Part 242—Subsistence Manage- Ment Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska

Pt. 242 36 CFR Ch. II (7–1–12 Edition)

PART 242—SUBSISTENCE MANAGE- § 242.2 Authority. MENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC The Secretary of the Interior and LANDS IN ALASKA Secretary of Agriculture issue the regulations in this part pursuant to au- Subpart A—General Provisions thority vested in Title VIII of the Alas- ka National Interest Lands Conserva- Sec. tion Act (ANILCA), 16 U.S.C. 3101–3126. 242.1 Purpose. 242.2 Authority. § 242.3 Applicability and scope. 242.3 Applicability and scope. 242.4 Definitions. (a) The regulations in this part im- 242.5 Eligibility for subsistence use. plement the provisions of Title VIII or 242.6 Licenses, permits, harvest tickets, ANILCA relevant to the taking of fish tags, and reports. and wildlife on public land in the State 242.7 Restriction on use. of Alaska. The regulations in this part 242.8 Penalties. 242.9 Information collection requirements. do not permit subsistence uses in Gla- cier Bay National Park, Kenai Fjords Subpart B—Program Structure National Park, Katmai National Park, and that portion of Denali National 242.10 Federal Subsistence Board. Park established as Mt. McKinley Na- 242.11 Regional advisory councils. tional Park prior to passage of 242.12 Local advisory committees. 242.13 Board/agency relationships. ANILCA, where subsistence taking and 242.14 Relationship to State procedures and uses are prohibited. The regulations in regulations. this part do not supersede agency-spe- 242.15 Rural determination process. cific regulations. 242.16 Customary and traditional use deter- (b) The regulations contained in this mination process. part apply on all public lands, includ- 242.17 Determining priorities for subsist- ing all inland waters, both navigable ence uses among rural Alaska residents. and non-navigable, within and adjacent 242.18 Regulation adoption process. to the exterior boundaries of the fol- 242.19 Special actions. 242.20 Request for reconsideration. lowing areas, and on the marine waters 242.21 [Reserved] as identified in the following areas: (1) Alaska Maritime National Wild- Subpart C—Board Determinations life Refuge, including the: (i) Karluk Subunit: All of the sub- 242.22 Subsistence resource regions. merged land and water of the Pacific 242.23 Rural determinations. Ocean (Sheliokof Strait) extending 242.24 Customary and traditional use determinations. 3,000 feet from the shoreline between a point on the spit at the meander corner Subpart D—Subsistence Taking of Fish and common to Sections 35 and 36 of Town- Wildlife ship 30 South, Range 33 West, and a point approximately 11⁄4 miles east of 242.25 Subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, Rocky Point within Section 14 of and shellfish: general regulations. Township 29 South, Range 31, West, 242.26 Subsistence taking of wildlife. 242.27 Subsistence taking of fish. Seward Meridian as described in Public 242.28 Subsistence taking of shellfish. Land Order 128, dated June 19, 1943; (ii) Womens Bay Subunit: Womens AUTHORITY: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101– Bay, Gibson Cove, portions of St. Paul 3126; 18 U.S.C. 3551–3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733. Harbor and Chiniak Bay: All of the submerged land and water as described Subpart A—General Provisions in Public Land Order 1182, dated July 7, 1955 (U.S. Survey 21539); SOURCE: 67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, unless (iii) Afognak Island Subunit: A sub- otherwise noted. merged lands and waters of the Pacific Ocean lying within 3 miles of the § 242.1 Purpose. shoreline as described in Proclamation The regulations in this part imple- No. 39, dated December 24, 1892; ment the Federal Subsistence Manage- (iv) Simeonof Subunit: All of the sub- ment Program on public lands within merged land and water of Simeonof Is- the State of Alaska. land together with the adjacent waters

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of the Pacific Ocean extending 1 mile Chart No. 8244, May 21, 1941; from the from the shoreline as described in Pub- point of beginning, by metes and lic Land Order 1749, dated October 30, bounds; S. 58° W., 2,500 feet, to the 1958; and southern point of Nepovorotni Rocks; (v) Semidi Subunit: All of the sub- S. 83° W., 5,600 feet, on a line passing merged land and water of the Semidi through the southern point of a small Islands together with the adjacent wa- island lying about 150 feet south of ters of the Pacific Ocean lying between Makhnati Island; N. 6° W., 4,200 feet, on parallels 55°57′57″00–56°15′57″00 North a line passing through the western Latitude and 156°30′00″–157°00′00″ West point of a small island lying about 150 Longitude as described in Executive feet west of Makhnati Island, to the Order 5858, dated June 17, 1932; northwestern point of Signal Island; N. (2) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 24° E., 3,000 feet, to a point, 57°03′15″ including those waters shoreward of north latitude, 134°23′07″ west lon- the line of extreme low water starting gitude; East, 2,900 feet, to a point in in the vicinity of Monument 1 at the course No. 45 in meanders of U.S. Sur- intersection of the International vey No. 1496, on west side of Japonski Boundary line between the State of Island; southeasterly, with the mean- Alaska and the Yukon Territory; Can- ders of Japonski Island, U.S. Survey ada, and extending westerly, along the No. 1,496 to angle point No. 35, on the line of extreme low water across the southwestern point of Japonski Island; entrances of lagoons such that all off- S. 60° E., 3,300 feet, along the boundary shore bars, reefs and islands, and la- line of Naval reservation described in goons that separate them from the Executive Order No. 8216, July 25, 1939, mainland to Brownlow Point, approxi- to the point beginning, and that part of mately 70 10′ North Latitude and 145 51′ Sitka Bay lying south of Japonski Is- West Longitude; land and west of the main channel, but (3) National Petroleum Reserve in not including Aleutski Island as re- Alaska, including those waters shore- voked in Public Land Order 925, Octo- ward of a line beginning at the western ber 27, 1953, described by metes and bank of the Colville River following bounds as follows: Beginning at the the highest highwater mark westerly, southeast point of Japonski Island at extending across the entrances of small angle point No. 7 of the meanders of lagoons, including Pearl Bay, Wain- U.S. Survey No. 1496; thence east ap- wright Inlet, the Kuk River, Kugrau proximately 12.00 chains to the center Bay and River, and other small bays of the main channel; thence S. 45° E. and river estuaries, and following the along the main channel approximately ocean side of barrier islands and 20.00 chains; thence S. 45° W. approxi- sandspits within three miles of shore mately 9.00 chains to the southeastern and the ocean side of the Plover Is- point of Aleutski Island; thence S. 79° lands, to the northwestern extremity W. approximately 40.00 chains to the of Icy cape, at approximately 70°21′ southern point of Fruit Island; thence North Latitute and 161 46′ West Lon- N. 60° W. approximately 50.00 chains to gitude; and the southwestern point of Japonski Is- (4) Yukon Delta National Wildlife land at angle point No. 35 of U.S. Sur- Refuge, including Nunivak Island: the vey No 1496; thence easterly with the submerged land and water of Nunivak meanders of Japonski Island to the Island together with the adjacent wa- point of beginning including Charcoal, ters of the Bering Sea extending, for Harbor, Alice, Love, Fruit islands and Federal Subsistence Management pur- a number of smaller unnamed islands. poses, 3 miles from the shoreline of (c) The regulations contained in this Nunivak Island as described in Execu- part apply on all public lands, exclud- tive Order No. 5059, dated April 15, 1929. ing marine waters, but including all in- (5) Southeastern Alaska—Makhnati land waters, both navigable and non- Island Area: Land and waters begin- navigable, within and adjacent to the ning at the southern point of Fruit Is- exterior boundaries of the following land, 57°02′35″ north latitude, 135°21′07″ areas: west longitude as shown on United (1) Alaska Peninsula National Wild- States Coast and Geodetic Survey life Refuge;

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(2) Aniakchak National Monument tration lands that are closed to access and Preserve; by the general public, including all (3) Becharof National Wildlife Ref- non-navigable waters located on these uge; lands. (4) Bering Land Bridge National Pre- (e) The public lands described in serve; paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section (5) Cape Krusenstern National Monu- remain subject to change through rule- ment; making pending a Department of the (6) Chugach National Forest; Interior review of title and jurisdic- (7) Denali National Preserve and the tional issues regarding certain sub- 1980 additions to Denali National Park; merged lands beneath navigable waters (8) Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. and Preserve; [70 FR 76407, Dec. 27, 2005, as amended at 71 (9) Glacier Bay National Preserve; FR 49999, Aug. 24, 2006; 74 FR 34696, July 17, (10) Innoko National Wildlife Refuge; 2009] (11) Izembek National Wildlife Ref- uge; § 242.4 Definitions. (12) Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; The following definitions apply to all (13) Katmai National Preserve; regulations contained in this part: (14) Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; Agency means a subunit of a cabinet- (15) Kobuk Valley National Park; level Department of the Federal Gov- (16) Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge; ernment having land management au- (17) Koyukuk National Wildlife Ref- thority over the public lands including, uge; but not limited to, the U.S. Fish & (18) Lake Clark National Park and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Af- Preserve; fairs, Bureau of Land Management, Na- (19) Noatak National Preserve; tional Park Service, and USDA Forest (20) Nowitna National Wildlife Ref- Service. uge; ANILCA means the Alaska National (21) Selawik National Wildlife Ref- Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub- uge; lic Law 96–487, 94 Stat. 2371, (codified, (22) Steese National Conservation as amended, in scattered sections of 16 Area; U.S.C. and 43 U.S.C.) (23) Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; Area, District, Subdistrict, and Section (24) Togiak National Wildlife Refuge; mean one of the geographical areas de- (25) Tongass National Forest, includ- fined in the codified Alaska Depart- ing Admiralty Island National Monu- ment of Fish and Game regulations ment and Misty Fjords National Monu- found in Title 5 of the Alaska Adminis- ment; trative Code. (26) White Mountain National Recre- Barter means the exchange of fish or ation Area; wildlife or their parts taken for sub- (27) Wrangell-St. Elias National Park sistence uses; for other fish, wildlife or and Preserve; their parts; or, for other food or for (28) Yukon-Charley Rivers National nonedible items other than money, if Preserve; the exchange is of a limited and non- (29) Yukon Flats National Wildlife commercial nature. Refuge; Board means the Federal Subsistence (30) All components of the Wild and Board as described in § 242.10. Scenic River System located outside Commissions means the Subsistence the boundaries of National Parks, Na- Resource Commissions established pur- tional Preserves, or National Wildlife suant to section 808 of ANILCA. Refuges, including segments of the Conservation of healthy populations of Alagnak River, Beaver Creek, Birch fish and wildlife means the maintenance Creek, Delta River, Fortymile River, of fish and wildlife resources and their Gulkana River, and Unalakleet River. habitats in a condition that assures (d) The regulations contained in this stable and continuing natural popu- part apply on all other public lands, lations and species mix of plants and other than to the military, U.S. Coast animals in relation to their ecosystem, Guard, and Federal Aviation Adminis- including the recognition that local

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rural residents engaged in subsistence Game Management Unit or GMU means uses may be a natural part of that eco- one of the 26 geographical areas listed system; minimizes the likelihood of ir- under game management units in the reversible or long-term adverse effects codified State of Alaska hunting and upon such populations and species; en- trapping regulations and the Game sures the maximum practicable diver- Unit Maps of Alaska. sity of options for the future; and rec- Inland Waters means, for the purposes ognizes that the policies and legal au- of this part, those waters located land- thorities of the managing agencies will ward of the mean high tide line or the determine the nature and degree of waters located upstream of the management programs affecting eco- straight line drawn from headland to logical relationships, population dy- headland across the mouths of rivers or namics, and the manipulation of the other waters as they flow into the sea. components of the ecosystem. Inland waters include, but are not lim- Customary trade means exchange for ited to, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, cash of fish and wildlife resources regu- streams, and rivers. lated in this part, not otherwise pro- Marine Waters means, for the pur- hibited by Federal law or regulation, to poses of this part, those waters located support personal and family needs; and seaward of the mean high tide line or does not include trade which con- the waters located seaward of the stitutes a significant commercial en- straight line drawn from headland to terprise. headland across the mouths of rivers or Customary and traditional use means a other waters as they flow into the sea. long-established, consistent pattern of Person means an individual and does use, incorporating beliefs and customs not include a corporation, company, which have been transmitted from gen- partnership, firm, association, organi- eration to generation. This use plays zation, business, trust, or society. an important role in the economy of Public lands or public land means: the community. (1) Lands situated in Alaska which FACA means the Federal Advisory are Federal lands, except— Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 86 (i) Land selections of the State of Stat. 770 (codified as amended, at 5 Alaska which have been tentatively ap- U.S.C. Appendix II, 1–15). proved or validly selected under the Family means all persons related by Alaska Statehood Act and lands which blood, marriage, or adoption or any have been confirmed to, validly se- other person living within the house- lected by, or granted to the Territory hold on a permanent basis. of Alaska or the State under any other Federal Advisory Committees or Fed- provision of Federal law; eral Advisory Committee means the (ii) Land selections of a Native Cor- Federal Local Advisory Committees as poration made under the Alaska Native described in § 242.12. Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1601 Federal lands means lands and waters et seq., which have not been conveyed and interests therein the title to which to a Native Corporation, unless any is in the United States, including navi- such selection is determined to be in- gable and non-navigable waters in valid or is relinquished; and which the United States has reserved (iii) Lands referred to in section 19(b) water rights. of the Alaska Native Claims Settle- Fish and wildlife means any member ment Act, 43 U.S.C. 1618(b). of the animal kingdom, including with- (2) Notwithstanding the exceptions in out limitation any mammal, fish, bird paragraphs (1)(i) through (iii) of this (including any migratory, nonmigra- definition, until conveyed or interim tory, or endangered bird for which pro- conveyed, all Federal lands within the tection is also afforded by treaty or boundaries of any unit of the National other international agreement), am- Park System, National Wildlife Refuge phibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, System, National Wild and Scenic Riv- arthropod, or other invertebrate, and ers Systems, National Forest Monu- includes any part, product, egg, or off- ment, National Recreation Area, Na- spring thereof, or the carcass or part tional Conservation Area, new Na- thereof. tional forest or forest addition shall be

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treated as public lands for the purposes shoot, trap, net, capture, collect, kill, of the regulations in this part pursuant harm, or attempt to engage in any to section 906(o)(2) of ANILCA. such conduct. Regional Councils or Regional Council Year means calendar year unless an- means the Regional Advisory Councils other year is specified. as described in § 242.11. Reserved water right(s) means the Fed- [67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, as amended at 69 eral right to use unappropriated appur- FR 60962, Oct. 14, 2004] tenant water necessary to accomplish the purposes for which a Federal res- § 242.5 Eligibility for subsistence use. ervation was established. Reserved (a) You may take fish and wildlife on water rights include nonconsumptive public lands for subsistence uses only if and consumptive uses. you are an Alaska resident of a rural Resident means any person who has area or rural community. The regula- his or her primary, permanent home tions in this part may further limit for the previous 12 months within Alas- your qualifications to harvest fish or ka and whenever absent from this pri- wildlife resources for subsistence uses. mary, permanent home, has the inten- If you are not an Alaska resident or are tion of returning to it. Factors dem- a resident of a non-rural area or com- onstrating the location of a person’s munity listed in § 242.23, you may not primary, permanent home may include, take fish or wildlife on public lands for but are not limited to: the address list- subsistence uses under the regulations ed on an Alaska Permanent Fund divi- in this part. dend application; an Alaska license to drive, hunt, fish, or engage in an activ- (b) Where the Board has made a cus- ity regulated by a government entity; tomary and traditional use determina- affidavit of person or persons who tion regarding subsistence use of a spe- know the individual; voter registra- cific fish stock or wildlife population, tion; location of residences owned, in accordance with, and as listed in, rented, or leased; location of stored § 242.24, only those Alaskans who are household goods; residence of spouse, residents of rural areas or communities minor children, or dependents; tax doc- designated by the Board are eligible for uments; or whether the person claims subsistence taking of that population residence in another location for any or stock on public lands for subsistence purpose. uses under the regulations in this part. Rural means any community or area If you do not live in one of those areas of Alaska determined by the Board to or communities, you may not take fish qualify as such under the process de- or wildlife from that population or scribed in § 242.15. stock, on public lands under the regu- Secretary means the Secretary of the lations in this part. Interior, except that in reference to (c) Where customary and traditional matters related to any unit of the Na- use determinations for a fish stock or tional Forest System, such term means wildlife population within a specific the Secretary of Agriculture. area have not yet been made by the State means the State of Alaska. Board (e.g., ‘‘no determination’’), all Subsistence uses means the customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska Alaskans who are residents of rural residents of wild, renewable resources areas or communities may harvest for for direct personal or family consump- subsistence from that stock or popu- tion as food, shelter, fuel, clothing, lation under the regulations in this tools, or transportation; for the mak- part. ing and selling of handicraft articles (d) The National Park Service may out of nonedible byproducts of fish and regulate further the eligibility of those wildlife resources taken for personal or individuals qualified to engage in sub- family consumption; for barter, or sistence uses on National Park Service sharing for personal or family con- lands in accordance with specific au- sumption; and for customary trade. thority in ANILCA, and National Park Take or taking as used with respect to Service regulations at 36 CFR Part 13. fish or wildlife, means to pursue, hunt,

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§ 242.6 Licenses, permits, harvest tick- (d) You must validate the harvest ets, tags, and reports. tickets, tags, permits, or other required documents before removing (a) If you wish to take fish and wild- your kill from the harvest site. You life on public lands for subsistence must also comply with all reporting uses, you must be an eligible rural provisions as set forth in subpart D of Alaska resident and: this part. (1) Possess the pertinent valid Alaska (e) If you take fish and wildlife under resident hunting and trapping licenses a community harvest system, you (no license required to take fish or must report the harvest activity in ac- shellfish, but you must be an Alaska cordance with regulations specified for resident) unless Federal licenses are re- that community in subpart D of this quired or unless otherwise provided for part, and as required by any applicable in subpart D of this part; permit conditions. Individuals may be (2) Possess and comply with the pro- responsible for particular reporting re- visions of any pertinent Federal per- quirements in the conditions permit- mits (Federal Subsistence Registration ting a specific community’s harvest. Permit or Federal Designated Har- Failure to comply with these condi- vester Permit) required by subpart D of tions is a violation of the regulations this part; and in this part. Community harvests are (3) Possess and comply with the pro- reviewed annually under the regula- visions of any pertinent permits, har- tions in subpart D of this part. vest tickets, or tags required by the (f) You may not make a fraudulent State unless any of these documents or application for Federal or State li- individual provisions in them are su- censes, permits, harvest tickets or tags perseded by the requirements in sub- or intentionally file an incorrect har- part D of this part. vest report. (b) In order to receive a Federal Sub- [67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, as amended at 68 sistence Registration Permit or Fed- FR 7704, Feb. 18, 2003] eral Designated Harvester Permit or designate someone to harvest fish or § 242.7 Restriction on use. wildlife for you under a Federal Des- (a) You may not use fish or wildlife ignated Harvester Permit, you must be or their parts, taken pursuant to the old enough to reasonably harvest that regulations in this part, unless pro- species yourself (or under the guidance vided for in this part. of an adult). (b) You may not exchange in cus- (c) If you have been awarded a permit tomary trade or sell fish or wildlife or to take fish and wildlife, you must their parts, taken pursuant to the reg- have that permit in your possession ulations in this part, unless provided during the taking and must comply for in this part. with all requirements of the permit (c) You may barter fish or wildlife or and the regulations in this section per- their parts, taken pursuant to the reg- taining to validation and reporting and ulations in this part, unless restricted to regulations in subpart D of this part in §§ 242.25, 242.26, 242.27, or 242.28. pertaining to methods and means, possession and transportation, and utiliza- § 242.8 Penalties. tion. Upon the request of a State or If you are convicted of violating any Federal law enforcement agent, you provision of 50 CFR Part 100 or 36 CFR must also produce any licenses, per- Part 242, you may be punished by a fine mits, harvest tickets, tags, or other or by imprisonment in accordance with documents required by this section. If the penalty provisions applicable to you are engaged in taking fish and the public land where the violation oc- wildlife under the regulations in this curred. part, you must allow State or Federal law enforcement agents to inspect any § 242.9 Information collection require- apparatus designed to be used, or capa- ments. ble of being used to take fish or wild- (a) The rules in this part contain in- life, or any fish or wildlife in your pos- formation collection requirements sub- session. ject to Office of Management and

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Budget (OMB) approval under 44 U.S.C. Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wild- 3501–3520. They apply to fish and wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, N.W., MS 222 life harvest activities on public lands ARLSQ, Washington, D.C. 20240; and in Alaska. Subsistence users will not the Office of Management and Budget, be required to respond to an informa- Paperwork Reduction Project (Subsist- tion collection request unless a valid ence), Washington, D.C. 20503. Addi- OMB number is displayed on the infor- tional information requirements may mation collection form. be imposed if Local Advisory Commit- (1) Section 242.6, Licenses, permits, tees or additional Regional Councils, harvest tickets, tags, and reports. The subject to the Federal Advisory Com- information collection requirements mittee Act (FACA), are established contained in § 242.6 (Federal Subsist- under subpart B of this part. Such re- ence Registration Permit or Federal quirements will be submitted to OMB Designated Harvester Permit forms) for approval prior to their implementa- provide for permit-specific subsistence tion. activities not authorized through the general adoption of State regulations. Subpart B—Program Structure Identity and location of residence are required to determine if you are eligi- SOURCE: 67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, unless ble for a permit and a report of success otherwise noted. is required after a harvest attempt. These requirements are not duplicative § 242.10 Federal Subsistence Board. with the requirements of paragraph (a) The Secretary of the Interior and (a)(3) of this section. The regulations in Secretary of Agriculture hereby estab- § 242.6 require this information before a lish a Federal Subsistence Board, and rural Alaska resident may engage in assign it responsibility for admin- subsistence uses on public lands. The istering the subsistence taking and Department estimates that the average uses of fish and wildlife on public time necessary to obtain and comply lands, and the related promulgation with this permit information collec- and signature authority for regulations tion requirement is 0.25 hours. of subparts C and D of this part. The (2) Section 242.20, Request for recon- Secretaries, however, retain their ex- sideration. The information collection isting authority to restrict or elimi- requirements contained in § 242.20 pro- nate hunting, fishing, or trapping ac- vide a standardized process to allow in- tivities which occur on lands or waters dividuals the opportunity to appeal de- in Alaska other than public lands when cisions of the Board. Submission of a such activities interfere with subsist- request for reconsideration is vol- ence hunting, fishing, or trapping on untary but required to receive a final the public lands to such an extent as to review by the Board. We estimate that result in a failure to provide the sub- a request for reconsideration will take sistence priority. 4 hours to prepare and submit. (b) Membership. (1) The voting mem- (3) The remaining information collec- bers of the Board are: A Chair to be ap- tion requirements contained in this pointed by the Secretary of the Inte- part imposed upon subsistence users rior with the concurrence of the Sec- are those adopted from State regula- retary of Agriculture; two public mem- tions. These collection requirements bers who possess personal knowledge of would exist in the absence of Federal and direct experience with subsistence subsistence regulations and are not uses in rural Alaska to be appointed by subject to the Paperwork Reduction the Secretary of the Interior with the Act. The burden in this situation is concurrence of the Secretary of Agri- negligible, and information gained culture; the Alaska Regional Director, from these reports is systematically U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Alaska available to Federal managers by rou- Regional Director, National Park Serv- tine computer access requiring less ice; Alaska Regional Forester, U.S. than 1 hour. Forest Service; the Alaska State Direc- (b) You may direct comments on the tor, Bureau of Land Management; and burden estimate or any other aspect of the Alaska Regional Director, Bureau the burden estimate to: Information of Indian Affairs. Each Federal agency

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member of the Board may appoint a wildlife for subsistence uses, or other- designee. wise modify the requirements for take (2) [Reserved] from a particular fish or wildlife popu- (c) Liaisons to the Board are: a State lation on public lands for subsistence liaison, and the Chairman of each Re- uses when necessary to ensure the con- gional Council. The State liaison and tinued viability of a fish or wildlife the Chairman of each Regional Council population, or for reasons of public may attend public sessions of all Board safety or administration. As soon as meetings and be actively involved as conditions warrant, the Board may consultants to the Board. also reopen public lands to the taking (d) Powers and duties. (1) The Board of a fish and wildlife population for shall meet at least twice per year and subsistence users to continue those at such other times as deemed nec- uses; essary. Meetings shall occur at the call (viii) Establish priorities for the sub- of the Chair, but any member may re- sistence taking of fish and wildlife on quest a meeting. public lands among rural Alaska resi- (2) A quorum consists of five mem- dents; bers. (ix) Restrict or eliminate taking of (3) No action may be taken unless a fish and wildlife on public lands; majority of voting members are in (x) Determine what types and forms agreement. of trade of fish and wildlife taken for (4) The Board is empowered, to the subsistence uses constitute allowable extent necessary, to implement Title customary trade; VIII of ANILCA, to: (xi) Authorize the Regional Councils (i) Issue regulations for the manage- to convene; ment of subsistence taking and uses of fish and wildlife on public lands; (xii) Establish a Regional Council in (ii) Determine which communities or each subsistence resource region and areas of the State are rural or non- recommend to the Secretaries, ap- rural; pointees to the Regional Councils, pur- (iii) Determine which rural Alaska suant to the FACA; areas or communities have customary (xiii) Establish Federal Advisory and traditional subsistence uses of spe- Committees within the subsistence re- cific fish and wildlife populations; source regions, if necessary, and rec- (iv) Allocate subsistence uses of fish ommend to the Secretaries that mem- and wildlife populations on public bers of the Federal Advisory Commit- lands; tees be appointed from the group of in- (v) Ensure that the taking on public dividuals nominated by rural Alaska lands of fish and wildlife for nonwaste- residents; ful subsistence uses shall be accorded (xiv) Establish rules and procedures priority over the taking on such lands for the operation of the Board, and the of fish and wildlife for other purposes; Regional Councils; (vi) Restrict the taking of fish and (xv) Review and respond to proposals wildlife on public lands for nonsubsist- for regulations, management plans, ence uses or close public lands to the policies, and other matters related to take of fish and wildlife for nonsubsist- subsistence taking and uses of fish and ence uses when necessary for the con- wildlife; servation of healthy populations of fish (xvi) Enter into cooperative agree- or wildlife, to continue subsistence ments or otherwise cooperate with uses of fish or wildlife, or for reasons of Federal agencies, the State, Native or- public safety or administration. The ganizations, local governmental enti- Board may also reopen public lands to ties, and other persons and organiza- nonsubsistence uses if new information tions, including international entities or changed conditions indicate that the to effectuate the purposes and policies closure is no longer warranted; of the Federal subsistence management (vii) Restrict the taking of a par- program; ticular fish or wildlife population on (xvii) Develop alternative permitting public lands for subsistence uses, close processes relating to the subsistence public lands to the take of fish and taking of fish and wildlife to ensure

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continued opportunities for subsist- vest areas, specify methods or means of ence; harvest, specify permit requirements, (xviii) Evaluate whether hunting, and open or close specific fish or wild- fishing, or trapping activities which life harvest seasons within frameworks occur on lands or waters in Alaska established by the Board. other than public lands interfere with (7) The Board shall establish a Staff subsistence hunting, fishing, or trap- Committee for analytical and adminis- ping on the public lands to such an ex- trative assistance composed of mem- tent as to result in a failure to provide bers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife the subsistence priority, and after ap- Service, National Park Service, U.S. propriate consultation with the State Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Alaska, the Regional Councils, and of Indian Affairs, and USDA Forest other Federal agencies, make a rec- Service. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- ommendation to the Secretaries for ice representative shall serve as Chair their action; of the Staff Committee. (xix) Identify, in appropriate specific (8) The Board may establish and dis- instances, whether there exists addi- solve additional committees as nec- tional Federal reservations, Federal re- essary for assistance. served water rights or other Federal in- (9) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service terests in lands or waters, including shall provide appropriate administra- those in which the United States holds tive support for the Board. less than a fee ownership, to which the (10) The Board shall authorize at Federal subsistence priority attaches, least two meetings per year for each and make appropriate recommendation Regional Council. to the Secretaries for inclusion of (e) Relationship to Regional Councils. those interests within the Federal Sub- (1) The Board shall consider the reports sistence Management Program; and and recommendations of the Regional (xx) Take other actions authorized by Councils concerning the taking of fish the Secretaries to implement Title and wildlife on public lands within VIII of ANILCA. their respective regions for subsistence (5) The Board may implement one or uses. The Board may choose not to fol- more of the following harvest and har- low any Regional Council recommenda- vest reporting or permit systems: tion which it determines is not sup- (i) The fish and wildlife is taken by ported by substantial evidence, vio- an individual who is required to obtain lates recognized principles of fish and and possess pertinent State harvest wildlife conservation, would be detri- permits, tickets, or tags, or Federal mental to the satisfaction of subsist- permit (Federal Subsistence Registra- ence needs, or in closure situations, for tion Permit); reasons of public safety or administra- (ii) A qualified subsistence user may tion or to assure the continued viabil- designate another qualified subsistence ity of a particular fish or wildlife popu- user (by using the Federal Designated lation. If a recommendation is not Harvester Permit) to take fish and adopted, the Board shall set forth the wildlife on his or her behalf; factual basis and the reasons for the (iii) The fish and wildlife is taken by decision, in writing, in a timely fash- individuals or community representa- ion. tives permitted (via a Federal Subsist- (2) The Board shall provide available ence Registration Permit) a one-time and appropriate technical assistance to or annual harvest for special purposes the Regional Councils. including ceremonies and potlatches; or [67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, as amended at 75 (iv) The fish and wildlife is taken by FR 63092, Oct. 14, 2010; 76 FR 56114, Sept. 12, representatives of a community per- 2011] mitted to do so in a manner consistent with the community’s customary and § 242.11 Regional advisory councils. traditional practices. (a) The Board shall establish a Re- (6) The Board may delegate to agency gional Council for each subsistence re- field officials the authority to set har- source region to participate in the Fed- vest and possession limits, define har- eral subsistence management program.

