions
Article 9 - Definitions; Miscellaneous
5 AAC 39.975 - Definitions

(A) Southeastern and Yakutat Areas:

100 southernmost tip Cape Muzon, Dall Island;

101 westernmost tip unnamed point, Dall Island (54° 39.87' N. lat., 132° 43.53' W. long.);

102 westernmost tip Wolk Point, Dall Island;

103 southernmost tip Liscome Point, Dall Island;

104 westernmost tip Point Cornwallis, Dall Island;

105 westernmost tip Security Point, Dall Island;

106 westernmost tip Parrot Point, Dall Island;

107 westernmost tip Point Bazan, Dall Island;

108 westernmost tip of westernmost unnamed island west of Dolgoi Island (54° 49.33' N. lat., 133° 00.40' W. long.);

109 westernmost tip Ritter Point, Dall Island;

110 westernmost tip Rockwell Point, Dall Island;

111 westernmost tip Cape Augustine, Dall Island;

112 westernmost tip Sakie Point, Dall Island;

113 southernmost tip Cape Felix, Suemez Island;

114 southernmost tip of southernmost island off Cape Bartolome, Baker Island;

115 westernmost tip Cape Chirikof, Baker Island;

116 southernmost tip Cape Addington, Noyes Island;

117 westernmost tip of the southernmost island of the Hazy Islands;

118 westernmost tip of the westernmost island of the Hazy Islands;

119 southernmost tip Cape Ommaney, Baranof Island;

120 southernmost tip Eagle Rocks, Baranof Island;

121 westernmost tip Puffin Point, Baranof Island;

122 westernmost tip Sea Lion Rocks;

123 56° 19.50' N. lat., 134° 54' W. long., Baranof Island;

124 westernmost tip First Kekur Island;

125 westernmost tip Second Kekur Island;

126 westernmost tip North Cape, Baranof Islands;

127 westernmost tip John Rock;

128 westernmost tip Jacob Rock;

129 westernmost tip Kaiuchali Island;

130 westernmost tip Cape Edgecumbe, Kruzof Island;

131 westernmost tip Pt. Amelia, Kruzof Island;

132 westernmost tip Sealion Islands;

133 westernmost tip Eagle Rock;

134 westernmost tip Klokachef Point, Klokachef Island;

135 westernmost tip Black Island;

136 westernmost tip Cape Edward;

137 westernmost tip Urey Rocks;

138 westernmost tip of westernmost rock off Cape Cross, Yakobi Island (57° 54.67' N. lat., 136° 34.33' W. long.);

139 westernmost tip Yakobi Rock (off Cape Bingham, Yakobi Island);

140 westernmost tip Zip Rock (off Cape Spencer);

141 westernmost tip Graves Rocks;

142 westernmost tip Sugarloaf Island;

143 westernmost tip Astrolabe Rocks;

144 southernmost tip Icy Point;

145 westernmost tip Harbor Point;

146 westernmost tip La Chaussee Spit;

147 westernmost tip Cape Fairweather;

148 easternmost tip of the west side of the entrance to Dry Bay;

149 southernmost tip at the mouth of Dangerous River;

150 westernmost tip Ocean Cape;

151 easternmost tip Point Manby;

152 southernmost tip Sitkagai Bluffs;

153 southernmost tip Point Riou;

154 southernmost tip Icy Cape;

155 southernmost tip Cape Yakataga;

200 southernmost tip Cape Suckling;

(B) Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Areas:

200 southernmost tip Cape Suckling;

201 easternmost tip Pinnacle Rock (off Cape St. Elias, Kayak Island);

202 southernmost tip Hook Point, Hinchinbrook Island;

203 southernmost tip Cape Hinchinbrook, Hinchinbrook Island;

204 easternmost tip Montague Island;

205 easternmost tip Box Point, Montague Island;

206 easternmost tip Wooded Islands;

207 southernmost tip, Wooded Islands;

208 southernmost tip Jeanie Point, Montague Island;

