Section 5.01.236. Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses.

	(a)  The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence:  
		(1) king, summer chum, fall chum, coho, and pink salmon in the Yukon Area;  
		(2) freshwater fish species, including sheefish, whitefish, lamprey, burbot, sucker, grayling, pike, and char;  
		(3) herring and herring roe, within 20 miles of the coast between the terminus of the Black River and the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula; and  
		(4) all finfish other than salmon and herring, in the salt waters of the Yukon Area.  
	(b)  The board finds that in the Yukon Area the following amounts of fish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses:  
		(1) king salmon: 45,500 - 66,704;  
		(2) summer chum salmon: 83,500 - 142,192;  
		(3) fall chum salmon: 89,500 - 167,900;  
		(4) coho salmon: 20,500 - 51,980;  
		(5) pink salmon: 2,100 - 9,700.  

Authorities

16.05.251;16.05.258

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258

History

Eff. 5/15/93, Register 126; am 6/10/98, Register 146; am 6/17/2001, Register 158; am 5/19/2004, Register 170; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 4/13/2013, Register 206