[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17713-17726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07016]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 242
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 100
[Docket No. FWS-R7-SM-2019-0092; FXFR13350700640-212-FF07J00000;
FBMS#4500151540]
RIN 1018-BE36
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--
2021-2022 and 2022-2023 Subsistence Taking of Fish Regulations
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule revises regulations for seasons, harvest
limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish for subsistence
uses in Alaska during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 regulatory years. The
Federal Subsistence Board (Board) completes the biennial process of
revising subsistence hunting and trapping regulations in even-numbered
years and subsistence fishing and shellfish regulations in odd-numbered
years; public proposal and review processes take place during the
preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and traditional use
and rural determinations during the applicable biennial cycle. This
rule also revises rural determinations.
DATES: This rule is effective April 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Board meeting transcripts are available for review at
the Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop
121, Anchorage, AK 99503, or on the Office of Subsistence Management
website (https://www.doi.gov/subsistence). The comments received in
response to the proposed rule are available on www.regulations.gov in
Docket No. FWS-R7-SM-2019-0092.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Sue Detwiler, Office of
Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888 or subsistence@fws.gov. For
questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Gregory
Risdahl, Subsistence Program Leader, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Forest Service, Alaska Region; (907) 302-7354 or
gregory.risdahl@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126), the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) jointly implement the
Federal Subsistence Management Program. This program provides a
preference for take of fish and wildlife resources for subsistence uses
on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska. The Secretaries published
temporary regulations to carry out this program in the Federal Register
on June 29, 1990 (55 FR 27114), and published final regulations in the
Federal Register on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The Program managers
have subsequently amended these regulations a number of times. Because
this program is a joint effort between Interior and Agriculture, these
regulations are located in two titles of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR): Title 36, ``Parks, Forests, and Public Property,''
and Title 50, ``Wildlife and Fisheries,'' at 36 CFR 242.1-242.28 and 50
CFR 100.1-100.28, respectively. The regulations contain subparts as
follows: Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart B, Program Structure;
Subpart C, Board Determinations; and Subpart D, Subsistence Taking of
Fish and Wildlife.
Consistent with subpart B of these regulations, the Secretaries
established a Federal Subsistence Board to administer the Federal
Subsistence Management Program. The Board comprises:
A Chair appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with
concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture;
The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service;
The Alaska Regional Director, National Park Service;
The Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management;
The Alaska Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs;
The Alaska Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service; and
Two public members appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Through the Board, these agencies participate in the development of
regulations for subparts C and D, which, among other things, set forth
program eligibility and specific harvest seasons and limits.
In administering the program, the Secretaries divided Alaska into
10 subsistence resource regions, each of
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which is represented by a Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council
(Council). The Councils provide a forum for rural residents with
personal knowledge of local conditions and resource requirements to
have a meaningful role in the subsistence management of fish and
wildlife on Federal public lands in Alaska. The Council members
represent varied geographical, cultural, and user interests within each
region.
The Board addresses customary and traditional use determinations
during the applicable biennial cycle. Section __.24 (customary and
traditional use determinations) was originally published in the Federal
Register on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The regulations at 36 CFR 242.4
and 50 CFR 100.4 define ``customary and traditional use'' as ``a long-
established, consistent pattern of use, incorporating beliefs and
customs which have been transmitted from generation to generation. . .
.'' Since 1992, the Board has made a number of customary and
traditional use determinations at the request of affected subsistence
users. Those modifications for fish and shellfish, along with some
administrative corrections, were published in the Federal Register as
follows:
Modifications to Sec. __.24
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Rule made changes to
Federal Register citation Date of the following
publication provisions of __.24
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59 FR 27462................... May 27, 1994..... Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
59 FR 51855................... October 13, 1994. Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
60 FR 10317................... February 24, 1995 Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
61 FR 39698................... July 30, 1996.... Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
62 FR 29016................... May 29, 1997..... Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
63 FR 35332................... June 29, 1998.... Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
63 FR 46148................... August 28, 1998.. Wildlife and Fish/
Shellfish.
64 FR 1276.................... January 8, 1999.. Fish/Shellfish.
66 FR 10142................... February 13, 2001 Fish/Shellfish.
67 FR 5890.................... February 7, 2002. Fish/Shellfish.
68 FR 7276.................... February 12, 2003 Fish/Shellfish.
69 FR 5018.................... February 3, 2004. Fish/Shellfish.
70 FR 13377................... March 21, 2005... Fish/Shellfish.
71 FR 15569................... March 29, 2006... Fish/Shellfish.
72 FR 12676................... March 16, 2007... Fish/Shellfish.
72 FR 73426................... December 27, 2007 Wildlife/Fish.
74 FR 14049................... March 30, 2009... Fish/Shellfish.
76 FR 12564................... March 8, 2011.... Fish/Shellfish.
77 FR 35482................... June 13, 2012.... Wildlife.
79 FR 35232................... June 19, 2014.... Wildlife.
81 FR 52528................... August 8, 2016... Wildlife.
83 FR 3079.................... January 23, 2018. Fish.
83 FR 50758................... October 9, 2018.. Wildlife.
84 FR 39744................... August 12, 2019.. Fish.
85 FR 74796................... November 23, 2020 Wildlife.
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Current Rule
The Departments published a proposed rule, Subsistence Management
Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2021-22 and 2022-23 Subsistence
Taking of Fish Regulations, on February 19, 2020 (85 FR 9430), to amend
the fish section of subparts C and D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part
100. The proposed rule opened a comment period, which closed on April
20, 2020. The Departments advertised the proposed rule by mail, email,
web page, social media, radio, and newspaper, and comments were
submitted via www.regulations.gov to Docket No. FWS-R7-SM-2019-0092.
During that period, the Councils met and, in addition to other Council
business, received suggestions for proposals from the public. The Board
received a total of 13 proposals for changes to subpart D. In addition,
12 fisheries closure reviews were presented for comment as required by
Board policy that specifies a 3-year review of all closures. Comments
were also requested on a subpart C proposal addressing rural
determination. After the comment period closed, the Board prepared a
booklet describing the proposals and distributed it to the public. The
proposals were also available online. The public then had an additional
70 days in which to comment on the proposed regulatory changes, which
ended on July 2, 2020.
The 10 Councils met again, received public comments, and formulated
their recommendations to the Board on proposals for their respective
regions. The Councils had a substantial role in reviewing the proposed
rule and making recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, a Council
Chair, or a designated representative, presented each Councils'
recommendations at the Board's public meeting of January 26-29, 2021.
These final regulations reflect Board review and consideration of
Council recommendations, Tribal and Alaska Native corporation
consultations, and public comments. The public received extensive
opportunity to review and comment on all changes.
Of the 14 valid proposals and 12 fishery closure reviews, 16 were
on the Board's non-consensus agenda and 10 were on the consensus
agenda. The consensus agenda is made up of proposals for which there is
agreement among the affected Councils, a majority of the Interagency
Staff Committee members, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
concerning a proposed regulatory action. Anyone may request that the
Board remove a proposal from the consensus agenda and place it on the
non-consensus agenda. The Board votes en masse on the consensus agenda
after deliberation and action on all other proposals.
Of the proposals on the consensus agenda, the Board adopted eight
and rejected two. Analysis and justification for the action taken on
each proposal on the consensus agenda are available for review at the
Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 East Tudor Road,
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Mail Stop 121, Anchorage, AK 99503, or on the Office of Subsistence
Management website (https://www.doi.gov/subsistence). Of the proposals
on the non-consensus agenda, the Board adopted one; adopted one with
modification; rejected six; and deferred eight.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals Not Adopted by the Board
The Board rejected six non-consensus proposals and deferred eight.
The rejected proposals were recommended for rejection by the majority
of the affected Councils or as noted below.
Yukon-Northern Area
The Board voted to maintain a closure to the take of all fish on
the Jim River drainage, with the expectation that the affected Councils
will submit a special action and followup proposal to establish a
season and harvest limits. The affected Councils recommended a
modification to establish a season with harvest limits; however, this
would have gone beyond the scope of the closure review and would not
have allowed for the public review process or Tribal consultations
regarding a new season and harvest limits.
The Board voted to maintain a closure to the take of Arctic
Grayling on Nome Creek in the Yukon River drainage, with the
expectation that the affected Councils will submit a special action and
followup proposal to establish a season and harvest limits. At the
Board's meeting, new data was presented that was not available to the
Councils during their original discussions and recommendations to the
Board. The Council Chairs supported this action.
Kuskokwim Area
The Board rejected a proposal that would have reduced the required
distance between set nets. This action was to prevent overcrowding in
the fishing area and was supported by both affected Councils.
Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and Chignik, and Kodiak Areas
The Board deferred seven fishery closure reviews, which are in the
Kodiak/Aleutians Regional Advisory Council region, to allow for the
Council to have additional time to meet with remote communities and
have further discussions and allow for additional public input. These
closure reviews will be addressed during the next fisheries cycle.
Prince William Sound Area
The Board deferred a proposal to establish a dip net fishery on the
lower Copper River to allow conflicting users groups an opportunity to
meet and attempt to reach a compromise.
The Board rejected a proposal to require harvest reports to be
submitted within 3 days. This proposal was deemed as an undue burden on
subsistence users and was supported by both affected Councils.
The Board rejected a proposal that would have prohibited the use of
mono-filament and multifilament mesh dip nets during specified times
along the upper Copper River. This proposal was deemed as an undue
burden on subsistence users and was supported by both affected
Councils.
The Board rejected a proposal that would have prohibited fishing
with dip nets from boats or watercraft along the upper Copper River.
This action would have reduced opportunity for subsistence users and
was supported by one Council and opposed by another.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals Adopted by the Board
The Board adopted one proposal and one proposal with modification
on the non-consensus agenda. The modification was suggested by the
affected Council and developed during the analysis process. All of the
adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by at least one of the
Councils as noted below.
Prince William Sound Area
The Board adopted a proposal to prohibit the use of bathymetry and
or fish locator devices while fishing on the upper Copper River. This
regulation does not require the removal or uninstallation of these
devices from the boat or watercraft. This action was supported by one
Council and opposed by another.
Southcentral Region
The Board adopted with modification a proposal that determined the
community (Census Designated Place) of Moose Pass as rural. The Board
modified this determination to also include the Census Designated
Places of Crown Point and Primrose. This action was supported by the
affected Council.
These final regulations reflect Board review and consideration of
Council recommendations, Tribal and Alaska Native corporation
consultations, and public comments. While all public comments received
on the proposed rule were considered, some were outside the scope of
this rulemaking action. Because this rule concerns public lands managed
by an agency or agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture and the
Interior, identical text will be incorporated into 36 CFR part 242 and
50 CFR part 100.
Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities
Administrative Procedure Act Compliance
The Board has provided extensive opportunity for public input and
involvement in compliance with Administrative Procedure Act
requirements, including publishing a proposed rule in the Federal
Register, participation in multiple Council meetings, additional public
review and comment on all proposals for regulatory change, and
opportunity for additional public comment during the Board meeting
prior to deliberation. Additionally, an administrative mechanism exists
(and has been used by the public) to request reconsideration of the
Board's decision on any particular proposal for regulatory change (36
CFR 242.20 and 50 CFR 100.20). Therefore, the Board believes that
sufficient public notice and opportunity for involvement have been
given to affected persons regarding Board decisions.
In the more than 30 years that the Program has been operating, no
benefit to the public has been demonstrated by delaying the effective
date of the subsistence regulations. A lapse in regulatory control
could affect the continued viability of fish or wildlife populations
and future subsistence opportunities for rural Alaskans, and would
generally fail to serve the overall public interest. Therefore, the
Board finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this rule
effective upon the date set forth in DATES to ensure continued
operation of the subsistence program.
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement that described four
alternatives for developing a Federal Subsistence Management Program
was distributed for public comment on October 7, 1991. The Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on February 28,
1992. The Record of Decision (ROD) on Subsistence Management for
Federal Public Lands in Alaska was signed April 6, 1992. The selected
alternative in the FEIS (Alternative IV) defined the administrative
framework of an annual regulatory cycle for subsistence regulations.
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A 1997 environmental assessment dealt with the expansion of Federal
jurisdiction over fisheries and is available at the office listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The Secretary of the Interior, with
concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture, determined that expansion
of Federal jurisdiction does not constitute a major Federal action
significantly affecting the human environment and, therefore, signed a
Finding of No Significant Impact.
Section 810 of ANILCA
An ANILCA section 810 analysis was completed as part of the FEIS
process on the Federal Subsistence Management Program. The intent of
all Federal subsistence regulations is to accord subsistence uses of
fish and wildlife on public lands a priority over the taking of fish
and wildlife on such lands for other purposes, unless restriction is
necessary to conserve healthy fish and wildlife populations. The final
section 810 analysis determination appeared in the April 6, 1992, ROD
and concluded that the Program, under Alternative IV with an annual
process for setting subsistence regulations, may have some local
impacts on subsistence uses, but will not likely restrict subsistence
uses significantly.
During the subsequent environmental assessment process for
extending fisheries jurisdiction, an evaluation of the effects of this
rule was conducted in accordance with section 810. That evaluation also
supported the Secretaries' determination that the rule will not reach
the ``may significantly restrict'' threshold that would require notice
and hearings under ANILCA section 810(a).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
This rule does not contain any new collections of information that
require Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under the PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). OMB has reviewed and approved the collections
of information associated with the subsistence regulations at 36 CFR
part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, and assigned OMB Control Number 1018-
0075, with an expiration date of January 31. 2024. We may not conduct
or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
Executive Order 12866 provides that the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget will
review all significant rules. OIRA has determined that this rule is not
significant.
Executive Order 13563 reaffirms the principles of E.O. 12866 while
calling for improvements in the nation's regulatory system to promote
predictability, to reduce uncertainty, and to use the best, most
innovative, and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends.
The executive order directs agencies to consider regulatory approaches
that reduce burdens and maintain flexibility and freedom of choice for
the public where these approaches are relevant, feasible, and
consistent with regulatory objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes further
that regulations must be based on the best available science and that
the rulemaking process must allow for public participation and an open
exchange of ideas. We have developed this rule in a manner consistent
with these requirements.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a
significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which
include small businesses, organizations, or governmental jurisdictions.
In general, the resources to be harvested under this rule are already
being harvested and consumed by the local harvester and do not result
in an additional dollar benefit to the economy. However, we estimate
that two million pounds of meat are harvested by subsistence users
annually and, if given an estimated dollar value of $3.00 per pound,
this amount would equate to about $6 million in food value Statewide.
Based upon the amounts and values cited above, the Departments certify
that this rulemaking will not have a significant economic effect on a
substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
Under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5
U.S.C. 801 et seq.), this rule is not a major rule. It does not have an
effect on the economy of $100 million or more, will not cause a major
increase in costs or prices for consumers, and does not have
significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment,
productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to
compete with foreign-based enterprises.
Executive Order 12630
Title VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a
subsistence priority on public lands. The scope of this Program is
limited by definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these
regulations have no potential takings of private property implications
as defined by Executive Order 12630.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Secretaries have determined and certify pursuant to the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502 et seq., that this
rulemaking will not impose a cost of $100 million or more in any given
year on local or State governments or private entities. The
implementation of this rule is by Federal agencies, and there is no
cost imposed on any State or local entities or Tribal governments.
Executive Order 12988
The Secretaries have determined that these regulations meet the
applicable standards provided in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive
Order 12988, regarding civil justice reform.
Executive Order 13132
In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have
sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a
federalism summary impact statement. Title VIII of ANILCA precludes the
State from exercising subsistence management authority over fish and
wildlife resources on Federal lands unless it meets certain
requirements.
Executive Order 13175
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Title VIII,
does not provide specific rights to Tribes for the subsistence taking
of wildlife, fish, and shellfish. However, the Board provided federally
recognized Tribes and Alaska Native corporations opportunities to
consult on this rule. Consultation with Alaska Native corporations are
based on Public Law 108-199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat.
452, as amended by Public Law 108-447, div. H, title V, Sec. 518, Dec.
8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3267, which provides that: ``The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget and all Federal agencies shall
hereafter consult with Alaska Native corporations on the same basis as
Indian Tribes under Executive Order No. 13175.''
The Secretaries, through the Board, provided a variety of
opportunities for consultation: commenting on proposed changes to the
existing rule; engaging in dialogue at the Council meetings; engaging
in dialogue at the Board's meetings; and providing input in
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person, by mail, email, or phone at any time during the rulemaking
process.
On January 26, 2021, the Board provided federally recognized Tribes
and Alaska Native Corporations a specific opportunity to consult on
this rule prior to the start of its public regulatory meeting.
federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations were
notified by mail and telephone and were given the opportunity to attend
via teleconference.
Executive Order 13211
This Executive Order requires agencies to prepare Statements of
Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. However, this rule is
not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 13211, affecting energy
supply, distribution, or use, and no Statement of Energy Effects is
required.
