1. (a) The Board of Game has examined whether the game populations in the units set out in the following table, excluding those units or portions of those units within nonsubsistence areas established by the Joint Board of Fisheries and Game (5 AAC 99.015), are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence and make the following findings: SPECIES & UNIT FINDING AMOUNT REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

   1. (1) Bison
   2. (9) Musk Oxen
   3. (A) Canada Geese
   4. (E) repealed 7/1/2017;
   5. (F) repealed 7/1/2017;
   6. (G) repealed 7/1/2020;
   7. (H) repealed 7/1/2020;
   8. (I) Migratory game birds
   9. (A) Beaver
   10. (B) Coyote
   11. (C) Fox
   12. (D) Lynx
   13. (E) Marmot
   14. (G) Mink
   15. (H) Muskrat
   16. (I) Otter, land
   17. (J) Squirrel
   18. (K) Weasel
   19. (L) Wolf

   Unit 11

   negativeUnit 19(D)

   negativeUnit 20(D)

   negative (2) Black Bear

   Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive5 - 10Unit 1(B)

   positive2 - 5Unit 1(C), outside the Juneau

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive50 - 70Unit 1(D)

   positive10 - 20Unit 2

   positive15 - 20Unit 3

   positive15 - 20Unit 5

   positive5 - 10Unit 6

   positive80 - 120Unit 9, 9(A) and 9(B) onlypositiveUnit 12

   positive40 - 60Units 11 and 13

   positive20 - 50Unit 15(C), outside of the

   Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive20 - 60Unit 16(B)

   positive15 - 40Unit 17

   negativeUnit 18

   positiveUnit 19

   positive30 - 50Unit 20, outside the

   Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

   area

   positive20 - 30Unit 21

   positiveUnit 24

   positiveUnit 25

   positive150 - 250 (3) Brown Bear

   Unit 1(A), outside the

   Ketchikan Nonsubsistence

   Area

   positive2 - 3Unit 1(B) and 3

   positive1Unit 1(C), outside the

   Juneau Nonsubsistence

   Area

   positive1Unit 1(D)

   positive3 - 5Unit 4, outside the

   Juneau Nonsubsistence

   Area

   positive5 - 10Unit 5

   positive3 - 6Unit 6

   negativeUnit 8

   negativeUnits 9(A), 9(C), and 9(D)

   negativeUnit 9(B)

   positive10 - 20Unit 9(E)

   positive10 - 15Unit 10

   negativeUnit 11

   negativeUnit 12

   negativeUnit 13

   negativeUnit 15(C)

   negativeUnit 16(B)

   negativeUnit 17(A) and Unit 17(B),

   that portion draining into

   the Nuyakuk and Tikchik

   Lake

   positive5Unit 17(B), that portion not

   draining into the Nuyakuk

   and Tikchik Lake, Unit 17(C),

   Units 19(A) and 19(B) up-

   stream of and excluding the

   Aniak River drainage, and

   Unit 19(D)

   positive10 - 15Unit 18

   positive20 - 30Units 19(A) and 19(B)

   down-stream of and includ-

   ing the Aniak River drainage

   positive5Unit 19(C)

   negativeUnit 19(D)

   positive2 - 6Units 20(A) and 20(B),

   outside the boundaries of

   the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

   Use Area and Unit 20(C)

   positive1 - 3Unit 20(D), outside

   the boundaries of the

   Fairbanks Nonsubsis-

   tence Area

   positive1 - 2Unit 20(E)

   negativeUnits 21 and 22

   positive20 - 25Units 23, 24, and 26

   positive25 - 35Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(C)

   negativeUnit 25(D)

   positive (4) Caribou

   Unit 8

   negativeUnits 9(A), 9(B), 17, 18,

   19(A) that portion south

   of the Kuskokwim River,

   and Unit 19(B) (Mulchatna

   herd)

   positive2,100 - 2,400Units 9(C) and 9(E) (North

   Alaska Peninsula herd)

   positive1,200 - 1,900Unit 9(D)

   (South Alaska Peninsula herd)

   positive100 - 150Unit 10 (Unimak Island herd)

   positiveUnit 10 (Adak herd)

   negativeUnit 11 (Mentasta herd)

   positiveUnit 12 (Chisana herd)

   negativeUnits 12 and 13 (Nelchina herd)

   positive600 - 1,000Units 12, 20(D), 20(E), and

   25(C), outside the Fairbanks

   Nonsubsistence Area

   (Fortymile herd)

   positive350 - 400Units 16(B), 19(B), 19(C), and

   19(D) (Big River herd, Rainy

   Pass herd)

   positive50 - 70Units 17(A) and 17(C)

