Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
Chapter 5.77. Personal Use Fishery. |
Article 5.77.7. Aleutian Islands Area. |
Section 5.77.668. Personal use clam fishery.
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In the personal use taking of clams, (1) there is no closed season; (2) there are no daily bag and possession limits for clams, except that for (A) geoducks, the daily bag and possession limit is six; (B) razor clams on western Kruzof Island beaches between Cape Edgecumbe and Cape Georgiana, the bag and possession limit is 50 clams; all damaged razor clams are part of the bag limit; (C) unless opened by emergency order, the Sitka Sound Special Use Area described in 5 AAC 77.674(3)(A)(i) is closed to the harvest of razor clams; (3) in addition to the gear specified in 5 AAC 77.010(k)(3), geoducks may be taken with a hydraulic clam digger.
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16.05.060;16.05.251
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AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251History
Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/1/94, Register 129; am 6/19/97, Register 142; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 5/11/2012, Register 202