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The Regional Councils shall be estab- within their respective regions, after lished, and conduct their activities, in the Chair of the Board or the des- accordance with the FACA. The Re- ignated Federal Coordinator has called gional Councils shall provide a regional the meeting and approved the meeting forum for the collection and expression agenda; of opinions and recommendations on (ii) Elect officers; matters related to subsistence taking (iii) Review, evaluate, and make rec- and uses of fish and wildlife resources ommendations to the Board on pro- on public lands. The Regional Councils posals for regulations, policies, man- shall provide for public participation in agement plans, and other matters re- the Federal regulatory process. lating to the subsistence take of fish (b) Establishment of Regional Councils; and wildlife under the regulations in membership. (1) The Secretaries, based this part within the region; on Board recommendation, will estab- (iv) Provide a forum for the expres- lish the number of members for each sion of opinions and recommendations Regional Council. To ensure that each by persons interested in any matter re- Council represents a diversity of inter- lated to the subsistence uses of fish and ests, the Board will strive to ensure wildlife within the region; that 70 percent of the members rep- (v) Encourage local and regional par- resent subsistence interests within a ticipation, pursuant to the provisions region and 30 percent of the members of the regulations in this part in the represent commercial and sport inter- decisionmaking process affecting the ests within a region. The portion of taking of fish and wildlife on the public membership that represents the com- lands within the region for subsistence mercial and sport interests shall in- uses; clude, where possible, at least one rep- (vi) Prepare and submit to the Board resentative from the sport community an annual report containing— and one representative from the com- (A) An identification of current and mercial community. A Regional Coun- anticipated subsistence uses of fish and cil member must be a resident of the wildlife populations within the region; region in which he or she is appointed (B) An evaluation of current and an- and must be knowledgeable about the ticipated subsistence needs for fish and region and subsistence uses of the pub- wildlife populations from the public lic lands therein. The Board will accept lands within the region; nominations and make recommendations to the Secretaries for member- (C) A recommended strategy for the ship on the Regional Councils. In mak- management of fish and wildlife popu- ing their recommendations, the Board lations within the region to accommo- will identify the interest(s) the appli- date such subsistence uses and needs cants propose to represent on the re- related to the public lands; and spective Regional Councils. The Sec- (D) Recommendations concerning retary of the Interior with the concur- policies, standards, guidelines, and reg- rence of the Secretary of Agriculture ulations to implement the strategy; will make the appointments to the Re- (vii) Appoint members to each Sub- gional Councils. sistence Resource Commission within (2) Regional Council members shall their region in accordance with the reserve 3-year terms and may be requirements of Section 808 of ANILCA; appointed. Initial members shall be ap- (viii) Make recommendations on de- pointed with staggered terms up to 3 terminations of customary and tradi- years. tional use of subsistence resources; (3) The Chair of each Regional Coun- (ix) Make recommendations on deter- cil shall be elected by the applicable minations of rural status; Regional Council, from its member- (x) Make recommendations regarding ship, for a 1-year term and may be re- the allocation of subsistence uses elected. among rural Alaska residents pursuant (c) Powers and Duties. (1) The Re- to § 242.17; gional Councils are authorized to: (xi) Develop proposals pertaining to (i) Hold public meetings related to the subsistence taking and use of fish subsistence uses of fish and wildlife and wildlife under the regulations in

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this part, and review and evaluate such lations relating to the subsistence tak- proposals submitted by other sources; ing of fish and wildlife on public lands. (xii) Provide recommendations on (3) Nothing in the regulations in this the establishment and membership of part shall enlarge or diminish the au- Federal Advisory Committees. thority of any agency to issue regula- (2) The Regional Councils shall: tions necessary for the proper manage- (i) Operate in conformance with the ment of public lands under their juris- provisions of FACA and comply with diction in accordance with ANILCA rules of operation established by the and other existing laws. Board; (b) Section 808 of ANILCA establishes (ii) Perform other duties specified by National Park and Park Monument the Board. Subsistence Resource Commissions. (3) The Regional Council rec- Nothing in the regulations in this part ommendations to the Board should be affects the duties or authorities of supported by substantial evidence, be these commissions. consistent with recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation, and not § 242.14 Relationship to State proce- be detrimental to the satisfaction of dures and regulations. subsistence needs. (a) State fish and game regulations [67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, as amended at 68 apply to public lands and such laws are FR 7704, Feb. 18, 2003; 69 FR 60962, Oct. 14, hereby adopted and made a part of the 2004] regulations in this part to the extent § 242.12 Local advisory committees. they are not inconsistent with, or superseded by, the regulations in this (a) The Board shall establish such part. local Federal Advisory Committees (b) The Board may close public lands within each region as necessary at such to hunting, trapping, or fishing, or time that it is determined, after notice take actions to restrict the taking of and hearing and consultation with the fish and wildlife when necessary to State, that the existing State fish and conserve healthy populations of fish game advisory committees do not ade- and wildlife, continue subsistence uses quately provide advice to, and assist, of such populations, or pursuant to the particular Regional Council in car- other applicable Federal law. The rying out its function as set forth in Board may review and adopt State § 242.11. openings, closures, or restrictions (b) Local Federal Advisory Commit- which serve to achieve the objectives tees, if established by the Board, shall of the regulations in this part. operate in conformance with the provisions of the FACA, and comply with (c) The Board may enter into agree- rules of operation established by the ments with the State in order to co- Board. ordinate respective management re- sponsibilities. § 242.13 Board/agency relationships. (d) Petition for repeal of subsistence (a) General. (1) The Board, in making rules and regulations. (1) The State of decisions or recommendations, shall Alaska may petition the Secretaries consider and ensure compliance with for repeal of the subsistence rules and specific statutory requirements regard- regulations in this part when the State ing the management of resources on has enacted and implemented subsist- public lands, recognizing that the man- ence management and use laws which: agement policies applicable to some (i) Are consistent with sections 803, public lands may entail methods of re- 804, and 805 of ANILCA; and source and habitat management and (ii) Provide for the subsistence defi- protection different from methods ap- nition, preference, and participation propriate for other public lands. specified in sections 803, 804, and 805 of (2) The Board shall issue regulations ANILCA. for subsistence taking of fish and wild- (2) The State’s petition shall: life on public lands. The Board is the (i) Be submitted to the Secretary of final administrative authority on the the Interior, U.S. Department of the promulgation of subparts C and D regu- Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240, and

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the Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. De- (v) Educational institutions. partment of Agriculture, Washington, (6) Communities or areas which are D.C. 20240; economically, socially, and (ii) Include the entire text of applica- communally integrated shall be consid- ble State legislation indicating compli- ered in the aggregate. ance with sections 803, 804, and 805 of (b) The Board shall periodically re- ANILCA; and view rural determinations. Rural deter- (iii) Set forth all data and arguments minations shall be reviewed on a 10- available to the State in support of leg- year cycle, commencing with the publi- islative compliance with sections 803, cation of the year 2000 U.S. census. 804, and 805 of ANILCA. Rural determinations may be reviewed (3) If the Secretaries find that the out-of-cycle in special circumstances. State’s petition contains adequate jus- Once the Board makes a determination tification, a rulemaking proceeding for that a community has changed from repeal of the regulations in this part rural to non-rural, a waiting period of will be initiated. If the Secretaries find 5 years shall be required before the that the State’s petition does not con- non-rural determination becomes effec- tain adequate justification, the peti- tive. tion will be denied by letter or other (c) Current determinations are listed notice, with a statement of the ground at § 242.23. for denial. § 242.16 Customary and traditional use § 242.15 Rural determination process. determination process. (a) The Board shall determine if an (a) The Board shall determine which area or community in Alaska is rural. fish stocks and wildlife populations In determining whether a specific area have been customarily and tradition- of Alaska is rural, the Board shall use ally used for subsistence. These deter- the following guidelines: minations shall identify the specific (1) A community or area with a popu- community’s or area’s use of specific lation of 2,500 or less shall be deemed fish stocks and wildlife populations. to be rural unless such a community or For areas managed by the National area possesses significant characteris- Park Service, where subsistence uses tics of a non-rural nature, or is consid- are allowed, the determinations may be ered to be socially and economically a made on an individual basis. part of an urbanized area. (b) A community or area shall gen- (2) Communities or areas with popu- erally exhibit the following factors, lations above 2,500 but not more than which exemplify customary and tradi- 7,000 will be determined to be rural or tional use. The Board shall make cus- non-rural. tomary and traditional use determina- (3) A community with a population of tions based on application of the fol- more than 7,000 shall be presumed non- lowing factors: rural, unless such a community or area (1) A long-term consistent pattern of possesses significant characteristics of use, excluding interruptions beyond a rural nature. the control of the community or area; (4) Population data from the most re- (2) A pattern of use recurring in spe- cent census conducted by the United cific seasons for many years; States Bureau of Census as updated by (3) A pattern of use consisting of the Alaska Department of Labor shall methods and means of harvest which be utilized in this process. are characterized by efficiency and (5) Community or area characteris- economy of effort and cost, conditioned tics shall be considered in evaluating a by local characteristics; community’s rural or non-rural status. (4) The consistent harvest and use of The characteristics may include, but fish or wildlife as related to past meth- are not limited to: ods and means of taking; near, or rea- (i) Use of fish and wildlife; sonably accessible from, the commu- (ii) Development and diversity of the nity or area; economy; (5) A means of handling, preparing, (iii) Community infrastructure; preserving, and storing fish or wildlife (iv) Transportation; and which has been traditionally used by

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past generations, including consider- essary, the Board shall solicit rec- ation of alteration of past practices ommendations from the Regional due to recent technological advances, Council in the area affected. where appropriate; (6) A pattern of use which includes § 242.18 Regulation adoption process. the handing down of knowledge of fish- (a) The Board will accept proposals ing and hunting skills, values, and lore for changes to the Federal subsistence from generation to generation; regulations in subparts C or D of this (7) A pattern of use in which the har- part according to a published schedule, vest is shared or distributed within a except for proposals for emergency and definable community of persons; and temporary special actions, which the (8) A pattern of use which relates to Board will accept according to proce- reliance upon a wide diversity of fish dures set forth in § 242.19. The Board and wildlife resources of the area and may establish a rotating schedule for which provides substantial cultural, accepting proposals on various sections economic, social, and nutritional ele- of subpart C or subpart D regulations ments to the community or area. over a period of years. The Board will (c) The Board shall take into consid- develop and publish proposed regula- eration the reports and recommendations in the FEDERAL REGISTER, publish tions of any appropriate Regional notice in local newspapers, and dis- Council regarding customary and tradi- tribute comments on the proposed reg- tional uses of subsistence resources. ulations in the form of proposals for (d) Current determinations are listed public review. in § 242.24. (1) Proposals shall be made available for at least a thirty (30) day review by § 242.17 Determining priorities for the Regional Councils. Regional Coun- subsistence uses among rural Alas- cils shall forward their recommenda- ka residents. tions on proposals to the Board. Such (a) Whenever it is necessary to re- proposals with recommendations may strict the subsistence taking of fish be submitted in the time period as and wildlife on public lands in order to specified by the Board or as a part of protect the continued viability of such the Regional Council’s annual report populations, or to continue subsistence described in § 242.11, whichever is ear- uses, the Board shall establish a pri- lier. ority among the rural Alaska residents (2) The Board shall publish notice after considering any recommendation throughout Alaska of the availability submitted by an appropriate Regional of proposals received. Council. (3) The public shall have at least (b) The priority shall be implemented thirty (30) days to review and comment through appropriate limitations based on proposals. on the application of the following cri- (4) After the comment period the teria to each area, community, or indi- Board shall meet to receive public tes- vidual determined to have customary timony and consider the proposals. The and traditional use, as necessary: Board shall consider traditional use (1) Customary and direct dependence patterns when establishing harvest lev- upon the populations as the mainstay els and seasons, and methods and of livelihood; means. The Board may choose not to (2) Local residency; and follow any recommendation which the (3) The availability of alternative re- Board determines is not supported by sources. substantial evidence, violates recog- (c) If allocation on an area or com- nized principles of fish and wildlife munity basis is not achievable, then conservation, or would be detrimental the Board shall allocate subsistence op- to the satisfaction of subsistence portunity on an individual basis needs. If a recommendation approved through application of the criteria in by a Regional Council is not adopted paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this by the Board, the Board shall set forth section. the factual basis and the reasons for its (d) In addressing a situation where decision in writing to the Regional prioritized allocation becomes nec- Council.

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(5) Following consideration of the the long-term subsistence use of fish or proposals the Board shall publish final wildlife resources, and is not an unnec- regulations pertaining to subparts C essary restriction on nonsubsistence and D of this part in the FEDERAL REG- users. The Board may also reopen pub- ISTER. lic lands to nonsubsistence uses if new (b) Proposals for changes to subparts information or changed conditions in- A and B of this part shall be accepted dicate that the closure is no longer by the Secretary of the Interior in ac- warranted. cordance with 43 CFR part 14. (i) Prior to implementing a tem- [67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, as amended at 75 porary special action, the Board will FR 63092, Oct. 14, 2010] consult with the State of Alaska and the Chairs of the Regional Councils of § 36.19 Special actions. the affected regions. (a) Emergency special actions. In an (ii) If the timing of a regularly sched- emergency situation, if necessary to uled meeting of the affected Regional ensure the continued viability of a fish Council so permits without incurring or wildlife population, to continue sub- undue delay, the Board will seek Coun- sistence uses of fish or wildlife, or for cil recommendations on the proposed public safety reasons, the Board may temporary special action. Such Council immediately open or close public lands recommendations, if any, will be sub- for the taking of fish and wildlife for ject to the requirements of subsistence uses, or modify the require- § 242.18(a)(4). ments for take for subsistence uses, or (2) The length of any temporary ac- close public lands to take for non- tion will be confined to the minimum subsistence uses of fish and wildlife, or time period or harvest limit deter- restrict the requirements for take for mined by the Board to be necessary nonsubsistence uses. under the circumstances. In any event, (1) If the timing of a regularly sched- a temporary opening or closure will uled meeting of the affected Regional not extend longer than the end of the Council so permits without incurring current regulatory cycle. undue delay, the Board may seek Coun- cil recommendations on the proposed (c) The Board may reject a request emergency special action. Such a for either an emergency or a temporary Council recommendation, if any, will special action if the Board concludes be subject to the requirements of that there are no time-sensitive cir- § 242.18(a)(4). cumstances necessitating a regulatory (2) The emergency action will be ef- change before the next regular proposal fective when directed by the Board, cycle. However, a special action re- may not exceed 60 days, and may not quest that has been rejected for this be extended unless the procedures for reason may be deferred, if appropriate adoption of a temporary special action, and after consultation with the pro- as set forth in paragraph (b) of this sec- ponent, for consideration during the tion, have been followed. next regular proposal cycle. The Board (b) Temporary special actions. After will consider changes to customary and adequate notice and public hearing, the traditional use determinations in sub- Board may temporarily close or open part C of this part only during the reg- public lands for the taking of fish and ular proposal cycle. wildlife for subsistence uses, or modify (d) The Board will provide notice of the requirements for subsistence take, all regulatory changes adopted via spe- or close public lands for the taking of cial action by posting the change on fish and wildlife for nonsubsistence the Office of Subsistence Management uses, or restrict take for nonsubsist- Web site (http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/ ence uses. index.cfml). When appropriate, notice (1) The Board may make such tem- may also include distribution of press porary changes only after it deter- releases to newspapers, local radio sta- mines that the proposed temporary tions, and local contacts, as well as di- change will not interfere with the con- rect notification to the proponent and servation of healthy fish and wildlife interested parties. The Board will pub- populations, will not be detrimental to lish notice and reasons justifying the

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special action in the FEDERAL REG- (5) A statement of how you would ISTER as soon as practicable. like the action changed. (e) The decision of the Board on any (e) Upon receipt of a request for re- proposed special action will constitute consideration, the Board shall transmit its final administrative action. a copy of such request to any appro- (f) Regulations authorizing any indi- priate Regional Council and the Alaska vidual agency to implement closures or Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) restrictions on public lands managed for review and recommendation. The by the agency remain unaffected by the Board shall consider any Regional regulations in this part. Council and ADFG recommendations in (g) Fish and wildlife may not be making a final decision. taken in violation of any restriction, (f) If the request is justified, the closure, or change authorized by the Board shall implement a final decision Board. on a request for reconsideration after compliance with 5 U.S.C. 551–559 (APA). [75 FR 63092, Oct. 14, 2010] (g) If the request is denied, the decision of the Board represents the final § 242.20 Request for reconsideration. administrative action. (a) Regulations in subparts C and D of this part published in the FEDERAL § 242.21 [Reserved] REGISTER are subject to requests for reconsideration. Subpart C—Board Determinations (b) Any aggrieved person may file a request for reconsideration with the § 242.22 Subsistence resource regions. Board. (a) The Board hereby designates the (c) To file a request for reconsider- following areas as subsistence resource ation, you must notify the Board in regions: writing within sixty (60) days of the ef- (1) Southeast Region; fective date or date of publication of (2) Southcentral Region; the notice, whichever is earlier, for (3) Kodiak/Aleutians Region; which reconsideration is requested. (4) Bristol Bay Region; (d) It is your responsibility to pro- (5) Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region; vide the Board with sufficient nar- (6) Western Interior Region; rative evidence and argument to show (7) Seward Peninsula Region; why the action by the Board should be (8) Northwest Arctic Region; reconsidered. The Board will accept a (9) Eastern Interior Region; request for reconsideration only if it is (10) North Slope Region. based upon information not previously (b) You may obtain maps delineating considered by the Board, demonstrates the boundaries of subsistence resource that the existing information used by regions from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife the Board is incorrect, or demonstrates Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 121, that the Board’s interpretation of in- Anchorage, Alaska 99503. formation, applicable law, or regula- [67 FR 30570, May 7, 2002, as amended at 76 tion is in error or contrary to existing FR 12569, Mar. 8, 2011] law. You must include the following information in your request for reconsid- § 242.23 Rural determinations. eration: (a) The Board has determined all (1) Your name, and mailing address; communities and areas to be rural in (2) The action which you request be accordance with § 242.15, except those reconsidered and the date of FEDERAL set forth in this paragraph. You may REGISTER publication of that action; obtain maps delineating the boundaries (3) A detailed statement of how you of nonrural areas from the U.S. Fish are adversely affected by the action; and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsist- (4) A detailed statement of the facts ence Management. The nonrural areas of the dispute, the issues raised by the include: request, and specific references to any (1) Anchorage, Municipality of; law, regulation, or policy that you be- (2) Fairbanks North Star Borough; lieve to be violated and your reason for (3) Homer area—including Homer, such allegation; Anchor Point, North Fork Road area,

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Kachemak City, and the Fritz Creek and individuals have customary and East area (not including Voznesenka); traditional use of the specified species (4) Juneau area—including Juneau, on Federal public land in the specified West Juneau, and Douglas; areas. Persons granted individual cus- (5) Kenai area—including Kenai, tomary and traditional use determina- Soldotna, Sterling, Nikiski, Salamatof, tions will be notified in writing by the Kalifonsky, Kasilof, and Clam Gulch; Board. The Fish & Wildlife Service and (6) Ketchikan area—including all the local NPS Superintendent will parts of the road system connected to maintain the list of individuals having the City of Ketchikan including customary and traditional use on Na- Saxman, Pennock Island and parts of tional Parks and Monuments. A copy Gravina Island; of the list is available upon request. (7) Prudhoe Bay; When there is a determination for spe- (8) Seward area—including Seward cific communities or areas of residence and Moose Pass; in a Unit, all other communities not (9) Valdez; and listed for that species in that Unit have (10) Wasilla/Palmer area—including no Federal subsistence priority for that Wasilla, Palmer, Sutton, Big Lake, species in that Unit. If no determina- Houston, Point MacKenzie, and tion has been made for a species in a Bodenburg Butte. Unit, all rural Alaska residents are eli- (b) [Reserved] gible to harvest fish or wildlife under [72 FR 25697, May 7, 2007] this part. (1) Wildlife determinations. The rural § 242.24 Customary and traditional use Alaska residents of the listed commu- determinations. nities and areas have a customary and (a) The Federal Subsistence Board traditional use of the specified species has determined that rural Alaska resi- on Federal public lands within the list- dents of the listed communities, areas, ed areas:

Area Species Determination

Unit 1C ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Units 1C, 1D, 3, Hoonah, Pelican, Point Baker, Sitka, and Tenakee Springs. Unit 1A...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 1A, excluding residents of Hyder. Unit 1B ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 1A, Petersburg, and Wrangell, excluding residents of Hyder. Unit 1C ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 1C, Haines, Hoonah, Kake, Klukwan, Skagway, and Wrangell, excluding residents of Gustavus. Unit 1D ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 1D. Unit 1A ...... Deer ...... Residents of Units 1A and 2. Unit 1B ...... Deer ...... Residents of Units 1A, 1B, 2, and 3. Unit 1C ...... Deer ...... Residents of Units 1C, 1D, Hoonah, Kake, and Petersburg. Unit 1D ...... Deer ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 1B ...... Goat ...... Residents of Units 1B and 3. Unit 1C...... Goat ...... Residents of Haines, Kake, Klukwan, Peters- burg, and Hoonah. Unit 1B ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 1, 2, 3, and 4. Unit 1C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Unit 1D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 1D. Unit 2 ...... Deer ...... Residents of Units 1A, 2, and 3. Unit 3 ...... Deer ...... Residents of Units 1B, 3, Port Alexander, Port Protection, Pt. Baker, and Meyers Chuck. Unit 3, Wrangell and Mitkof Islands ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 1B, 2, and 3. Unit 4 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 4 and Kake. Unit 4 ...... Deer ...... Residents of Unit 4, Kake, Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Pt. Baker, Klukwan, Port Protec- tion, Wrangell, and Yakutat. Unit 4 ...... Goat ...... Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican, Funter Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and Elfin Cove. Unit 5 ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 5A. Unit 5 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Yakutat. Unit 5 ...... Deer ...... Residents of Yakutat. Unit 5 ...... Goat ...... Residents of Unit 5A Unit 5 ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 5A.

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Unit 5 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Unit 5A. Unit 6A ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Yakutat and Units 6C and 6D, excluding residents of Whittier. Unit 6, remainder ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Units 6C and 6D, excluding residents of Whittier. Unit 6 ...... Brown Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 6A ...... Goat ...... Residents of Units 5A, 6C, Chenega Bay, and Tatitlek. Unit 6C and Unit 6D ...... Goat ...... Residents of Units 6C and D. Unit 6A ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 5A, 6A, 6B, and 6C. Unit 6B and Unit 6C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 6A, 6B, and 6C. Unit 6D ...... Moose ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 6A ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 5A, 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 6, remainder ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 7 ...... Brown Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 7 ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Hope. Unit 7, Brown Mountain hunt area ...... Goat ...... Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek. Unit 7, that portion draining into Kings Bay ...... Moose ...... Residents of Chenega Bay, Cooper Landing, Hope, and Tatitlek. Unit 7, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Cooper Landing and Hope. Unit 7 ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 7 ...... Ruffed Grouse ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 8 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay, Karluk, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions. Unit 8 ...... Deer ...... Residents of Unit 8. Unit 8 ...... Elk ...... Residents of Unit 8. Unit 8 ...... Goat ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 9D ...... Bison ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 9A and Unit 9B ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 17A, 17B, and 17C. Unit 9A ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Pedro Bay. Unit 9B ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 9B. Unit 9C ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 9C, Igiugig, Kakhonak, and Levelock. Unit 9D ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island). Unit 9E ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Egegik, Ivanof Bay, Perryville, Pilot Point, Ugashik, and Port Heiden/Meshik. Unit 9A and Unit 9B ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 9B, 9C, and 17. Unit 9C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 9B, 9C, 17, and Egegik. Unit 9D ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 9D, Akutan, and False Pass. Unit 9E ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 9B, 9C, 9E, 17, Nelson La- goon, and Sand Point. Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C and Unit 9E ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9E. Unit 9D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon, and Sand Point. Unit 9B...... Sheep ...... Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port Alsworth, and Lake Clark Na- tional Park and Preserve within Unit 9B. Unit 9 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C, and Unit 9E ...... Beaver ...... Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17. Unit 10 Unimak Island ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island). Unit 10 Unimak Island ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Akutan, False Pass, King Cove, and Sand Point. Unit 10, remainder ...... Caribou ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 10 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 11 ...... Bison ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Cen- ter, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12. Unit 11, remainder ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Cen- ter, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46), Slana, Tazlina, Tok Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110), Tonsina, and Unit 11. Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Cen- ter, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.