Drafting Information
Theo Matuskowitz drafted these regulations under the guidance of
Sue Detwiler of the Office of Subsistence Management, Alaska Regional
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Additional
assistance was provided by
Paul McKee, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land
Management;
Dr. Joshua Ream, Alaska Regional Office, National Park
Service;
Dr. Glenn Chen, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs;
Vince Mathews, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; and
Gregory Risdahl, Alaska Regional Office, USDA Forest
Service.
List of Subjects
36 CFR Part 242
Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Wildlife.
50 CFR Part 100
Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Wildlife.
Regulation Promulgation
For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Federal Subsistence
Board amends title 36, part 242, and title 50, part 100, of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as set forth below.
PART _--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN
ALASKA
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1. The authority citation for both 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C.
3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.
Subpart C--Board Determinations
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2. Amend Sec. __.23 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. __.23 Rural determinations.
(a) The Board has determined all communities and areas to be rural
in accordance with Sec. 100.15 except the following: Fairbanks North
Star Borough; Homer area--including Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak City,
and Fritz Creek; Juneau area--including Juneau, West Juneau, and
Douglas; Kenai area--including Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Nikiski,
Salamatof, Kalifornsky, Kasilof, and Clam Gulch; Ketchikan area--
including Ketchikan City, Clover Pass, North Tongass Highway, Ketchikan
East, Mountain Point, Herring Cove, Saxman East, Pennock Island, and
parts of Gravina Island; Municipality of Anchorage; Seward area--
including Seward and Valdez, and Wasilla/Palmer area--including
Wasilla, Palmer, Sutton, Big Lake, Houston, and Bodenberg Butte.
* * * * *
Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
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3. Amend Sec. __.27 by revising paragraphs (e)(3), (4), (5), (10), and
(11) to read as follows:
Sec. __.27 Subsistence taking of fish.
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(e) * * *
(3) Yukon-Northern Area. The Yukon-Northern Area includes all
waters of Alaska between the latitude of Point Romanof and the latitude
of the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula, including those
waters draining into the Bering Sea, and all waters of Alaska north of
the latitude of the westernmost tip of Point Hope and west of 141[deg]
West longitude, including those waters draining into the Arctic Ocean
and the Chukchi Sea.
(i) Unless otherwise restricted in this section, you may take fish
in the Yukon-Northern Area at any time. In those locations where
subsistence fishing permits are required, only one subsistence fishing
permit will be issued to each household per year. You may subsistence
fish for salmon with rod and reel in the Yukon River drainage 24 hours
per day, 7 days per week, unless rod and reel are specifically
otherwise restricted in this paragraph (e)(3).
(ii) For the Yukon River drainage, Federal subsistence fishing
schedules, openings, closings, and fishing methods are the same as
those issued for the subsistence taking of fish under Alaska Statutes
(AS 16.05.060), unless superseded by a Federal special action.
(iii) In the following locations, you may take salmon during the
open weekly fishing periods of the State commercial salmon fishing
season and may not take them for 24 hours before the opening of the
State commercial salmon fishing season:
(A) In District 4, excluding the Koyukuk River drainage;
(B) In Subdistricts 4B and 4C from June 15 through September 30,
salmon may be taken from 6 p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m. Tuesday and from 6
p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Friday;
(C) In District 6, excluding the Kantishna River drainage, salmon
may be taken from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Wednesday.
(iv) During any State commercial salmon fishing season closure of
greater than 5 days in duration, you may not take salmon during the
following periods in the following districts:
(A) In District 4, excluding the Koyukuk River drainage, salmon may
not be taken from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Sunday;
(B) In District 5, excluding the Tozitna River drainage and
Subdistrict 5D, salmon may not be taken from 6 p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m.
Tuesday.
(v) Except as provided in this section, and except as may be
provided by the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, you may take
fish other than salmon at any time.
(vi) In Districts 1, 2, 3, and Subdistrict 4A, excluding the
Koyukuk and Innoko River drainages, you may not take salmon for
subsistence purposes during the 24 hours immediately before the opening
of the State commercial salmon fishing season.
(vii) In Districts 1, 2, and 3:
(A) After the opening of the State commercial salmon fishing season
through July 15, you may not take salmon for subsistence for 18 hours
immediately before, during, and for 12 hours after each State
commercial salmon fishing period;
(B) After July 15, you may not take salmon for subsistence for 12
hours immediately before, during, and for 12 hours after each State
commercial salmon fishing period.
(viii) In Subdistrict 4A after the opening of the State commercial
salmon fishing season, you may not take salmon for subsistence for 12
hours immediately before, during, and for 12 hours after each State
commercial salmon fishing period; however, you may take Chinook salmon
during the
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State commercial fishing season, with drift gillnet gear only, from 6
p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m. Tuesday and from 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m.
Friday.
(ix) You may not subsistence fish in the following drainages
located north of the main Yukon River:
(A) Kanuti River upstream from a point 5 miles downstream of the
State highway crossing;
(B) Bonanza Creek;
(C) Jim River including Prospect and Douglas Creeks.
(x) You may not subsistence fish in the Delta River.
(xi) In Beaver Creek downstream from the confluence of Moose Creek,
a gillnet with mesh size not to exceed 3-inches stretch-measure may be
used from June 15 through September 15. You may subsistence fish for
all non-salmon species but may not target salmon during this time
period (retention of salmon taken incidentally to non-salmon directed
fisheries is allowed). From the mouth of Nome Creek downstream to the
confluence of Moose Creek, only rod and reel may be used. From the
mouth of Nome Creek downstream to the confluence of O'Brien Creek, the
daily harvest and possession limit is 5 grayling; from the mouth of
O'Brien Creek downstream to the confluence of Moose Creek, the daily
harvest and possession limit is 10 grayling. The Nome Creek drainage of
Beaver Creek is closed to subsistence fishing for grayling.
(xii) You may take salmon only by gillnet, beach seine, dip net,
fish wheel, or rod and reel, subject to the restrictions set forth in
this section.
(A) In the Yukon River drainage, you may not take salmon for
subsistence fishing using gillnets with stretched mesh larger than 7.5
inches.
(B) In Subdistrict 5D you may take salmon once the mid-range of the
Canadian interim management escapement goal and the total allowable
catch goal are projected to be achieved.
(C) Salmon may be harvested by dip net at any time, except during
times of conservation when the Federal in-season manager may announce
restrictions on time, areas, and species.
(xiii) In District 4, if you are a commercial fisherman, you may
not take salmon for subsistence purposes during the State commercial
salmon fishing season using gillnets with stretched-mesh larger than 6
inches after a date specified by ADF&G emergency order issued between
July 10 and July 31.
(xiv) In Districts 5 and 6, you may not take salmon for subsistence
purposes by drift gillnets.
(xv) In District 4 salmon may be taken by drift gillnet not more
than 150 feet in length unless restricted by special action or as
modified by regulations in this section.
(xvi) Unless otherwise specified in this section, you may take fish
other than salmon by set gillnet, drift gillnet, beach seine, fish
wheel, long line, fyke net, dip net, jigging gear, spear, lead, or rod
and reel, subject to the following restrictions, which also apply to
subsistence salmon fishing:
(A) During the open weekly fishing periods of the State commercial
salmon fishing season, if you are a commercial fisherman, you may not
operate more than one type of gear at a time, for commercial, personal
use, and subsistence purposes.
(B) You may not use an aggregate length of set gillnet in excess of
150 fathoms, and each drift gillnet may not exceed 50 fathoms in
length.
(C) In Districts 4, 5, and 6, you may not set subsistence fishing
gear within 200 feet of other fishing gear operating for commercial,
personal, or subsistence use except that, at the site approximately 1
mile upstream from Ruby on the south bank of the Yukon River between
ADF&G regulatory markers containing the area known locally as the
``Slide,'' you may set subsistence fishing gear within 200 feet of
other operating commercial or subsistence fishing gear, and in District
4, from Old Paradise Village upstream to a point 4 miles upstream from
Anvik, there is no minimum distance requirement between fish wheels.
(D) During the State commercial salmon fishing season, within the
Yukon River and the Tanana River below the confluence of the Wood
River, you may use drift gillnets and fish wheels only during open
subsistence salmon fishing periods.
(E) In Birch Creek, gillnet mesh size may not exceed 3-inches
stretch-measure from June 15 through September 15.
(F) In Racetrack Slough on the Koyukuk River and in the sloughs of
the Huslia River drainage, from when each river is free of ice through
June 15, the offshore end of the set gillnet may not be closer than 20
feet from the opposite bank except that sloughs 40 feet or less in
width may have \3\ 4 width coverage with set gillnet, unless
closed by Federal special action.
