Section 5 AAC 01.160 - Fishing seasons and periods(a) In the Port Clarence District, fish may be taken at any time, except as specified by emergency order.(b) In the Norton Sound District, fish may be taken at any time except as follows: (1) in Subdistrict 1, (A) in fresh water, from June 15 through August 31, set gillnets may be used to take salmon only from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Monday;(B) in marine waters, west of Cape Nome, unless modified by emergency order to ensure reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses of available surpluses of salmon, from June 15 through August 15, set gillnets may be used to take salmon from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Monday;(C) in this paragraph "fresh water" includes (i) all rivers and streams separated from marine waters at the mouth of rivers and streams by a line drawn between the seaward extremities of the exposed tideland banks at the present stage of the tide;(ii) the waters of Safety Sound; and(iii) the waters of Bonanza Channel;(2) in Subdistricts 2 - 6, commercial fishermen may not fish for subsistence purposes during the weekly closures of the commercial salmon fishing season, except that from July 15 through August 1, commercial fishermen may take salmon for subsistence purposes seven days per week in the Unalakleet and Shaktoolik River drainages with gillnets which have a mesh size that does not exceed four and one-half inches, and with beach seines;(3) in the Unalakleet River from June 15 through July 15, salmon may be taken only during periods established by emergency order from 8:00 a.m. Monday until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 8:00 a.m. Friday until 8:00 p.m. Saturday;(4) in Subdistricts 1 - 3, salmon other than chum salmon may be taken by beach seine during periods established by emergency order;(5) in Subdistrict 1, salmon other than pink salmon may be taken by beach seine during periods established by emergency order;(6) notwithstanding the provisions of (2) and (3) of this subsection, in Subdistricts 5 and 6, salmon other than king salmon may be taken from July 1 through August 10 by beach seine with a mesh size no larger than four and one-half inches; all king salmon caught must be returned immediately to the water alive; if the commissioner determines that it is necessary for the conservation of king salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the season and immediately reopen the season during which the fishing time, area, and beach seine mesh size may be adjusted; and(7) in the marine waters of Subdistricts 5 and 6, from June 15 through July 15, salmon may be taken only during fishing periods established by emergency order from 6:00 p.m. Monday until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:00 p.m. Thursday until 6:00 p.m. Saturday.In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 4/2/88, Register 105; am 7/16/92, Register 123; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 7/3/94, Register 130; am 3/24/95, Register 133; am 6/10/98, Register 146; am 6/23/99, Register 150; am 5/19/2004, Register 170; am 6/7/2007, Register 182; am 4/13/2013, Register 206; am 5/22/2016, Register 218, July 2016At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.160 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258