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Unit 11, remainder ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Cen- ter, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46), Slana, Tazlina, Tok Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110), Tonsina, and Unit 11. Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A–D, Chickaloon, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake. Unit 11, remainder ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 13A–D, and Chickaloon. Unit 11 ...... Goat ...... Residents of Unit 11, Chitina, Chistochina, Cop- per Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Dot Lake, Tok Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110 Mentasta Pass), and Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46). Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A–D, Chickaloon, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake. Unit 11, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 11, 13A–D, and Chickaloon. Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Chitina, Cop- per Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina, Tonsina, residents along the Nabesna Road—Milepost 0–46 (Nabesna Road), and residents along the McCarthy Road—Milepost 0–62 (McCarthy Road). Unit 11, remainder ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina, Cop- per Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/ South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina, Tonsina, residents along the Tok Cutoff—Milepost 79– 110 (Mentasta Pass), residents along the Nabesna Road—Milepost 0–46 (Nabesna Road), and residents along the McCarthy Road—Milepost 0–62 (McCarthy Road). Unit 11 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 11 ...... Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Residents of Units 11, 12, 13, and Chickaloon, Ruffed and Sharp- 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23. tailed). Unit 11 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow Residents of Units 11, 12, 13, Chickaloon, 15, and White-tailed). 16, 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 12 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 12, Dot Lake, Chistochina, Gakona, Mentasta Lake, and Slana. Unit 12 ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake. Unit 12, that portion within the Tetlin National Moose ...... Residents of Units 12 and 13C, Dot Lake, and Wildlife Refuge and those lands within the Healy Lake. Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve north and east of a line formed by the Pickerel Lake Win- ter Trail from the Canadian border to Pickerel Lake. Unit 12, that portion east of the Nabesna River Moose ...... Residents of Units 12 and 13C and Healy Lake. and Nabesna Glacier, and south of the Winter Trail running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Canadian border. Unit 12, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel, Units 12 and 13A–D, Chickaloon, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake. Unit 12 ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake. Unit 12 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 13 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 13 and Slana. Unit 13B ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road and Tok Cutoff Road, mileposts 79– 110), 13, 20D (excluding residents of Fort Greely), and Chickaloon. Unit 13C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road and Tok Cutoff Road, mileposts 79– 110), 13, Chickaloon, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake. Unit 13A and Unit 13D ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, and Chickaloon.

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Unit 13E ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, Chickaloon, McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239 (excluding residents of Denali National Park headquarters). Unit 13D ...... Goat ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 13A and Unit 13D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, and Slana. Unit 13B ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 13 and 20D (excluding residents of Fort Greely) and Chickaloon and Slana. Unit 13C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 12 and 13, Chickaloon, Healy Lake, Dot Lake, and Slana. Unit 13E ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, McKinley Vil- lage, Slana, and the area along the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239 (excluding residents of Denali National Park headquarters). Unit 13D ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 13 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 13 ...... Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, Ruffed Sharp-tailed). 20D, 22 and 23. Unit 13 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, and White-tailed). 20D, 22 and 23. Unit 14C ...... Brown Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 14 ...... Goat ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 14 ...... Moose ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 14A and Unit 14C ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 15A and Unit 15B ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Ninilchik. Unit 15C ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Ninilchik, Port Graham, and Nanwalek. Unit 15 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Ninilchik. Unit 15A and Unit 15B ...... Moose ...... Residents of Cooper Landing, Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia. Unit 15C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia. Unit 15 ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 15 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow Residents of Unit 15. and White-tailed). Unit 15 ...... Grouse (Spruce) ...... Residents of Unit 15. Unit 15 ...... Grouse (Ruffed) ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 16B ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 16B. Unit 16 ...... Brown Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 16A ...... Moose ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 16B ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 16B. Unit 16 ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 16 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 16 ...... Grouse (Spruce and Residents of Units 11, 13,Chickaloon, 15, 16, Ruffed). 20D, 22 and 23. Unit 16 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, and White-tailed). 20D, 22 and 23. Unit 17A and that portion of 17B draining into Black Bear ...... Residents of Units 9A and B, 17, Akiak, and Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake. Akiachak. Unit 17, remainder ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Units 9A and B, and 17. Unit 17A and Unit 17B, those portions north and Brown Bear ...... Residents of Kwethluk. west of a line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills. Unit 17A, remainder...... Brown Bear...... Residents of Unit 17, Akiak, Akiachak, Goodnews Bay, and Platinum. Unit 17B, that portion draining into Nuyakuk Lake Brown Bear ...... Residents of Akiak and Akiachak. and Tikchik Lake. Unit 17B and Unit 17C ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 17. Unit 17A, that portion west of the Izavieknik River, Caribou ...... Residents of Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Upper Togiak Lake, Togiak Lake, and the main Quinhagak, Eek, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak. course of the Togiak River. Unit 17A, that portion north of Togiak Lake that in- Caribou ...... Residents of Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak. cludes Izavieknik River drainages.

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Units 17A and 17B, those portions north and west Caribou ...... Residents of Kwethluk. of a line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills. Unit 17B, that portion of Togiak National Wildlife Caribou ...... Residents of Bethel, Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Refuge within Unit 17B. Quinhagak, Eek, Akiak, Akiachak, Tuluksak, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak. Unit 17, remainder ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 9B, 17, Lime Village, and Stony River. Units 17A and 17B, those portions north and west Moose ...... Residents of Kwethluk. of a line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills. Unit 17A, that portion north of Togiak Lake that in- Moose ...... Residents of Akiak and Akiachak. cludes Izavieknik River drainages. Unit 17 A, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 17, Goodnews Bay and Plat- inum; excluding residents of Akiachak, Akiak, and Quinhagak. Unit 17B, that portion within the Togiak National Moose ...... Residents of Akiak and Akiachak. Wildlife Refuge. Unit 17B, remainder and Unit 17C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 17, Nondalton, Levelock, Goodnews Bay, and Platinum. Unit 17 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 17 ...... Beaver ...... Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17. Unit 18 ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 18, Unit 19A living downstream of the Holokuk River, Holy Cross, Stebbins, St. Michael, Twin Hills, and Togiak. Unit 18 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Mountain Village, Napaskiak, Platinum, Quinhagak, St. Marys, and Tuluksak. Unit 18 ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 18, Manokotak, Stebbins, St. Michael, Togiak, Twin Hills, and Upper Kalskag. Unit 18, that portion of the Yukon River drainage Moose ...... Residents of Unit 18, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, and upstream of Russian Mission and that portion of Chuathbaluk. the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream of, but not including, the Tuluksak River drainage. Unit 18, that portion north of a line from Cape Moose ...... Residents of Unit 18, St. Michael, Stebbins, and Romanzof to Kusilvak Mountain to Mountain Vil- Upper Kalskag. lage, and all drainages north of the Yukon River downstream from Marshall. Unit 18, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 18 and Upper Kalskag. Unit 18 ...... Musk ox ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 18 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 19C and Unit 19D ...... Bison ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 19A and Unit 19B...... Brown Bear...... Residents of Units 18 and 19 within the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from, and including, the Johnson River. Unit 19C ...... Brown Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 19D ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Units 19A and D, Tuluksak, and Lower Kalskag. Unit 19A and Unit 19B ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 19A and 19B, Unit 18 within the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from, and including, the Johnson River, and residents of St. Marys, Marshall, Pilot Station, and Russian Mission. Unit 19C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 19C, Lime Village, McGrath, Nikolai, and Telida. Unit 19D ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 19D, Lime Village, Sleetmute, and Stony River. Unit 19A and Unit 9B ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 18 within Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from and including the Johnson River, and residents of Unit 19. Unit 19B, west of the Kogrukluk River ...... Moose ...... Residents of Eek and Quinhagak. Unit 19C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 19.

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Unit 19D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 19 and Lake Minchumina. Unit 19 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 20D ...... Bison ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 20F ...... Black Bear...... Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot Springs. Unit 20E ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake. Unit 20F ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot Springs. Unit 20A ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Cantwell, Nenana, and those domiciled between mileposts 216 and 239 of the Parks Highway, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Head- quarters. Unit 20B ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana. Unit 20C...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 20C living east of the Teklanika River, residents of Cantwell, Lake Minchumina, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, Nenana, Nikolai, Tanana, Telida, and those domiciled between mileposts 216 and 239 of the Parks Highway and between mileposts 300 and 309, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Head- quarters. Unit 20D and Unit 20E ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 20D, 20E, and 12 north of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Unit 20F ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 20F and 25D and Manley Hot Springs. Unit 20A ...... Moose ...... Residents of Cantwell, Minto, Nenana, McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Headquarters. Unit 20B, Minto Flats Management Area ...... Moose ...... Residents of Minto and Nenana. Unit 20B, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana. Unit 20C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 20C (except that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve and that portion east of the Teklanika River), Cantwell, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, Nenana, those domiciled between mileposts 300 and 309 of the Parks Highway, Nikolai, Tanana, Telida, McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Headquarters. Unit 20D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 20D and Tanacross. Unit 20E ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 20E, Unit 12 north of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Circle, Central, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake. Unit 20F ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 20F, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, and Stevens Village. Unit 20F ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot Springs. Unit 20, remainder ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 20D ...... Grouse, (Spruce, Ruffed Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, and Sharp-tailed). 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 20D ...... Ptarmigan (Rock and Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, Willow). 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 21 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Units 21 and 23. Unit 21A...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21A, 21D, 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, McGrath, and Takotna. Unit 21B and Unit 21C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Tanana. Unit 21D ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Huslia. Unit 21E...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, McGrath, and Takotna. Unit 21A ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Takotna, McGrath, Aniak, and Crooked Creek. Unit 21B and Unit 21C ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 21B, 21C, Tanana, Ruby, and Galena. Unit 21D ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 21D, Huslia, and Ruby.

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Unit 21E, south of a line beginning at the western Moose ...... Residents of Unit 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, boundary of Unit 21E near the mouth of Paimiut Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, and Russian Mission. Slough, extending easterly along the south bank of Paimiut Slough to Upper High Bank, and southeasterly in the direction of Molybdenum Mountain to the juncture of Units 19A, 21A, and 21E. Unit 21E remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 21E and Russian Mission. Unit 21 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 22A ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 22A and Koyuk. Unit 22B ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 22B. Unit 22C, Unit 22D, and Unit 22E ...... Black Bear ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 22 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 22. Unit 22A ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers, 22 (except residents of St. Law- rence Island), 23, 24, Kotlik, Emmonak, Hoo- per Bay, Scammon Bay, Chevak, Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka’s Point, Russian Mission, St. Marys, Nunam Iqua, and Alakanuk. Unit 22, remainder ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers, 22 (excluding residents of St. Lawrence Island), 23, and 24. Unit 22 ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 22. Unit 22A ...... Musk ox ...... All rural residents. Unit 22B, west of the Darby Mountains ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Units 22B and 22C. Unit 22B, remainder ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Unit 22B. Unit 22C ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Unit 22C. Unit 22D ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Units 22B, 22C, 22D, and 22E (excluding St. Lawrence Island). Unit 22E ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Unit 22E (excluding Little Diomede Island). Unit 22 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 23, 22, 21D north and west of the Yukon River, and Kotlik. Unit 22 ...... Grouse (Spruce) ...... Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 22 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock and Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, Willow). 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 23 ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 23, Alatna, Allakaket, Bettles, Evansville, Galena, Hughes, Huslia, and Koyukuk. Unit 23 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Units 21 and 23. Unit 23 ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers, Galena, 22, 23, 24 including residents of Wiseman but not including other residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor Man- agement Area, and 26A. Unit 23 ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 23. Unit 23, south of Kotzebue Sound and west of Musk ox ...... Residents of Unit 23 south of Kotzebue Sound and including the Buckland River drainage. and west of and including the Buckland River drainage. Unit 23, remainder...... Musk ox...... Residents of Unit 23 east and north of the Buckland River drainage. Unit 23 ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Point Lay and Unit 23 north of the Arctic Circle. Unit 23 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 23 ...... Grouse (Spruce and Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, Ruffed). 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 23 ...... Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, and White-tailed). 20D, 22, and 23. Unit 24, that portion south of Caribou Mountain, Black Bear...... Residents of Stevens Village, Unit 24, and and within the public lands composing or imme- Wiseman, but not including any other resi- diately adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor dents of the Dalton Highway Corridor Manage- Management Area. ment Area. Unit 24, remainder ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any other residents of the Dalton High- way Corridor Management Area. Unit 24, that portion south of Caribou Mountain, Brown Bear ...... Residents of Stevens Village and Unit 24. and within the public lands composing or immediately adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. Unit 24, remainder ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 24.

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Unit 24 ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 24, Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk, Stevens Village, and Tanana. Unit 24 ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena. Unit 24 ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the Arctic Circle, Allakaket, Alatna, Hughes, and Huslia. Unit 24 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 25D ...... Black Bear ...... Residents of Unit 25D. Unit 25D ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 25D. Unit 25, remainder ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 25 and Eagle. Unit 25A ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 24A and 25. Unit 25B and Unit 25C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 25. Unit 25D ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Units 20F and 25D and Manley Hot Springs. Unit 25A ...... Moose ...... Residents of Units 25A and 25D. Unit 25D, west ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 25D West. Unit 25D, remainder ...... Moose ...... Residents of remainder of Unit 25. Unit 25A...... Sheep ...... Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkyitsik, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and Venetie. Unit 25B and Unit 25C ...... Sheep ...... No Federal subsistence priority. Unit 25D ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Unit 25D. Unit 25, remainder ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26. Unit 26 ...... Brown Bear ...... Residents of Unit 26 (excluding the Prudhoe Bay–Deadhorse Industrial Complex), Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point Hope. Unit 26A and C ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point Hope. Unit 26B ...... Caribou ...... Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and Unit 24 within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. Unit 26 ...... Moose ...... Residents of Unit 26 (excluding the Prudhoe Bay-Deadhorse Industrial Complex), Point Hope, and Anaktuvuk Pass. Unit 26A ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wain- wright. Unit 26B ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, and Kaktovik. Unit 26C ...... Musk ox ...... Residents of Kaktovik. Unit 26A ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point Hope. Unit 26B ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and Wiseman. Unit 26C ...... Sheep ...... Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Vil- lage, Chalkyitsik, Fort Yukon, Point Hope, and Venetie. Unit 26 ...... Wolf ...... Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.

(2) Fish determinations. The following traditional use determination in the communities and areas have been listed area for the indicated species: found to have a positive customary and

Area Species Determination

KOTZEBUE AREA ...... All fish ...... Residents of the Kotzebue Area. NORTON SOUND—PORT CLARENCE AREA: Norton Sound—Port Clarence Area, wa- All fish ...... Residents of Kotlik, St. Michael and Stebbins. ters draining into Norton Sound between Point Romanof and Canal Point. Norton Sound—Port Clarence Area, re- All fish ...... Residents of the Norton Sound—Port Clarence mainder. Area. YUKON-NORTHERN AREA: Yukon River drainage ...... Salmon, other than fall Residents of the Yukon River drainage and the chum salmon. community of Stebbins. Yukon River drainage ...... Fall chum salmon ...... Residents of the Yukon River drainage and the communities of Chevak, Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, and Stebbins.

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Yukon River drainage ...... Freshwater fish (other Residents of the Yukon-Northern Area. than salmon). Remainder of the Yukon-Northern Area .. All fish ...... Residents of the Yukon-Northern Area, excluding the residents of the Yukon River drainage and excluding those domiciled in Unit 26B. Tanana River drainage contained within Freshwater fish (other Residents of the Yukon-Northern Area and resi- the Tetlin NWR and the Wrangell-St. than salmon). dents of Chistochina, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Elias NPP. and all residents living between Mentasta Lake and Chistochina. KUSKOKWIM AREA: Salmon ...... Residents of the Kuskokwim Area, except those persons residing on the United States military installations located on Cape Newenham, Sparrevohn USAFB, and Tatalina USAFB. Rainbow trout...... Residents of the communities of Akiachak, Akiak, Aniak, Atmautluak, Bethel, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kasigluk, Kwethluk, Lower Kalskag, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Nunapitchuk, Oscarville, Platinum, Quinhagak, Tuluksak, Tuntutuliak, and Upper Kalskag. Pacific cod...... Residents of the communities of Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Mekoryuk, Newtok, Nightmute, Tununak, Toksook Bay, and Tuntutuliak. All other fish other than Residents of the Kuskokwim Area, except those herring. persons residing on the United States military installation located on Cape Newenham, Sparrevohn USAFB, and Tatalina USAFB. Waters around Nunivak Island ...... Herring and herring roe Residents within 20 miles of the coast between the westernmost tip of the Naskonat Peninsula and the terminus of the Ishowik River and on Nunivak Island. BRISTOL BAY AREA: Nushagak District, including drainages Salmon and freshwater Residents of the Nushagak District and fresh- flowing into the district. fish. water drainages flowing into the district. Naknek-Kvichak District—Naknek River Salmon and freshwater Residents of the Naknek and Kvichak River drainage. fish. drainages. Naknek-Kvichak District—Kvichak/ Salmon and freshwater Residents of the Kvichak/Iliamna-Lake Clark Iliamna—Lake Clark drainage. fish. drainage. Togiak District, including drainages flow- Salmon and freshwater Residents of the Togiak District, freshwater ing into the district. fish. drainages flowing into the district, and the community of Manokotak. Egegik District, including drainages flow- Salmon and freshwater Residents of South Naknek, the Egegik District ing into the district. fish. and freshwater drainages flowing into the district. Ugashik District, including drainages Salmon and freshwater Residents of the Ugashik District and freshwater flowing into the district. fish. drainages flowing into the district. Togiak District ...... Herring spawn on kelp .. Residents of the Togiak District and freshwater drainages flowing into the district. Remainder of the Bristol Bay Area ...... All fish ...... Residents of the Bristol Bay Area. ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA ...... All fish ...... Residents of the Aleutian Islands Area and the Pribilof Islands. ALASKA PENINSULA AREA ...... All fish ...... Residents of the Alaska Peninsula Area. CHIGNIK AREA ...... Salmon and fish other Residents of the Chignik Area. than rainbow/ steelhead trout. KODIAK AREA: Except the Mainland District, all waters Salmon ...... Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough, except along the south side of the Alaska Pe- those residing on the Kodiak Coast Guard ninsula bounded by the latitude of Base. Cape Douglas (58°51.10′ North latitude) mid-stream Shelikof Strait, north and east of the longitude of the southern entrance of Imuya Bay near Kilokak Rocks (57°10.34′ North latitude, 156°20.22′ West longitude). Kodiak Area ...... Fish other than rainbow/ Residents of the Kodiak Area. steelhead trout and salmon. COOK INLET AREA:

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Area Species Determination

Kenai Peninsula District—Waters north of All fish ...... Residents of the communities of Cooper Land- and including the Kenai River drainage ing, Hope and Ninilchik. within the Kenai National Wildlife Ref- uge and the Chugach National Forest. Waters within the Kasilof River drainage All fish ...... Residents of the community of Ninilchik. within the Kenai NWR. Waters within Lake Clark National Park Salmon ...... Residents of the Tuxedni Bay Area. draining into and including that portion of Tuxedni Bay within the park. Cook Inlet Area ...... Fish other than salmon, Residents of the Cook Inlet Area. Dolly Varden, trout, char, grayling, and burbot. Remainder of the Cook Inlet Area ...... Salmon, Dolly Varden, All rural residents. trout, char, grayling, and burbot. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA: Southwestern District and Green Island .. Salmon ...... Residents of the Southwestern District, which is mainland waters from the outer point on the north shore of Granite Bay to Cape Fairfield, and Knight Island, Chenega Island, Bainbridge Island, Evans Island, Elrington Island, Latouche Island and adjacent islands. North of a line from Porcupine Point to Salmon ...... Residents of the villages of Tatitlek and Ellamar. Granite Point, and south of a line from Point Lowe to Tongue Point. Copper River drainage upstream from Freshwater fish ...... Residents of Cantwell, Chisana, Chistochina, Haley Creek. Chitina, Copper Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Gakona Junction, Glennallen, Gulkana, Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Lower Tonsina, McCarthy, Mentasta Lake, Nabesna, Northway, Slana, Tanacross, Tazlina, Tetlin, Tok, Tonsina, and those individuals that live along the Tok Cutoff from Tok to Mentasta Pass, and along the Nabesna Road. Gulkana National Wild and Scenic River Freshwater fish ...... Residents of Cantwell, Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Gakona Junction, Glennallen, Gulkana, Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Lower Tonsina, McCarthy, Mentasta Lake, Nabesna, Northway, Paxson- Sourdough, Slana, Tanacross, Tazlina, Tetlin, Tok, Tonsina, and those individuals that live along the Tok Cutoff from Tok to Mentasta Pass, and along the Nabesna Road. Waters of the Prince William Sound Freshwater fish (trout, Residents of the Prince William Sound Area, ex- Area, except for the Copper River char, whitefish, suck- cept those living in the Copper River drainage drainage upstream of Haley Creek. ers, grayling, and upstream of Haley Creek. burbot). Chitina Subdistrict of the Upper Copper Salmon ...... Residents of Cantwell, Chickaloon, Chisana, River District. Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Gakona Junction, Glennallen, Gulkana, Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Lower Tonsina, McCarthy, Mentasta Lake, Nabesna, Northway, Paxson-Sourdough, Slana, Tanacross, Tazlina, Tetlin, Tok, Tonsina, and those individuals that live along the Tok Cutoff from Tok to Mentasta Pass, and along the Nabesna Road. Glennallen Subdistrict of the Upper Cop- Salmon ...... Residents of the Prince William Sound Area and per River District. residents of Cantwell, Chickaloon, Chisana, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, Northway, Tanacross, Tetlin, Tok, and those individuals living along the Alaska Highway from the Alaskan/Cana- dian border to Dot Lake, along the Tok Cutoff from Tok to Mentasta Pass, and along the Nabesna Road. Waters of the Copper River between Na- Salmon ...... Residents of Mentasta Lake and Dot Lake. tional Park Service regulatory markers located near the mouth of Tanada Creek, and in Tanada Creek between National Park Service regulatory markers identifying the open waters of the creek.

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Area Species Determination

Remainder of the Prince William Sound Salmon ...... Residents of the Prince William Sound Area. Area. Waters of the Bering River area from Eulachon ...... Residents of Cordova. Point Martin to Cape Suckling. Waters of the Copper River Delta from Eulachon ...... Residents of Cordova, Chenega Bay, and the Eyak River to Point Martin. Tatitlek. YAKUTAT AREA: Fresh water upstream from the terminus Salmon ...... Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay, in- of streams and rivers of the Yakutat cluding the islands within Yakutat Bay, west of Area from the Doame River to the Tsiu the Situk River drainage, and south of and in- River. cluding Knight Island. Fresh water upstream from the terminus Dolly Varden, steelhead Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay, in- of streams and rivers of the Yakutat trout, and smelt. cluding the islands within Yakutat Bay, west of Area from the Doame River to Point the Situk River drainage, and south of and in- Manby. cluding Knight Island. Remainder of the Yakutat Area ...... Dolly Varden, trout, Residents of Southeastern Alaska and Yakutat smelt, and eulachon. Areas. Salmon ...... All rural residents. SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AREA: District 1—Section 1E in waters of the Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Saxman. Naha River and Roosevelt Lagoon. trout, smelt, and eulachon. District 1—Section 1F in Boca de Quadra Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Saxman. in waters of Sockeye Creek and Hugh trout, smelt, and Smith Lake within 500 yards of the ter- eulachon. minus of Sockeye Creek. Districts 2, 3, and 5 and waters draining Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents living south of Sumner Strait and west into those Districts. trout, smelt, and of Clarence Strait and Kashevaroff Passage. eulachon. District 5—North of a line from Point Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof Barrie to Boulder Point. trout, smelt, and Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait eulachon. south of Point White and north of the Portage Bay boat harbor. District 6 and waters draining into that Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents living south of Sumner Strait and west District. trout, smelt, and of Clarence Strait and Kashevaroff Passage; eulachon. residents of drainages flowing into District 6 north of the latitude of Point Alexander (Mitkof Island); residents of drainages flowing into Dis- tricts 7 & 8, including the communities of Pe- tersburg & Wrangell; and residents of the communities of Meyers Chuck and Kake. District 7 and waters draining into that Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of drainages flowing into District 6 District. trout, smelt, and north of the latitude of Point Alexander (Mitkof eulachon. Island); residents of drainages flowing into Dis- tricts 7 & 8, including the communities of Pe- tersburg & Wrangell; and residents of the communities of Meyers Chuck and Kake. District 8 and waters draining into that Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of drainages flowing into Districts 7 & District. trout, smelt, and 8, residents of drainages flowing into District 6 eulachon. north of the latitude of Point Alexander (Mitkof Island), and residents of Meyers Chuck. District 9—Section 9A ...... Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof trout, smelt, and Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait eulachon. south of Point White and north of the Portage Bay boat harbor. District 9—Section 9B north of the lati- Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof tude of Swain Point. trout, smelt, and Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait eulachon. south of Point White and north of the Portage Bay boat harbor. District 10—West of a line from Pinta Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof Point to False Point Pybus. trout, smelt, and Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait eulachon. south of Point White and north of the Portage Bay boat harbor. District 12—Section 12A, excluding the All fish ...... Residents of drainages flowing into Districts 12 area south of a line from Fishery Point and 14. to South Passage point. District 12—Section 12B ...... All fish ...... Residents of drainages flowing into Districts 12 and 14. District 12—Section 12A, the area south Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Angoon and along the of a line from Fishery Point to South trout, smelt, and western shore of Admiralty Island north of the Passage Point. eulachon. latitude of Sand Island, south of the latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134°30′ West longitude, including Killisnoo Island.

