Section 5 AAC 30.310 - Fishing seasons(a) Salmon may be taken by set gillnets only as follows: (1) in the Yakataga District the opening and closing dates will be established by emergency order;(2) in the Yakutat District, (A) in the Alsek River and waters three-quarters of a mile on either side of the river mouth seaward to the outermost bar at mean low tide, from the second Sunday in May until closed by emergency order, except that from the second Sunday in May through the first Saturday in June, the commissioner may open, by emergency order, set gillnet fishing periods in the Alsek River subject to the following provisions: (i) set gillnet fishing periods are subject to the provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty specified in 5 AAC 33.361;(ii) fishing periods will begin at 12:01 p.m. from the second Sunday in May through the first Saturday in June;(iii) notwithstanding 5 AAC 75.003(2) (A), if the set gillnet fishery is opened under this paragraph, from the second Sunday in May through the first Sunday in June, the commissioner may, by emergency order, increase the sport fishery bag and possession limits and liberalize method and means for harvest of salmon;(B) in the Dangerous River and in Yakutat Bay south of 59° 40' N. lat., from the second Sunday in June until closed by emergency order;(C) Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet, Lost River, and Yakutat Bay north of 59° 40' N. lat., from the third Sunday in June until closed by emergency order;(D) Italio River, the opening and closing dates will be established by emergency order;(E) in the East River and waters two miles on either side of the river mouth seaward for a distance of 500 yards, and in the remainder of the district, from the fourth Sunday in June until closed by emergency order.In effect before 1982; am 4/12/82, Register 82; am 4/16/83, Register 86; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/19/88, Register 106; am 6/25/89, Register 110; em am 6/4/90 - 8/14/90, Register 114; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 6/13/92, Register 122; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 10/1/98, Register 147; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015As of Register 147, Oct., 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 30.310(b) appears in 5 AAC 29.080(b) and 5 AAC 29.100(h).
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AS 16.05.251