Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 64 - Kodiak Area
5 AAC 64.014 - Criteria for special management areas for Dolly Varden
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 5 AAC 64.014
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) will, in its discretion, consider proposals for regulations designating and dealing with special management areas of bodies of water in the Kodiak 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 designating and 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; and
(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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