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Area Species Determination

District 13—Section 13A, excluding the All fish ...... Residents of drainages flowing into Sections area south of the latitude of Cape Ed- 13A, 13B, and District 14. ward. District 13—Section 13A, south of the Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in latitude of Cape Edward. trout, smelt, and drainages that empty into Section 13B, north eulachon. of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows. District 13—Section 13B north of the lati- Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in tude of Redfish Cape. trout, smelt, and drainages that empty into Section 13B north of eulachon. the latitude of Dorothy Narrows. District 13—Section 13C ...... Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in trout, smelt, and drainages that empty into Section 13B north of eulachon. the latitude of Dorothy Narrows. District 13—Section 13C east of the lon- Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City of Angoon and along the gitude of Point Elizabeth. trout, smelt, and western shore of Admiralty Island north of the eulachon. latitude of Sand Island, south of the latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134°30′ West longitude, including Killisnoo Island. District 13—Section 13C ...... Salmon, Dolly Varden, Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in trout, smelt, and drainages that empty into Section 13B north of eulachon. the latitude of Dorothy Narrows. District 14 ...... All fish ...... Residents of drainages flowing into Sections 12A, 13A, and District 14. Remainder of the Southeastern Alaska Dolly Varden, trout, Residents of Southeastern Alaska and Yakutat Area. smelt, and eulachon. Areas. Salmon ...... All rural residents.

(3) Shellfish determinations. The fol- tomary and traditional use determina- lowing communities and areas have tion in the listed area for the indicated been found to have a positive cus- species:

Area Species Determination

Bering Sea Area ...... All shellfish ...... Residents of the Bering Sea Area. Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area ...... Shrimp Dungeness, and Tanner Residents of the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian crab. Islands Area. Kodiak Area ...... Shrimp, Dungeness, and Tanner Residents of the Kodiak Area. crab. Kodiak Area, except for the Semidi King crab ...... Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough, ex- Island, the North Mainland, and cept those residents on the Kodiak Coast the South Mainland Sections. Guard base. Cook Inlet Area: Federal waters in the Tuxedni Bay Shellfish ...... Residents of Tuxedni Bay, Chisik Island, Area within the boundaries of Lake and Tyonek. Clark National Park. Prince William Sound Area ...... Shrimp, clams, Dungeness, king, Residents of the Prince William Sound Area. and Tanner crab. Southeastern Alaska—Yakutat Area: Section 1E south of the latitude of Shellfish, except shrimp, king Residents of the Southeast Area. Grant Island light. crab, and Tanner crab.. Section 1F north of the latitude of Shellfish, except shrimp, king Residents of the Southeast Area. the northernmost tip of Mary Is- crab, and Tanner crab. land, except waters of Boca de Quadra. Section 3A and 3B ...... Shellfish, except shrimp, king Residents of the Southeast Area. crab, and Tanner crab. District 13...... Dungeness crab, shrimp, aba- Residents of the Southeast Area. lone, sea cucumbers, gum boots, cockles, and clams, except geoducks.

(b) [Reserved] [64 FR 1301, Jan. 8, 1999]

EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 242.24, see the List of CFR Sec- tions Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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Subpart D—Subsistence Taking of deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk Fish and Wildlife ox, Dall sheep, wolf, and wolverine. Bow means a longbow, recurve bow, § 242.25 Subsistence taking of fish, or compound bow, excluding a crossbow wildlife, and shellfish: general regu- or any bow equipped with a mechanical lations. device that holds arrows at full draw. (a) Definitions. The following defini- Broadhead means an arrowhead that tions apply to all regulations contained is not barbed and has two or more steel in this part: cutting edges having a minimum cut- Abalone iron means a flat device ting diameter of not less than seven- which is used for taking abalone and eighths of an inch. which is more than 1 inch (24 mm) in Brow tine means a tine on the front width and less than 24 inches (610 mm) portion of a moose antler, typically in length, with all prying edges round- projecting forward from the base of the ed and smooth. antler toward the nose. Buck means any male deer. ADF&G means the Alaska Depart- means any male moose, caribou, ment of Fish and Game. Bull elk, or musk oxen. Airborne means transported by air- Calf means a moose, caribou, elk, craft. musk ox, or bison less than 12 months Aircraft means any kind of airplane, old. glider, or other device used to trans- Cast net means a circular net with a port people or equipment through the mesh size of no more than 1.5 inches air, excluding helicopters. and weights attached to the perimeter, Airport means an airport listed in the which, when thrown, surrounds the fish Federal Aviation Administration’s and closes at the bottom when re- Alaska Airman’s Guide and chart sup- trieved. plement. Char means the following species: Anchor means a device used to hold a Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinis), lake fishing vessel or net in a fixed position trout (Salvelinus namaycush), brook relative to the beach; this includes trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), and Dolly using part of the seine or lead, a ship’s Varden (Salvelinus malma). anchor, or being secured to another Closed season means the time when vessel or net that is anchored. fish, wildlife, or shellfish may not be Animal means those species with a taken. vertebral column (backbone). Crab means the following species: Antler means one or more solid, horn- Red king crab (Paralithodes camshatica), like appendages protruding from the blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus), head of a caribou, deer, elk, or moose. brown king crab (Lithodes aequispina), Antlered means any caribou, deer, scarlet king crab (Lithodes couesi), all elk, or moose having at least one visi- species of tanner or snow crab ble antler. (Chionoecetes spp.), and Dungeness crab Antlerless means any caribou, deer, (Cancer magister). elk, or moose not having visible antlers Cub bear means a brown or grizzly attached to the skull. bear in its first or second year of life, Bait means any material excluding a or a black bear (including cinnamon scent lure that is placed to attract an and blue phases) in its first year of life. animal by its sense of smell or taste; Depth of net means the perpendicular however, those parts of legally taken distance between cork line and lead animals that are not required to be line expressed as either linear units of salvaged and which are left at the kill measure or as a number of meshes, in- site are not considered bait. cluding all of the web of which the net Beach seine means a floating net is composed. which is designed to surround fish and Designated hunter or fisherman means is set from and hauled to the beach. a Federally qualified hunter or fisher- Bear means black bear, or brown or man who may take all or a portion of grizzly bear. another Federally qualified hunter’s or Big game means black bear, brown fisherman’s harvest limit(s) only under bear, bison, caribou, Sitka black-tailed situations approved by the Board.

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Dip net means a bag-shaped net sup- public lands in accordance with the ported on all sides by a rigid frame; the Federal Subsistence Management Reg- maximum straight-line distance be- ulations in this part. tween any two points on the net frame, Field means an area outside of estab- as measured through the net opening, lished year-round dwellings, busi- may not exceed 5 feet; the depth of the nesses, or other developments usually bag must be at least one-half of the associated with a city, town, or village; greatest straight-line distance, as field does not include permanent hotels measured through the net opening; no or roadhouses on the State road system portion of the bag may be constructed or at State or Federally maintained of webbing that exceeds a stretched airports. measurement of 4.5 inches; the frame Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull must be attached to a single rigid han- moose with an antler spread of 50 dle and be operated by hand. inches or more. Diving gear means any type of hard Fish wheel means a fixed, rotating de- hat or skin diving equipment, includ- vice, with no more than four baskets ing SCUBA equipment; a tethered, um- on a single axle, for catching fish, bilical, surface-supplied unit; or snor- which is driven by river current or kel. other means. Drainage means all of the lands and Fresh water of streams and rivers waters comprising a watershed, includ- means the line at which fresh water is ing tributary rivers, streams, sloughs, separated from salt water at the mouth ponds, and lakes, which contribute to of streams and rivers by a line drawn the water supply of the watershed. headland to headland across the mouth Drawing permit means a permit issued as the waters flow into the sea. to a limited number of Federally quali- Full curl horn means the horn of a fied subsistence users selected by Dall sheep ram; the tip of which has means of a random drawing. grown through 360 degrees of a circle Drift gillnet means a drifting gillnet described by the outer surface of the that has not been intentionally staked, horn, as viewed from the side, or that anchored, or otherwise fixed in one both horns are broken, or that the place. sheep is at least 8 years of age as deter- Edible meat means the breast meat of mined by horn growth annuli. ptarmigan and grouse and those parts Furbearer means a beaver, coyote, of caribou, deer, elk, mountain goat, arctic fox, red fox, lynx, marten, mink, moose, musk oxen, and Dall sheep that weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red are typically used for human consump- squirrel, flying squirrel, ground squir- tion, which are: The meat of the ribs, rel, marmot, wolf, or wolverine. neck, brisket, front quarters as far as Fyke net means a fixed, funneling the distal (bottom) joint of the radius- (fyke) device used to entrap fish. ulna (knee), hindquarters as far as the Gear means any type of fishing appa- distal joint (bottom) of the tibia-fibula ratus. (hock) and that portion of the animal Gillnet means a net primarily de- between the front and hindquarters; signed to catch fish by entanglement in however, edible meat of species listed in a mesh that consists of a single sheet this definition does not include: Meat of webbing which hangs between cork of the head, meat that has been dam- line and lead line, and which is fished aged and made inedible by the method from the surface of the water. of taking, bones, sinew, and incidental Grappling hook means a hooked de- meat reasonably lost as a result of vice with flukes or claws, which is at- boning or close trimming of the bones, tached to a line and operated by hand. or viscera. For black bear, brown and Groundfish or bottomfish means any grizzly bear, ‘‘edible meat’’ means the marine fish except halibut, osmerids, meat of the front quarter and herring, and salmonids. hindquarters and meat along the back- Grouse collectively refers to all spe- bone (backstrap). cies found in Alaska, including spruce Federally qualified subsistence user grouse, ruffed grouse, sooty grouse means a rural Alaska resident qualified (formerly blue), and sharp-tailed to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal grouse.

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Hand purse seine means a floating net Hydraulic clam digger means a device that is designed to surround fish and using water or a combination of air and which can be closed at the bottom by water used to harvest clams. pursing the lead line; pursing may only Jigging gear means a line or lines with be done by hand power, and a free-run- lures or baited hooks, drawn through ning line through one or more rings at- the water by hand, and which are oper- tached to the lead line is not allowed. ated during periods of ice cover from Handicraft means a finished product holes cut in the ice, or from shore ice made by a rural Alaskan resident from and which are drawn through the water the nonedible byproducts of fish or by hand. wildlife and is composed wholly or in Lead means either a length of net some significant respect of natural ma- employed for guiding fish into a seine, terials. The shape and appearance of set gillnet, or other length of net, or a the natural material must be substan- length of fencing employed for guiding tially changed by the skillful use of fish into a fish wheel, fyke net, or dip hands, such as sewing, weaving, drill- net. ing, lacing, beading, carving, etching, Legal limit of fishing gear means the scrimshawing, painting, or other maximum aggregate of a single type of means, and incorporated into a work of fishing gear permitted to be used by art, regalia, clothing, or other creative one individual or boat, or combination expression, and can be either tradi- of boats in any particular regulatory tional or contemporary in design. The area, district, or section. handicraft must have substantially Long line means either a stationary, greater monetary and aesthetic value buoyed, or anchored line, or a floating, than the unaltered natural material free-drifting line with lures or baited alone. hooks attached. Handline means a hand-held and oper- Marmot collectively refers to all spe- ated line, with one or more hooks at- cies of marmot that occur in Alaska, tached. including the hoary marmot, Alaska Hare or hares collectively refers to all marmot, and the woodchuck. species of hares (commonly called rab- Mechanical clam digger means a me- bits) in Alaska and includes snowshoe chanical device used or capable of hare and tundra hare. being used for the taking of clams. Harvest limit means the number of Mechanical jigging machine means a any one species permitted to be taken mechanical device with line and hooks by any one person or designated group, used to jig for halibut and bottomfish, per specified time period, in a Unit or but does not include hand gurdies or portion of a Unit in which the taking rods with reels. occurs even if part or all of the harvest Mile means a nautical mile when used is preserved. A fish, when landed and in reference to marine waters or a stat- killed by means of rod and reel, be- ute mile when used in reference to comes part of the harvest limit of the fresh water. person originally hooking it. Motorized vehicle means a motor-driv- Herring pound means an enclosure en land, air, or water conveyance. used primarily to contain live herring Open season means the time when over extended periods of time. wildlife may be taken by hunting or Highway means the drivable surface trapping; an open season includes the of any constructed road. first and last days of the prescribed Household means that group of people season period. residing in the same residence. Otter means river or land otter only, Hung measure means the maximum excluding sea otter. length of the cork line when measured Permit hunt means a hunt for which wet or dry with traction applied at one State or Federal permits are issued by end only. registration or other means. Hunting means the taking of wildlife Poison means any substance that is within established hunting seasons toxic or poisonous upon contact or in- with archery equipment or firearms, gestion. and as authorized by a required hunt- Possession means having direct phys- ing license. ical control of wildlife at a given time

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or having both the power and intention fly or lure is used as terminal tackle. to exercise dominion or control of wild- This definition does not include the use life either directly or through another of rod and reel gear for snagging. person or persons. Salmon means the following species: Possession limit means the maximum pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); number of fish, grouse, or ptarmigan a sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); person or designated group may have Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus in possession if they have not been tshawytscha); coho salmon canned, salted, frozen, smoked, dried, (Oncorhynchus kisutch); and chum or otherwise preserved so as to be fit salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). for human consumption after a 15-day Salmon stream means any stream used period. by salmon for spawning, rearing, or for Pot means a portable structure de- traveling to a spawning or rearing signed and constructed to capture and area. retain live fish and shellfish in the Salvage means to transport the edible water. meat, skull, or hide, as required by reg- Ptarmigan collectively refers to all ulation, of a regulated fish, wildlife, or species found in Alaska, including shellfish to the location where the edi- white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptar- ble meat will be consumed by humans migan, and willow ptarmigan. or processed for human consumption in Purse seine means a floating net a manner that saves or prevents the ed- which is designed to surround fish and ible meat from waste, and preserves which can be closed at the bottom by the skull or hide for human use. means of a free-running line through Scallop dredge means a dredge-like de- one or more rings attached to the lead vice designed specifically for and capa- line. ble of taking scallops by being towed Ram means a male Dall sheep. along the ocean floor. Registration permit means a permit that authorizes hunting and is issued Sea urchin rake means a hand-held to a person who agrees to the specified implement, no longer than 4 feet, hunting conditions. Hunting permitted equipped with projecting prongs used by a registration permit begins on an to gather sea urchins. announced date and continues through- Sealing means placing a mark or tag out the open season, or until the sea- on a portion of a harvested animal by son is closed by Board action. Registra- an authorized representative of the tion permits are issued in the order re- ADF&G; sealing includes collecting and quests are received and/or are based on recording information about the condi- priorities as determined by 50 CFR tions under which the animal was har- 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17. vested, and measurements of the speci- Regulatory year means July 1–June 30, men submitted for sealing, or surren- except for fish and shellfish, for which dering a specific portion of the animal it means April 1–March 31. for biological information. Ring net means a bag-shaped net sus- Set gillnet means a gillnet that has pended between no more than two been intentionally set, staked, an- frames; the bottom frame may not be chored, or otherwise fixed. larger in perimeter than the top frame; Seven-eighths curl horn means the the gear must be nonrigid and collaps- horn of a male Dall sheep, the tip of ible so that free movement of fish or which has grown through seven-eighths shellfish across the top of the net is (315 degrees) of a circle, described by not prohibited when the net is em- the outer surface of the horn, as viewed ployed. from the side, or with both horns bro- Rockfish means all species of the ken. genus Sebastes. Shovel means a hand-operated imple- Rod and reel means either a device ment for digging clams. upon which a line is stored on a fixed Skin, hide, pelt, or fur means any or revolving spool and is deployed tanned or untanned external covering through guides mounted on a flexible of an animal’s body. However, for bear, pole, or a line that is attached to a the skin, hide, pelt, or fur means the pole. In either case, bait or an artificial external covering with claws attached.

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Snagging means hooking or attempt- shellfish, and includes beam, otter, or ing to hook a fish elsewhere than in pelagic trawl. the mouth. Troll gear means a power gurdy troll Spear means a shaft with a sharp gear consisting of a line or lines with point or fork-like implement attached lures or baited hooks that are drawn to one end, which is used to thrust through the water by a power gurdy; through the water to impale or retrieve hand troll gear consisting of a line or fish, and which is operated by hand. lines with lures or baited hooks that Spike-fork moose means a bull moose are drawn through the water from a with only one or two tines on either vessel by hand trolling, strip fishing, or antler; male calves are not spike-fork other types of trolling, and which are bulls. retrieved by hand power or hand-pow- Stretched measure means the average ered crank and not by any type of elec- length of any series of 10 consecutive trical, hydraulic, mechanical, or other meshes measured from inside the first assisting device or attachment; or knot and including the last knot when dinglebar troll gear consisting of one wet; the 10 meshes, when being meas- or more lines, retrieved and set with a ured, must be an integral part of the troll gurdy or hand troll gurdy, with a net, as hung, and measured perpen- terminally attached weight from which dicular to the selvages; measurements one or more leaders with one or more will be made by means of a metal tape lures or baited hooks are pulled measure while the 10 meshes being through the water while a vessel is measured are suspended vertically making way. from a single peg or nail, under 5-pound Trophy means a mount of a big game weight. animal, including the skin of the head Subsistence fishing permit means a sub- (cape) or the entire skin, in a lifelike sistence harvest permit issued by the representation of the animal, including Alaska Department of Fish and Game a lifelike representation made from or the Federal Subsistence Board. any part of a big game animal; ‘‘tro- Take or Taking means to fish, pursue, phy’’ also includes a ‘‘European hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, collect, mount’’ in which the horns or antlers kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any and the skull or a portion of the skull such conduct. are mounted for display. Tine or antler point refers to any Trout means the following species: point on an antler, the length of which Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) is greater than its width and is at least and rainbow/steelhead trout 1 inch. (Oncorhynchus mykiss). To operate fishing gear means any of Unclassified wildlife or unclassified spe- the following: To deploy gear in the cies means all species of animals not water; to remove gear from the water; otherwise classified by the definitions to remove fish or shellfish from the in this paragraph (a), or regulated gear during an open season or period; under other Federal law as listed in or to possess a gillnet containing fish paragraph (i) of this section. during an open fishing period, except Ungulate means any species of hoofed that a gillnet that is completely clear mammal, including deer, caribou, elk, of the water is not considered to be op- moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and erating for the purposes of minimum musk ox. distance requirement. Unit and Subunit means one of the Transportation means to ship, convey, geographical areas in the State of Alas- carry, or transport by any means what- ka known as Game Management Units, ever and deliver or receive for such or GMUs, as defined in the codified shipment, conveyance, carriage, or Alaska Department of Fish and Game transportation. regulations found in Title 5 of the Alas- Trapping means the taking of ka Administrative Code and collec- furbearers within established trapping tively listed in this part as Units or seasons and with a required trapping li- Subunits. cense. Wildlife means any hare, ptarmigan, Trawl means a bag-shaped net towed grouse, ungulate, bear, furbearer, or through the water to capture fish or unclassified species and includes any

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part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, (1) Any species of fish that may be or carcass or part thereof. taken by subsistence fishing under this (b) Taking fish, wildlife, or shellfish part may be taken under a designated for subsistence uses by a prohibited harvest permit. method is a violation of this part. Sea- (2) If you are a Federally qualified sons are closed unless opened by Fed- subsistence user, you (beneficiary) may eral regulation. Hunting, trapping, or designate another Federally qualified fishing during a closed season or in an subsistence user to take fish on your area closed by this part is prohibited. behalf. The designated fisherman must You may not take for subsistence fish, obtain a designated harvest permit wildlife, or shellfish outside estab- prior to attempting to harvest fish and lished Unit or Area seasons, or in ex- must return a completed harvest re- cess of the established Unit or Area port. The designated fisherman may harvest limits, unless otherwise pro- fish for any number of beneficiaries but vided for by the Board. You may take may have no more than two harvest fish, wildlife, or shellfish under State limits in his/her possession at any one regulations on public lands, except as time. otherwise restricted at §§ 242.26 through (3) The designated fisherman must 242.28. Unit/Area-specific restrictions have in possession a valid designated or allowances for subsistence taking of fishing permit when taking, attempt- fish, wildlife, or shellfish are identified ing to take, or transporting fish taken at §§ 242.26 through 242.28. under this section, on behalf of a bene- (c) Harvest limits. ficiary. (1) Harvest limits authorized by this (4) The designated fisherman may not section and harvest limits established fish with more than one legal limit of in State regulations may not be accu- gear. mulated unless specified otherwise in (5) You may not designate more than §§ 242.26, 242.27. or 242.28. one person to take or attempt to take (2) Fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken fish on your behalf at one time. You by a designated individual for another may not personally take or attempt to person pursuant to § 242.10(d)(5)(ii) take fish at the same time that a des- counts toward the individual harvest ignated fisherman is taking or at- limit of the person for whom the fish, tempting to take fish on your behalf. wildlife, or shellfish is taken. (e) Hunting by designated harvest per- (3) A harvest limit may apply to the mit. If you are a Federally qualified number of fish, wildlife, or shellfish subsistence user (recipient), you may that can be taken daily, seasonally designate another Federally qualified and/or during a regulatory year or held subsistence user to take deer, moose, in possession. and caribou, and in Units 1–5, goats, on (4) Unless otherwise provided, any your behalf unless you are a member of person who gives or receives fish, wild- a community operating under a com- life, or shellfish must furnish, upon a munity harvest system or unless unit- request made by a Federal or State specific regulations in § 242.26 preclude agent, a signed statement describing or modify the use of the designated the following: Names and addresses of hunter system or allow the harvest of persons who gave and received fish, additional species by a designated wildlife, or shellfish; the time and hunter. The designated hunter must place that the fish, wildlife, or shellfish obtain a designated hunter permit and was taken; and identification of species must return a completed harvest re- transferred. Where a qualified subsist- port. The designated hunter may hunt ence user has designated another quali- for any number of recipients but may fied subsistence user to take fish, wild- have no more than two harvest limits life, or shellfish on his or her behalf in in his/her possession at any one time accordance with § 242.10(d)(5)(ii), the except for goats, where designated permit must be furnished in place of a hunters may have no more than one signed statement. harvest limit in possession at any one (d) Fishing by designated harvest per- time, and unless otherwise specified in mit. unit-specific regulations in § 242.26.

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(f) A rural Alaska resident who has permit and you fail to comply with been designated to take fish, wildlife, such reporting requirements, you are or shellfish on behalf of another rural ineligible to receive a subsistence per- Alaska resident in accordance with mit for that activity during the fol- § 242.10(d)(5)(ii) must promptly deliver lowing regulatory year, unless you the fish, wildlife, or shellfish to that demonstrate that failure to report was rural Alaska resident and may not due to loss in the mail, accident, sick- charge the recipient for his/her services ness, or other unavoidable cir- in taking the fish, wildlife, or shellfish cumstances. or claim for themselves the meat or (i) You may not possess, transport, any part of the harvested fish, wildlife, give, receive, or barter fish, wildlife, or or shellfish. shellfish that was taken in violation of (g) Cultural/educational program per- Federal or State statutes or a regula- mits. tion promulgated hereunder. (1) A qualifying program must have (j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or shell- instructors, enrolled students, min- fish. imum attendance requirements, and (1) You may not use wildlife as food standards for successful completion of for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, ex- the course. Applications must be sub- cept as allowed for in § 242.26, § 242.27, or mitted to the Federal Subsistence § 242.28, or except for the following: Board through the Office of Subsist- (i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or ence Management and should be sub- bones of wildlife; mitted 60 days prior to the earliest de- (ii) The skinned carcass of a sired date of harvest. Harvest must be furbearer; reported, and any animals harvested (iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse, will count against any established Fed- or ptarmigan; however, you may not eral harvest quota for the area in use the breast meat of grouse and ptar- which it is harvested. migan as animal food or bait; (2) Requests for followup permits (iv) Unclassified wildlife. must be submitted to the in-season or local manager and should be submitted (2) If you take wildlife for subsist- 60 days prior to the earliest desired ence, you must salvage the following date of harvest. parts for human use: (h) Permits. If a subsistence fishing or (i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine, coy- hunting permit is required by this part, ote, fox, lynx, marten, mink, weasel, or the following permit conditions apply otter; unless otherwise specified in this sec- (ii) The hide and edible meat of a tion: brown bear, except that the hide of (1) You may not take more fish, wild- brown bears taken in Units 5, 9B, 17, 18, life, or shellfish for subsistence use portions of 19A and 19B, 21D, 22, 23, 24, than the limits set out in the permit; and 26A need not be salvaged; (2) You must obtain the permit prior (iii) The hide and edible meat of a to fishing or hunting; black bear; (3) You must have the permit in your (iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, possession and readily available for in- hares, marmots, beaver, muskrats, or spection while fishing, hunting, or unclassified wildlife. transporting subsistence-taken fish, (3) You must salvage the edible meat wildlife, or shellfish; of ungulates, bear, grouse, and ptar- (4) If specified on the permit, you migan. must keep accurate daily records of the (4) You may not intentionally waste harvest, showing the number of fish, or destroy any subsistence-caught fish wildlife, or shellfish taken, by species, or shellfish; however, you may use for location, and date of harvest, and other bait or other purposes whitefish, her- such information as may be required ring, and species for which bag limits, for management or conservation pur- seasons, or other regulatory methods poses; and and means are not provided in this sec- (5) If the return of harvest information, as well as the head, tail, fins, and tion necessary for management and viscera of legally taken subsistence conservation purposes is required by a fish.