209 southernmost tip Cape Cleare, Montague Island;

210 southernmost tip Point Elrington, Elrington Island;

211 southernmost tip Cape Puget;

212 southernmost tip Cape Junken;

213 southernmost tip Cape Fairfield;

214 southernmost tip Barwell Island (off Cape Resurrection);

215 easternmost tip Pilot Rock;

216 easternmost tip Chiswell Island;

217 southernmost tip Seal Rocks;

218 southernmost tip unnamed cape south of Black Mountain (Black Bay) (59° 27.20' N. lat., 150° 14' W. long.);

219 easternmost tip Hoof Point, Ragged Island;

220 easternmost tip Outer Island, Pye Islands;

221 southernmost tip of southernmost island off Outer Island;

222 southernmost tip Nuka Rock (south of Nuka Point, Nuka Island);

223 southernmost tip Gore Point;

224 southernmost tip East Chugach Island;

225 southernmost tip Perl Rock (off Perl Island, Chugach Islands);

300 easternmost tip East Amatuli Island, Barren Islands;

(C) Kodiak, Chignik, Aleutian Islands, and Alaska Peninsula Areas:

300 easternmost tip East Amatuli Island, Barren Islands;

301 easternmost tip Point Banks, Shuyak Island;

302 northernmost tip Tonki Cape, Afognak Island;

303 northernmost tip Cape St. Hermogenes, Marmot Island;

304 along the seaward coast of Marmot Island southernmost tip of Marmot Cape;

305 southernmost tip Pillar Cape, Afognak Island;

306 easternmost tip East Cape, Spruce Island;

307 northernmost tip Kodiak Rock (off Long Island);

308 easternmost tip Cape Chiniak, Kodiak Island;

309 easternmost tip Cape Greville Kodiak Island;

310 easternmost tip Ugak Island;

311 along the coast to the southernmost tip of Ugak Island;

312 southernmost tip Dangerous Cape, Kodiak Island;

313 easternmost tip Cape Barnabas, Sitkalidak Island;

314 easternmost tip Black Point, Sitkalidak Island;

315 easternmost tip Twoheaded Island;

316 easternmost tip Geese Islands;

317 easternmost tip Cape Sitkinak, Sitkinak Island;

318 along the coast to the southernmost tip of Sitkinak Island;

319 southernmost tip Tugidak Island;

320 along the west coast to the northernmost tip of Tugidak Island;

321 southernmost tip Cape Alitak, Kodiak Island;

322 westernmost tip Low Cape, Kodiak Island;

323 westernmost tip Cape Ikolik, Kodiak Island;

324 easternmost tip Kilokak Rocks (off Alaska Peninsula);

325 easternmost tip Ashiiak Island;

326 easternmost tip Poltava Island;

327 easternmost tip Navy Island (off Cape Providence);

328 easternmost tip Aiugnak Columns;

329 easternmost tip Ugaiushak Island;

330 easternmost tip Hydra Island;

331 easternmost tip Foggy Cape, Sutwik Island;

332 around the south coast of Sutwik Island via the southernmost offcoast islets to the westernmost tip of Sutwik Island;

333 southernmost tip Cape Kumlik;

334 easternmost tip Unavikshak Island;

335 southernmost tip Atkulik Island;

336 easternmost tip Kak Island;

337 easternmost tip Castle Cape (Tuliumnit Point);

338 easternmost tip Chankliut Island;

339 along seaward coast to southernmost tip Chankliut Island;

340 southernmost tip Seal Cape;

341 easternmost tip Mitrofania Island;

342 southernmost tip Spitz Island;

343 southernmost tip Chiachi Island;

344 easternmost tip Kupreanof Point;

345 easternmost tip Castle Rock;

346 easternmost tip Atkins Island;

347 easternmost tip Simeonof Island;

348 along the seaward coast of Simeonof Island to the southernmost tip;

349 easternmost tip of the unnamed island off the southern coast of Simeonof Island;