   (Nushagak Peninsula herd)

   positiveUnit 18 (Kilbuck herd,

   Andreafsky herd)

   positive350 - 500Unit 19 (Tonzona herd)

   positive20 - 30Units 19(A), 19(D), 19(E),

   21(A), and 21(E) (Beaver

   Mountains herd, Sunshine

   Mountains herd)

   positive5Unit 20(D), that portion south

   of the Tanana River, except

   that portion within the Fairbanks

   Nonsubsistence Area (Macomb

   herd)

   positive10 - 40Units 20(F), 21(B), 21(C),

   21(D), and 24 (Galena Moun-

   tains herd, Wolf Mountains

   herd, Ray Mountains herd)

   positive150 - 200Units 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26

   (Western Arctic herd,

   Teshekpuk Lake herd)

   positive8,000 - 12,000Units 25(A), 25(B), 25(D),

   26(B), and 26(C) (Porcupine

   herd)

   positive1,250 - 1,550Unit 26(B) (Central Arctic

   herd)

   positive250 - 450 (5) Deer

   Unit 1(A), outside

   the Ketchikan

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive5 - 40Unit 1(B)

   positive40 - 50Unit 1(C), outside the

   Juneau Nonsubsistence

   Area

   positive30 - 40Unit 2

   positive1,500 - 1,600Unit 3

   positive150 - 175Unit 4, outside the Juneau

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive5,200 - 6,000Unit 5

   positive20 - 40Unit 6

   positive1,000 - 1,250Unit 8

   positive3,600 - 4,100 (6) Elk

   Unit 2

   negativeUnit 3

   negativeUnit 8

   negative (7) Goat

   Unit 1(A), outside

   the Ketchikan

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive5 - 10Unit 1(B)

   positive5 - 10Unit 1(C), outside

   the Juneau

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive25 - 30Unit 1(D)

   positive10 - 15Unit 4

   negativeUnit 5

   positive1 - 2Units 6(C) and 6(D)

   positive15 - 26Units 7 and 15(C) out-

   side the Anchorage-

   Matsu-Kenai Nonsub-

   sistence Area

   positive7 - 10Unit 8

   negativeUnit 11

   negativeUnit 13(D)

   negative (8) Moose

   Units 1(B) and 3

   positive40Unit 1(C) (Gustavus

   Forelands)

   negativeUnit 1(D)positive100 percent of allowable

   harvest

   Unit 5

   positive50Unit 6

   negativeUnits 9(A), 9(B), 9(C), and 9(E)

   positive100 - 140Unit 9(D)

   negativeUnit 11

   positive30 - 40Unit 12

   positive60 - 70Unit 13

   positive300 - 600Unit 15(B) (Kalgin Island)

   positive2Unit 15(C), that portion

   southwest of a line from

   Point Pogibshi to the point

   of land between Rocky Bay

   and Windy Bay

   positive5 - 6Unit 15(C) that portion north

   and east of a line from Point

   Pogibshi to the point of land

   between Rocky Bay and Windy

   Bay, and south and west of a

   line beginning at the mouth of

   Rocky River, up the Rocky

   and Windy Rivers, across the

   Windy River/Jakolof Creek

   divide, then down Jakolof Creek

   to its mouth, including the islands

   between the eastern most point

   of Jakolof Bay and the eastern

   most point of Rocky Bay

   negativeUnit 16(B) (Redoubt Bay

   drainages)

   positive10Unit 16(B), that portion

   south of the Beluga River

   and north of Redoubt Bay

   positive29 - 37Unit 16(B), that portion

   north of the Beluga River

   positive160 - 180Unit 17

   positive100 - 150Unit 18

   positive200 - 400Unit 19, that portion outside

   of the Lime Village Manage-

   ment Area

   positive400 - 700, including 175 -

   300 in Unit 19(A), and

   20 - 24 in Unit 19(B)

   Unit 19, that portion within the

   Lime Village Management Area

   positive30 - 40Unit 20(A), that portion outside

   the boundaries of the Fairbanks

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive50 - 75Unit 20(B) that portion outside

   the Minto Management Area

   positive75 - 100Unit 20(B), that portion within

   the Minto Management Area

   positive20 - 40Units 20(C) and 20(F)

   positive100 - 130Unit 20(D), that portion north

   of the Tanana River and out-

   side the Fairbanks Nonsubsis-

   tence Area

   positive5 - 15Unit 20(D) (south of the

   Tanana River)

   positive5Unit 20(E)

   positive50 - 75Unit 21

   positive600 - 800Unit 22

   positive250 - 300Unit 23

   positive325 - 400Unit 24

   positive170 - 270Unit 25(A)

   positive25 - 75Unit 25(B)

   positive15 - 37Unit 25(C), that portion outside

   the boundaries of the Fairbanks

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive8 - 15Unit 25(D) (west)

   positive50 - 70Unit 25(D) (east)

   positive150 - 250Unit 26positive21 - 48, including 15 - 30

   in Unit 26(A)