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(5) Failure to salvage the edible meat sistence uses (excluding bear), to in- may not be a violation if such failure is clude: Skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, caused by circumstances beyond the bones (except skulls of moose, caribou, control of a person, including theft of elk, deer, sheep, goat, and musk ox), the harvested fish, wildlife, or shell- teeth, sinew, antlers and/or horns (if fish, unanticipated weather conditions, not attached to any part of the skull or or unavoidable loss to another animal. made to represent a big game trophy) (6) If you are a Federally qualified and hooves. subsistence user, you may sell handi- (11) The sale of handicrafts made craft articles made from the skin, hide, from the nonedible byproducts of wild- pelt, or fur, including claws, of a black life, when authorized in this part, may bear. not constitute a significant commer- (i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may cial enterprise. sell handicraft articles made from the (12) You may sell the horns and ant- skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, lers not attached to any part of the teeth, sinew, or skulls of a black bear skull from legally harvested caribou taken from Units 1, 2, 3, or 5. (except caribou harvested in Unit 23), (ii) [Reserved] deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and (7) If you are a Federally qualified sheep. subsistence user, you may sell handi- (13) You may sell the raw/untanned craft articles made from the skin, hide, and tanned hide or cape from a legally pelt, or fur, including claws, of a brown harvested caribou, deer, elk, goat, bear taken from Units 1–5, 9A–C, 9E, 12, moose, musk ox, and sheep. 17, 20, 22, 23, 24B (only that portion (k) The regulations found in this part within Gates of the Arctic National do not apply to the subsistence taking Park), 25, or 26. and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish (i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may regulated pursuant to the Fur Seal Act sell handicraft articles made from the of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091, 16 U.S.C. 1187); the skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87 teeth, sinew, or skulls of a brown bear Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531–1543); the Ma- taken from Units 1, 4, or 5. rine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (86 (ii) Prior to selling a handicraft in- Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407); and the corporating a brown bear claw(s), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. hide or claw(s) not attached to a hide 755; 16 U.S.C. 703–711), or to any amend- must be sealed by an authorized Alaska ments to these Acts. The taking and Department of Fish and Game rep- use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish, cov- resentative. Old claws may be sealed if ered by these Acts will conform to the an affidavit is signed indicating that specific provisions contained in these the claws came from a brown bear har- Acts, as amended, and any imple- vested on Federal public lands by a menting regulations. Federally qualified user. A copy of the (l) Rural residents, nonrural resi- Alaska Department of Fish and Game dents, and nonresidents not specifically sealing certificate must accompany the prohibited by Federal regulations from handicraft when sold. fishing, hunting, or trapping on public (8) If you are a Federally qualified lands in an area may fish, hunt, or trap subsistence user, you may sell the raw on public lands in accordance with the fur or tanned pelt with or without appropriate State regulations. claws attached from legally harvested furbearers. [77 FR 35494, June 13, 2012] (9) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell handi- § 242.26 Subsistence taking of wildlife. craft articles made from the nonedible (a) You may take wildlife for subsist- byproducts (including, but not limited ence uses by any method, except as to, skin, shell, fins, and bones) of sub- prohibited in this section or by other sistence-harvested fish or shellfish. Federal statute. Taking wildlife for (10) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence uses by a prohibited meth- subsistence user, you may sell handi- od is a violation of this part. Seasons craft articles made from nonedible by- are closed unless opened by Federal products of wildlife harvested for sub- regulation. Hunting or trapping during

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a closed season or in an area closed by (11) Using hooks to physically snag, this part is prohibited. impale, or otherwise take wildlife; (b) Except for special provisions however, hooks may be used as a trap found at paragraphs (n)(1) through (26) drag. of this section, the following methods (12) Using a crossbow to take and means of taking wildlife for sub- ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine in sistence uses are prohibited: any area restricted to hunting by bow (1) Shooting from, on, or across a and arrow only. highway. (13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, (2) Using any poison. or wolverine with a bow, unless the (3) Using a helicopter in any manner, bow is capable of casting an inch-wide including transportation of individuals, broadhead-tipped arrow at least 175 equipment, or wildlife; however, this yards horizontally, and the arrow and prohibition does not apply to transpor- broadhead together weigh at least 1 tation of an individual, gear, or wild- ounce (437.5 grains). life during an emergency rescue oper- (14) Using bait for taking ungulates, ation in a life-threatening situation. bear, wolf, or wolverine; except you (4) Taking wildlife from a motorized may use bait to take wolves and wol- land or air vehicle when that vehicle is verine with a trapping license, and you in motion, or from a motor-driven boat may use bait to take black bears with when the boat’s progress from the mo- a hunting license as authorized in tor’s power has not ceased. Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (5) Using a motorized vehicle to (n)(1) through (26) of this section. Bait- drive, herd, or molest wildlife. ing of black bears is subject to the fol- (6) Using or being aided by use of a lowing restrictions: machine gun, set gun, or a shotgun (i) Before establishing a black bear larger than 10 gauge. bait station, you must register the site (7) Using a firearm other than a shot- with ADF&G; gun, muzzle-loaded rifle, rifle, or pistol (ii) When using bait, you must clear- using center-firing cartridges for the ly mark the site with a sign reading taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, or ‘‘black bear bait station’’ that also dis- wolverine, except that— plays your hunting license number and (i) An individual in possession of a ADF&G-assigned number; valid trapping license may use a fire- (iii) You may use only biodegradable arm that shoots rimfire cartridges to materials for bait; you may use only take wolves and wolverine; and the head, bones, viscera, or skin of le- (ii) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54- gally harvested fish and wildlife for caliber or larger, or a .45-caliber muz- bait; zle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or (iv) You may not use bait within 1⁄4 larger, elongated slug may be used to mile of a publicly maintained road or take brown bear, black bear, elk, trail; moose, musk ox, and mountain goat. (v) You may not use bait within 1 (8) Using or being aided by use of a mile of a house or other permanent pit, fire, artificial light, radio commu- dwelling, or within 1 mile of a devel- nication, artificial salt lick, explosive, oped campground or developed rec- barbed arrow, bomb, smoke, chemical, reational facility; conventional steel trap with a jaw (vi) When using bait, you must re- spread over 9 inches, or conibear style move litter and equipment from the trap with a jaw spread over 11 inches. bait station site when done hunting; (9) Using a snare, except that an indi- (vii) You may not give or receive vidual in possession of a valid hunting payment for the use of a bait station, license may use nets and snares to take including barter or exchange of goods; unclassified wildlife, ptarmigan, and grouse, or hares; and individuals in (viii) You may not have more than possession of a valid trapping license two bait stations with bait present at may use snares to take furbearers. any one time; (10) Using a trap to take ungulates or (15) Taking swimming ungulates, bear. bears, wolves, or wolverine.

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(16) Taking or assisting in the taking (2) An animal taken under Federal or of ungulates, bear, wolves, wolverine, State regulations by any member of a or other furbearers before 3:00 a.m. fol- community with an established com- lowing the day in which airborne travel munity harvest limit for that species occurred (except for flights in regu- counts toward the community harvest larly scheduled commercial aircraft); limit for that species. Except for wild- however, this restriction does not life taken pursuant to § 242.10(d)(5)(iii) apply to subsistence taking of deer, the or as otherwise provided for by this setting of snares or traps, or the re- part, an animal taken as part of a com- moval of furbearers from traps or munity harvest limit counts toward snares. every community member’s harvest (17) Taking a bear cub or a sow ac- limit for that species taken under Fed- companied by cub(s). eral or State of Alaska regulations. (c) Wildlife taken in defense of life or (f) Harvest limits. property is not a subsistence use; wild- (1) The harvest limit specified for a life so taken is subject to State regula- trapping season for a species and the tions. harvest limit set for a hunting season (d) The following methods and means for the same species are separate and of trapping furbearers for subsistence distinct. This means that if you have uses pursuant to the requirements of a taken a harvest limit for a particular trapping license are prohibited, in ad- species under a trapping season, you dition to the prohibitions listed at may take additional animals under the paragraph (b) of this section: harvest limit specified for a hunting (1) Disturbing or destroying a den, season or vice versa. except that you may disturb a muskrat (2) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a pushup or feeding house in the course Unit or portion of a Unit having a har- of trapping; vest limit of ‘‘one brown/grizzly bear (2) Disturbing or destroying any bea- per year’’ counts against a ‘‘one brown/ ver house; grizzly bear every four regulatory (3) Taking beaver by any means other years’’ harvest limit in other Units. than a steel trap or snare, except that You may not take more than one you may use firearms in certain Units brown/grizzly bear in a regulatory with established seasons as identified year. in Unit-specific regulations found in (g) Evidence of sex and identity. this subpart; (1) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is (4) Taking otter with a steel trap restricted to a ram, you may not pos- having a jaw spread of less than 57⁄8 sess or transport a harvested sheep un- inches during any closed mink and less both horns accompany the animal. marten season in the same Unit; (2) If the subsistence taking of an (5) Using a net or fish trap (except a ungulate, except sheep, is restricted to blackfish or fyke trap); and one sex in the local area, you may not (6) Taking or assisting in the taking possess or transport the carcass of an of furbearers by firearm before 3:00 animal taken in that area unless suffi- a.m. on the day following the day on cient portions of the external sex or- which airborne travel occurred; how- gans remain attached to indicate con- ever, this does not apply to a trapper clusively the sex of the animal, except using a firearm to dispatch furbearers that in Units 1–5 antlers are also con- caught in a trap or snare. sidered proof of sex for deer if the ant- (e) Possession and transportation of lers are naturally attached to an entire wildlife. carcass, with or without the viscera; (1) Except as specified in paragraphs and except in Units 11, 13, 19, 21, and 24, (e)(2) or (f)(1) of this section, or as oth- where you may possess either suffi- erwise provided, you may not take a cient portions of the external sex or- species of wildlife in any unit, or por- gans (still attached to a portion of the tion of a unit, if your total take of that carcass) or the head (with or without species already obtained anywhere in antlers attached; however, the antler the State under Federal and State reg- stumps must remain attached) to indi- ulations equals or exceeds the harvest cate the sex of the harvested moose; limit in that unit. however, this paragraph (g)(2) does not

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apply to the carcass of an ungulate tified on the collar or marker when and that has been butchered and placed in where the animal was taken. You also storage or otherwise prepared for con- must retain any ear tag, collar, radio, sumption upon arrival at the location tattoo, or other identification with the where it is to be consumed. hide until it is sealed, if sealing is re- (3) If a moose harvest limit requires quired; in all cases, you must return an antlered bull, an antler size, or con- any identification equipment to the figuration restriction, you may not ADF&G or to an agency identified on possess or transport the moose carcass such equipment. or its parts unless both antlers accom- (j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. pany the carcass or its parts. If you (1) Sealing requirements for bear possess a set of antlers with less than apply to brown bears taken in all the required number of brow tines on Units, except as specified in this para- one antler, you must leave the antlers graph, and black bears of all color naturally attached to the unbroken, phases taken in Units 1–7, 11–17, and 20. uncut skull plate; however, this para- (2) You may not possess or transport graph (g)(3) does not apply to a moose from Alaska the untanned skin or skull carcass or its parts that have been of a bear unless the skin and skull have butchered and placed in storage or oth- been sealed by an authorized represent- erwise prepared for consumption after ative of ADF&G in accordance with arrival at the place where it is to be State or Federal regulations, except stored or consumed. that the skin and skull of a brown bear (h) Removing harvest from the field. taken under a registration permit in You must leave all edible meat on the Units 5, 9B, 9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B bones of the front quarters and hind downstream of and including the Aniak quarters of caribou and moose har- River drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A vested in Units 9, 17, 18, and 19B prior need not be sealed unless removed from to October 1 until you remove the meat the area. from the field or process it for human (3) You must keep a bear skin and consumption. You must leave all edible skull together until a representative of meat on the bones of the front quar- the ADF&G has removed a rudi- ters, hind quarters, and ribs of moose mentary premolar tooth from the skull harvested in Unit 21 prior to October 1 and sealed both the skull and the skin; until you remove the meat from the however, this provision does not apply field or process it for human consump- to brown bears taken within Units 5, tion. You must leave all edible meat on 9B, 9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B downstream the bones of the front quarters, hind of and including the Aniak River drain- quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose age, 21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A and which harvested in Unit 24 prior to October 1 are not removed from the Unit. until you remove the meat from the (i) In areas where sealing is required field or process it for human consump- by Federal regulations, you may not tion. Meat of the front quarters, hind possess or transport the hide of a bear quarters, or ribs from a harvested that does not have the penis sheath or moose or caribou may be processed for vaginal orifice naturally attached to human consumption and consumed in indicate conclusively the sex of the the field; however, meat may not be re- bear. moved from the bones for purposes of (ii) If the skin or skull of a bear transport out of the field. You must taken in Units 9B, 17, 18, and 19A and leave all edible meat on the bones of 19B downstream of and including the the front quarters, hind quarters, and Aniak River drainage is removed from ribs of caribou and moose harvested in the area, you must first have it sealed Unit 25 until you remove the meat by an ADF&G representative in Bethel, from the field or process it for human Dillingham, or McGrath; at the time of consumption. sealing, the ADF&G representative (i) Returning of tags, marks, or collars. must remove and retain the skin of the If you take an animal that has been skull and front claws of the bear. marked or tagged for scientific studies, (iii) If you remove the skin or skull you must, within a reasonable time, of a bear taken in Units 21D, 22, 23, 24, notify the ADF&G or the agency iden- and 26A from the area or present it for

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commercial tanning within the area, (1) The harvest does not violate rec- you must first have it sealed by an ognized principles of wildlife conserva- ADF&G representative in Barrow, Ga- tion and uses the methods and means lena, Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of allowable for the particular species sealing, the ADF&G representative published in the applicable Federal reg- must remove and retain the skin of the ulations. The appropriate Federal land skull and front claws of the bear. manager will establish the number, (iv) If you remove the skin or skull of species, sex, or location of harvest, if a bear taken in Unit 5 from the area, necessary, for conservation purposes. you must first have it sealed by an Other regulations relating to ceremo- ADF&G representative in Yakutat. nial harvest may be found in the unit- (v) If you remove the skin or skull of specific regulations in paragraph (n) of a bear taken in Unit 9E from Unit 9, this section. you must first have it sealed by an au- (2) No permit or harvest ticket is re- thorized sealing representative. At the quired for harvesting under this sec- time of sealing, the representative tion; however, the harvester must be a must remove and retain the skin of the Federally qualified subsistence user skull and front claws of the bear. with customary and traditional use in (4) You may not falsify any informa- the area where the harvesting will tion required on the sealing certificate occur. (3) In Units 1–26 (except for Koyukon/ or temporary sealing form provided by Gwich’in potlatch ceremonies in Units the ADF&G in accordance with State 20F, 21, 24, or 25): regulations. (i) A tribal chief, village or tribal (k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, council president, or the chief’s or otter, wolf, and wolverine. You may not president’s designee for the village in possess or transport from Alaska the which the religious/cultural ceremony untanned skin of a marten taken in will be held, or a Federally qualified Units 1–5, 7, 13E, or 14–16 or the subsistence user outside of a village or untanned skin of a beaver, lynx, otter, tribal-organized ceremony, must notify wolf, or wolverine, whether taken in- the nearest Federal land manager that side or outside the State, unless the a wildlife harvest will take place. The skin has been sealed by an authorized notification must include the species, representative in accordance with harvest location, and number of ani- State or Federal regulations. mals expected to be taken. (1) In Unit 18, you must obtain an (ii) Immediately after the wildlife is ADF&G seal for beaver skins only if taken, the tribal chief, village or tribal they are to be sold or commercially council president or designee, or other tanned. Federally qualified subsistence user (2) In Unit 2, you must seal any wolf must create a list of the successful taken on or before the 14th day after hunters and maintain these records, in- the date of taking. cluding the name of the decedent for (l) If you take a species listed in whom the ceremony will be held. If re- paragraph (k) of this section but are quested, this information must be unable to present the skin in person, available to an authorized representa- you must complete and sign a tem- tive of the Federal land manager. porary sealing form and ensure that (iii) The tribal chief, village or tribal the completed temporary sealing form council president or designee, or other and skin are presented to an authorized Federally qualified subsistence user representative of ADF&G for sealing outside of the village in which the reli- consistent with requirements listed in gious/cultural ceremony will be held paragraph (k) of this section. must report to the Federal land man- (m) You may take wildlife, outside of ager the harvest location, species, sex, established season or harvest limits, and number of animals taken as soon for food in traditional religious cere- as practicable, but not more than 15 monies, which are part of a funerary or days after the wildlife is taken. mortuary cycle, including memorial (4) In Units 20F, 21, 24, and 25 (for potlatches, under the following provi- Koyukon/Gwich’in potlatch ceremonies sions: only):

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(i) Taking wildlife outside of estab- sage and Lynn Canal north of Cape lished season and harvest limits is au- Fanshaw and south of the latitude of thorized if it is for food for the tradi- Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, tional Koyukon/Gwich’in Potlatch Fu- Sullivan Island, and all mainland por- nerary or Mortuary ceremony and if it tions north of Chichagof Island and is consistent with conservation of south of the latitude of Eldred Rock, healthy populations. excluding drainages into Farragut Bay. (ii) Immediately after the wildlife is (iv) Unit 1D consists of that portion taken, the tribal chief, village or tribal of Unit 1 north of the latitude of Eldred council president, or the chief’s or Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and president’s designee for the village in the drainages of Berners Bay. which the religious ceremony will be (v) In the following areas, the taking held must create a list of the successful of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- hunters and maintain these records. hibited or restricted on public lands: The list must be made available, after (A) Public lands within Glacier Bay the harvest is completed, to a Federal National Park are closed to all taking land manager upon request. of wildlife for subsistence uses; (iii) As soon as practical, but not (B) Unit 1A—in the Hyder area, the more than 15 days after the harvest, Salmon River drainage downstream the tribal chief, village council presi- from the Riverside Mine, excluding the dent, or designee must notify the Fed- Thumb Creek drainage, is closed to the eral land manager about the harvest taking of bear; location, species, sex, and number of (C) Unit 1B—the Anan Creek drain- animals taken. age within 1 mile of Anan Creek down- (n) Unit regulations. You may take for stream from the mouth of Anan Lake, subsistence unclassified wildlife, all including the area within a 1-mile ra- squirrel species, and marmots in all dius from the mouth of Anan Creek La- Units, without harvest limits, for the goon, is closed to the taking of bear; period of July 1–June 30. Unit-specific restrictions or allowances for subsist- (D) Unit 1C: ence taking of wildlife are identified at (1) You may not hunt within one- paragraphs (n)(1) through (26) of this fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the section. U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier (1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all main- Visitor’s Center, and the Center’s park- land drainages from Dixon Entrance to ing area; Cape Fairweather, and those islands (2) You may not take mountain goat east of the center line of Clarence in the area of Mt. Bullard bounded by Strait from Dixon Entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Creek Caamano Point, and all islands in Ste- from its mouth to its confluence with phens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Goat Creek, and a line from the mouth Taku Inlet: of Goat Creek north to the Mendenhall (i) Unit 1A consists of all drainages Glacier. south of the latitude of Lemesurier (vi) You may not trap furbearers for Point including all drainages into subsistence uses in Unit 1C, Juneau Behm Canal, excluding all drainages of area, on the following public lands: Ernest Sound. (A) A strip within one-quarter mile of (ii) Unit 1B consists of all drainages the mainland coast between the end of between the latitude of Lemesurier Thane Road and the end of Glacier Point and the latitude of Cape Highway at Echo Cove; Fanshaw including all drainages of Er- (B) That area of the Mendenhall Val- nest Sound and Farragut Bay, and in- ley bounded on the south by the Gla- cluding the islands east of the center cier Highway, on the west by the lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana (between Sergief and Kadin Islands), Creek Road and Spur Road to Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (ex- Mendenhall Lake, on the north by cluding Blake Island), Ernest Sound, Mendenhall Lake, and on the east by and Seward Passage. the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest (iii) Unit 1C consists of that portion Service Glacier Spur Road to the For- of Unit 1 draining into Stephens Pas- est Service Visitor Center;

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(C) That area within the U.S. Forest (D) Trappers are prohibited from Service Mendenhall Glacier Recreation using a trap or snare unless the trap or Area; snare has been individually marked (D) A strip within one-quarter mile of with a permanent metal tag upon the following trails as designated on which is stamped or permanently U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert etched the trapper’s name and address, Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Pe- or the trapper’s permanent identifica- terson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows tion number, or is set within 50 yards Trail (including the loop trail), Nugget of a sign that lists the trapper’s name Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan and address, or the trapper’s perma- Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Gran- ite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts Trail and nent identification number. The trap- Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep per must use the trapper’s Alaska driv- Creek Trail, and Point Bishop Trail. er’s license number or State identifica- (vii) Unit-specific regulations: tion card number as the required per- (A) You may hunt black bear with manent identification number. If a bait in Units 1A, 1B, and 1D between trapper chooses to place a sign at a April 15 and June 15. snaring site rather than tagging indi- (B) You may not shoot ungulates, vidual snares, the sign must be at least bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, 3 inches by 5 inches in size, be clearly unless you are certified as disabled. visible, and have numbers and letters (C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a that are at least one-half inch high and trap or snare during an open Federal one-eighth inch wide in a color that trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or contrasts with the color of the sign. beaver may be legally retained.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear ...... Sept. 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration permit only ...... Sept. 15–Dec. 31. Mar. 15–May 31. Deer: Unit 1A—4 antlered deer ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Unit 1B—2 antlered deer ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Unit 1C—4 deer; however, female deer may be taken only from Sept. 15–Dec. Aug. 1–Dec. 31. 31. Goat: Unit 1A—Revillagigedo Island only ...... No open season. Unit 1B—that portion north of LeConte Bay—1 goat by State registration permit Aug. 1–Dec. 31. only; the taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited. Unit 1A and Unit 1B—that portion on the Cleveland Peninsula south of the di- No open season. vide between Yes Bay and Santa Anna Inlet. Unit 1A and Unit 1B—remainder—2 goats; a State registration permit will be re- Aug. 1–Dec. 31. quired for the taking of the first goat and a Federal registration permit for the taking of a second goat. The taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited. Unit 1C—that portion draining into Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage between Oct. 1–Nov. 30. Antler River and Eagle Glacier and River, and all drainages of the Chilkat Range south of the Endicott River—1 goat by State registration permit only. Unit 1C—that portion draining into Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet between No open season. Eagle Glacier and River and Taku Glacier. Unit 1C—remainder—1 goat by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–Nov. 30. Unit 1D—that portion lying north of the Katzehin River and northeast of the Sept. 15–Nov. 30. Haines highway—1 goat by State registration permit only. Unit 1D—that portion lying between Taiya Inlet and River and the White Pass No open season. and Yukon Railroad. Unit 1D—remainder—1 goat by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Moose: Unit 1A—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit ...... Sept. 5–Oct. 15. Unit 1B—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow Sept. 15–Oct. 15. tines on one side, or antlers with 2 brow tines on both sides, by State registration permit only. Unit 1C—that portion south of Point Hobart including all Port Houghton drain- Sept. 15–Oct. 15. ages—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on one side, or antlers with 2 brow tines on both sides, by State registration permit only.

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Harvest limits Open season

Unit 1C—remainder, excluding drainages of Berners Bay—1 antlered bull by Sept. 15–Oct. 15. State registration permit only. Unit 1C, Berners Bay ...... No open season. Unit 1D ...... No open season. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: Unit 1—No limit ...... Dec. 1–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Muskrat: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Otter: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 1.

(2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of which is stamped or permanently Wales Island and all islands west of the etched the trapper’s name and address, center lines of Clarence Strait and or the trapper’s permanent identifica- Kashevarof Passage, south and east of tion number, or is set within 50 yards the center lines of Sumner Strait, and of a sign that lists the trapper’s name east of the longitude of the western- and address, or the trapper’s perma- most point on Warren Island. nent identification number. The trap- (i) Unit-specific regulations: per must use the trapper’s Alaska driv- (A) You may use bait to hunt black er’s license number or State identifica- bear between April 15 and June 15. tion card number as the required per- (B) You may not shoot ungulates, manent identification number. If a bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled. trapper chooses to place a sign at a (C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a snaring site rather than tagging indi- trap or snare during an open Federal vidual snares, the sign must be at least trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or 3 inches by 5 inches in size, be clearly beaver may be legally retained. visible, and have numbers and letters (D) Trappers are prohibited from that are at least one-half inch high and using a trap or snare unless the trap or one-eighth inch wide in a color that snare has been individually marked contrasts with the color of the sign. with a permanent metal tag upon (ii) [Reserved]

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Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear ...... Sept. 1–June 30. Deer: 5 deer; however, no more than one may be a female deer. Female deer may be July 24–Dec. 31. taken only during the period Oct. 15–Dec. 31. The harvest limit may be reduced to 4 deer based on conservation concerns. The Federal public lands on Prince of Wales Island, excluding the southeastern portion (lands south of the West Arm of Cholmondeley Sound draining into Cholmondeley Sound or draining eastward into Clarence Strait), are closed to hunting of deer from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves. Federal hunting and trapping season may be closed when the com- Sept. 1–Mar. 31. bined Federal-State harvest quota is reached. Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed within 14 days of harvest. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Dec. 1–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Dec. 1 –Feb. 15. Muskrat: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Otter: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: No limit. Federal hunting and trapping season may be closed when the com- Nov. 15–Mar. 31. bined Federal-State harvest quota is reached. Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed within 14 days of harvest. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 1.

(3) Unit 3. (A) In the Petersburg vicinity, you (i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west may not take ungulates, bear, wolves, of Unit 1B, north of Unit 2, south of the and wolverine along a strip one-fourth center line of Frederick Sound, and mile wide on each side of the Mitkof east of the center line of Chatham Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal Strait including Coronation, Kuiu, Lake campground; Kupreanof, Mitkof, Zarembo, (B) You may not take black bears in Kashevaroff, Woronkofski, Etolin, the Petersburg Creek drainage on Wrangell, and Deer Islands. Kupreanof Island; (ii) In the following areas, the taking (C) You may not hunt in the Blind of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- Slough draining into Wrangell Narrows hibited or restricted on public lands: and a strip one-fourth mile wide on

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each side of Blind Slough, from the which is stamped or permanently hunting closure markers at the south- etched the trapper’s name and address, ernmost portion of Blind Island to the or the trapper’s permanent identifica- hunting closure markers 1 mile south tion number, or is set within 50 yards of the Blind Slough bridge. of a sign that lists the trapper’s name (iii) Unit-specific regulations: and address, or the trapper’s perma- (A) You may use bait to hunt black nent identification number. The trap- bear between April 15 and June 15. per must use the trapper’s Alaska driv- (B) You may not shoot ungulates, er’s license number or State identifica- bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, tion card number as the required per- unless you are certified as disabled. manent identification number. If a (C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trapper chooses to place a sign at a trap or snare during an open Federal snaring site rather than tagging indi- trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or vidual snares, the sign must be at least beaver may be legally retained. 3 inches by 5 inches in size, be clearly (D) Trappers are prohibited from visible, and have numbers and letters using a trap or snare unless the trap or that are at least one-half inch high and snare has been individually marked one-eighth inch wide in a color that with a permanent metal tag upon contrasts with the color of the sign.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear ...... Sept. 1–June 30. Deer: Unit 3—Mitkof, Woewodski, and Butterworth Islands—1 antlered deer ...... Oct. 15–31. Unit 3—remainder—2 antlered deer ...... Aug. 1–Nov. 30. Dec. 1–31, season to be announced. Moose: 1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on ei- Sept. 15–Oct. 15. ther antler, or antlers with 2 brow tines on both sides by State registration permit only. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: Unit 3—Mitkof Island—No limit ...... Dec. 1–Apr. 15. Unit 3—except Mitkof Island—No limit ...... Dec. 1–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Marten: Unit 3—except Kuiu Island—No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Unit 3—Kuiu Island...... No open season (season to reopen to Federally qualified users on July 1, 2012). Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Muskrat: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Otter: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15.

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Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 1.

