5 AAC 01.425 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for salmon:

(1) Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon and within 500 yards from the stream terminus of Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon;

(2) Trout Creek and within 500 yards outside its mouth;

(3) inshore of a line from the Trident Seafood's Dock at Sand Point to Black Point located on the northwest side of Popof Island, including the inlet and Humboldt Creek;

(4) in the Black Hills Section, all fresh waters and within 500 yard of any anadromous salmon stream terminus;

(5) in the Bear River Section, the waters of Frank's Lagoon and King Salmon River;

(6) the waters specified in 5 AAC 39.290;

(7) for a commercial salmon fishing permit holder or a commercial crewmember license holder in the commercial salmon fishery, the waters specified in 5 AAC 09.350 during an open commercial salmon fishing period.

Notes

5 AAC 01.425

In effect before 1988; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 6/4/2004, Register 170; am 6/23/2023, Register 246, July 2023

At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.425 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258