(xvii) In District 4, from September 21 through May 15, you may use
jigging gear from shore ice.
(xviii) You must possess a subsistence fishing permit for the
following locations:
(A) For the Yukon River drainage from the mouth of Hess Creek to
the mouth of the Dall River;
(B) For the Yukon River drainage from the upstream mouth of 22 Mile
Slough to the U.S.-Canada border;
(C) Only for salmon in the Tanana River drainage above the mouth of
the Wood River.
(xix) Only one subsistence fishing permit will be issued to each
household per year.
(xx) In Districts 1, 2, and 3, from June 1 through July 15. If
ADF&G has announced that Chinook salmon can be sold in the commercial
fisheries, you may not possess Chinook salmon taken for subsistence
purposes unless both tips (lobes) of the tail fin have been removed
before the person conceals the salmon from plain view or transfers the
salmon from the fishing site.
(xxi) In the Yukon River drainage, Chinook salmon must be used
primarily for human consumption and may not be targeted for dog food.
Dried Chinook salmon may not be used for dog food anywhere in the Yukon
River drainage. Whole fish unfit for human consumption (due to disease,
deterioration, and deformities), scraps, and small fish (16 inches or
less) may be fed to dogs. Also, whole Chinook salmon caught
incidentally during a subsistence chum salmon fishery in the following
time periods and locations may be fed to dogs:
(A) After July 10 in the Koyukuk River drainage;
(B) After August 10, in Subdistrict 5D, upstream of Circle City.
(4) Kuskokwim Area. The Kuskokwim Area consists of all waters of
Alaska between the latitude of the westernmost point of Naskonat
Peninsula and the latitude of the southernmost tip of Cape Newenham,
including the waters of Alaska surrounding Nunivak and St. Matthew
Islands and those waters draining into the Bering Sea.
(i) Unless otherwise restricted in this section, you may take fish
in the Kuskokwim Area at any time without a subsistence fishing permit.
(ii) For the Kuskokwim area, Federal subsistence fishing schedules,
openings, closings, and fishing methods are the same as those issued
for the subsistence taking of fish under Alaska Statutes (AS
16.05.060), except the use of gillnets with 6-inch or less mesh size is
allowed before June 1 in the Kuskokwim River drainage, unless
superseded by a Federal special action.
(iii) In Districts 4 and 5, from June 1 through September 8, you
may not take salmon for 16 hours before or during and for 6 hours after
each State open
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commercial salmon fishing period in each district.
(iv) In District 2, and anywhere in tributaries that flow into the
Kuskokwim River within that district, you may subsistence fish for
salmon with rod and reel 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, unless rod
and reel are specifically restricted by this paragraph (e)(4).
(v) You may not take subsistence fish by nets in the Goodnews River
east of a line between ADF&G regulatory markers placed near the mouth
of the Ufigag River and an ADF&G regulatory marker placed near the
mouth of the Tunulik River 16 hours before or during and for 6 hours
after each State open commercial salmon fishing period.
(vi) You may not take subsistence fish by nets in the Kanektok
River upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers placed near the mouth 16
hours before or during and for 6 hours after each State open commercial
salmon fishing period.
(vii) You may not take subsistence fish by nets in the Arolik River
upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers placed near the mouth 16 hours
before or during and for 6 hours after each State open commercial
salmon fishing period.
(viii) You may only take salmon by gillnet, beach seine, fish
wheel, dip net, or rod and reel subject to the restrictions set out in
this section, except that you may also take salmon by spear in the
Kanektok, and Arolik River drainages, and in the drainage of Goodnews
Bay.
(ix) You may not use an aggregate length of set gillnets or drift
gillnets in excess of 50 fathoms for taking salmon.
(x) You may take fish other than salmon by set gillnet, drift
gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, pot, long line, fyke net, dip net,
jigging gear, spear, lead, handline, or rod and reel.
(xi) You must attach to the bank each subsistence set gillnet
operated in tributaries of the Kuskokwim River and fish it
substantially perpendicular to the bank and in a substantially straight
line.
(xii) Within a tributary to the Kuskokwim River in that portion of
the Kuskokwim River drainage from the north end of Eek Island upstream
to the mouth of the Kolmakoff River, you may not set or operate any
part of a set gillnet within 150 feet of any part of another set
gillnet.
(xiii) The maximum depth of gillnets is as follows:
(A) Gillnets with 6-inch or smaller stretched-mesh may not be more
than 45 meshes in depth;
(B) Gillnets with greater than 6-inch stretched-mesh may not be
more than 35 meshes in depth.
(xiv) You may not use subsistence set and drift gillnets exceeding
15 fathoms in length in Whitefish Lake in the Ophir Creek drainage. You
may not operate more than one subsistence set or drift gillnet at a
time in Whitefish Lake in the Ophir Creek drainage. You must check the
net at least once every 24 hours.
(xv) You may take rainbow trout only in accordance with the
following restrictions:
(A) You may take rainbow trout only by the use of gillnets, dip
nets, fyke nets, handline, spear, rod and reel, or jigging through the
ice;
(B) You may not use gillnets, dip nets, or fyke nets for targeting
rainbow trout from March 15 through June 15;
(C) If you take rainbow trout incidentally in other subsistence net
fisheries and through the ice, you may retain them for subsistence
purposes;
(D) There are no harvest limits with handline, spear, rod and reel,
or jigging.
(xvi) All tributaries not expressly closed by Federal special
action, or as modified by regulations in this section, remain open to
the use of gillnets more than 100 yards upstream from their confluence
with the Kuskokwim River.
(5) Bristol Bay Area. The Bristol Bay Area includes all waters of
Bristol Bay, including drainages enclosed by a line from Cape Newenham
to Cape Menshikof.
(i) Unless restricted in this section, or unless under the terms of
a subsistence fishing permit, you may take fish at any time in the
Bristol Bay area.
(ii) You may not take fish from waters within 300 feet of a stream
mouth used by salmon.
(iii) You may not subsistence fish with nets in the Tazimina River
and within one-fourth mile of the terminus of those waters during the
period from September 1 through June 14.
(iv) Unless otherwise specified, you may take salmon by set gillnet
only.
(A) You may also take salmon by spear in the Togiak River,
excluding its tributaries.
(B) You may also use drift gillnets not greater than 10 fathoms in
length to take salmon in the Togiak River in the first 2 river miles
upstream from the mouth of the Togiak River to the ADF&G regulatory
markers.
(C) You may also take salmon without a permit in Sixmile Lake and
its tributaries within and adjacent to the exterior boundaries of Lake
Clark National Park and Preserve unless otherwise prohibited, and Lake
Clark and its tributaries, by snagging (by handline or rod and reel),
using a spear, bow and arrow, rod and reel, or capturing by bare hand.
(D) You may also take salmon by beach seines not exceeding 25
fathoms in length in Lake Clark, excluding its tributaries.
(E) You may also take fish (except rainbow trout) with a fyke net
and lead in tributaries of Lake Clark and the tributaries of Sixmile
Lake within and adjacent to the exterior boundaries of Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve unless otherwise prohibited.
(1) You may use a fyke net and lead only with a permit issued by
the Federal in-season manager.
(2) All fyke nets and leads must be attended at all times while in
use.
(3) All materials used to construct the fyke net and lead must be
made of wood and be removed from the water when the fyke net and lead
is no longer in use.
(v) The maximum lengths for set gillnets used to take salmon are as
follows:
(A) You may not use set gillnets exceeding 10 fathoms in length in
the Egegik River;
(B) In the remaining waters of the area, you may not use set
gillnets exceeding 25 fathoms in length.
(vi) You may not operate any part of a set gillnet within 300 feet
of any part of another set gillnet.
(vii) You must stake and buoy each set gillnet. Instead of having
the identifying information on a keg or buoy attached to the gillnet,
you may plainly and legibly inscribe your first initial, last name, and
subsistence permit number on a sign at or near the set gillnet.
(viii) You may not operate or assist in operating subsistence
salmon net gear while simultaneously operating or assisting in
operating commercial salmon net gear.
(ix) You may take fish other than salmon, herring, and capelin by
gear listed in this part unless restricted under the terms of a
subsistence fishing permit.
(x) You may take salmon only under authority of a State subsistence
salmon permit (permits are issued by ADF&G) except when using a Federal
permit for fyke net and lead.
(xi) Only one State subsistence fishing permit for salmon and one
Federal permit for use of a fyke net and lead for all fish (except
rainbow trout) may be issued to each household per year.