(4) Unit 4. (A) You may shoot ungulates from a (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south boat. You may not shoot bear, wolves, and west of Unit 1C and north of Unit or wolverine from a boat, unless you 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, are certified as disabled. Chichagof, Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, (B) Five Federal registration permits and Pleasant Islands. will be issued by the Sitka or Hoonah (ii) In the following areas, the taking District Ranger for the taking of brown of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- bear for educational purposes associ- hibited or restricted on public lands: ated with teaching customary and tra- (A) You may not take brown bears in ditional subsistence harvest and use the Seymour Canal Closed Area (Admi- practices. Any bear taken under an ralty Island) including all drainages educational permit does not count in into northwestern Seymour Canal be- an individual’s one bear every four reg- tween Staunch Point and the southern- ulatory years limit. most tip of the unnamed peninsula sep- (C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a arating Swan Cove and King Salmon trap or snare during an open Federal Bay including Swan and Windfall Is- trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or lands; beaver may be legally retained. (B) You may not take brown bears in (D) Trappers are prohibited from the Salt Lake Closed Area (Admiralty using a trap or snare unless the trap or Island) including all lands within one- snare has been individually marked fourth mile of Salt Lake above with a permanent metal tag upon Klutchman Rock at the head of Mitch- which is stamped or permanently ell Bay; etched the trapper’s name and address, (C) You may not take brown bears in or the trapper’s permanent identifica- the Port Althorp Closed Area tion number, or is set within 50 yards (Chichagof Island), that area within of a sign that lists the trapper’s name the Port Althorp watershed south of a and address, or the trapper’s perma- line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck nent identification number. The trap- Point (Trap Rock); per must use the trapper’s Alaska driv- (D) You may not use any motorized er’s license number or State identifica- land vehicle for brown bear hunting in tion card number as the required per- the Northeast Chichagof Controlled manent identification number. If a Use Area (NECCUA) consisting of all trapper chooses to place a sign at a portions of Unit 4 on Chichagof Island snaring site rather than tagging indi- north of Tenakee Inlet and east of the vidual snares, the sign must be at least drainage divide from the northwestern 3 inches by 5 inches in size, be clearly point of Gull Cove to Port Frederick visible, and have numbers and letters Portage, including all drainages into that are at least one-half inch high and Port Frederick and Mud Bay. one-eighth inch wide in a color that (iii) Unit-specific regulations: contrasts with the color of the sign.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Brown Bear: Unit 4—Chichagof Island south and west of a line that follows the crest of the is- Sept. 15–Dec. 31. land from Rock Point (58° N. lat., 136°21′ W. long.) to Rodgers Point (57°35′ Mar. 15–May 31. N. lat., 135°33′ W. long.) including Yakobi and other adjacent islands; Baranof Island south and west of a line which follows the crest of the island from Nismeni Point (57°34′ N. lat., 135°25′ W. long.) to the entrance of Gut Bay (56°44′ N. lat. 134°38′ W. long.) including the drainages into Gut Bay and including Kruzof and other adjacent islands—1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration permit only.

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Unit 4—remainder—1 bear every 4 regulatory years by State registration permit Sept. 15–Dec. 31. only. Mar. 15–May 20. Deer: 6 deer; however, female deer may be taken only from Sept. 15–Jan. 31 ...... Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Goat: 1 goat by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: Unit 4—No limit ...... Dec. 1–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Muskrat: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Otter: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 1.

(5) Unit 5. (C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit (i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alas- 5 with a Federal registration permit in ka drainages and islands between Cape lieu of a State metal locking tag if you Fairweather and the center line of Icy have obtained a Federal registration Bay, including the Guyot Hills: permit prior to hunting. (A) Unit 5A consists of all drainages (D) Coyotes taken incidentally with a east of Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment trap or snare during an open Federal Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or Glacier, and includes the islands of beaver may be legally retained. Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays; (B) Unit 5B consists of the remainder (E) Trappers are prohibited from of Unit 5. using a trap or snare unless the trap or (ii) You may not take wildlife for snare has been individually marked subsistence uses on public lands within with a permanent metal tag upon Glacier Bay National Park. which is stamped or permanently (iii) Unit-specific regulations: etched the trapper’s name and address, (A) You may use bait to hunt black or the trapper’s permanent identifica- bear between April 15 and June 15. tion number, or is set within 50 yards (B) You may not shoot ungulates, of a sign that lists the trapper’s name bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled.

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and address, or the trapper’s perma- snaring site rather than tagging indi- nent identification number. The trap- vidual snares, the sign must be at least per must use the trapper’s Alaska driv- 3 inches by 5 inches in size, be clearly er’s license number or State identifica- visible, and have numbers and letters tion card number as the required per- that are at least one-half inch high and manent identification number. If a one-eighth inch wide in a color that trapper chooses to place a sign at a contrasts with the color of the sign.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear ...... Sept. 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Deer: Unit 5A–1 buck ...... Nov. 1–Nov. 30. Unit 5B ...... No open season. Goat: Unit 5A —that area between the Hubbard Glacier and the West Nunatak Glacier No open season. on the north and east sides of Nunatak Fjord. Unit 5A remainder—1 goat by Federal registration permit. The harvest quota will Aug. 1–Jan. 31. be announced prior to the season. A minimum of four goats in the harvest quota will be reserved for Federally qualified subsistence users. Unit 5B—1 goat by Federal registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Moose: Unit 5A, Nunatak Bench—1 moose by State registration permit only. The sea- Nov. 15–Feb. 15 son will be closed when 5 moose have been taken from the Nunatak Bench. Unit 5A, except Nunatak Bench—1 bull by joint State/Federal registration permit Oct. 8–Nov. 15. only. From Oct. 8–21, public lands will be closed to taking of moose, except by residents of Unit 5A hunting under these regulations. Unit 5B—1 antlered bull by State registration permit only. The season will be Sept. 1–Dec. 15. closed when 25 antlered bulls have been taken from the entirety of Unit 5B. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Nov. 10–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov 10–Feb. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Muskrat: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Feb. 15. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 1.

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(6) Unit 6. cent disabled, or temporarily disabled (i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alas- may designate another Federally quali- ka and Prince William Sound drainages fied subsistence user to take any from the center line of Icy Bay (exclud- moose, deer, black bear, and beaver on ing the Guyot Hills) to Cape Fairfield his or her behalf in Unit 6, and goat in including Kayak, Hinchinbrook, Mon- Unit 6D, unless the recipient is a mem- tague, and adjacent islands, and Mid- ber of a community operating under a dleton Island, but excluding the Copper community harvest system. The des- River drainage upstream from Miles ignated hunter must obtain a des- Glacier, and excluding the Nellie Juan ignated hunter permit and must return and Kings River drainages: a completed harvest report. The des- (A) Unit 6A consists of Gulf of Alaska ignated hunter may hunt for any num- drainages east of Palm Point near ber of recipients, but may have no Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, more than one harvest limit in his or and Kayak Islands; her possession at any one time. (B) Unit 6B consists of Gulf of Alaska (E) A hunter younger than 10 years and Copper River Basin drainages west old at the start of the hunt may not be of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the issued a Federal subsistence permit to west bank of the Copper River, and harvest black bear, deer, goat, moose, east of a line from Flag Point to Cot- wolf, and wolverine. tonwood Point; (F) A hunter younger than 10 years (C) Unit 6C consists of drainages west old may harvest black bear, deer, goat, of the west bank of the Copper River, moose, wolf, and wolverine under the and west of a line from Flag Point to direct, immediate supervision of a li- Cottonwood Point, and drainages east censed adult, at least 18 years old. The of the east bank of Rude River and animal taken is counted against the drainages into the eastern shore of Nel- adult’s harvest limit. The adult is re- son Bay and Orca Inlet; sponsible for ensuring that all legal re- (D) Unit 6D consists of the remainder quirements are met. of Unit 6. (G) Up to five permits will be issued (ii) Unit-specific regulations: by the Cordova District Ranger to the (A) You may use bait to hunt black Native Village of Chenega annually to bear between April 15 and June 15. harvest up to five deer total from Fed- (B) You may take coyotes in Units 6B eral public lands in Unit 6D for their and 6C with the aid of artificial lights. annual Old Chenega Memorial. Permits (C) One permit will be issued by the will have effective dates of July 1–June Cordova District Ranger to the Native 30. Village of Eyak to take one moose (H) Up to five permits will be issued from Federal lands in Units 6B or C for by the Cordova District Ranger to the their annual Memorial/Sobriety Day Tatitlek IRA Council annually to har- potlatch. vest up to five deer total from Federal (D) A Federally qualified subsistence public lands in Unit 6D for their annual user (recipient) who is either blind, 65 Cultural Heritage Week. Permits will years of age or older, at least 70 per- have effective dates of July 1–June 30.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 1 bear ...... Sept. 1–June 30. Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1–Dec. 31 ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Goats: Unit 6A and B—1 goat by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 20–Jan. 31. Unit 6C ...... No open season. Unit 6D (subareas RG242, RG243, RG244, RG249, RG266 and RG252 only)— Aug. 20–Jan. 31. 1 goat by Federal registration permit only. In each of the Unit 6D subareas, goat seasons will be closed by the Cordova District Ranger when harvest limits for that subarea are reached. Harvest quotas are as follows: RG242—2 goats, RG243—4 goats, RG244—2 goats, RG249—4 goats, RG266—4 goats, RG252—1 goat. Moose: Unit 6C–1 antlerless moose by Federal registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–Oct. 31.

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Unit 6C–1 bull by Federal registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–Dec. 31. (In Unit 6C, only one moose permit may be issued per household. A household receiving a State permit for Unit 6C moose may not receive a Federal permit. The annual harvest quota will be announced by the U.S. Forest Service, Cor- dova Office, in consultation with ADF&G. The Federal harvest allocation will be 100% of the antlerless moose permits and 75% of the bull permits.) Unit 6—remainder ...... No open season. Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ...... May 1–Oct. 31. Coyote: Unit 6A and D—2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30 Unit 6B and 6C—No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases) ...... No open season. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 1–May 15. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Dec. 1–Apr. 30. Coyote: Unit 6C—south of the Copper River Highway and east of the Heney Range—No Nov. 10–April. 30. limit. Units 6A, 6B, 6C remainder, and 6D—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31 Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(7) Unit 7. (A) You may not take wildlife for (i) Unit 7 consists of Gulf of Alaska subsistence uses in the Kenai Fjords drainages between Gore Point and Cape National Park. Fairfield including the Nellie Juan and (B) You may not hunt in the Portage Kings River drainages, and including Glacier Closed Area in Unit 7, which the Kenai River drainage upstream consists of Portage Creek drainages be- from the Russian River, the drainages tween the Anchorage-Seward Railroad into the south side of Turnagain Arm and Placer Creek in Bear Valley, Por- west of and including the Portage tage Lake, the mouth of Byron Creek, Creek drainage, and east of 150° W. Glacier Creek, and Byron Glacier; how- long., and all Kenai Peninsula drain- ever, you may hunt grouse, ptarmigan, ages east of 150° W. long., from hares, and squirrels with shotguns Turnagain Arm to the Kenai River. after September 1. (ii) In the following areas, the taking (C) You may not hunt moose in the of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- Resurrection Creek Closed Area in Unit hibited or restricted on public lands: 7, which consists of the drainages of Resurrection Creek downstream from

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Rimrock and Highland Creeks includ- cept in the drainages of Resurrection ing Palmer Creek. Creek and its tributaries. (iii) Unit-specific regulations: (B) [Reserved] (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 15, ex-

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Caribou: Unit 7—north of the Sterling Highway and west of the Seward Highway—1 car- Aug. 10–Dec. 31 ibou by Federal registration permit only. The Seward District Ranger will close the Federal season when 5 caribou are harvested by Federal registration permit. Unit 7, remainder ...... No open season. Moose: Unit 7—that portion draining into Kings Bay—Public lands are closed to the tak- No open season. ing of moose by all users. Unit 7, remainder––1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or Aug. 10–Sept. 20. more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only. Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ...... May 1–Oct. 10. Coyote: No limit ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): ...... No open season. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Wolf: Unit 7—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 wolves ...... Aug. 10– Apr. 30. Unit 7, remainder—5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce): 10 per day, 20 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Grouse (Ruffed): ...... No open season. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: 20 beaver per season ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Jan. 1–Jan. 31. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–May 15. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all is- ity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and lands southeast of the centerline of other adjacent islands. Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, (i) If you have a trapping license, you Afognak, Whale, Raspberry, Shuyak, may take beaver with a firearm in Unit Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, 8 from Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Uganik, and Chirikof Islands, the Trin- (ii) [Reserved]

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Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only. Up to 1 permit may be issued in Dec. 1–Dec. 15. Akhiok; up to 1 permit may be issued in Karluk; up to 3 permits may be Apr. 1–May 15. issued in Larsen Bay; up to 2 permits may be issued in Old Harbor; up to 2 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits may be issued in Port Lions. Permits will be issued by the Kodiak Refuge Manager. Deer: Unit 8—all lands within the Kodiak Archipelago within the Kodiak National Wild- Aug. 1–Jan. 31. life Refuge, including lands on Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands—3 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1–Jan. 31. Elk: Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands—1 elk per household by Federal reg- Sept. 15–Nov. 30. istration permit only. The season will be closed by announcement of the Ref- uge Manager, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge when the combined Federal/ State harvest reaches 15% of the herd. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: 30 beaver per season ...... Nov. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31.

(9) Unit 9. and water within Katmai National (i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska Pe- Park and Preserve. ninsula and adjacent islands, including (D) Unit 9D consists of all Alaska Pe- drainages east of False Pass, Pacific ninsula drainages west of a line from Ocean drainages west of and excluding the southernmost head of Port Moller the Redoubt Creek drainage; drainages to the head of American Bay, including into the south side of Bristol Bay, the Shumagin Islands and other islands drainages into the north side of Bristol of Unit 9 west of the Shumagin Islands. Bay east of Etolin Point, and including (E) Unit 9E consists of the remainder the Sanak and Shumagin Islands: of Unit 9. (A) Unit 9A consists of that portion (ii) In the following areas, the taking of Unit 9 draining into Shelikof Strait of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- and Cook Inlet between the southern hibited or restricted on public lands: boundary of Unit 16 (Redoubt Creek) (A) You may not take wildlife for and the northern boundary of Katmai subsistence uses in Katmai National National Park and Preserve. Park; (B) Unit 9B consists of the Kvichak (B) You may not use motorized vehi- River drainage except those lands cles, except aircraft, boats, or snowmo- drained by the Kvichak River/Bay be- biles used for hunting and transporting tween the Alagnak River drainage and a hunter or harvested animal parts the Naknek River drainage. from Aug. 1–Nov. 30 in the Naknek (C) Unit 9C consists of the Alagnak Controlled Use Area, which includes all (Branch) River drainage, the Naknek of Unit 9C within the Naknek River River drainage, lands drained by the drainage upstream from and including Kvichak River/Bay between the the King Salmon Creek drainage; how- Alagnak River drainage and the ever, you may use a motorized vehicle Naknek River drainage, and all land on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake

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Camp, and Rapids Camp roads and on cipient) of Units 9C and 9E may des- the King Salmon Creek trail, and on ignate another Federally qualified sub- frozen surfaces of the Naknek River sistence user of Units 9C and 9E to take and Big Creek. bull caribou on his or her behalf unless (iii) Unit-specific regulations: the recipient is a member of a commu- (A) If you have a trapping license, nity operating under a community har- you may use a firearm to take beaver vest system. The designated hunter in Unit 9B from April 1–May 31 and in must obtain a designated hunter per- the remainder of Unit 9 from April 1–30. mit and must return a completed har- (B) You may hunt brown bear by vest report and turn over all meat to State registration permit in lieu of a the recipient. There is no restriction resident tag in Unit 9B, except that on the number of possession limits the portion within the Lake Clark Na- tional Park and Preserve, if you have designated hunter may have in his/her obtained a State registration permit possession at any one time. prior to hunting. (F) For Unit 9D, a Federally qualified (C) In Unit 9B, Lake Clark National subsistence user (recipient) may des- Park and Preserve, residents of ignate another Federally qualified sub- Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro sistence user to take caribou on his or Bay, Port Alsworth, and that portion her behalf unless the recipient is a of the park resident zone in Unit 9B member of a community operating and 13.440 permit holders may hunt under a community harvest system. brown bear by Federal registration per- The designated hunter must obtain a mit in lieu of a resident tag. Ten per- designated hunter permit and must re- mits will be available with at least one turn a completed harvest report. The permit issued in each community; how- designated hunter may hunt for any ever, no more than five permits will be number of recipients but may have no issued in a single community. The sea- more than four harvest limits in his/ son will be closed when four females or her possession at any one time. ten bears have been taken, whichever (G) The communities of False Pass, occurs first. The permits will be issued King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, and and closure announcements made by Nelson Lagoon annually may each the Superintendent Lake Clark Na- take, from October 1–December 31 or tional Park and Preserve. May 10–25, one brown bear for ceremo- (D) Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port nial purposes, under the terms of a Alsworth may take up to a total of 10 Federal registration permit. A permit bull moose in Unit 9B for ceremonial will be issued to an individual only at purposes, under the terms of a Federal the request of a local organization. The registration permit from July 1–June brown bear may be taken from either 30. Permits will be issued to individuals Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) only at the request of a local organiza- only. tion. This 10-moose limit is not cumu- (H) You may hunt brown bear in Unit lative with that permitted for 9E with a Federal registration permit potlatches by the State. in lieu of a State locking tag if you (E) For Units 9C and 9E only, a Fed- have obtained a Federal registration erally qualified subsistence user (re- permit prior to hunting.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 9B—Lake Clark National Park and Preserve—Rural residents of Iliamna, July 1–June 30. Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port Alsworth, residents of that portion of the park resident zone in Unit 9B; and 13.440 permit holders—1 bear by Fed- eral registration permit only. The season will be closed by the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Super- intendent when four females or ten bear have been taken, whichever occurs first. Unit 9B, remainder—1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Unit 9C—1 bear by Federal registration permit only ...... Oct. 1–May 31.

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The season will be closed by the Katmai National Park and Preserve Super- intendent in consultation with BLM and FWS land managers and ADF&G, when six females or ten bear have been taken, whichever occurs first. Unit 9E—1 bear by Federal registration permit ...... Sept. 25–Dec. 31. Apr. 15–May 25. Caribou: Unit 9A—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 Aug. 1–Mar. 15. caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 9B—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 Aug. 1–Mar. 15. caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 9C, that portion within the Alagnak River drainage—2 caribou; no more Aug. 1–Mar. 15. than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 9C, remainder—Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou ..... No open season. Unit 9D—1 bull caribou by Federal registration permit only. Quotas and any Aug. 10–Sept 20. needed closures will be announced by the Izembek Refuge Manager after Nov. 15–Mar. 31. consultation with ADF&G. Unit 9E—Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou ...... No open season. Sheep: Unit 9B, that portion within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve—1 ram with July 15–Oct. 15. 3⁄4 curl or larger horn by Federal registration permit only. By announcement of Jan. 1–Apr. 1. the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Superintendent, the summer/fall season will be closed when up to 5 sheep are taken and the winter season will be closed when up to 2 sheep are taken. Unit 9B—remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn by Federal registration Aug. 10–Oct. 10. permit only. Unit 9—remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Moose: Unit 9A—1 bull by State registration permit ...... Sept. 1–15. Unit 9B—1 bull by State registration permit ...... Sept. 1–20. Dec. 1–Jan. 15. Unit 9C—that portion draining into the Naknek River from the north—1 bull by Sept. 1–20. State registration permit. Dec. 1–31. Unit 9C—that portion draining into the Naknek River from the south—1 bull. A Aug. 20–Sept. 20. State registration permit is required during the Aug. 20–Sept. 20 season; a Dec. 1–31. Federal registration permit is required during the Dec. 1–31 season. Public lands are closed during December for the hunting of moose, except by Feder- ally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Unit 9C—remainder—1 bull by State registration permit ...... Sept. 1–20. Dec. 15 –Jan. 15. Unit 9D—1 bull by Federal registration permit. Federal public lands will be Dec. 15–Jan. 20. closed by announcement of the Izembek Refuge Manager to the harvest of moose when a total of 10 bulls have been harvested between State and Fed- eral hunts. Unit 9E—1 bull by State registration permit, however only antlered bulls may be Sept. 1–25. taken Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Beaver: Unit 9B and 9E—2 beaver per day ...... Apr. 15–May 31. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Mar. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Oct. 10–Mar. 31. 2 beaver per day; only firearms may be used ...... Apr. 15–May 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):

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No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(10) Unit 10. vest report. The designated hunter may (i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian Is- hunt for any number of recipients but lands, Unimak Island, and the Pribilof may have no more than four harvest Islands. limits in his/her possession at any one (ii) You may not take any wildlife time. species for subsistence uses on Otter Is- (iv) The communities of False Pass, land in the Pribilof Islands. King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, and (iii) In Unit 10—Unimak Island only, Nelson Lagoon annually may each a Federally qualified subsistence user take, from October 1–December 31 or (recipient) may designate another Fed- May 10–25, one brown bear for ceremo- erally qualified subsistence user to nial purposes, under the terms of a take caribou on his or her behalf unless Federal registration permit. A permit the recipient is a member of a commu- will be issued to an individual only at nity operating under a community har- the request of a local organization. The vest system. The designated hunter brown bear may be taken from either must obtain a designated hunter per- Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) mit and must return a completed har- only.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Caribou: Unit 10—Unimak Island only ...... No open season. Unit 10, remainder—No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 15. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):. No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter:.

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No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that (ii) A joint permit may be issued to a area draining into the headwaters of pair of a minor and an elder to hunt the Copper River south of Suslota sheep during the Aug. 1–Oct. 20 hunt. Creek and the area drained by all trib- The following conditions apply: utaries into the east bank of the Cop- (A) The permittees must be a minor per River between the confluence of aged 8 to 15 years old and an accom- Suslota Creek with the Slana River panying adult 60 years of age or older. and Miles Glacier. (B) Both the elder and the minor (i) Unit-specific regulations: must be Federally qualified subsistence (A) You may use bait to hunt black users with a positive customary and bear between April 15 and June 15. traditional use determination for the (B) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20–July 31 in the area they want to hunt. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and (C) The minor must hunt under the Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the direct immediate supervision of the ac- Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunt- companying adult, who is responsible ers from either Chistochina or for ensuring that all legal require- Mentasta Village may be designated by ments are met. the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium to (D) Only one animal may be har- receive the Federal subsistence harvest vested with this permit. The sheep har- permit. The permit may be obtained vested will count against the harvest from a Wrangell-St. Elias National limits of both the minor and accom- Park and Preserve office. panying adult.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 15. Caribou ...... No open season. Sheep: 1 sheep. 1 sheep by Federal registration permit only by persons 60 years of age or older. Aug. 1–Oct. 20. Ewes accompanied by lambs or lambs may not be taken. Goat: Unit 11—that portion within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve Aug. 25–Dec. 31. that is bounded by the Chitina and Nizina rivers on the south, the Kennicott River and glacier on the southeast, and the Root Glacier on the east—1 goat by Federal registration permit only. Unit 11—the remainder of the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve— Aug. 10–Dec. 31. 1 goat by Federal registration permit only. Unit 11—that portion outside of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Pre- No open season. serve. Federal public lands will be closed by announcement of the Superintendent, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve to the harvest of goats when a total of 45 goats has been harvested between Federal and State hunts. Moose: Unit 11—that portion draining into the east bank of the Copper River upstream Aug 20–Sept. 20. from and including the Slana River drainage—1 antlered bull by joint Federal/ State registration permit. Unit 11 remainder—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit only ...... Aug 20–Sept. 20. Muskrat: No limit ...... Sept. 20–June 10. Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ...... June 1–Oct. 10. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30.

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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Jan. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Sept. 25–May 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the permit. The permit may be obtained Tanana River drainage upstream from from a Wrangell-St. Elias National the Robertson River, including all Park and Preserve office. drainages into the east bank of the (ii) A joint permit may be issued to a Robertson River, and the White River pair of a minor and an elder to hunt drainage in Alaska, but excluding the sheep during the Aug. 1–Oct. 20 hunt. Ladue River drainage. The following conditions apply: (i) Unit-specific regulations: (A) The permittees must be a minor (A) You may use bait to hunt black aged 8 to 15 years old and an accom- bear between April 15 and June 30; you panying adult 60 years of age or older. may use bait to hunt wolves on FWS (B) Both the elder and the minor and BLM lands. (B) You may not use a steel trap, or must be Federally qualified subsistence a snare using cable smaller than 3/32- users with a positive customary and inch diameter to trap coyotes or traditional use determination for the wolves in Unit 12 during April and Oc- area they want to hunt. tober. (C) The minor must hunt under the (C) One moose without calf may be direct immediate supervision of the ac- taken from June 20–July 31 in the companying adult, who is responsible Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and for ensuring that all legal require- Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the ments are met. Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunt- (D) Only one animal may be har- ers from either Chistochina or vested with this permit. The sheep har- Mentasta Village may be designated by vested will count against the harvest the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium to limits of both the minor and accom- receive the Federal subsistence harvest panying adult.

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Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Caribou: Unit 12—that portion within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park that lies west No open season. of the Nabesna River and the Nabesna Glacier. All hunting of caribou is pro- Sept. 1–30. hibited on Federal public lands. Unit 12, that portion east of the Nabesna River and the Nabesna Glacier and Sept. 1–30. south of the Winter Trail running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Cana- dian border—1 bull by Federal registration permit only. Federal public lands are closed to the harvest of caribou except by residents of Chisana, Chistochina, Mentasta, Northway, Tetlin, and Tok. Unit 12—remainder—1 bull ...... Sept. 1–20. Unit 12—remainder—1 caribou may be taken by a Federal registration permit Winter season to be announced. during a winter season to be announced. Dates for a winter season to occur between Oct. 1 and Apr. 30 and sex of animal to be taken will be announced by Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Manager in consultation with Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent, Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologists, and Chairs of the Eastern Interior Regional Advi- sory Council and Upper Tanana/Fortymile Fish and Game Advisory Com- mittee. Sheep: Unit 12—1 ram with full curl or larger horn ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Unit 12—that portion within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve—1 Aug. 1–Oct. 20. ram with full curl horn or larger by Federal registration permit only by persons 60 years of age or older. Moose: Unit 12—that portion within the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and those lands Aug. 24–Sept. 20. within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Preserve north and east of a line Nov. 1–Feb. 28. formed by the Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the Canadian border to Pickerel Lake—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit. Unit 12—that portion east of the Nabesna River and Nabesna Glacier, and Aug. 24–Sept. 30. south of the Winter Trail running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Cana- dian border—1 antlered bull. Unit 12—remainder—1 antlered bull by joint Federal/State registration permit Aug. 20–Sept. 20. only. Beaver: Unit 12—Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve—6 beaver per sea- Sept. 20–May 15. son. Meat from harvested beaver must be salvaged for human consumption. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 15. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: 15 beaver per season. Only firearms may be used during Sept. 20–Oct. 31 and Sept. 20–May 15. Apr. 16–May 15, to take up to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares may be used Nov. 1–Apr. 15. The total annual harvest limit for beaver is 15, of which no more than 6 may be taken by firearm under trapping or hunting regulations. Meat from beaver harvested by firearm must be salvaged for human consumption. Coyote: No limit ...... Oct. 15–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit; however, no more than 5 lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and Nov. Nov. 1–Dec. 31. 30. Marten:

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No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Sept. 20–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Oct. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28.