350 easternmost tip Chernabura Island;

351 along the coast to southernmost tip of Point Farewell, Chernabura Island;

352 southernmost tip Point Welcome, Bird Island;

353 southernmost tip Mountain Cape, Nagai Island;

354 westernmost tip Sealion Rocks;

355 southernmost tip Acheredin Point, Unga Island;

356 southernmost tip of Kennoys Island;

357 easternmost tip East Rock;

358 easternmost tip Olga Rock;

359 easternmost tip Pinnacle Rock;

360 easternmost tip Hay Island;

361 easternmost tip Hague Rock;

362 easternmost tip Lookout Point, Caton Island, Sanak Islands;

363 along the coast to southernmost tip Caton Island;

364 southernmost tip Umla Island;

365 southernmost tip Telemitz Island;

366 southernmost tip Dora Island;

367 easternmost tip Seal Rock;

368 southernmost tip Haystack Rock;

369 southernmost tip South Rock;

370 southernmost tip Sisters Island;

371 easternmost tip Clifford Island;

372 along the coast of Clifford Island and Long Island to the westernmost tip of the westernmost Trinity Island;

373 westernmost tip Point Petrof, Sanak Island;

374 southernmost tip Cape Lutke, Unimak Island;

375 along the coast to the southernmost tip of Scotch Cap, Unimak Island;

376 easternmost tip Ugamak Island;

377 easternmost tip Round Island;

378 easternmost tip Aiktak Island;

379 easternmost tip Kaligagan Island;

380 easternmost tip Tigalda Island;

381 along the coast of Tigalda Island to Derbin Island;

382 southernmost tip Avatanak Point, Avatanak Island;

383 easternmost tip Rootok Island;

384 along the coast to southernmost tip Rootok Island;

385 southernmost tip Battery Point, Akutan Island;

386 easternmost tip Unalga Island;

387 easternmost tip Egg Island off Sedanka Island;

388 easternmost tip Outer Signal (island);

389 easternmost tip Inner Signal (island);

390 southernmost tip Sedanka Island;

391 easternmost tip Kayak Cape, Unalaska Island;

392 easternmost tip Cape Yanaliuk, Unalaska Island;

393 easternmost tip Whalebone Cape, Unalaska Island;

394 southernmost tip Cape Prominence, Unalaska Island;

395 southernmost tip Reef Point, Unalaska Island;

396 southernmost tip Ogangen Island off Unalaska Island;

397 southernmost tip Eagle Point, Unalaska Island;

398 southernmost tip Cape Aiak, Unalaska Island;

399 southernmost tip South Rock off Cape Izigan, Unalaska Island;

400 southernmost tip Emerald Island off Konets Head, Unalaska Island;

401 easternmost tip Kettle Cape, Umnak Island;

402 easternmost tip The Pillars (off Thumb Point, Umnak Island);

403 easternmost tip Kigul Island;

404 easternmost tip Ogchul Island;

405 easternmost tip Vsevidof Island;

406 easternmost tip Black Cape, Umnak Island;

407 easternmost tip Cape Udak, Umnak Island;

408 easternmost tip Breadloaf Island;

409 easternmost tip Samalga Island;

410 along the coast to westernmost tip of Samalga Island;

411 southernmost tip Concord Point, Chuginadak Island;

412 southernmost tip unnamed point south of Mt. Cleaveland, Chuginadak Island (52° 48.75' N. lat., 169° 57.50' W. long.);

413 southernmost tip Herbert Island;

414 southernmost tip Yunaska Island;

415 southernmost tip Amutka Island;

416 along the south and west coast to northernmost tip of Amutka Island;

417 northernmost tip Chagulak Island;

418 northernmost tip of Yunaska Island;

419 northernmost tip Herbert Island;

420 westernmost tip of Carlisle Island;

421 along the coast to the northernmost tip of Carlisle Island;

422 westernmost tip Uliaga Island;

