Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 01.566 – 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:
1. (1) salmon in the following waters:
  1. (A) the Port Graham, Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts;
  2. (B) salmon, except enhanced salmon, in the following locations:
    1. (i) along the eastern shoreline from a point at 59° 28.78' N. lat., 151° 39.49' W. long., to Watch Point located at 59° 26.55' N. lat., 151° 43.28' W. long.,
    2. (ii) along the eastern shoreline from a point at 59° 25.97' N. lat., 151° 43.17' W. long., to a point at 59° 24.90' N. lat., 151° 41.94' W. long.; and
    3. (iii) from a point at 59° 27.10' N. lat., 151° 44.70' W. long., to a point at 59° 26.47' N. lat., 151° 47.47' W. long.;
  3. (C) salmon in the Yentna River drainage outside the Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3);
  4. (D) king salmon and salmon, other than king salmon, in the Tyonek Subdistrict;
2. (2) Dolly Varden in fresh waters of the Port Graham Subdistrict;
3. (3) smelt in those portions of the Cook Inlet Area outside the boundaries of the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3);
4. (4) bottomfish, halibut, and herring in those portions of the Cook Inlet Area that are outside the boundaries of the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3);
5. (5) repealed 6/7/95;
6. (6) repealed 6/7/95.
(b) The board finds that 100 - 225 lingcod are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the portion of the Cook Inlet Area described in 5 AAC 01.575(a)(9).
(c) The board finds that 750 - 1,350 rockfish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the portion of the Cook Inlet Area described in 5 AAC 01.575(a)(9).
(d) The board finds that 4,800 - 7,200 salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Port Graham, Koyuktolik, Port Chatham, and Windy Bay Subdistricts.
(e) The board finds that 400 - 700 salmon, other than king salmon, are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Yentna River drainage described in 5 AAC 01.593(2).
(f) The board finds that 700 - 2,700 king salmon and 150 - 500 salmon, other than king salmon, are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Tyonek Subdistrict.
(g) The board finds that 100-350 salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the waters described in (a)(1)(B) of this section.

(Eff. 5/14/93, Register 126; am 5/6/94, Register 130; am 6/7/95, Register 135; am 9/29/95, Register 135; am 2/24/96, Register 137; am 5/31/96, Register 138; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 4/22/99, Register 150; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 3/8/2002, Register 161; am 5/21/2011, Register 198; am 5/22/2018, Register 226; am 4/24/2020, Register 234)