(13) Unit 13. at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile (i) Unit 13 consists of that area west- 77.7 on the Glenn Highway, then along erly of the east bank of the Copper the Glenn Highway to its junction with River and drained by all tributaries the Richardson Highway, then south into the west bank of the Copper River along the Richardson Highway to the from Miles Glacier and including the foot of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then Slana River drainages north of Suslota east to the east bank of the Copper Creek; the drainages into the Delta River, then northerly along the east River upstream from Falls Creek and bank of the Copper River to its junc- Black Rapids Glacier; the drainages tion with the Gulkana River, then into the Nenana River upstream from northerly along the west bank of the the southeastern corner of Denali Na- Gulkana River to its junction with the tional Park at Windy; the drainage West Fork of the Gulkana River, then into the Susitna River upstream from westerly along the west bank of the its junction with the Chulitna River; West Fork of the Gulkana River to its the drainage into the east bank of the source, an unnamed lake, then across Chulitna River upstream to its con- the divide into the Tyone River drain- fluence with Tokositna River; the age, down an unnamed stream into the drainages of the Chulitna River (south Tyone River, then down the Tyone of Denali National Park) upstream River to the Susitna River, then down from its confluence with the Tokositna the south bank of the Susitna River to River; the drainages into the north the mouth of Kosina Creek, then up bank of the Tokositna River upstream Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then to the base of the Tokositna Glacier; across the divide and down Aspen the drainages into the Tokositna Gla- cier; the drainages into the east bank Creek to the Talkeetna River, then of the Susitna River between its southerly along the boundary of Unit confluences with the Talkeetna and 13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the Chulitna Rivers; the drainages into the point of beginning. north and east bank of the Talkeetna (B) Unit 13B consists of that portion River including the Talkeetna River to of Unit 13 bounded by a line beginning its confluence with Clear Creek, the at the confluence of the Copper River eastside drainages of a line going up and the Gulkana River, then up the the south bank of Clear Creek to the east bank of the Copper River to the first unnamed creek on the south, then Gakona River, then up the Gakona up that creek to lake 4408, along the River and Gakona Glacier to the northeastern shore of lake 4408, then boundary of Unit 13, then westerly southeast in a straight line to the along the boundary of Unit 13 to the northernmost fork of the Chickaloon Susitna Glacier, then southerly along River; the drainages into the east bank the west bank of the Susitna Glacier of the Chickaloon River below the line and the Susitna River to the Tyone from lake 4408; the drainages of the River, then up the Tyone River and Matanuska River above its confluence across the divide to the headwaters of with the Chickaloon River: the West Fork of the Gulkana River, (A) Unit 13A consists of that portion then down the West Fork of the of Unit 13 bounded by a line beginning Gulkana River to the confluence of the

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Gulkana River and the Copper River, Sourdough Creek to the Richardson the point of beginning. Highway at approximately Mile 148, (C) Unit 13C consists of that portion then northerly along the Richardson of Unit 13 east of the Gakona River and Highway to the Middle Fork Trail at Gakona Glacier. approximately Mile 170, then westerly (D) Unit 13D consists of that portion along the trail to the Gulkana River, of Unit 13 south of Unit 13A. then southerly along the east bank of (E) Unit 13E consists of the remain- the Gulkana River to its confluence der of Unit 13. with Sourdough Creek, the point of be- (ii) Within the following areas, the ginning. taking of wildlife for subsistence uses (D) You may not use any motorized is prohibited or restricted on public vehicle or pack animal for hunting, in- lands: cluding the transportation of hunters, (A) You may not take wildlife for their hunting gear, and/or parts of subsistence uses on lands within Mount game from July 26–September 30 in the McKinley National Park as it existed Tonsina Controlled Use Area. The prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence Tonsina Controlled Use Area consists uses as authorized by this paragraph of that portion of Unit 13D bounded on (n)(13) are permitted in Denali Na- the west by the Richardson Highway tional Preserve and lands added to from the Tiekel River to the Tonsina Denali National Park on December 2, River at Tonsina, on the north along 1980. the south bank of the Tonsina River to (B) You may not use motorized vehi- where the Edgerton Highway crosses cles or pack animals for hunting from the Tonsina River, then along the Aug. 5–25 in the Delta Controlled Use Edgerton Highway to Chitina, on the Area, the boundary of which is defined east by the Copper River from Chitina as: a line beginning at the confluence to the Tiekel River, and on the south of Miller Creek and the Delta River, by the north bank of the Tiekel River. then west to vertical angle benchmark (iii) Unit-specific regulations: Miller, then west to include all drain- (A) You may use bait to hunt black ages of Augustana Creek and Black bear between April 15 and June 15. Rapids Glacier, then north and east to (B) Upon written request by the include all drainages of McGinnis Camp Director to the Glennallen Field Creek to its confluence with the Delta Office, 2 caribou, sex to be determined River, then east in a straight line by the Glennallen Field Office Manager across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 of the BLM, may be taken from Aug. Richardson Highway, then north along 10–Sept. 30 or Oct. 21–Mar. 31 by Fed- the Richardson Highway to its junction eral registration permit for the Hudson with the Alaska Highway, then east Lake Residential Treatment Camp. Ad- along the Alaska Highway to the west ditionally, 1 bull moose may be taken bank of the Johnson River, then south Aug. 1–Sept. 20. The animals may be along the west bank of the Johnson taken by any Federally qualified River and Johnson Glacier to the head hunter designated by the Camp Direc- of the Cantwell Glacier, then west tor. The hunter must have in his/her along the north bank of the Cantwell possession the permit and a designated Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta hunter permit during all periods that River. are being hunted. (C) Except for access and transpor- (C) Upon written request from the tation of harvested wildlife on Ahtna Heritage Foundation to the Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle Glennallen Field Office, either 1 bull Fork trails, or other trails designated moose or 2 caribou, sex to be deter- by the Board, you may not use motor- mined by the Glennallen Field Office ized vehicles for subsistence hunting in Manager of the Bureau of Land Man- the Sourdough Controlled Use Area. agement, may be taken from Aug 1– The Sourdough Controlled Use Area Sept. 20 for 1 moose or Aug. 10–Sept. 20 consists of that portion of Unit 13B for 2 caribou by Federal registration bounded by a line beginning at the con- permit for the Ahtna Heritage Founda- fluence of Sourdough Creek and the tion’s culture camp. The permit will Gulkana River, then northerly along expire on September 20 or when the

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camp closes, whichever comes first. No hunter must have in his/her possession combination of caribou and moose is the permit and a designated hunter allowed. The animals may be taken by permit during all periods that are any Federally qualified hunter des- being hunted. ignated by the Camp Director. The

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Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear. Bears taken within Denali National Park must be sealed within 5 days of harvest. That Aug. 10–May 31. portion within Denali National Park will be closed by announcement of the Superintendent after 4 bears have been harvested. Caribou: Unit 13A and 13B—2 caribou by Federal registration permit only. The sex of animals that may Aug. 1–Sept. 30. be taken will be announced by the Glennallen Field Office Manager of the Bureau of Land Oct. 21–Mar. 31. Management in consultation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologist and Chairs of the Eastern Interior Regional Advisory Council and the Southcentral Regional Advisory Council. Unit 13—remainder—2 bulls by Federal registration permit only. Aug. 1–Sept. 30. Oct. 21–Mar. 31. You may not hunt within the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way. The right-of-way is the area occupied by the pipeline (buried or above ground) and the cleared area 25 feet on either side of the pipeline. Sheep: Unit 13, excluding Unit 13D and the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area—1 Aug. 10–Sept. 20. ram with 7/8 curl or larger horn. Moose: Unit 13E—1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only; only 1 permit will be Aug. 1–Sept. 20. issued per household. Aug. 1–Sept. 20. Unit 13–remainder—1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only. Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ...... June 15–Sept. 10. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Jan. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Sept. 25–May 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Marten: Unit 13—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit...... Sept. 25–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Oct. 15–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31.

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(14) Unit 14. drainages to the outlet creek at lake (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into 4408, on the east by the eastern bound- the northern side of Turnagain Arm ary of Unit 14, and on the south by west of and excluding the Portage Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank Creek drainage, drainages into Knik of the Knik River from its mouth to its Arm excluding drainages of the junction with Knik Glacier, across the Chickaloon and Matanuska Rivers in face of Knik Glacier and along the Unit 13, drainages into the northern northern side of Knik Glacier to the side of Cook Inlet east of the Susitna Unit 6 boundary; River, drainages into the east bank of (B) Unit 14B consists of that portion the Susitna River downstream from of Unit 14 north of Unit 14A; the Talkeetna River, and drainages (C) Unit 14C consists of that portion into the south and west bank of the of Unit 14 south of Unit 14A. Talkeetna River to its confluence with (ii) In the following areas, the taking Clear Creek, the western side drainages of wildlife for subsistence uses is proof a line going up the south bank of hibited or restricted on public lands: Clear Creek to the first unnamed creek (A) You may not take wildlife for on the south, then up that creek to subsistence uses in the Fort Richard- lake 4408, along the northeastern shore son and Elmendorf Air Force Base of lake 4408, then southeast in a Management Areas, consisting of the straight line to the northernmost fork Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Mili- of the Chickaloon River: tary Reservations; (A) Unit 14A consists of drainages in (B) You may not take wildlife for Unit 14 bounded on the west by the east subsistence uses in the Anchorage bank of the Susitna River, on the north Management Area, consisting of all by the north bank of Willow Creek and drainages south of Elmendorf and Fort Peters Creek to its headwaters, then Richardson military reservations and east along the hydrologic divide sepa- north of and including Rainbow Creek. rating the Susitna River and Knik Arm (iii) Unit-specific regulations:

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Hunting Black Bear: Unit 14C—1 bear ...... Jul. 1–Jun. 30. Beaver: Unit 14C—1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ...... May 15–Oct. 31. Coyote: Unit 14C—2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Unit 14C—2 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): Unit 14C—5 hares per day ...... Sept. 8–Apr. 30. Lynx: Unit 14C—2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Wolf: Unit 14C—5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: Unit 14C—1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): Unit 14C—5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Sept. 8–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): Unit 14C—10 per day, 20 in possession ...... Sept. 8–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: Unit 14C—that portion within the drainages of Glacier Creek, Kern Creek, Peter- Dec. 1–Apr. 15. son Creek, the Twentymile River and the drainages of Knik River outside Chugach State Park—20 beaver per season. Coyote: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Unit 14C—1 fox ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Dec. 15–Jan. 31. Marten: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Mink and Weasel:

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Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–May 15. Otter: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: Unit 14C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolverine: Unit 14C—2 wolverines ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31.

(15) Unit 15. through March 1 by bow and arrow (i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of only, in the Skilak Loop Management the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent is- Area, which consists of that portion of lands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Unit 15A bounded by a line beginning Cook Inlet, and Turnagain Arm from at the easternmost junction of the Gore Point to the point where lon- Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop gitude line 150°00′ W. crosses the coast- (milepost 76.3), then due south to the line of Chickaloon Bay in Turnagain south bank of the Kenai River, then Arm, including that area lying west of southerly along the south bank of the longitude line 150°00′ W. to the mouth Kenai River to its confluence with of the Russian River, then southerly Skilak Lake, then westerly along the along the Chugach National Forest northern shore of Skilak Lake to boundary to the upper end of Upper Lower Skilak Lake Campground, then Russian Lake; and including the drain- northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake ages into Upper Russian Lake west of Campground Road and the Skilak Loop the Chugach National Forest boundary: Road to its westernmost junction with (A) Unit 15A consists of that portion the Sterling Highway, then easterly of Unit 15 north of the north bank of along the Sterling Highway to the the Kenai River and the northern shore point of beginning. of Skilak Lake; (iii) Unit-specific regulations: (B) Unit 15B consists of that portion (A) You may use bait to hunt black of Unit 15 south of the north bank of bear between April 15 and June 15; the Kenai River and the northern shore (B) You may not trap furbearers for of Skilak Lake, and north of the north subsistence in the Skilak Loop Wildlife bank of the Kasilof River, the northern Management Area; shore of Tustumena Lake, Glacier (C) You may not trap marten in that Creek, and Tustumena Glacier; portion of Unit 15B east of the Kenai (C) Unit 15C consists of the remain- River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and der of Unit 15. Skilak Glacier; (ii) You may not take wildlife, except (D) You may not take red fox in Unit for grouse, ptarmigan, and hares that 15 by any means other than a steel trap may be taken only from October 1 or snare.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: Units 15A and 15B—2 bears by Federal registration permit ...... Jul. 1–Jun. 30. Unit 15C—3 bears ...... Jul. 1–Jun. 30. Brown Bear: Unit 15—1 bear every 4 regulatory years by Federal registration permit. The Sept. 1–Nov. 30, to be announced season may be opened or closed by announcement from the Kenai National and Apr. 1–Jun. 15, to be an- Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with ADF&G and the Chair of the nounced. Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. Moose: Unit 15A—Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area ...... No open season. Unit 15A—remainder, 15B, and 15C—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch Aug. 10–Sept. 20. antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only.

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Units 15B and 15C—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 Oct. 20–Nov. 10. or more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only. The Kenai NWR Refuge Manager is authorized to close the October/November season based on conservation concerns, in consultation with ADF&G and the Chair of the Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. Coyote: No limit ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–Jun. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Wolf: Unit 15—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Unit 15—remainder—5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Grouse (Ruffed) ...... No open season. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): Unit 15A and 15B—20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Unit 15C—20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10– Dec. 31. Unit 15C—5 per day, 10 in possession ...... Jan. 1–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: 20 beaver per season ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 1 Fox ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Jan. 1–Jan. 31. Marten: Unit 15B—that portion east of the Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and No open season. Skilak Glacier. Remainder of Unit 15—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–May 15. Otter: Unit 15—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: Unit 15B and C—No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(16) Unit 16. (A) Unit 16A consists of that portion (i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages of Unit 16 east of the east bank of the into Cook Inlet between Redoubt Creek Yentna River from its mouth upstream and the Susitna River, including Re- to the Kahiltna River, east of the east doubt Creek drainage, Kalgin Island, bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of and the drainages on the western side the Kahiltna Glacier; of the Susitna River (including the (B) Unit 16B consists of the remain- Susitna River) upstream to its con- der of Unit 16. fluence with the Chulitna River; the (ii) You may not take wildlife for drainages into the western side of the subsistence uses in the Mount McKin- Chulitna River (including the Chulitna ley National Park, as it existed prior River) upstream to the Tokositna to December 2, 1980. Subsistence uses River, and drainages into the southern as authorized by this paragraph (n)(16) side of the Tokositna River upstream are permitted in Denali National Pre- to the base of the Tokositna Glacier, serve and lands added to Denali Na- including the drainage of the Kahiltna tional Park on December 2, 1980. Glacier: (iii) Unit-specific regulations:

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(A) You may use bait to hunt black (B) [Reserved] bear between April 15 and June 15.

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Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Caribou: 1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Oct. 31. Moose: Unit 16B—Redoubt Bay Drainages south and west of, and including the Sept. 1–15. Kustatan River drainage—1 bull. Unit 16B––Denali National Preserve only—1 bull by Federal registration permit. Sept. 1–30. One Federal registration permit for moose issued per household. Dec. 1–Feb. 28. Unit 16B, remainder—1 bull ...... Sept. 1–30. Dec. 1–Feb. 28. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–Jun. 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Oct. 10–May 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Dec. 15–Jan. 31. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jun. 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(17) Unit 17. cluding the Mulchatna River drainage (i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into and the Wood River drainage upstream Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea be- from the outlet of Lake Beverley; tween Etolin Point and Cape (C) Unit 17C consists of the remain- Newenham, and all islands between der of Unit 17. these points including Hagemeister Is- (ii) In the following areas, the taking land and the Walrus Islands: of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- (A) Unit 17A consists of the drainages hibited or restricted on public lands: between Cape Newenham and Cape (A) Except for aircraft and boats and Constantine, and Hagemeister Island in legal hunting camps, you may not and the Walrus Islands; use any motorized vehicle for hunting (B) Unit 17B consists of the Nushagak ungulates, bears, wolves, and wol- River drainage upstream from, and in- verine, including transportation of

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hunters and parts of ungulates, bear, resident tag if you have obtained a wolves, or wolverine in the Upper State registration permit prior to Mulchatna Controlled Use Area con- hunting. sisting of Unit 17B, from Aug. 1–Nov. 1. (C) If you have a trapping license, (B) [Reserved] you may use a firearm to take beaver (iii) Unit-specific regulations: in Unit 17 from April 15–May 31. You (A) You may use bait to hunt black may not take beaver with a firearm bear between April 15 and June 15. under a trapping license on National (B) You may hunt brown bear by Park Service lands. State registration permit in lieu of a

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 2 bears ...... Aug. 1–May 31. Brown Bear: Unit 17—1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Caribou: Unit 17A—all drainages west of Right Hand Point—2 caribou; no more than 1 Aug. 1–Mar. 15. caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. The season may be closed and harvest limit reduced for the drainages between the Togiak River and Right Hand Point by announcement of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager. Units 17A and 17C—that portion of 17A and 17C consisting of the Nushagak Aug. 1–Sept. 30. Peninsula south of the Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Dec. 1–Mar. 31. Tvativak Bay—up to 2 caribou by Federal registration permit. Public lands are closed to the taking of caribou except by residents of Togiak, Twin Hills, Manokotak, Aleknagik, Dillingham, Clark’s Point, and Ekuk hunting under these regulations. The harvest quota, harvest limit, and the number of permits available will be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Nushagak Peninsula Caribou Planning Committee. Successful hunters must report their harvest to the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge within 24 hours after returning from the field. The season may be closed by announcement of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager. Units 17A remainder and 17C remainder—selected drainages; a harvest limit of Season to occur sometime within up to 2 caribou will be determined at the time the season is announced. Sea- Aug. 1–Mar. 31. son, harvest limit, and hunt area to be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager. Units 17B and 17C—that portion of 17C east of the Wood River and Wood Aug. 1–Mar. 15. River Lakes—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou from Aug. 1–Jan 31. Sheep: 1 ram with full curl or larger horn ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Moose: Unit 17A—1 bull by State registration permit ...... Aug. 25–Sept. 20. Unit 17A—1 antlered bull by State registration permit. Up to a 14-day season Winter season to be announced. during the period Dec. 1–Jan. 31 may be opened or closed by the Togiak Na- tional Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with ADF&G and the Chair of the Bristol Bay Regional Advisory Council. Units 17B and 17C—one bull ...... Aug. 20–Sept. 15. During the period Aug. 20–Sept. 15—one bull by State registration permit; or Dec. 1–31. During the period Sept. 1–15—one bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or antlers with three or more brow tines on at least one side with a State harvest ticket; or. During the period Dec. 1–31—one antlered bull by State registration permit. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Dec. 1–Mar. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Feb. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30.

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Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: Unit 17—No limit ...... Oct. 10–Mar. 31. Unit 17—2 beaver per day. Only firearms may be used ...... Apr. 15–May 31. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Muskrat: 2 muskrats ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Feb. 28.

(18) Unit 18. (A) If you have a trapping license, (i) Unit 18 consists of that area drain- you may use a firearm to take beaver ing into the Yukon and Kuskokwim in Unit 18 from Apr. 1 through Jun. 10. Rivers downstream from a straight line (B) You may hunt brown bear by drawn between Lower Kalskag and State registration permit in lieu of a Paimiut and the drainages flowing into resident tag if you have obtained a the Bering Sea from Cape Newenham State registration permit prior to on the south to and including the hunting. Pastolik River drainage on the north; (C) You may take caribou from a Nunivak, St. Matthew, and adjacent is- boat moving under power in Unit 18. lands between Cape Newenham and the (D) You may take moose from a boat Pastolik River. moving under power in that portion of Unit 18 west of a line running from the (ii) In the Kalskag Controlled Use mouth of the Ishkowik River to the Area, which consists of that portion of closest point of Dall Lake, then to the Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower east bank of the Johnson River at its Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River, entrance into Nunavakanukakslak northwesterly to Russian Mission on Lake (N 60°59.41′ Latitude; W the Yukon River, then east along the 162°22.14rime; Longitude), continuing north bank of the Yukon River to the upriver along a line 1⁄2 mile south and old site of Paimiut, then back to Lower east of, and paralleling a line along the Kalskag, you are not allowed to use southerly bank of the Johnson River to aircraft for hunting any ungulate, the confluence of the east bank of bear, wolf, or wolverine, including the Crooked Creek, then continuing transportation of any hunter and upriver to the outlet at Arhymot Lake, ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine part; then following the south bank west to however, this does not apply to trans- the Unit 18 border. portation of a hunter or ungulate, bear, (E) Taking of wildlife in Unit 18 while wolf, or wolverine part by aircraft be- in possession of lead shot size T, .20 tween publicly owned airports in the calibre or less in diameter, is prohib- Controlled Use Area or between a pub- ited. licly owned airport within the Area (F) You may not pursue with a mo- and points outside the Area. torized vehicle an ungulate that is at (iii) Unit-specific regulations: or near a full gallop.

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Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: 1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Caribou: Unit 18—that portion to the east and south of the Kuskokwim River—2 caribou; Aug. 1–Sept. 30. no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken Dec. 20–the last day of Feb. Aug. 1–Sept. 30 and Dec. 20—Jan. 31. Unit 18 remainder—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more Aug. 1–Mar. 15. than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Moose: Unit 18—that portion east of a line running from the mouth of the Ishkowik River No open season. to the closest point of Dall Lake, then to the east bank of the Johnson River at its entrance into Nunavakanukakslak Lake (N 60° 59.41′ Latitude; W162°22.14′ Longitude), continuing upriver along a line 1⁄2 mile south and east of, and paralleling a line along the southerly bank of the Johnson River to the confluence of the east bank of Crooked Creek, then continuing upriver to the outlet at Arhymot Lake, then following the south bank east of the Unit 18 border and then north of and including the Eek River drainage. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Tuntutuliak, Eek, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, Atmautlauk, Oscarville, Bethel, Kwethluk, Akiachak, Akiak, Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, and Kalskag. Unit 18—south of and including the Kanektok River drainages to the Goodnews No open season. River drainage. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose by all users. Unit 18––Goodnews River drainage and south to the Unit 18 boundary––1 ant- Sept. 1–30. lered bull by State registration permit. Any needed closures will be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with BLM, ADF&G, and the Chair of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. Unit 18—That portion north and west of the Kashunuk River including the north Aug. 1–the last day of February. bank from the mouth of the river upstream to the old village of Chakaktolik, west of a line from Chakaktolik to Mountain Village and excluding all Yukon River drainages upriver from Mountain Village—2 moose, only one of which may be antlered. Antlered bulls may only be harvested from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30. Unit 18, remainder—1 moose ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Dec. 20–the last day of February. Beaver: No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 5 lynx ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolf: 10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 2 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 50 per day, 100 in possession ...... Aug. 10–May 30. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31.

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Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 10–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 10–Mar. 31.

(19) Unit 19. prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence (i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim uses as authorized by this paragraph River drainage upstream from a (n)(19) are permitted in Denali Na- straight line drawn between Lower tional Preserve and lands added to Kalskag and Piamiut: Denali National Park on December 2, (A) Unit 19A consists of the 1980. Kuskokwim River drainage down- (B) In the Upper Kuskokwim Con- stream from and including the Moose trolled Use Area, which consists of that Creek drainage on the north bank and portion of Unit 19D upstream from the downstream from and including the mouth of the Selatna River, but ex- Stony River drainage on the south cluding the Selatna and Black River bank, excluding Unit 19B. drainages, to a line extending from (B) Unit 19B consists of the Aniak Dyckman Mountain on the northern River drainage upstream from and in- Unit 19D boundary southeast to the cluding the Salmon River drainage, the 1,610-foot crest of Munsatli Ridge, then Holitna River drainage upstream from south along Munsatli Ridge to the and including the Bakbuk Creek drain- 2,981-foot peak of Telida Mountain, age, that area south of a line from the then northeast to the intersection of mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar the western boundary of Denali Na- dome at Sparrevohn Air Force Base, in- tional Preserve with the Minchumina– cluding the Hoholitna River drainage Telida winter trail, then south along upstream from that line, and the Stony the western boundary of Denali Na- River drainage upstream from and in- tional Preserve to the southern bound- cluding the Can Creek drainage. ary of Unit 19D, you may not use air- (C) Unit 19C consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east of a line from craft for hunting moose, including Benchmark M#1.26 (approximately 1.26 transportation of any moose hunter or miles south of the northwestern corner moose part; however, this does not of the original Mt. McKinley National apply to transportation of a moose Park boundary) to the peak of Lone hunter or moose part by aircraft be- Mountain, then due west to Big River, tween publicly owned airports in the including the Big River drainage up- Controlled Use Area, or between a pub- stream from that line, and including licly owned airport within the area and the Swift River drainage upstream points outside the area. from and including the North Fork (iii) Unit-specific regulations: drainage. (A) You may use bait to hunt black (D) Unit 19D consists of the remain- bear between April 15 and June 30; der of Unit 19. (B) You may hunt brown bear by (ii) In the following areas, the taking State registration permit in lieu of a of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- resident tag in those portions of Units hibited or restricted on public land: 19A and 19B downstream of and includ- (A) You may not take wildlife for ing the Aniak River drainage if you subsistence uses on lands within Mount have obtained a State registration per- McKinley National Park as it existed mit prior to hunting.

