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

2. (b) The board finds that:

   1. (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. (2) 250,000 usable pounds of finfish other than salmon are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Bristol Bay Area;
   3. (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).

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

Authority: AS 16.05.251, AS 16.05.258