5 AAC 01.336 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Bristol Bay Area:

(1) all finfish;

(2) herring spawn on kelp in the waters of the Togiak District as described in 5 AAC 27.805(a).

(b) The board finds that

(1) 157,000 - 172,171 salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Bristol Bay Area, including 55,000 - 65,000 Kvichak River drainage sockeye salmon; this finding does not include salmon stocks in the Alagnak River;

(2) 250,000 usable pounds of finfish other than salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Bristol Bay Area.

(3) 4,100 - 12,700 usable pounds of herring spawn on kelp are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Togiak District as described in 5 AAC 27.805(a).

Notes

5 AAC 01.336

Eff. 5/15/93, Register 126; am 7/3/94, Register 130; am 6/17/2001, Register 158; am 4/16/2016, Register 218, July 2016

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258