Section 5 AAC 01.725 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing(a) Salmon may not be taken for subsistence purposes in (1) the Klawock River drainage upstream of the Klawock River Bridge; (2) District 15, in the salt waters of Lynn Canal, including Chilkat Inlet, Chilkoot Inlet, and Lutak Inlet, during closed periods of the commercial salmon net fishery in the district, except that salmon may be taken in salt waters of Chilkoot Inlet and Lutak Inlet north of the latitude of Battery Point at 59° 12.47' N. lat., excluding waters of Tai ya Inlet north of the latitude of Tai ya Point at 59° 17.27' N. lat., and in Chilkat Inlet north of the latitude of Glacier Point at 59° 06.02' N. lat. on the Saturday before and the day before any period that the commercial salmon net fishery is open in the waters of Section 15-A.(b) Groundfish may not be taken for subsistence purposes in the waters off Cape Edgecumbe enclosed by a box defined as 56° 55.5' N. lat., 56° 57' N. lat., 135° 54' W. long., and 135° 57' W. long.In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 6/25/89, Register 110; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.725 (now 5 AAC 01.725(a) ) in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258