Section 5 AAC 99.025 - Customary and traditional uses of game populations(a) The Board of Game has examined whether the game populations in the units set out in the following table, excluding those units or portions of those units within nonsubsistence areas established by the Joint Board of Fisheries and Game (5 AAC 99.015), are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence and make the following findings: SPECIES & UNIT FINDING AMOUNT REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR SUBSISTENCE USES(1) Bison Unit 11 negative Unit 19(D) negative Unit 20(D) negative (2) Black Bear Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area positive 5 - 10 Unit 1(B) positive 2 - 5 Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive 50 - 70 Unit 1(D) positive 10 - 20 Unit 2 positive 15 - 20 Unit 3 positive 15 - 20 Unit 5 positive 5 - 10 Unit 6 positive 80 - 120 Unit 12 positive 40 - 60 Units 11 and 13 positive 20 - 50 Unit 15(C), outside of the positive 20 - 60 Anchorane-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area Unit 16(B) positive 15 - 40 Unit 17 negative Unit 19 positive 30 - 50 Unit 20, outside the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence area positive 20 - 30 Unit 21 positive Unit 24 positive Unit 25 positive 150 - 250 (3) Brown Bear Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area positive 2 - 3 Unit 1(B) and 3 positive 1 Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive 1 Unit 1(D) positive 3 - 5 Unit 4, outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive 5 - 10 Unit 5 positive 3 - 6 Unit 6 negative Unit 8 negative Units 9(A), 9(C), and 9(D) negative Unit 9(B) positive 10 - 20 Unit 9(E) positive 10 - 15 Unit 10 negative Unit 11 negative Unit 12 negative Unit 13 negative Unit 15(C) negative Unit 16(B) negative Unit 17(A) and Unit 17(B), that portion draining into the Nuyakuk and Tikchik Lake positive 5 Unit 17(B), that portion not draining into the Nuyakuk and Tikchik Lake, Unit 17(C), Units 19(A) and 19(B) upstream of and excluding the Aniak River drainage, and Unit 19(D) positive 10 - 15 Unit 18 positive 20 - 30 Units 19(A) and 19(B) downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage positive 5 Unit 19(C) negative Unit 19(D) positive 2 - 6 Units 20(A) and 20(B), positive 1 - 3 outside the boundaries of the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Use Area and Unit 20(C) Unit 20(D), outside the boundaries of the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area positive 1 - 2 Unit 20(E) negative Units 21 and 22 positive 20 - 25 Units 23, 24, and 26 positive 25 - 35 Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(C) negative Unit 25(D) positive (4) Caribou Unit 8 negative Units 9(A), 9(B), 17, 18, 19(A) that portion south of the Kuskokwim River, and Unit 19(B) (Mulchatna herd) positive 2,100 - 2,400 Units 9(C) and 9(E) (North Alaska Peninsula herd) positive 1,200 - 1,900 Units 9(D) and 10 Unimak positive 100 - 150 Island (South Alaska Peninsula herd) positive 100 - 150 Unit 10 (Unimak Island herd) negative Unit 10 (Adak herd) negative Unit 11 (Mentasta herd) positive Unit 12 (Chisana herd) negative Units 12 and 13 (Nelchina herd) positive 600 - 1,000 Units 12, 20(D), 20(E), and 25(C), outside the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area (Fortymile herd) positive 350 - 400 Units 16(B), 19(B), 19(C), and 19(D) (Big River herd, Rainy Pass herd) positive 50 - 70 Unit 18 (Kilbuck herd, Andreafsky herd) positive 350 - 500 Unit 19 (Tonzona herd) positive 20 - 30 Units 19(A), 19(D), 19(E), 21(A), and 21(E) (Beaver Mountains herd, Sunshine Mountains herd) positive 5 Unit 20(D), that portion south of the Tanana River, except that portion within the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area (Macomb herd) positive 10 - 40 Units 20(F), 21(B), 21(C), 21(D), and 24 (Galena Mountains herd, Wolf Mountains herd, Ray Mountains herd) positive 150 - 200 Units 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26 (Western Arctic herd, Teshekpuk Lake herd) positive 8,000 - 12,000 Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(D), 26(B), and 26(C) (Porcupine herd) positive 1,250 - 1,550 Unit 26(B) (Central Arctic herd) positive 250 - 450 (5) Deer Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan positive 5 - 40 Nonsubsistence Area Unit 1(B) positive 40 - 50 Unit 1(C) outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive 30 - 40 Unit 2 positive 1,500 - 1,600 Unit 3 positive 150 - 175 Unit 4, outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive 5,200 - 6,000 Unit 5 positive 20 - 40 Unit 6 positive 1,000 - 1,250 Unit 8 positive 3,600 - 4,100 (6) Elk Unit 2 