(xii) In the Togiak River drainage:
(A) You may not possess coho salmon taken under the authority of a
subsistence fishing permit unless both lobes of the caudal fin (tail)
or the dorsal fin have been removed.
(B) You may not possess salmon taken with a drift gillnet under the
authority of a subsistence fishing permit unless
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both lobes of the caudal fin (tail) or the dorsal fin have been
removed.
(xiii) You may take rainbow trout only by rod and reel or jigging
gear. Rainbow trout daily harvest and possession limits are two per
day/two in possession with no size limit from April 10 through October
31 and five per day/five in possession with no size limit from November
1 through April 9.
(xiv) If you take rainbow trout incidentally in other subsistence
net fisheries, or through the ice, you may retain them for subsistence
purposes.
* * * * *
(10) Cook Inlet Area. The Cook Inlet Area includes all waters of
Alaska enclosed by a line extending east from Cape Douglas
(58[deg]51.10' N Lat.) and a line extending south from Cape Fairfield
(148[deg]50.25' W Long.).
(i) General area regulations. (A) Unless restricted by regulations
in this section, or unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence
fishing permit, you may take fish at any time in the Cook Inlet Area.
(B) If you take rainbow or steelhead trout incidentally in
subsistence net fisheries, you may retain them for subsistence
purposes, unless otherwise prohibited or provided for in this section.
With jigging gear through the ice or rod-and-reel gear in open waters,
there is an annual limit of two rainbow or steelhead trout 20 inches or
longer, taken from Kenai Peninsula fresh waters.
(C) Under the authority of a Federal subsistence fishing permit,
you may take only salmon, trout, Dolly Varden, and other char. Permits
will be issued by the in-season manager or designated representative
and will be valid for that regulatory year, except as otherwise
provided for in this section, or as stated under the permit conditions,
unless the season is closed or restricted by a special action.
(D) All fish taken under the authority of a Federal subsistence
fishing permit must be marked and recorded prior to leaving the fishing
site.
(1) The fishing site includes the particular Federal public waters
and/or adjacent shoreline from which the fish were harvested.
(2) Marking means removing the dorsal fin.
(E) You may not take grayling or burbot for subsistence purposes.
(F) You may take smelt with dip nets in fresh water only from April
1 through June 15. There are no harvest or possession limits for smelt.
(G) You may take whitefish in the Tyone River drainage using
gillnets.
(H) You may take fish by gear listed in this section unless
restricted by other regulations in this section or under the terms of a
Federal subsistence fishing permit (as may be modified by regulations
in this section).
(I) Seasons, harvest and possession limits, and methods and means
for take are the same as for the taking of those species under Alaska
sport fishing regulations (5 AAC 56 and 5 AAC 57) unless modified
herein or by issuance of a Federal special action.
(J) Applicable harvest provisions are as follows:
Table 1 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Location Methods and means Permit type
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasilof River Drainage...... Kasilof River dip Household Annual
net or rod and reel Permit.
for salmon; Kasilof
River fish wheel
for salmon; Kasilof
River gillnet for
salmon.
Kenai River Drainage........ Kenai River dip net Household Annual
or rod and reel for Permit.
salmon; Kenai River
gillnet for salmon.
Kasilof River Drainage...... Tustumena Lake rod General Subsistence
and reel for Fishing Permit
salmon; Kasilof (Daily/Possession
River drainage rod Limits).
and reel for
resident species.
Kenai River Drainage........ Kenai River rod and General Subsistence
reel only for Fishing Permit
salmon; Kenai River (Daily/Possession
and tributaries Limits).
under ice jigging
and rod and reel
for resident
species.
Tustumena Lake.............. Tustumena Lake under Tustumena Lake
ice fishery. Winter Permit.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Harvest limits may not be accumulated.
(2) Each household may harvest its annual salmon limits in one or
more days.
(3) All salmon harvested as part of a household annual limit must
be reported to the Federal in-season manager within 72 hours of leaving
the fishing site.
(4) For Ninilchik residents, the household annual limits for
Chinook salmon in the Kasilof River and for late-run Chinook salmon in
the Kenai River are combined.
(ii) Seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means for Kasilof
River fisheries. Household annual limits for salmon in Kasilof River
fisheries are as follows:
Table 2 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional
Number of fish allowed
Species fish allowed for each
for each household
permit holder member
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sockeye................................. 25 5
Chinook................................. 10 2
Coho.................................... 10 2
Pink.................................... 10 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Kasilof River dip net or rod and reel; salmon. (1) Residents of
Ninilchik may take sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salmon through a
dip net or rod and reel fishery on the upper mainstem of the Kasilof
River from a Federal regulatory marker on the river below the outlet of
Tustumena Lake downstream to a marker on the river approximately 2.8
miles below the Tustumena Lake boat ramp.
(2) Residents using rod-and-reel gear may fish with up to two
baited single or treble hooks.
(3) Other species incidentally caught during the dip net and rod
and reel fishery may be retained for subsistence uses, including up to
200 rainbow/steelhead trout taken through August 15. After 200 rainbow/
steelhead trout have been taken in this fishery or after August 15, all
rainbow/steelhead trout must be released unless otherwise provided for
in this section.
(4) Harvest seasons are as follows:
Table 3 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sockeye salmon............................ June 16-August 15.
Chinook salmon............................ June 16-August 15.
Coho salmon............................... June 16-October 31.
Pink salmon............................... June 16-October 31.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(B) Kasilof River fish wheel; salmon. (1) Residents of Ninilchik
may harvest sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salmon through a fish
wheel fishery in the Federal public waters of the upper mainstem of the
Kasilof River.
(2) Residents of Ninilchik may retain other species incidentally
caught in the Kasilof River fish wheel except for rainbow or steelhead
trout, which must be released and returned unharmed to the water.
(3) Only one fish wheel may be operated on the Kasilof River. The
fish wheel must: Have a live box, be monitored when fishing, be stopped
from fishing when it is not being monitored or used, and be installed
and operated in compliance with any regulations and restrictions for
its use within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
(4) One registration permit will be available and will be awarded
by the Federal in-season fishery manager, in consultation with the
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, based on the merits of the
operational plan. The registration permit will be issued to an
organization that, as the fish wheel owner, will be responsible for its
construction, installation, operation, use, and removal in consultation
with the Federal fishery manager. The owner may not rent or lease the
fish wheel for personal gain. As part of the permit, the organization
must:
(i) Prior to the season. Provide a written operational plan to the
Federal fishery manager including a description of how fishing time and
fish will be offered and distributed among households and residents of
Ninilchik.
(ii) During the season. Mark the fish wheel with a wood, metal, or
plastic plate that is at least 12 inches high by 12 inches wide,
permanently affixed, and plainly visible and that contains the
following information in letters and numerals at least 1 inch high:
Registration permit number; organization's name and address; and
primary contact person name and telephone number.
(iii) After the season. Provide written documentation of required
evaluation information to the Federal fishery manager including, but
not limited to, persons or households operating the gear, hours of
operation, and number of each species caught and retained or released.
(5) People operating the fish wheel must:
(i) Have in possession a valid Federal subsistence fishing permit
and remain onsite to monitor the fish wheel and remove all fish at
least every hour.
(ii) In addition, any person operating the fish wheel who is not
the owner must attach to the fish wheel an additional wood, metal, or
plastic plate that is at least 12 inches high by 12 inches wide, is
plainly visible, and contains the person's fishing permit number, name,
and address in letters and numerals at least 1 inch high.
(6) The organization owning the fish wheel may operate the fish
wheel for subsistence purposes on behalf of residents of Ninilchik by
requesting a subsistence fishing permit that:
(i) Identifies a person who will be responsible for operating the
fish wheel; and
(ii) Includes provisions for recording daily catches, the household
to whom the catch was given, and other information determined to be
necessary for effective resource management by the Federal fishery
manager.
(7) Fishing is allowed from June 16 through October 31 on the
Kasilof River unless closed or otherwise restricted by Federal special
action.
(C) Kasilof River gillnet; salmon. (1) Residents of Ninilchik may
harvest sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salmon in the Federal public
waters of the upper mainstem of the Kasilof River from a Federal
regulatory marker on the river below the outlet of Tustumena Lake
downstream to the Tustumena Lake boat launch with a single gillnet from
June 16 through August 15.
(2) Only one community gillnet may be operated on the Kasilof
River.
(i) The gillnet may not: Be over 10 fathoms in length, be larger
than 5.25-inch mesh, and obstruct more than half of the river width
with stationary fishing gear.