423 along northern coast to easternmost tip of Uliaga Island;

424 northernmost tip of Kagamil Island;

425 northernmost tip Anangula Island (off Okee Point, Umnak Island);

426 northernmost tip Ananiuliak Island;

427 northernmost tip Okee Point, Umnak Island;

428 westernmost tip Cape Kigushimkada, Umnak Island;

429 along the coast to westernmost tip of Kshaliuk Point;

430 northernmost tip Cape Ilmalianuk, Umnak Island;

431 westernmost tip Cape Aslik, Umnak Island;

432 along the coast to northernmost tip of Ashishik Point;

433 northernmost tip Cape Tanak, Umnak Island;

434 northernmost tip Cape Idak, Umnak Island;

435 westernmost tip Chernofski Point, Unalaska Island;

436 northernmost tip Cape Aspid, Unalaska Island;

437 westernmost tip of westernmost unnamed island off Sedanka Point, Unalaska (53° 27.05' N. lat., 167° 20' W. long.);

438 westernmost tip Kashega Point, Unalaska Island;

439 westernmost tip Spray Cape, Unalaska Island;

440 westernmost tip Cape Starichkof, Unalaska Island;

441 southernmost tip of Cape Kovrizhka, Unalaska Island;

442 along the coast to the northernmost tip of Cape Kovrizhka;

443 westernmost tip Point Kadin, Unalaska Island;

444 northernmost tip Koriga Point, Unalaska Island;

445 northernmost tip Bishop Point, Unalaska Island;

446 northernmost tip Point Tebenkof, Unalaska Island;

447 northernmost tip Cape Wislow, Unalaska Island;

448 northernmost tip Cape Cheerful, Unalaska Island;

449 northernmost tip Priest Rock (off Cape Kalekta, Unalaska Island);

450 westernmost tip Reef Point, Akutan Island;

451 westernmost tip Lava Point, Akutan Island;

452 northernmost tip North Head, Akutan Island;

453 northernmost tip Akun Head, Akun Island;

454 westernmost tip Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island;

455 northernmost tip Raven Point, Unimak Island;

456 northernmost tip Oksenof Point, Unimak Island;

457 northernmost tip Cape Mordvinof, Unimak Island;

458 northernmost tip Cape Lapin, Unimak Island;

459 northernmost tip of unnamed point, Unimak Island (55° N. lat., 163° 54' W. long.);

460 northernmost tip Otter Point, Unimak Island;

461 northernmost tip Cape Krenitzin;

462 along the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula to northernmost tip of Cape Glazenap;

463 along the coast and across the entrances between the Kudiakof Islands and the northernmost tip of Moffet Point;

464 along the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula to easternmost tip of Lagoon Point;

465 northernmost tip Cape Kutuzof;

500 along the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula including the outer coast of all barrier islands, to the westernmost tip of Cape Menshikof;

(D) Bristol Bay Area:

500 westernmost tip of Cape Menshikof;

501 southernmost tip of Pyrite Point;

502 along the coast to the westernmost tip of Cape Peirce;

600 westernmost tip of Cape Newenham;

(E) Kuskokwim, Yukon, Norton Sound-Point Clarence, and Arctic-Kotzebue Areas:

600 westernmost tip Cape Newenham;

601 southernmost tip Kwigluk Island;

602 southernmost tip Pingurbek Island;

603 westernmost tip Kikegtek Island;

604 westernmost tip Cape Vancouver;

605 southernmost tip Dall Point;

606 along the coast and across all entrances, to the westernmost tip of Cape Romanzof;

607 westernmost tip Cape Rodney;

608 westernmost tip of Point Spencer Spit;

609 southernmost tip Cape York;

610 westernmost tip Cape Prince of Wales;

611 along coast of all barrier islands to Northwest Corner light;

612 westernmost tip Cape Krusenstern;

613 along the coast to the westernmost tip of Point Hope;

614 westernmost tip Cape Lisburne;

