Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 05.366 – Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan

(a) The purpose of the Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Stock of Concern Management Plan is to provide the department with tools and guidelines for managing Yukon River salmon fisheries consistent with AS 16.05.258, 5 AAC 39.220, 5 AAC 39.222 and the Pacific Salmon Treaty. While Yukon River fall chum salmon are designated as a stock of management concern, this plan is intended to ensure run sizes at levels sufficient to meet established escapement goals, while also allowing for harvest opportunities in subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries, consistent with AS 16.05.258.
(b) When Yukon fall chum salmon are designated as a stock of management concern, the department shall implement the Yukon River Drainage Fall Chum Salmon Management Plan described in 5 AAC 01.249 from July 13 through December 31.
(c) The department shall prohibit commercial fisheries in the Yukon River drainage from July 13 through December 31 when the projected run size is less than 550,000 fall chum salmon as specified in 5 AAC 01.249(5).
(d) The department shall restrict sport fishing for Yukon fall chum salmon in the Yukon River drainage until subsistence opportunities are provided.
(e) The department shall manage personal use fisheries in accordance with 5 AAC 77.171 - 5 AAC 77.174 if subsistence opportunities are provided.
(f) If the department determines that a harvestable surplus is expected to exceed 300,000 fall chum salmon, the department shall provide subsistence fishing opportunities consistent with precautionary management principles of 5 AAC 39.222 to achieve the drainage-wide or tributary-specific escapement goals.
(g) In addition to management measures specified in 5 AAC 01.249 and educational permits provided under 5 AAC 93.212, the department may relax subsistence fishery management measures in specific tributaries within the state if updated stock composition and run assessment data indicate areas where specific restrictions are no longer needed to ensure the established escapement goals will be met.