Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 60 - Knik Arm Drainages Area
5 AAC 60.195 - Criteria for establishing special management areas for Dolly Varden in the Knik Arm Drainages Area
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 5 AAC 60.195
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) may consider proposals for regulations designating and dealing with special management areas for bodies of water in the Knik Arm Drainages Area that would diversify sport fishing opportunity for populations of wild Dolly Varden, such as catch-and-release, fly-fishing-only, or trophy designation.
(b) In making determinations on regulatory proposals dealing with a special management area under (a) of this section, the board will consider the following criteria:
(1) stock status: the body of water must
contain Dolly Varden populations that are naturally reproducing and possess
some unique characteristic; the Dolly Varden populations must be shown to have
maintained historical size and age composition, and numbers of Dolly Varden, or
the area must have retained the habitat attributes necessary to allow these
population characteristics to return to historical levels;
(2) history of quality fishing: a body of
water that the public perceives as having provided quality Dolly Varden fishing
will be preferred over a body of water that is not so perceived;
(3) proximity to a community: to avoid
conflict with traditional consumptive use patterns by local residents, a body
of water located near enough to a permanent community to be commonly used or
visited by local residents will not be preferred, unless the establishment of
the body of water as a special management area is requested or supported by the
community;
(4) legal access: a body
of water with more than 50 percent of its uplands publicly owned or that is
determined to be navigable will be preferred;
(5) conflict with freshwater net fisheries: a
body of water with a Dolly Varden fishery that is seasonally or spatially
segregated from subsistence, personal use, and commercial net fisheries will be
preferred;
(6) abundance and size
of the Dolly Varden population: a body of water with unusually high numbers of
Dolly Varden, with uniquely large Dolly Varden, or documented as having Dolly
Varden that have been entered in the department's trophy fish program will be
preferred;
(7) clear geographical
boundaries: a body of water with clearly distinguishable legal regulatory
boundaries will be preferred;
(8)
relative economic importance of the wild Dolly Varden fishery: a body of water
with a Dolly Varden fishery of high economic value to the state will be
preferred;
(9) geographical
distribution of special management waters: the proximity of a body of water to
other special management waters and the availability of alternative locations
not designated for special management;
(10) special research or educational needs:
the need for a body of water for special management research or educational
reasons.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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