(ii) Subsistence stationary gillnet gear may not be set within 200
feet of other subsistence stationary gear.
(iii) The gillnet may be operated as a set gillnet in a fixed
location, as a pole-net system drifted through an area while wading, or
as a drift net from a boat.
(3) One registration permit will be available and will be issued by
the Federal in-season fishery manager, in consultation with the Kenai
National Wildlife Refuge manager, to the Ninilchik Traditional Council.
As the community gillnet owner, the Ninilchik Traditional Council will
be responsible for its use and removal in consultation with the Federal
in-season manager. As part of the permit, after the season, the
Ninilchik Traditional Council must provide written documentation of
required evaluation information to the Federal fishery manager
including, but not limited to:
(i) Persons or households operating the gear;
(ii) Hours of operation; and
(iii) Number of each species caught and retained or released.
(4) The community gillnet is subject to compliance with applicable
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge regulations and restrictions.
(5) The Ninilchik Traditional Council may operate the net for
subsistence purposes on behalf of residents of Ninilchik by requesting
a subsistence fishing permit that:
(i) Identifies a person who will be responsible for fishing the
gillnet; and
(ii) Includes provisions for recording daily catches within 72
hours, the household to whom the catch was given, and other information
determined to be necessary for effective resource management by the
Federal in-season manager.
(6) Residents of Ninilchik may retain other species incidentally
caught in the Kasilof River community gillnet fishery. The gillnet
fishery will be closed when the retention of rainbow or steelhead trout
has been restricted under Federal subsistence regulations.
(D) Tustumena Lake rod and reel; salmon. (1) In addition to the dip
net and rod and reel fishery on the upper mainstem of the Kasilof River
described under paragraph (e)(10)(ii)(A)(1) of this section, residents
of Ninilchik may also take coho and pink salmon through a rod and reel
fishery in Tustumena Lake. Fishing is allowed with up to two baited
single or treble hooks.
(2) Seasons, areas, harvest and possession limits, and methods and
means for take are the same as for the taking of these species under
Alaska sport fishing regulations (5 AAC 56), except for the following
harvest and possession limits:
Table 4 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Size Limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coho salmon................... 16 inches and 4 per day and 4 in
longer. possession.
Pink salmon................... 16 inches and 6 per day and 6 in
longer. possession.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(E) Kasilof drainage rod and reel; resident species. Resident fish
species including lake trout, rainbow or steelhead trout, and Dolly
Varden or Arctic char may be harvested by rod and reel in federally
managed waters of the Kasilof River drainage the entire year as
follows:
Table 5 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Specifications Limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lake trout.................. Fish 20 inches and 4 per day and 4 in
longer. possession.
Fish less than 20 15 per day and 15 in
inches in length. possession.
Dolly Varden and Arctic char In flowing waters... 4 per day and 4 in
possession.
In lakes and ponds.. 10 per day and 10 in
possession.
Rainbow or steelhead trout.. In flowing waters... 2 per day and 2 in
possession.
In lakes and ponds.. 5 per day and 5 in
possession.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(F) Tustumena Lake under ice fishery; resident species. (1) You may
fish in Tustumena Lake with a gillnet under the ice, or with jigging
gear used through the ice. The gillnet may not be longer than 10
fathoms.
(2) Harvest limits are as follows:
Table 6 to Paragraph (e)(10)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional
Methods Limits provisions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jigging gear through the ice Household annual Household limits are
limit of 30 fish in included in the
any combination of overall total
lake trout, rainbow annual harvest
trout, and Dolly quota.
Varden or Arctic
char.
Gillnet under the ice....... Total annual harvest The Federal in-
quota of 200 lake season manager will
trout, 200 rainbow issue a closure for
trout, and 500 this fishery once
Dolly Varden or any of these quotas
Arctic char. has been met.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) You may harvest fish under the ice only in Tustumena Lake.
Gillnets are not allowed within a \1/4\ mile radius of the mouth of any
tributary to Tustumena Lake, or the outlet of Tustumena Lake.
(4) A permit is required. The permit will be issued by the Federal
in-season manager or designated representative and will be valid for
the winter season unless the season is closed by special action.
(i) The permittee must report the following information: The number
of each species caught; the number of each species retained; the
length, depth (number of meshes deep), and mesh size of gillnet fished;
the fishing site; and the total hours fished.
(ii) The gillnet must be checked at least once in every 48-hour
period.
(iii) For unattended gear, the permittee's name and address must be
plainly and legibly inscribed on a stake at one end of the gillnet.
(5) Incidentally caught fish may be retained and must be recorded
on the permit before transporting fish from the fishing site.
(6) Failure to return the completed harvest permit by May 31 may
result in issuance of a violation notice and/or denial of a future
subsistence permit.
(iii) Seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means for Kenai
River fisheries. Household annual limits for salmon in Kenai River
fisheries are as follows:
Table 7 to Paragraph (e)(10)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional
Number of fish allowed
Species fish allowed for each Additional provisions
for each household
permit holder member
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sockeye salmon............................. 25 5 Chum salmon that are retained are
to be included within the annual
limit for sockeye salmon.
Chinook salmon-- (July 1 through July 15).. 2 1 For the Kenai River community
gillnet fishery described under
paragraph (e)(10)(iii)(B) of this
section.
Chinook salmon-- (July 16 through August 10 2 ...................................
31).
Coho salmon................................ 20 5 ...................................
Pink salmon................................ 15 5 ...................................
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(A) Kenai River dip net or rod and reel; salmon. (1) You may take
only sockeye salmon through a dip net or rod and reel fishery at one
specified site on the Russian River.
(i) For the Russian River fishing site, incidentally caught fish
may be retained for subsistence uses, except for Chinook salmon, coho
salmon, rainbow trout, and Dolly Varden, which must be released.
(ii) At the Russian River Falls site, dip netting is allowed from a
Federal regulatory marker near the upstream end of the fish ladder at
Russian River Falls downstream to a Federal regulatory marker
approximately 600 yards below Russian River Falls. Residents using rod
and reel gear at this fishery site may not fish with bait at any time.
(2) You may take sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salmon through a
dip net or rod and reel fishery at two
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specified sites on the Kenai River below Skilak Lake and as provided in
this section.
(i) For both Kenai River fishing sites below Skilak Lake,
incidentally caught fish may be retained for subsistence uses, except
for Chinook salmon prior to July 16 (unless otherwise provided for in
this section), rainbow trout 18 inches or longer, and Dolly Varden 18
inches or longer, which must be released.
(ii) At the Kenai River Moose Range Meadows site, dip netting is
allowed only from a boat from a Federal regulatory marker on the Kenai
River at about river mile 29 downstream approximately 2.5 miles to
another marker on the Kenai River at about river mile 26.5. Residents
using rod and reel gear at this fishery site may fish from boats or
from shore with up to two baited single or treble hooks June 15 through
August 31.
(iii) At the Kenai River mile 48 site, dip netting is allowed while
either standing in the river or from a boat, from Federal regulatory
markers on both sides of the Kenai River at about river mile 48
(approximately 2 miles below the outlet of Skilak Lake) downstream
approximately 2.5 miles to a marker on the Kenai River at about river
mile 45.5. Residents using rod and reel gear at this fishery site may
fish from boats or from shore with up to two baited single or treble
hooks June 15 through August 31.
(3) Fishing seasons are as follows:
Table 8 to Paragraph (e)(10)
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Species Season Location
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Sockeye salmon.............. June 15-August 15... All three sites.
Chinook salmon.............. July 16-September 30 Kenai River sites
only.
Pink salmon................. July 16-September 30 Kenai River sites
only.
Coho salmon................. July 16-September 30 Kenai River sites
only.
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(B) Kenai River gillnet; salmon. (1) Residents of Ninilchik may
harvest sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salmon in the Moose Range
Meadows area of the Federal public waters of the Kenai River with a
single gillnet to be managed and operated by the Ninilchik Traditional
Council.
(2) Fishing will be allowed July 1 through August 15 and September
10-30 on the Kenai River unless closed or otherwise restricted by
Federal special action. The following conditions apply to harvest in
the Kenai River community gillnet fishery:
(i) Salmon taken in this fishery will be included as household
annual limits of participating households.
(ii) The Ninilchik Traditional Council will report all harvested
fish within 72 hours of leaving the gillnet location.
(iii) Additional harvest restrictions for this fishery are as
follows:
Table 9 to Paragraph (e)(10)
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Species Period Harvest Fishery limits
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Sockeye salmon.................... July 1-August 15 and
September 10-30.