615 along the coast of all barrier islands and across all entrances to the northernmost tip of Point Barrow;

616 along the coast of all barrier islands and across all entrances to the easternmost tip of Cape Simpson;

617 northernmost tip Pitt Point;

618 along the coast to easternmost tip of Cape Halkett;

619 easternmost tip Thetis Island, Jones Islands;

620 along the coast of all barrier islands and across all entrances, through the Jones Islands to the northernmost tip Long Island;

621 northernmost tip Reindeer Island, Midway Islands;

622 northernmost tip Cross Island;

623 westernmost tip Flaxman Island;

624 along the north coast of Flaxman Island and across all entrances to the northernmost tip Brownlow Point;

625 along the coast of all barrier islands and across all entrances to the easternmost tip Konganevik Point;

626 northernmost tip Anderson Point;

627 northernmost tip Arey Island;

628 northernmost tip Barter Island;

629 northernmost tip Bernard Spit;

630 along the coast of all barrier islands and across all entrances to the northernmost tip Griffen Point;

631 northernmost tip along the coast to Humphrey Point;

632 across the entrances and along coast of all barrier islands, to the northernmost tip Demarcation Point;

700 along the coast to the United States-Canada Boundary;

(F) and extending three miles seaward of all islands not enclosed by the above line;

(A) Paralithodes camtschaticus(red king crab);

(B) Paralithodes platypus(blue king crab);

(C) Lithodes couesi;

(D) Lithodes aequispinus(golden king crab);

(E) Paralithodes brevipes (Hanasaki king crab);

(A) Chionoecetes opilio(snow crab);

(B) Chionoecetes tanneri(grooved Tanner crab);

(C) Chionoecetes bairdi(Tanner crab);

(D) Chionoecetes angulatus(triangle Tanner crab);

(A) the deployment of gear or to have gear deployed in the waters of Alaska;

(B) the removal of gear from the waters of Alaska;

(C) the removal of fish or shellfish from the gear during an open season or period; or

(D) possession of a gillnet containing fish during an open fishing period, except that a net which is completely clear of the water is not considered to be operating for the purpose of minimum distance requirements;

(A) cooking;

(B) canning;

(C) smoking;

(D) salting, which means uniformly mixing with a minimum salting level of at least 20 percent of the weight of the fish resources;

(E) drying; or

(F) freezing, which means to congeal and solidify the flesh of fish by abstraction of heat;

(A) statements made to obtain a license to drive, hunt, fish, or engage in an activity regulated by a government entity;

(B) affidavit of the person, or of other persons who may know of that person's domicile;

(C) place of voter registration;

(D) location of residences owned, rented, or leased;

(E) location of storage of household goods;

(F) location of business owned or operated;

(G) residence of spouse and minor children or dependents;

(H) governments to which taxes are paid;

(I) whether the person has claimed residence in another location for the purpose of obtaining benefits provided by the governments in that location;

(A) repealed 4/30/91;

(B) S. pinniger

(Canary);

(C) S. nebulosus

(China);

(D) S. caurinus

(Copper);

(E) S. maliger

(Quilback);

(F) repealed 4/30/91;

(G) S. helvomaculatus

(Rosethorn);

(H) repealed 4/30/91;

(I) S. nigrocinctus

(Tiger);

(J) S. ruberrimus

(Yelloweye);

(K) repealed 4/4/97;

(A) is certified by the Department of Fish and Game as having completed minimum training requirements;

(B) is living on board a fishing or processing vessel for all or part of the period the vessel is at sea; and

(C) is monitoring fishing or processing activities and collecting harvest data essential to management and enforcement;

(A) S. ciliatus

(Dark);

(B) S. entomelas

(Widow);

(C) S. flavidus

(Yellowtail);

(D) S. melanops

(Black);

(E) S. diaconus (Deacon);

(F) S. variabilis

(Dusky);

(A) a nautical mile when used in reference to marine waters; or

(B) a statute mile when used in reference to fresh water;