5 Alaska Admin. Code § 92.108

Current through April 27, 2024

Section 5 AAC 92.108 - Identified big game prey populations and objectives

For purposes of implementing AS 16.05.255(e) - (g), the Board of Game has made the following findings on whether the listed big game prey populations, or portions of those populations, are identified as important for providing high levels of harvest for human consumptive use, and has established the following population and harvest objectives:

Population Finding Population Harvest Deer GMU 1 (A) Positive 15,000 700 GMU 1 (B) Negative GMU 1 (C) Positive 6,200 450 GMU 1 (D) Negative GMU 2 Positive 71,000 2,700 GMU 3 Positive 15,000 900 GMU 4 Positive 125,000 7,800 GMU 5 Negative GMU 6 Positive 24,000 - 28,000 2,200 - 3,000 GMU 8 Positive 70,000 - 75,000 8,000 - 8,500 Caribou Herds Adak Negative Beaver Mountain Negative Central Arctic Positive 28,000 - 32,000 1,400 - 1,600 Chisana Negative Delta Negative Denali Negative Farewell/Big River Negative Fortymile Positive 50,000 - 100,000 1,000 - 15,000 Galena Mountain Negative Kenai Lowlands Negative Kenai Mountains Negative Killey River, Fox River, and Twin Lakes Negative Macomb Positive 600 - 800 30 - 50 Mentasta Negative Mulchatna Positive 30,000 - 80,000 2,400 - 8,000 Nelchina Positive 35,000 - 40,000 3,000 - 6,000 Northern Alaska Peninsula Positive 6,000 - 15,000 600 - 1,500 Nushagak Peninsula Negative Porcupine Positive 100,000 - 150,000 1,500 - 2,000 Rainy Pass Negative Ray Mountain Negative Southern Alaska Peninsula Positive 1,500 - 4,000 150 - 200 Sunshine Mountain Negative Teshekpuk Positive 15,000 - 28,000 900 - 2,800 Tonzona Negative Unimak Island Negative Western Arctic Positive at least 200,00012,000 - 20,000 White Mountain Negative Wolf Mountain Negative Moose GMU 1(A) Negative GMU 1(B)-Stikine River Negative GMU 1(B)-Thomas Bay Negative GMU 1(C)-Berners Bay Negative GMU 1(C)-Chilkat Range Negative GMU 1(C)-Taku Negative GMU 1(D) Negative GMU 3 Negative GMU 5(A)-Nunatak Bench Negative GMU 5(A)-Yakutat Negative Forelands GMU 5(B)-Malaspina Negative Forelands GMU 6(A) Negative GMU 6(B) Negative GMU 6(C) Negative GMU 7 Negative GMU 9(A) Negative GMU 9(B) Positive 2,000 - 2,500 100 - 250 GMU 9(C) and 9(E) Positive 3,000 - 3,700 165 - 320 GMU 9(D) Negative GMU 11 Negative GMU 12 Positive 4,000 - 6,000 150 - 300 GMU 13(A) Positive 3,500 - 4,200 210 - 420 GMU 13(B) Positive 5,300 - 6,300 310 - 620 GMU 13(C) Positive 2,000 - 3,000 155 - 350 GMU 13(D) Positive 1,200 - 1,900 75 - 190 GMU 13(E) Positive 5,000 - 6,000 300 - 600 GMU 14(A) Positive 6,000 - 6,500 360 - 750 GMU 14(B) Positive 2,500 - 2,800 100 - 200 GMU 14(C) Positive 1,500 - 1,800 90 - 270 GMU 15(A) Positive 3,000 - 3,500 180 - 350 GMU 15(B) Negative GMU 15(C) Positive 2,500 - 3,500 200 - 350 GMU 16(A) Positive 3,500 - 4,000 190 - 360 GMU 16(B) (mainland) Positive 6,500 - 7,500 310 - 600 GMU 16(B) (Kalgin Is.) Negative GMU 17(A) Negative GMU 17(B) Positive 4,900 - 6,000 200 - 400 GMU 17(C) Positive 2,800 - 3,500 165 - 350 GMU 18 Positive 1,000 - 2,000 60 - 200 GMU 19(A) and 19(B) Positive 13,500 - 16,500 750 - 950 GMU 19(C) Negative GMU 19(D)-East Positive 6,000 - 8,000 400 - 600 3,000 - 3,500 GMU 19(D)-remainder Positive 4,000 - 6,000 250 - 600 GMU 20(A) Positive 10,000 - 15,000 500 - 900 GMU 20(B) Positive 12,000 - 15,000 600 - 1,500 GMU 20(C)-outside Denali Positive 3,000 - 4,000 150 - 400 GMU 20(D) Positive 8,000 - 10,000 500 - 700 GMU 20(E) Positive 8,000 - 10,000 250 - 500 GMU 20(F) Negative GMU 21(A) Negative GMU 21(B) Positive 4,000 - 6,000 200 - 300 GMU 21(C) Negative GMU 21(D) Positive 7,000 - 10,000 450 - 1,000 GMU 21(E) Positive 9,000 - 11,000 550 - 1,100 GMU 22 Positive 5,100 - 6,800 300 - 680 GMU 23 Positive 3,500 - 9,200 210 - 920 GMU 24(A) Positive 1,200 - 1,500 75 - 125 GMU 24(B) Positive 4,000 - 4,500 150 - 250 GMU 24(C) Positive 1,000 - 1,500 50 - 125 GMU 24(D) Positive 5,000 - 6,000 225 - 425 GMU 25(A) Negative GMU 25(B) Negative GMU 25(C) Negative GMU 25(D) Positive 10,000 - 15,000 600 - 1,500 GMU 26(A) Negative GMU 26(B) Negative GMU 26(C) Negative

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Authority:AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.258

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