5 AAC 01.170 - Lawful gear and gear specifications
(a) Salmon may be
taken only by
(1) gillnet;
(2) beach seine;
(3) fish wheel;
(4) a hook and line attached to a rod or
pole, as specified in (h) of this section;
(5) dip net and cast net; during times when
the commissioner determines that it is necessary for the conservation of
specific salmon species, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the
season and immediately reopen the season during which specific salmon species
caught with a dip net and cast net must be returned immediately to the water
alive.
(b) Fish other
than salmon may be taken only by set gillnet, drift gillnet, beach seine, fish
wheel, pot, longline, fyke net, dip net, cast net, jigging gear, spear, and
lead, or, as specified in (h) of this section, by a hook and line attached to a
rod or pole.
(c) A gillnet may not
obstruct more than one-half the width of any fish stream and any channel or
side channel of a fish stream. A stationary fishing device may not obstruct
more than one-half the width of any salmon stream and any channel or side
channel of a salmon stream.
(d) In
the Norton Sound District, kegs or buoys attached to subsistence gillnets may
be any color except red.
(e) In
Subdistrict 1, only set gillnets may be used, except that beach seines may also
be used only during subsistence set gillnet openings from June 15 through
August 15.
(f) In Subdistrict 1, no
person may operate in the aggregate more than
(1) 50 feet of gillnet in fresh water as
described in
5
AAC 01.160(b) (1)(C); and
(2) 300 feet of gillnet in marine
waters.
(g) In the
Unalakleet River from June 1 - July 15, no person may operate more than 25
fathoms of gillnet in the aggregate and no person may operate an unanchored
fishing net.
(h) A person may use a
hook and line attached to a rod or a pole when subsistence fishing only
(1) in the state waters of, and all flowing
waters that drain into, the Bering Sea or Norton Sound from Cape Prince of
Wales to Bald Point (between Elim and Koyuk); or
(2) through the ice.
(i) Notwithstanding (a) - (h) of this
section, during times when the commissioner determines that it is necessary for
the conservation of chum salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency order,
close the fishing season in any portion of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area
and immediately reopen the season in any portion of the Norton Sound-Port
Clarence Area during which gillnets
(1) must
have a mesh size of four and one-half inches or less; and
(2) may not exceed the length specified by
the commissioner.
(j)
Notwithstanding (a) - (h) of this section, during times when the commissioner
determines that it is necessary for the conservation of king salmon, the
commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season in any portion
of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area and immediately reopen the season in any
portion of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area during which gillnets
(1) must have a mesh size of
(A) four and one-half inches or
less;
(B) six inches or less;
or
(C) seven inches or less;
and
(2) may not exceed
the length specified by the commissioner.
(k) Repealed 5/22/2016.
(l) Repealed 5/22/2016.
(m) During times when the commissioner
determines that it is necessary for the conservation of specific salmon
species, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season in
any portion of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area and immediately reopen the
season in any portion of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area to subsistence
fishing with beach seines and require that specific salmon species caught with
a beach seine be returned immediately to the water alive.
Notes
Before Register 218, July 2016, a portion of the substance of 5 AAC 01.170(a)(5) was contained in former 5 AAC 01.170(l).
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.170(a) - (f) in their 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
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