Section 5 AAC 06.350 - Closed waters(a) The following locations in the Nushagak District are closed to the taking of salmon: (1) those waters north of a line from 58° 58.63' N. lat., 158° 33.62' W. long., to 58° 56.79' N. lat., 158° 29.53' W, long., except that the commissioner may, by emergency order, open the Wood River Special Harvest Area as provided in 5 AAC 06.358:(3) the Snake River Section;(4) those waters of the Snake River upstream from a line across the river at 58° 52.80' N. lat.;(5) those waters of the Igushik River upstream of a line from 58° 43.82' N. lat., 158° 52.77' W. long. to 58° 43.60' N. lat., 158° 54.06' W. long.(b) The following locations in the Naknek-Kvichak District are closed to the taking of salmon: (1) those waters northeast of a line from a point near Graveyard Point at 58° 52.10' N. lat., 157° 00.80' W. long., to a point on the northwest shore of Kvichak Bay at 58° 53.37' N. lat., 157° 04.26' W. long., except that the commissioner may, by emergency order, open the Alagnak River Special Hanest Area as provided in 5 AAC 06.373:(2) those waters of the Naknek River upstream of a line from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at 58° 43.55' N. lat., 157° 03.63' W. long. to an ADF&G regulatory marker located at 58° 42.43' N. lat., 157° 04.67' W. long.; however, the commissioner may open, by emergency order, waters of the Naknek River as provided in 5 AAC 06.360;(3) by set gillnets along the southeast shore of the Naknek Section from the Naknek-Kvichak District boundary north to 58° 37.15' N. lat., 157° 15.30' W. long.(c) The following locations in the Egegik District are closed to the taking of salmon: (1) those waters of the Egegik River upstream of a line from 58° 12.80' N. lat., 157° 17.04' W. long. to 58° 12.28' N. lat., 157° 18.53' W. long.;(2) all waters of the King Salmon River upstream of a line from 58° 13.92' N. lat., 157° 20.76' W. long. to 58° 13.49' N. lat., 157° 19.48' W. long.;(3) all waters of Big Creek upstream of a line from 58° 17.52' N. lat., 157° 32.16' W. long. to 58° 17.28' N. lat., 157° 31.91' W. long.(d) The following locations in the Ugashik District are closed to the taking of salmon: (1) those waters of the Ugashik River upstream of a line from 57° 30.19' N. lat., 157° 39.37' W. long. to 57° 29.83' N. lat., 157° 35.22' W. long., except that set gillnets may be used to take salmon along that portion of the east bank of the Ugashik River from a point at 57° 30.74' N. lat., 157° 24.10' W. long. to 57° 31.27' N. lat., 157° 24.36' W. long.;(2) all waters of Dago Creek upstream of a line from 57° 36.70' N. lat., 157° 36.75' W. long. to 57° 36.53' N. lat., 157° 36.08' W. long.(e) The following locations in the Togiak District are closed to the taking of salmon: (1) those waters of the Togiak River upstream of a line from 59° 03.33' N. lat., 160° 20.08' W. long. to 59° 03.58' N. lat., 160° 22.60' W. long.;(2) those waters of the Kulukak River upstream of a line from 58° 55.84' N. lat., 159° 43.42' W. long. to 58° 54.94' N. lat., 159° 43.81' W. long.;(3) from June 1 through July 15, those waters of the Togiak District inside a line from 59° 03.19' N. lat., 160° 20.18' W. long. to 59° 01.76' N. lat., 160° 28.17' W. long. are closed to commercial fishing for salmon with a drift gillnet.(f) Salmon may not be taken in any locations that are not described in 5 AAC 06.200, except as allowed in 5 AAC 06.330.In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 4/16/83, Register 86; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 4/2/88, Register 105; am 6/10/90, Register 114; am 6/19/92, Register 122; am 5/14/98, Register 146; am 6/3/2001, Register 158; am 12/29/2002, Register 164; am 4/9/2004, Register 170; am 4/4/2013, Register 206; am 5/8/2013, Register 206; am 5/24/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 4/16/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 6/26/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 5/31/2019, Register 230, May 2019 Authority:AS 16.05.060
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