negative Unit 3 negative Unit 8 negative (7) Goat Unit 1(A), outside positive 5 - 10 the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area Unit 1(B) positive 5 - 10 Unit 1(C), outside positive 25 - 30 the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area Unit 1(D) positive 10 - 15 Unit 4 negative Unit 5 positive 1 - 2 Units 6(C) and 6(D) positive 15 - 26 Units 7 and 15(C) outside the Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area positive 7 - 10 Unit 8 negative Unit 11 negative Unit 13(D) negative (8) Moose Units 1(B) and 3 positive 40 Unit 1(C) (Gustavus Forelands) negative Unit 1(D) positive 100 percent of allowable harvest Unit 5 positive 50 Unit 6 negative Units 9(A), 9(B), 9(C), and 9(E) positive 100 - 140 Unit 9(D) negative Unit 11 positive 30 - 40 Unit 12 positive 60 - 70 Unit 13 positive 300 - 600 Unit l5(B) (Kalgin Island) positive 2 Unit 15(C), that portion southwest of a line from Point Pogibishi to the point of land between Rocky Bay and Windy Bay positive 5 - 6 Unit 15(C) that portion north negative and east of a line from Point Pogibshi to the point of land between Rocky Bay and Windy Bay, and south and west of a line beginning at the mouth of Rocky River, up the Rocky and Windy Rivers, across the Windy River/Jakolof Creek divide, then down Jakolof Creek to its mouth, including the islands between the eastern most point of Jakolof Bay and the eastern most point of Rocky Bay Unit 16(B) (Redoubt Bay drainages) positive 10 Unit 16(B), that portion south of the Beluga River and north of Redoubt Bay positive 29 - 37 Unit 16(B), that portion north of the Beluga River positive 160 - 180 Unit 17 positive 100 - 150 Unit 18 positive 200 - 400 Unit 19, that portion outside of the Lime Village Management Area positive 400 - 700, including 175 - 225 in Units 19(A), 19(E) and 20 - 24 in Unit 19(B) Unit 19, that portion within the Lime Village Management Area positive 30 - 40 Unit 20(A), that portion outside the boundaries of the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area positive 50 - 75 Unit 20(B) that portion outside the Minto Management Area positive 75 - 100 Unit 20(B), that portion within the Minto Management Area positive 20 - 40 Units 20(C) and 20(F) positive 100 - 130 Unit 20(D), that portion north of the Tanana River and outside the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area positive 5 - 15 Unit 20(D) (south of the Tanana River) positive 5 Unit 20(E) positive 50 - 75 Unit 21 positive 600 - 800 Unit 22 positive 250 - 300 Unit 23 positive 325 - 400 Unit 24 positive 170 - 270 Unit 25(A) positive 25 - 75 Unit 25(B) positive 15 - 37 Unit 25(C), that portion outside the boundaries of the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area positive 8 - 15 Unit 25(D) (west) positive 50 - 70 Unit 25(D) (east) positive 150 - 250 Unit 26 positive 21 - 48, including 15 - 30 in Unit 26(A) (9) Musk Oxen Unit 18 negative Units 21(D) and 24(D) negative Unit 22 and Unit 23, that portion south and west of Kobuk River drainage positive 100 - 150, including 10 - 25 in Unit 22(E) Unit 23, that portion north and west of the Kobuk River drainage, and that portion positive 18 - 22 of Unit 26(A) west of the Topagoruk River following 156° W. Long, south to the Unit 26(A) border Unit 26(B), that portion east of the Dalton Highway Corridor positive 4 Unit 26(A) that portion east positive 20 of the Topagoruk River following 156° W. Long, south to the Unit 26(A) border, and Unit 26(B), that portion west of the Dalton Highway Corridor Unit 26(C) positive 15 (10) Dall Sheep Unit 11 positive 60 - 75 Unit 12, that portion within the Tok Management Area negative Unit 13(B), that portion within the Delta Management Area negative Unit 13(C), that portion within the Tok Management Area negative Unit 13(D) negative Unit 19 positive 1 - 5 Unit 20, those portions within the Tok Management Area and the Delta Management Area negative Units 23 and 26(A), that portion west of the Etivluk River (DeLong Mountains) positive 0 - 9 Unit 23 (Baird Mountains) positive 18 - 47 Unit 23 and Unit 26(A), that portion east of the Etuvluk River (Schwatka Mountains) positive 2 - 4 Units 23, 24, 25(A), and 26 (Brooks Range) positive 75 - 125 Units 25(B) and 25(C) negative (11) Wolves (whether taken as big game or as furbearer) Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area positive Unit 1(B) positive Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau Nonsubsistence Area positive Unit 1(D) positive Unit 2 positive Unit 3 positive Unit 5 positive Unit 6 positive Unit 9 positive 10 - 28 Unit 10 (Unimak Is. only) positive 0 - 1 Unit 11 positive 5 - 10 Unit 12 positive Unit 13 positive 8 - 24 Unit 16(B) positive 0 - 5 Units 17, 19 - 21, 24, 25, 26(B), and 26(C) positive Unit 18 positive 5 - 20 Unit 22 positive 5 - 20 Unit 23 positive 10 - 30 Unit 26(A) positive 4 - 8 (12) Small Game (A) Canada Geese Unit 6, excluding the Valdez Nonsubsistence Area positive (B) Grouse Units 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20 - 25 outside the Anchorage - Matsu - Kenai and Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Areas positive (C) Ptarmigan Units 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 - 26, outside the Anchorage - Matsu - Kenai and Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Areas positive Unit 18 positive 3,000 - 23,000 Unit 22 positive 125 - 900 (D) Tundra Swans Unit 22 negative (E) Cormorant (Pelagic and Double-crested only) Units 6, 8, 9, positive 10, 17, 18, 22, and 23 (F) Snowy Owl Units 17, 18, 22, positive 23, and 26 (I) Migratory game birds positive All units with a harvestable portion except within the nonsubsistence areas as defined in 5 AAC 99.015 (J) Snowshoe hares positive Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(A), 14(B), 16, and 17 outside the Anchorage- Matsu Kenai Nonsubsistence Area (K) Alaska hares (13) Furbearers and Fur animals: The Board of Game (board) finds that all resident uses of furbearers and fur animals are customary and traditional uses, and that furbearers and fur animals, in general, tend to be the focus of these uses, rather than users focusing on individual species or populations. Given this finding, the board also finds that effort on any given population varies according to its harvestable surplus. (A) Beaver all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (B) Coyote all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (C) Fox all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (D) Lynx all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (E) Marmot all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (F) Marten all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (G) Mink all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (H) Muskrat all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (I) Otter, land all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (J) Squirrel all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (K) Weasel all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (L) Wolf all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion, except as specified in (11) of this subsection for Units 9, 10 (Unimak Is. only), 11, 12, 13, 16(B), 18, 22, 23, and 26(A) (M) Wolverine all units with a harvestable portion positive 90 percent of the harvestable portion (14) Unclassified Game bats (statewide) negative (b) In order to establish an amount reasonably necessary for subsistence uses under this section and whether a reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses exists, the Board of Game will, as the board determines is appropriate, attempt to integrate opportunities offered under both state and federal regulations.(c) In this section, (1) "amount reasonably necessary for subsistence uses" includes the total amount of animals from a population that must be available for subsistence hunting in order to provide a reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses, under state and federal subsistence hunting regulations, where both exist;(2) "reasonable opportunity" has the meaning given in AS 16.05.258(f).Eff. 8/8/87, Register 103; am 7/14/88, Register 107; am 8/20/89, Register 111; am 10/27/90, Register 116; am 8/10/91, Register 119; am 5/13/93, Register 126; am 10/4/97, Register 144; am 7/1/98, Register 146; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2004, Register 170; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; add'1 am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; add'1 am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; add'1 am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2009, Register 190; add'1 am 7/1/2009, Register 190; am 7/1/2010, Register 194; add'1 am 7/1/2010, Register 194; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; 1st add'1 am 7/1/2012, Register 202; 2nd add'1 am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2014, Register 210, July 2014; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 7/1/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 7/1/2017, Register 222, July 2017; add'l am 7/1/2017, Register 222; am 7/1/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 7/1/2019, Register 230, June 2019; am 7/1/2020, Register 234, July 2020; am 6/23/2022, Register 242, July 2022; add'l am 6/23/2022, Register 242, July 2022Authority:AS 16.05.255
AS 16.05.258