Title 5 . Fish and Game

Chapter 2 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming

Section 108. Customary and traditional subsistence uses of shellfish stocks

5 AAC 02.108. Customary and traditional subsistence uses of shellfish stocks

(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries finds that the following shellfish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence:

(1) shellfish in the waters of Yakutat Bay, including the islands within Yakutat Bay, west of the Situk River drainage, and south of and including Russell Fjord, within a line from the westernmost point of Point Manby to the southernmost point of Ocean Cape;

(2) shellfish, except king and Tanner crab in the waters of Section 15-A;

(3) shellfish, except shrimp, king crab, and Tanner crab,

(A) in the waters of District 14 east of the longitude of Point Dundas;

(B) in the waters of District 12 between the latitude of Parker Point and the latitude of Point Caution, and in Section 13-C east of the longitude of Point Elizabeth;

(C) in the waters of Section 9-B north of the latitude of Point Ellis, in waters of District 10 west of a line from Pinta Point to Point Pybus, and in waters of District 5 north of 56ΓΈ 40' N. lat.;

(D) in the waters of Section 1-F north of the latitude of the northernmost tip of Mary Island, except waters of Boca de Quadra, and in waters of Section 1-E south of the latitude of Grant Island light;

(E) in District 2 north of the latitude of the northernmost tip of Chasina Point and west of a line from the northernmost tip of Chasina Point to the easternmost tip of Grindall Island to the easternmost tip of the Kasaan Peninsula;

(F) in the waters of Section 3-A and 3-B;

(G) in the waters of District 5 north of a line from Point St. Albans to Cape Pole, in waters of Section 6-A west of a line from Macnamara Point to Mitchell Point, and in waters of Section 6-B west of the longitude of Macnamara Point.

(4) Dungeness crab, shrimp, abalone, sea cucumbers, gum boots, cockles, and clams, except geoducks, in the waters of District 13;

(5) shellfish, except king and Tanner crab, in the waters of Districts 7 and 8.

(b) Shellfish may not be taken for subsistence purposes in the nonsubsistence areas described in 5 AAC 99.015.

History: Eff. 5/15/93, Register 126; am 6/27/93, Register 126; am 6/15/95, Register 134; am 6/19/97, Register 142; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 7/18/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258