Chinook salmon less than 46 inches July 1-15............ Fish may be retained if Fishery will close until
in length or greater than 55 the most current July 16 once 50 Chinook
inches in length. preseason forecast from salmon have been
the State of Alaska retained or released.
Department of Fish and
Game projects the in-
river run to be within or
above the optimal
escapement goal range for
early-run Chinook salmon;
otherwise, live fish must
be released.
Chinook salmon.................... July 16-August 15.... .......................... Fishery will close prior
to August 15 if 200
Chinook salmon have been
retained or released
between July 16 and that
date. Fishery will
reopen September 10-30
for species available at
that time.
Pink salmon....................... July 16-August 15 and
September 10-30.
Coho salmon....................... July 16-August 15 and
September 10-30.
Incidentally caught rainbow trout ..................... All live fish must be Fishery will close for
and Dolly Varden. released. Fish that die the season once 100
in net may be retained. rainbow trout or 150
Dolly Varden have been
released or retained.
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(iv) Chinook salmon less than 20 inches in length may be retained
and do not count towards retained or released totals.
(v) Other incidentally caught species may be retained; however, all
incidental fish mortalities, except for Chinook salmon less than 20
inches in length, count towards released or retained totals specified
in this section.
(3) Only one community gillnet may be operated on the Kenai River.
(i) The gillnet may not: Be over 10 fathoms in length to take
salmon; be larger than 5.25-inch mesh; and obstruct more than half of
the river width with stationary fishing gear.
(ii) Subsistence stationary gillnet gear may not be set within 200
feet of other subsistence stationary gear.
(4) One registration permit will be available and will be issued by
the Federal in-season manager, in consultation with the Kenai National
Wildlife Refuge manager, to the Ninilchik Traditional Council. As the
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community gillnet owner, the Ninilchik Traditional Council will be
responsible for its use and removal in consultation with the Federal
in-season manager. As part of the permit, the Ninilchik Traditional
Council must provide post-season written documentation of required
evaluation information to the Federal in-season manager including, but
not limited to:
(i) Persons or households operating the gear;
(ii) Hours of operation; and
(iii) Number of each species caught and retained or released.
(5) The Ninilchik Traditional Council may operate the net for
subsistence purposes on behalf of residents of Ninilchik by requesting
a subsistence fishing permit that:
(i) Identifies a person who will be responsible for fishing the
gillnet; and
(ii) Includes provisions for recording daily catches, the household
to whom the catch was given, and other information determined to be
necessary for effective resource management by the Federal in-season
manager.
(C) Kenai River rod and reel only; salmon. (1) For federally
managed waters of the Kenai River and its tributaries, you may take
sockeye, Chinook, coho, pink, and chum salmon through a separate rod
and reel fishery in the Kenai River drainage.
(2) Seasons, areas, harvest and possession limits, and methods and
means for take are the same as for the taking of these salmon species
under State of Alaska fishing regulations (5 AAC 56, 5 AAC 57 and 5 AAC
77.540), except for the following harvest and possession limits:
Table 10 to Paragraph (e)(10)
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Species Size Limits
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Chinook salmon-- (January 1 Less than 46 2 per day and 2 in
through July 15). inches or 55 possession.
inches and
longer.
Chinook salmon-- (July 16 20 inches and 2 per day and 2 in
through August 31). longer. possession.
All other salmon.............. 16 inches and 6 per day and 6 in
longer. possession, of which
no more than 4 per
day and 4 in
possession may be
Coho salmon, except
for the Sanctuary
Area and Russian
River where no more
than 2 per day and 2
in possession may be
Coho salmon.
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(i) In the Kenai River below Skilak Lake, fishing is allowed with
up to two baited single or treble hooks June 15 through August 31.
(ii) Annual harvest limits for any combination of Chinook salmon
are four for each permit holder.
(iii) Incidentally caught fish, other than salmon, are subject to
regulations found in paragraph (e)(10)(iii)(D) of this section.
(D) Kenai River and tributaries under ice jigging and rod and reel;
resident species. (1) For federally managed waters of the Kenai River
and its tributaries below Skilak Lake outlet at river mile 50, you may
take resident fish species including lake trout, rainbow trout, and
Dolly Varden or Arctic char with jigging gear through the ice or rod
and reel gear in open waters. Seasons, areas, harvest and possession
limits, and methods and means for take are the same as for the taking
of these resident species under State of Alaska fishing regulations (5
AAC 56, 5 AAC 57, and 5 AAC 77.540), except for the following harvest
and possession limits:
Table 11 to Paragraph (e)(10)
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Species Specifications Limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lake trout.................... 20 inches or 4 per day and 4 in
longer. possession.
Less than 20 15 per day and 15 in
inches. possession.
Dolly Varden or Arctic char... In flowing waters For fish less than 18
inches, 1 per day
and 1 in possession.
In lakes and 2 per day and 2 in
ponds. possession, of which
only one may be 20
inches or longer,
may be harvested
daily.
Rainbow or steelhead trout.... In flowing waters For fish less than 18
inches in length, 1
per day and 1 in
possession.
In lakes and 2 per day and 2 in
ponds. possession, of which
only one fish 20
inches or longer may
be harvested daily.
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(2) For federally managed waters of the upper Kenai River and its
tributaries above Skilak Lake outlet at river mile 50, you may take
resident fish species including lake trout, rainbow trout, and Dolly
Varden or Arctic char with jigging gear through the ice or rod and reel
gear in open waters. Seasons, areas, harvest and possession limits, and
methods and means for take are the same as for the taking of these
resident species under Alaska fishing regulations (5 AAC 56, 5 AAC 57,
5 AAC 77.540), except for the following harvest and possession limits:
Table 12 to Paragraph (e)(10)
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Species Specifications Limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lake trout.................... 20 inches or 4 per day and 4 in
longer. possession.
Less than 20 15 per day and 15 in
inches. possession.
From Hidden Lake. 2 per day and 2 in
possession
regardless of
length.
Dolly Varden or Arctic char... In flowing waters For fish less than 16
inches in length, 1
per day and 1 in
possession.
In lakes and 2 per day and 2 in
ponds. possession, of which
only one fish 20
inches or longer may
be harvested daily.
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Rainbow or steelhead trout.... In flowing waters For fish less than 16
inches in length, 1
per day and 1 in
possession.
In lakes and 2 per day and 2 in
ponds. possession, of which
only one fish 20
inches or longer may
be harvested daily.
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(11) Prince William Sound Area. The Prince William Sound Area
includes all waters and drainages of Alaska between the longitude of
Cape Fairfield and the longitude of Cape Suckling.
(i) You may take fish, other than rainbow/steelhead trout, in the
Prince William Sound Area only under authority of a subsistence fishing
permit, except that a permit is not required to take eulachon. You make
not take rainbow/steelhead trout, except as otherwise provided for in
this paragraph (e)(11).
(A) In the Prince William Sound Area within Chugach National Forest
and in the Copper River drainage downstream of Haley Creek, you may
accumulate Federal subsistence fishing harvest limits with harvest
limits under State of Alaska sport fishing regulations provided that
accumulation of fishing harvest limits does not occur during the same
day.
(B) You may accumulate harvest limits of salmon authorized for the
Copper River drainage upstream from Haley Creek with harvest limits for
salmon authorized under State of Alaska sport fishing regulations.
(ii) You may take fish by gear listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this
section unless restricted in this section or under the terms of a
subsistence fishing permit.
(iii) If you catch rainbow/steelhead trout incidentally in other
subsistence net fisheries, you may retain them for subsistence
purposes, unless restricted in this section.
(iv) In the Copper River drainage, you may take salmon only in the
waters of the Upper Copper River District, or in the vicinity of the
Native Village of Batzulnetas.
(v) In the Upper Copper River District, you may take salmon only by
fish wheels, rod and reel, or dip nets.
(vi) Rainbow/steelhead trout and other freshwater fish caught
incidentally to salmon by fish wheel in the Upper Copper River District
may be retained.
(vii) Freshwater fish other than rainbow/steelhead trout caught
incidentally to salmon by dip net in the Upper Copper River District
may be retained. Rainbow/steelhead trout caught incidentally to salmon
by dip net in the Upper Copper River District must be released unharmed
to the water.
(viii) You may not possess salmon taken under the authority of an
Upper Copper River District subsistence fishing permit, or rainbow/
steelhead trout caught incidentally to salmon by fish wheel, unless the
anal fin has been immediately removed from the fish. You must
immediately record all retained fish on the subsistence permit.
Immediately means prior to concealing the fish from plain view or
transporting the fish more than 50 feet from where the fish was removed
from the water.