   Unit 18

   negativeUnits 21(D) and 24(D)

   negativeUnit 22 and Unit 23, that portion

   south and west of Kobuk River

   drainage, and that portion of

   Unit 26(A) west of the eastern

   shore of Admiralty Bay where

   the Alaktak River drains,

   following the Alaktak River to

   155° 00' W. Long. south

   to the Unit 26(A) border

   positive100 - 150, including 10 -

   25 in Unit 22(E)Unit 23, that portion north and

   west of the Kobuk River drain-

   age, and that portion of Unit

   26(A) west of the eastern

   shore of Admiralty Bay where

   the Alaktak River drains,

   following the Alaktak River to

   155° 00' W. Long. south

   of the Unit 26(A) border

   positive18 - 22Unit 26(B), that portion east of

   the Dalton Highway Corridor

   positive4Remainder of Unit 26(A)

   and Unit 26(B), that portion

   west of the Dalton Highway

   positive20Unit 26(C)

   positive15 (10) Dall Sheep

   Unit 11

   positive60 - 75Unit 12, that portion within the

   Tok Management Area

   negativeUnit 13(B), that portion within the

   Delta Management Area

   negativeUnit 13(C), that portion within the

   Tok Management Area

   negativeUnit 13(D)

   negativeUnit 19

   positive1 - 5Unit 20, those portions within

   the Tok Management Area and

   the Delta Management Area

   negativeUnits 23 and 26(A), that

   portion west of the Etivluk

   River (DeLong Mountains)

   positive0 - 9Unit 23 (Baird Mountains)

   positive18 - 47Unit 23 and Unit 26(A), that

   portion east of the Etivluk

   River (Schwatka Mountains)

   positive2 - 4Units 23, 24, 25(A), and 26

   (Brooks Range)

   positive75 - 125Units 25(B) and 25(C)

   negative (11) Wolves (whether taken as

   big game or as furbearer)

   Unit 1(A), outside the Ketchikan

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positiveUnit 1(B)

   positiveUnit 1(C), outside the Juneau

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positiveUnit 1(D)

   positiveUnit 2

   positiveUnit 3

   positiveUnit 5

   positiveUnit 6

   positiveUnit 9

   positive10 - 28Unit 10 (Unimak Is. only)

   positive0 - 1Unit 11

   positive5 - 10Unit 12

   positiveUnit 13

   positive8 - 24Unit 16(B)

   positive0 - 5Units 17, 19 - 21, 24, 25, 26(B),

   and 26(C)

   positiveUnit 18

   positive5 - 20Unit 22

   positive5 - 20Unit 23

   positive10 - 30Unit 26(A)

   positive4 - 8 (12) Small Game

   Unit 6, excluding the Valdez

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive (B) Grouse

   Units 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19,

   and 20 - 25, outside the

   Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai

   and Fairbanks Nonsubsistence

   Areas

   positive (C) Ptarmigan

   Units 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17,

   19, and 20 - 26, outside the An-

   chorage-Matsu-Kenai and Fair-

   banks Nonsubsistence Areas

   positiveUnit 18

   positive3,000 - 23,000Unit 22

   positive125 - 900 (D) repealed 7/1/2017;

   All units with a harvestable

   portion except within the

   nonsubsistence areas as

   defined in 5 AAC 99.015

   positive (J) Snowshoe hares

   Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(A), 14(B), 16,

   17, 18, 22, 23, and 26(A) outside

   the Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai

   Nonsubsistence Area

   positive (K) Alaska hares

   Units 9, 10, 17, 18, 22, and 23

   positive (13) Furbearers and Fur ani-

   mals: The Board of Game (board)

   finds that all resident uses of fur-

   bearers and fur animals are cus-

   tomary and traditional uses, and

   that furbearers and fur animals, in

   general, tend to be the focus of

   these uses, rather than users focus-

   ing on individual species or popula-

   tions. Given this finding, the board

   also finds that effort on any given

   population varies according to its

   harvestable surplus.

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion (F) Martenall units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion, except as specified in

2. (11) of this subsection for Units 9, 10 (Unimak Is. only), 11, 12, 13, 16(B), 18, 22, 23, and 26(A)

   1. (M) Wolverine

   2. (14) Unclassified Game

      1. (A) bats (statewide)
      2. (C) Cormorant (Pelagic and

      negative (B) repealed 7/1/2018.

      Double-crested only)

      Units 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 22, and 23

      positive (D) Snow Owl

      Units 17, 18, 22, 23, and 26

      positive

   all units with a harvestable portionpositive90 percent of the harvestable

   portion

3. (b) In order to establish an amount reasonably necessary for subsistence uses under this section and whether a reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses exists, the Board of Game will, as the board determines is appropriate, attempt to integrate opportunities offered under both state and federal regulations.

4. (c) In this section,

   1. (1) "amount reasonably necessary for subsistence uses" includes the total amount of animals from a population that must be available for subsistence hunting in order to provide a reasonable opportunity for subsistence uses, under state and federal subsistence hunting regulations, where both exist;
   2. (2) "reasonable opportunity" has the meaning given in AS 16.05.258(f).

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