(ix) You may take salmon in the Upper Copper River District from
May 15 through September 30 only.
(x) The total annual harvest limit for subsistence salmon fishing
permits in combination for the Glennallen Subdistrict and the Chitina
Subdistrict is as follows:
(A) For a household with 1 person, 30 salmon, of which no more than
5 may be Chinook salmon taken by dip net and no more than 5 Chinook
taken by rod and reel.
(B) For a household with 2 persons, 60 salmon, of which no more
than 5 may be Chinook salmon taken by dip net and no more than 5
Chinook taken by rod and reel, plus 10 salmon for each additional
person in a household over 2 persons, except that the household's limit
for Chinook salmon taken by dip net or rod and reel does not increase.
(C) Upon request, permits for additional salmon will be issued for
no more than a total of 200 salmon for a permit issued to a household
with 1 person, of which no more than 5 may be Chinook salmon taken by
dip net and no more than 5 Chinook taken by rod and reel, or no more
than a total of 500 salmon for a permit issued to a household with 2 or
more persons, of which no more than 5 may be Chinook salmon taken by
dip net and no more than 5 Chinook taken by rod and reel.
(xi) The following apply to Upper Copper River District subsistence
salmon fishing permits:
(A) Only one subsistence fishing permit per subdistrict will be
issued to each household per year. If a household has been issued
permits for both subdistricts in the same year, both permits must be in
your possession and readily available for inspection while fishing or
transporting subsistence-taken fish in either subdistrict. A qualified
household may also be issued a Batzulnetas salmon fishery permit in the
same year.
(B) Multiple types of gear may be specified on a permit, although
only one unit of gear per person may be operated at any one time.
(C) You must return your permit no later than October 31 of the
year in which the permit is issued, or you may be denied a permit for
the following year.
(D) A fish wheel may be operated only by one permit holder at one
time; that permit holder must have the fish wheel marked as required by
paragraph (e)(11)(xii)(B) or (e)(11)(xiii)(E) of this section and
during fishing operations.
(E) Only the permit holder and the authorized member(s) of the
household listed on the subsistence permit may take salmon.
(F) You must personally operate your fish wheel or dip net.
(G) You may not loan or transfer a subsistence fish wheel or dip
net permit except as permitted.
(H) While you are fishing from a boat or other watercraft, you may
not use any device that indicates bathymetry and/or fish locations,
e.g., fish finders. These devices do not have to be removed or
uninstalled from a boat or watercraft.
(xii) If you are a fish wheel owner:
(A) You must register your fish wheel with ADF&G or the Federal
Subsistence Board.
(B) Your registration number and a wood, metal, or plastic plate at
least 12 inches high by 12 inches wide bearing either your name and
address, or your Alaska driver's license number, or your Alaska State
identification card number in letters and numerals at least 1 inch
high, must be permanently affixed and plainly visible on the fish wheel
when the fish wheel is in the water.
(C) Only the current year's registration number may be affixed to
the fish wheel; you must remove any other registration number from the
fish wheel.
(D) You are responsible for the fish wheel; you must remove the
fish wheel from the water at the end of the permit period.
(E) You may not rent, lease, or otherwise use your fish wheel used
for subsistence fishing for personal gain.
(xiii) If you are operating a fish wheel:
(A) You may operate only one fish wheel at any one time.
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(B) You may not set or operate a fish wheel within 75 feet of
another fish wheel.
(C) You must check your fish wheel at least once every 10 hours and
remove all fish.
(D) No fish wheel may have more than two baskets.
(E) If you are a permittee other than the owner, you must attach an
additional wood, metal, or plastic plate at least 12 inches high by 12
inches wide, bearing your name and address in letters and numerals at
least 1 inch high, to the fish wheel so that the name and address are
plainly visible.
(xiv) A subsistence fishing permit may be issued to a village
council, or other similarly qualified organization whose members
operate fish wheels for subsistence purposes in the Upper Copper River
District, to operate fish wheels on behalf of members of its village or
organization. The following additional provisions apply to subsistence
fishing permits issued under this paragraph (e)(11)(xiv):
(A) The permit will list all households and household members for
whom the fish wheel is being operated. The permit will identify a
person who will be responsible for the fish wheel and will be the same
person as is listed on the fish wheel described in paragraph
(e)(11)(xiii)(E) of this section.
(B) The allowable harvest may not exceed the combined seasonal
limits for the households listed on the permit; the permittee will
notify the ADF&G or Federal Subsistence Board when households are added
to the list, and the seasonal limit may be adjusted accordingly.
(C) Members of households listed on a permit issued to a village
council or other similarly qualified organization are not eligible for
a separate household subsistence fishing permit for the Upper Copper
River District.
(D) The permit will include provisions for recording daily catches
for each fish wheel; location and number of fish wheels; full legal
name of the individual responsible for the lawful operation of each
fish wheel as described in paragraph (e)(11)(xiii)(E) of this section;
and other information determined to be necessary for effective resource
management.
(xv) You may take salmon in the vicinity of the former Native
village of Batzulnetas only under the authority of a Batzulnetas
subsistence salmon fishing permit available from the National Park
Service under the following conditions:
(A) You may take salmon only in those waters of the Copper River
between National Park Service regulatory markers located near the mouth
of Tanada Creek and approximately one-half mile downstream from that
mouth and in Tanada Creek between National Park Service regulatory
markers identifying the open waters of the creek.
(B) You may use only fish wheels, dip nets, and rod and reel on the
Copper River and only dip nets, spears, fyke nets, and rod and reel in
Tanada Creek. One fyke net and associated lead may be used in Tanada
Creek upstream of the National Park Service weir.
(C) You may take salmon only from May 15 through September 30 or
until the season is closed by special action.
(D) You may retain Chinook salmon taken in a fish wheel in the
Copper River. You must return to the water unharmed any Chinook salmon
caught in Tanada Creek.
(E) You must return the permit to the National Park Service no
later than October 15 of the year the permit was issued.
(F) You may only use a fyke net after consultation with the in-
season manager. You must be present when the fyke net is actively
fishing. You may take no more than 1,000 sockeye salmon in Tanada Creek
with a fyke net.
(xvi) You may take pink salmon for subsistence purposes from fresh
water with a dip net from May 15 through September 30, 7 days per week,
with no harvest or possession limits in the following areas:
(A) Green Island, Knight Island, Chenega Island, Bainbridge Island,
Evans Island, Elrington Island, Latouche Island, and adjacent islands,
and the mainland waters from the outer point of Granite Bay located in
Knight Island Passage to Cape Fairfield;
(B) Waters north of a line from Porcupine Point to Granite Point,
and south of a line from Point Lowe to Tongue Point.
(xvii) In the Chugach National Forest portion of the Prince William
Sound Area, you must possess a Federal subsistence fishing permit to
take salmon, trout, whitefish, grayling, Dolly Varden, or char. Permits
are available from the Cordova Ranger District.
(A) Salmon harvest is not allowed in Eyak Lake and its tributaries,
Copper River and its tributaries, and Eyak River upstream from the
Copper River Highway bridge.
(B) You must record on your subsistence permit the number of
subsistence fish taken. You must record all harvested fish prior to
leaving the fishing site, and return the permit by the due date marked
on the permit.
(C) You must remove both lobes of the caudal (tail) fin from
subsistence-caught salmon before leaving the fishing site.
(D) You may take salmon by rod and reel, dip net, spear, and gaff
year round.
(E) For a household with 1 person, 15 salmon (other than pink) may
be taken, and 5 cutthroat trout, with only 2 over 20 inches, may be
taken; for pink salmon, see the conditions of the permit.
(F) For a household with 2 persons, 30 salmon (other than pink) may
be taken, plus an additional 10 salmon for each additional person in a
household over 2 persons, and 5 cutthroat trout, with only 2 over 20
inches per each household member with a maximum household limit of 30
cutthroat trout may be taken; for pink salmon, see the conditions of
the permit.
(G) You may take Dolly Varden, Arctic char, whitefish, and grayling
with rod and reel and spear year round and with a gillnet from January
1-April 1. The maximum incidental gillnet harvest of trout is 10.
(H) You may take cutthroat trout with rod and reel and spear from
June 15 to April 14th and with a gillnet from January 1 to April 1.
(I) You may not retain rainbow/steelhead trout for subsistence
unless taken incidentally in a subsistence gillnet fishery. Rainbow/
steelhead trout must be immediately released from a dip net without
harm.
* * * * *
Sue Detwiler,
Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Gregory Risdahl,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-07016 Filed 4-5-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P; 4333-15-P