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Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 19A and 19B—those portions which are downstream of and including the Aug. 10–June 30. Aniak River drainage—1 bear by State registration permit. Unit 19A, remainder, 19B, remainder, and Unit 19D—1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Caribou: Unit 19A—north of Kuskokwim River—2 caribou, no more than 1 caribou may Aug. 1–Mar. 15. be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken from Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 19A—south of the Kuskokwim River and Unit 19B (excluding rural Alaska Aug. 1–Mar. 15. residents of Lime Village)—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 19C—1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Oct. 10. Unit 19D—south and east of the Kuskokwim River and North Fork of the Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Kuskokwim River—1 caribou. Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 19D, remainder—1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Unit 19—Residents domiciled in Lime Village only—no individual harvest limit July 1–June 30. but a village harvest quota of 200 caribou; cows and calves may not be taken from Apr. 1–Aug. 9. Reporting will be by a community reporting system. Sheep: 1 ram with 7⁄8 curl horn or larger ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Moose: Unit 19—Residents of Lime Village only—no individual harvest limit, but a vil- July 1–June 30. lage harvest quota of 28 bulls (including those taken under the State permits). Reporting will be by a community reporting system. Unit 19A—North of the Kuskokwim River, upstream from but excluding the No open season. George River drainage, and south of the Kuskokwim River upstream from and including the Downey Creek drainage, not including the Lime Village Manage- ment Area; Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose. Unit 19A, remainder—1 antlered bull by Federal drawing permit or a State per- Sept. 1–20. mit. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, and Crooked Creek hunting under these regulations. The Refuge Manager of the Yukon Delta NWR, in cooperation with the BLM Field Office Manager, will annually establish the harvest quota and number of permits to be issued in co- ordination with the State Tier I hunt. If the allowable harvest level is reached before the regular season closing date, the Refuge Manager, in consultation with the BLM Field Office Manager, will announce an early closure of Federal public lands to all moose hunting. Unit 19B—1 bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or antlers with 4 or more brow Sept. 1–20. tines on one side. Unit 19C—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–20. Unit 19C—1 bull by State registration permit ...... Jan. 15–Feb. 15. Unit 19D—that portion of the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area within the Sept. 1–30. North Fork drainage upstream from the confluence of the South Fork to the mouth of the Swift Fork—1 antlered bull. Unit 19D—remainder of the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area—1 bull ...... Sept. 1–30. Dec. 1–Feb. 28. Unit 19D, remainder—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–30. Dec. 1–15. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Sept. 1–Mar. 15. 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Wolf: Unit 19D—10 wolves per day ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Unit 19, remainder—5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Jun. 10. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31.

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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31.

(20) Unit 20. River downstream to, but excluding, (i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon the Banner Creek drainage. River drainage upstream from and in- (E) Unit 20E consists of drainages cluding the Tozitna River drainage to into the south bank of the Yukon River and including the Hamlin Creek drain- upstream from and including the Char- age, drainages into the south bank of ley River drainage, and the Ladue the Yukon River upstream from and in- River drainage. cluding the Charley River drainage, the (F) Unit 20F consists of the remain- Ladue River and Fortymile River der of Unit 20. drainages, and the Tanana River drain- (ii) In the following areas, the taking age north of Unit 13 and downstream of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- from the east bank of the Robertson hibited or restricted on public land: River: (A) You may not take wildlife for (A) Unit 20A consists of that portion subsistence uses on lands within Mount of Unit 20 bounded on the south by the McKinley National Park as it existed Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence by the west bank of the Delta River, uses as authorized by this paragraph bounded on the north by the north (n)(20) are permitted in Denali Na- bank of the Tanana River from its con- tional Preserve and lands added to fluence with the Delta River down- Denali National Park on December 2, stream to its confluence with the 1980. Nenana River, and bounded on the west (B) You may not use motorized vehi- by the east bank of the Nenana River. cles or pack animals for hunting Aug. 5–25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, (B) Unit 20B consists of drainages the boundary of which is defined as: a into the northrn bank of the Tanana line beginning at the confluence of Mil- River from and including Hot Springs ler Creek and the Delta River, then Slough upstream to and including the west to vertical angle benchmark Mil- Banner Creek drainage. ler, then west to include all drainages (C) Unit 20C consists of that portion of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids of Unit 20 bounded on the east by the Glacier, then north and east to include east bank of the Nenana River and on all drainages of McGinnis Creek to its the north by the north bank of the confluence with the Delta River, then Tanana River downstream from the east in a straight line across the Delta Nenana River. River to Mile 236.7 of the Richardson (D) Unit 20D consists of that portion Highway, then north along the Rich- of Unit 20 bounded on the east by the ardson Highway to its junction with east bank of the Robertson River and the Alaska Highway, then east along on the west by the west bank of the the Alaska Highway to the west bank Delta River, and drainages into the of the Johnson River, then south along north bank of the Tanana River from the west bank of the Johnson River and its confluence with the Robertson Johnson Glacier to the head of the

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Canwell Glacier, then west along the (E) You may by permit hunt moose north bank of the Canwell Glacier and on the Minto Flats Management Area, Miller Creek to the Delta River. which consists of that portion of Unit (C) You may not use firearms, snow- 20 bounded by the Elliot Highway be- mobiles, licensed highway vehicles or ginning at Mile 118, then northeasterly motorized vehicles, except aircraft and to Mile 96, then east to the Tolovana boats, in the Dalton Highway Corridor Hotsprings Dome, then east to the Win- Management Area, which consists of ter Cat Trail, then along the Cat Trail those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 south to the Old Telegraph Trail at extending 5 miles from each side of the Dunbar, then westerly along the trail Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to a point where it joins the Tanana to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, River 3 miles above Old Minto, then except as follows: Residents living along the north bank of the Tanana within the Dalton Highway Corridor River (including all channels and Management Area may use snowmo- sloughs except Swan Neck Slough), to biles only for the subsistence taking of the confluence of the Tanana and wildlife. You may use licensed highway Tolovana Rivers and then northerly to vehicles only on designated roads with- the point of beginning. (F) You may only hunt moose by bow in the Dalton Highway Corridor Man- and arrow in the Fairbanks Manage- agement Area. The residents of Alatna, ment Area. The Area consists of that Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, portion of Unit 20B bounded by a line Evansville, Stevens Village, and resi- from the confluence of Rosie Creek and dents living within the Corridor may the Tanana River, northerly along use firearms within the Corridor only Rosie Creek to Isberg Road, then for subsistence taking of wildlife; northeasterly on Isberg Road to Crip- (D) You may not use any motorized ple Creek Road, then northeasterly on vehicle for hunting August 5–Sep- Cripple Creek Road to the Parks High- tember 20 in the Glacier Mountain Con- way, then north on the Parks Highway trolled Use Area, which consists of that to Alder Creek, then westerly to the portion of Unit 20E bounded by a line middle fork of Rosie Creek through beginning at Mile 140 of the Taylor section 26 to the Parks Highway, then Highway, then north along the high- east along the Parks Highway to Alder way to Eagle, then west along the cat Creek, then upstream along Alder trail from Eagle to Crooked Creek, Creek to its confluence with Emma then from Crooked Creek southwest Creek, then upstream along Emma along the west bank of Mogul Creek to Creek to its headwaters, then north- its headwaters on North Peak, then erly along the hydrographic divide be- west across North Peak to the head- tween Goldstream Creek drainages and waters of Independence Creek, then Cripple Creek drainages to the summit southwest along the west bank of Inde- of Ester Dome, then down Sheep Creek pendence Creek to its confluence with to its confluence with Goldstream the North Fork of the Fortymile River, Creek, then easterly along Goldstream then easterly along the south bank of Creek to Sheep Creek Road, then north the North Fork of the Fortymile River on Sheep Creek Road to Murphy Dome to its confluence with Champion Creek, Road, then west on Murphy Dome Road then across the North Fork of the to Old Murphy Dome Road, then east Fortymile River to the south bank of on Old Murphy Dome Road to the El- Champion Creek and easterly along the liot Highway, then south on the Elliot south bank of Champion Creek to its Highway to Goldstream Creek, then confluence with Little Champion easterly along Goldstream Creek to its Creek, then northeast along the east confluence with First Chance Creek, bank of Little Champion Creek to its Davidson Ditch, then southeasterly headwaters, then northeasterly in a di- along the Davidson Ditch to its con- rect line to Mile 140 on the Taylor fluence with the tributary to Highway; however, this does not pro- Goldstream Creek in Section 29, then hibit motorized access via, or transpor- downstream along the tributary to its tation of harvested wildlife on, the confluence with Goldstream Creek, Taylor Highway or any airport. then in a straight line to First Chance

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Creek, then up First Chance Creek to (iii) Unit-specific regulations: Tungsten Hill, then southerly along (A) You may use bait to hunt black Steele Creek to its confluence with bear April 15–June 30; you may use bait Ruby Creek, then upstream along Ruby to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands. Creek to Esro Road, then south on Esro (B) You may not use a steel trap, or Road to Chena Hot Springs Road, then a snare using cable smaller than 3⁄32- east on Chena Hot Springs Road to inch diameter to trap coyotes or Nordale Road, then south on Nordale wolves in Unit 20E during April and Oc- Road to the Chena River, to its inter- tober. section with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right of way, then southeasterly along (C) Residents of Units 20 and 21 may the easterly edge of the Trans-Alaska take up to three moose per regulatory Pipeline right of way to the Chena year for the celebration known as the River, then along the north bank of the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under the Chena River to the Moose Creek dike, terms of a Federal registration permit. then southerly along the Moose Creek Permits will be issued to individuals at dike to its intersection with the the request of the Native Village of Tanana River, and then westerly along Tanana only. This three-moose limit is the north bank of the Tanana River to not cumulative with that permitted by the point of beginning. the State.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 20A—1 bear ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Unit 20E—1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Unit 20, remainder—1 bear ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Caribou: Unit 20E—1 caribou A joint State/Federal registration permit is required. During the Aug. 10– Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Sept. 30 season, the harvest is restricted to 1 bull. The harvest quota for the period Aug. Nov. 1–March. 31. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is 100 caribou. During the Nov. 1–Mar. 31 season, area closures or hunt restrictions may be announced when Nelchina caribou are present in a mix of more than 1 Nelchina caribou to 15 Fortymile caribou, except when the number of caribou present is low enough that fewer than 50 Nelchina caribou will be harvested regardless of the mixing ratio for the two herds.. Unit 20F—north of the Yukon River —1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Unit 20F—east of the Dalton Highway and south of the Yukon River—1 caribou; A joint State/ Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Federal registration permit is required. During the Aug. 10–Sept. 30 season, the harvest is Nov. 1–Mar. 31. restricted to 1 bull. The harvest quota for the period Aug. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is 100 caribou. Moose: Unit 20A—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–20. Unit 20B—that portion within the Minto Flats Management Area—1 bull by Federal registration Sept. 1–20. permit only. Jan. 10–Feb. 28. Unit 20B, remainder —1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–20. Unit 20C—that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve west of the Toklat River, ex- Sept. 1–30. cluding lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980— Nov. 15–Dec. 15. 1 antlered bull; however, white-phased or partial albino (more than 50 percent white) moose may not be taken. Unit 20C, remainder—1 antlered bull; however, white-phased or partial albino (more than 50 Sept. 1–30. percent white) moose may not be taken. Unit 20E—that portion within Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve—1 bull ...... Aug. 20–Sept. 30. Unit 20E—that portion drained by the Middle Fork of the Fortymile River upstream from and in- Aug. 20–Sept. 30. cluding the Joseph Creek drainage—1 bull. Unit 20E remainder—1 bull by joint Federal/State registration permit ...... Aug. 24–Sept. 25. Unit 20F—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area—1 antlered bull Sept. 1–25. by Federal registration permit only.. Unit 20F, remainder—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–25. Dec. 1–10. Beaver: Unit 20E—Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve—6 beaver per season. Meat from har- Sept. 20–May 15. vested beaver must be salvaged for human consumption. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe):

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Harvest limits Open season

No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: Unit 20A, 20B, and that portion of 20C east of the Teklanika River—2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 20E—2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 20, remainder—2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Muskrat: Unit 20E, that portion within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve—No limit ...... Sept. 20–June 10. Unit 20C, that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve—25 muskrat ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Unit 20, remainder ...... No open season. Wolf: Unit 20—10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Unit 20C, that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve—1 wolf during the Aug. 10– Aug. 10–Oct. 31. Oct. 31 period; 5 wolves during the Nov. 1–Apr. 30 period, for a total of 6 wolves for the Nov. 1–Apr. 30. season. Unit 20C, remainder—10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): Units 20A, 20B, 20C, 20E, and 20F—15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): Unit 20—those portions within 5 miles of Alaska Route 5 (Taylor Highway, both to Eagle and Aug. 10–Mar. 31. the Alaska-Canada boundary) and that portion of Alaska Route 4 (Richardson Highway) south of Delta Junction—20 per day, 40 in possession. Unit 20, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: Units 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Unit 20E—25 beaver per season. Only firearms may be used during Sept. 20–Oct. 31 and Apr. Sept. 20–May 15. 16–May 15, to take up to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares may be used Nov. 1–Apr. 15. The total annual harvest limit for beaver is 25, of which no more than 6 may be taken by firearm under trapping or hunting regulations. Meat from beaver harvested by firearm must be salvaged for human consumption.. Coyote: Unit 20E—No limit ...... Oct. 15–Apr. 30. Unit 20, remainder—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Lynx: Unit 20A, 20B, and 20C east of the Teklanika River—No limit ...... Dec. 15–Feb. 15. Unit 20E—No limit; however, no more than 5 lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. Nov. 1–Dec. 31. Unit 20F and 20C—remainder—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: Unit 20E—No limit ...... Sept. 20–June 10. Unit 20, remainder—No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: Unit 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Unit 20E—No limit ...... Oct. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28.

(21) Unit 21. (A) Unit 21A consists of the Innoko (i) Unit 21 consists of drainages into River drainage upstream from and in- the Yukon River upstream from cluding the Iditarod River drainage. Paimiut to, but not including, the (B) Unit 21B consists of the Yukon Tozitna River drainage on the north River drainage upstream from Ruby bank, and to, but not including, the and east of the Ruby–Poorman Road, Tanana River drainage on the south downstream from and excluding the bank; and excluding the Koyukuk Tozitna River and Tanana River drain- River drainage upstream from the ages, and excluding the Melozitna Dulbi River drainage: River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek.

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(C) Unit 21C consists of the Melozitna tween a publicly owned airport within River drainage upstream from Grayling the area and points outside the area; Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage all hunters on the Koyukuk River pass- upstream from and including the Cot- ing the ADF&G-operated check station tonwood Creek drainage. at Ella’s Cabin (15 miles upstream from (D) Unit 21D consists of the Yukon the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are River drainage from and including the required to stop and report to ADF&G Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to personnel at the check station. Ruby, including the area west of the (B) The Paradise Controlled Use Ruby–Poorman Road, excluding the Area, which consists of that portion of Koyukuk River drainage upstream Unit 21 bounded by a line beginning at from the Dulbi River drainage, and ex- the old village of Paimiut, then north cluding the Dulbi River drainage up- along the west bank of the Yukon stream from Cottonwood Creek. River to Paradise, then northwest to (E) Unit 21E consists of the Yukon the mouth of Stanstrom Creek on the River drainage from Paimiut upstream Bonasila River, then northeast to the to, but not including, the Blackburn mouth of the Anvik River, then along Creek drainage, and the Innoko River the west bank of the Yukon River to drainage downstream from the Iditarod the lower end of Eagle Island (approxi- River drainage. mately 45 miles north of Grayling), (ii) In the following areas, the taking then to the mouth of the Iditarod of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- River, then down the east bank of the hibited or restricted on public land: Innoko River to its confluence with (A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Paimiut Slough, then south along the Area, which consists of those portions east bank of Paimiut Slough to its of Unit 21 and 24 bounded by a line mouth, and then to the old village of from the north bank of the Yukon Paimiut, is closed during moose hunt- River at Koyukuk at 64°52.58′ N. lat., ing seasons to the use of aircraft for 157°43.10′ W. long., then northerly to hunting moose, including transpor- the confluences of the Honhosa and tation of any moose hunter or part of Kateel Rivers at 65°28.42′ N. lat., moose; however, this does not apply to 157°44.89′ W. long., then northeasterly transportation of a moose hunter or to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek part of moose by aircraft between pub- and the Huslia River (65°57 N. lat., licly owned airports in the Controlled 156°41 W. long.) at 65°56.66′ N. lat., Use Area or between a publicly owned 156°40.81′ W. long., then easterly to the airport within the area and points out- confluence of the forks of the Dakli side the area. River at 66°02.56′ N. lat., 156°12.71′ W. (iii) In Unit 21D, you may hunt brown long., then easterly to the confluence bear by State registration permit in of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza lieu of a resident tag if you have ob- River at 66°00.31′ N. lat., 155°18.57′ W. tained a State registration permit long., then southwesterly to the crest prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be of Hochandochtla Mountain at 65°31.87′ used in any manner for brown bear N. lat., 154°52.18′ W. long., then south- hunting under the authority of a brown west to the mouth of Cottonwood bear State registration permit, includ- Creek at 65°13.00′ N. lat., 156°06.43′ W. ing transportation of hunters, bears, or long., then southwest to Bishop Rock parts of bears; however, this does not (Yistletaw) at 64°49.35′ N. lat., 157°21.73′ apply to transportation of bear hunters W. long., then westerly along the north or bear parts by regularly scheduled bank of the Yukon River (including flights to and between communities by Koyukuk Island) to the point of begin- carriers that normally provide sched- ning, is closed during moose hunting uled service to this area, nor does it seasons to the use of aircraft for hunt- apply to transportation of aircraft to ing moose, including transportation of or between publicly owned airports. any moose hunter or moose part; how- (iv) Unit-specific regulations: ever, this does not apply to transpor- (A) You may use bait to hunt black tation of a moose hunter or moose part bear between April 15 and June 30; and by aircraft between publicly owned air- in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, ports in the controlled use area or be- you may also use bait to hunt black

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bear between September 1 and Sep- limit is not cumulative with that per- tember 25. mitted by the State. (B) If you have a trapping license, (D) The residents of Unit 21 may take you may use a firearm to take beaver up to three moose per regulatory year in Unit 21(E) from Nov. 1–June 10. for the celebration known as the (C) The residents of Units 20 and 21 Kaltag/Nulato Stickdance, under the may take up to three moose per regu- terms of a Federal registration permit. latory year for the celebration known Permits will be issued to individuals as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under only at the request of the Native Vil- the terms of a Federal registration per- lage of Kaltag or Nulato. This three- mit. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native moose limit is not cumulative with Village of Tanana. This three-moose that permitted by the State.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 21D—1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Unit 21, remainder—1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Caribou: Unit 21A—1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Dec. 10–Dec. 20. Unit 21B—that portion north of the Yukon River and downstream from Ukawutni No open season. Creek. Unit 21C—the Dulbi and Melozitna River drainages downstream from Big Creek No open season. Unit 21B remainder, 21C remainder, and 21E—1 caribou ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 30. Unit 21D—north of the Yukon River and east of the Koyukuk River—caribou Winter season to be announced may be taken during a winter season to be announced by the Refuge Man- ager of the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager and the BLM Central Yukon Field Office Manager, in consultation with ADF&G and the Chairs of the Western Interior Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, and the Middle Yukon and Ruby Fish and Game Advisory Committees. Unit 21D, remainder—5 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be July 1–June 30. taken May 16–June 30. Moose: Unit 21B—that part of the Nowitna River drainage downstream from and includ- Sept. 5–Oct. 1. ing the Little Mud River drainage—1 bull. A State registration permit is required from Sept. 5–25. A Federal registration permit is required from Sept. 26–Oct. 1. Unit 21B—that part of the Nowitna River drainage downstream from and includ- Five-day season to be announced ing the Little Mud River drainage—1 antlered bull. A Federal registration per- between Dec. 1 and March 31. mit is required during the 5-day season and will be limited to one per household. The 5-day season may be announced by the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with the ADF&G and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Council and the Ruby Fish and Game Advisory Committee. Unit 21A and 21B, remainder—1 bull ...... Aug. 20–Sept. 25. Nov. 1–30. Unit 21C—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 5–25. Unit 21D—Koyukuk Controlled Use Area—1 bull; 1 antlerless moose by Federal Mar. 1–5 seson to be announced. permit if authorized by announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR manager. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. A harvestable surplus of cows will be determined for a quota or 1 antlered bull by Federal permit, if there is no Mar.1–5 season and if author- Apr. 10–15 season to be announced. ized by announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR manager and BLM Central Yukon field office manager. A harvestable surplus of bulls will be determined for a quota. Announcement for the Mar. and Apr. seasons and harvest quotas will be made after consultation with the ADF&G area biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Council and Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River Fish and Game Advisory Committee.

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Unit 21D, remainder—1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be taken only Aug. 22–31. during Sept. 21–25 and the Mar. 1–5 season if authorized jointly by the Sept. 5–25. Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager and the Central Yukon Mar. 1–5 season to be announced Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. During the Aug. 22–31 and Sept. 5–25 seasons, a State registration permit is required. During the Mar. 1–5 season a Federal registration permit is required. Announcement for the antlerless moose seasons and cow quotas will be made after consultation with the ADF&G area biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advi- sory Council and the Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee. Unit 21E—1 moose; however, only bulls may be taken from Aug. 25–Sept. 30 ... Aug. 25–Sept. 30. Feb. 15–Mar. 15. During the Feb. 15–Mar. 15 season, a Federal registration permit is required. The permit conditions and any needed closures for the winter season will be announced by the Innoko NWR manager after consultation with the ADF&G area biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Coun- cil and the Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee as stipulated in a letter of delegation. Moose may not be taken within one-half mile of the Innoko or Yukon River during the winter season. Beaver: Unit 21E—No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Unit 21, remainder ...... No open season. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Wolf: 5 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: No Limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31.

(22) Unit 22. and all adjacent islands in the Bering (i) Unit 22 consists of Bering Sea, Sea between the mouths of the Norton Sound, Bering Strait, Chukchi Goodhope and Pastolik Rivers: Sea, and Kotzebue Sound drainages (A) Unit 22A consists of Norton from, but excluding, the Pastolik River Sound drainages from, but excluding, drainage in southern Norton Sound to, the Pastolik River drainage to, and in- but not including, the Goodhope River cluding, the Ungalik River drainage, drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound, and Stuart and Besboro Islands.

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(B) Unit 22B consists of Norton Sound (B) Coyote, incidentally taken with a drainages from, but excluding, the trap or snare, may be used for subsist- Ungalik River drainage to, and includ- ence purposes. ing, the Topkok Creek drainage. (C) A snowmachine may be used to (C) Unit 22C consists of Norton Sound position a hunter to select individual and Bering Sea drainages from, but ex- caribou for harvest provided that the cluding, the Topkok Creek drainage to, animals are not shot from a moving and including, the Tisuk River drain- snowmachine. age, and King and Sledge Islands. (D) Unit 22D consists of that portion (D) The taking of one bull moose and of Unit 22 draining into the Bering Sea up to three musk oxen by the commu- north of, but not including, the Tisuk nity of Wales is allowed for the cele- River to and including Cape York and bration of the Kingikmuit Dance Fes- St. Lawrence Island; tival under the terms of a Federal reg- (E) Unit 22E consists of Bering Sea, istration permit. Permits will be issued Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, and to individuals only at the request of Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape the Native Village of Wales. The har- York to, but excluding, the Goodhope vest may only occur within regularly River drainage, and including Little established seasons in Unit 22E. The Diomede Island and Fairway Rock. harvest will count against any estab- (ii) You may hunt brown bear by lished quota for the area. State registration permit in lieu of a (E) A Federally qualified subsistence resident tag if you have obtained a user (recipient) may designate another State registration permit prior to Federally qualified subsistence user to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in take musk oxen on his or her behalf any manner for brown bear hunting unless the recipient is a member of a under the authority of a brown bear community operating under a commu- State registration permit, including nity harvest system. The designated transportation of hunters, bears, or hunter must get a designated hunter parts of bears; however, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters permit and must return a completed or bear parts by regularly scheduled harvest report. The designated hunter flights to and between communities by may hunt for any number of recipients carriers that normally provide sched- in the course of a season, but have no uled service to this area, nor does it more than two harvest limits in his/her apply to transportation of aircraft to possession at any one time, except in or between publicly owned airports. Unit 22E where a resident of Wales or (iii) Unit-specific regulations: Shishmaref acting as a designated (A) If you have a trapping license, hunter may hunt for any number of re- you may use a firearm to take beaver cipients, but have no more than four in Unit 22 during the established sea- harvest limits in his/her possession at sons. any one time.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: Unit 22A and 22B—3 bears ...... Jul. 1–Jun. 30. Unit 22, remainder ...... No open season. Brown Bear: Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–May 31. Unit 22C—1 bear by State registration permit only ...... Aug. 1–Oct. 31. May 10–25. Caribou: Unit 22B west of Golovin Bay and west of a line along the west bank of the Fish Oct. 1–Apr. 30. and Niukluk Rivers and excluding the Libby River drainage—5 caribou per May 1–Sept. 30, a season may be day. opened by announcement by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with ADF&G. Units 22A, 22B remainder, that portion of Unit 22D in the Kougaruk, Kuzitrin July 1–June 30. (excluding the Pilgrim River drainage), American, and Agiapuk River Drain- ages, and Unit 22E, that portion east of and including the Sanaguich River drainage—5 caribou per day; cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30.

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Moose: Unit 22A—that portion north of and including the Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik Aug. 1–Sept. 30. River drainages—1 bull. Federal public lands are closed to hunting except by residents of Unit 22A hunting under these regulations. Unit 22A—that portion in the Unalakleet drainage and all drainages flowing into Aug. 15–Sept. 14 Norton Sound north of the Golsovia River drainage and south of the Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik River drainages—Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose, except that residents of Unalakleet, hunting under these regulations, may take 1 bull by Federal registration permit, administered by the BLM Anchorage Field Office with the authority to close the season in consultation with ADF&G. Unit 22A, remainder—1 bull. However, during the period Jan.1–Feb. 15, only an Aug. 1–Sept. 30. antlered bull may be taken. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of Jan. 1–Feb. 15 moose except by residents of Unit 22A hunting under these regulations. Unit 22B—west of the Darby Mountains—1 bull by State registration permit. Sept. 1–14. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Unit 22B—west of the Darby Mountains—1 bull by either Federal or State reg- Jan. 1–31. istration permit. Quotas and any needed season closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS, and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of White Mountain and Golovin hunting under these regulations. Unit 22B, remainder—1 bull ...... Aug. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 22C—1 antlered bull ...... Sept. 1–14. Unit 22D—that portion within the Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and Pilgrim River drain- Sept. 1–14. ages—1 bull by State registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Units 22D and 22C hunting under these regulations. Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 Sept. 1–14. bull by State registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 Dec. 1–31. bull by Federal registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Units 22D and 22C hunting under these regulations. Unit 22D, remainder—1 bull ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 14. Oct. 1–Nov. 30. Unit 22D, remainder—1 moose; however, no person may take a calf or a cow Dec. 1–31. accompanied by a calf. Unit 22D, remainder—1 antlered bull ...... Jan. 1–31. Unit 22E—1 antlered bull. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of Aug. 1–Mar. 15. moose except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Musk ox: Unit 22B—1 bull by Federal permit or State permit. Federal public lands are Aug.1–Mar. 15. closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 Sept.1–Mar. 15. musk ox by Federal permit or State permit; however, cows may only be taken during the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands in consultation with ADF&G and BLM. Unit 22D, that portion within the Kuzitrin River drainages—1 musk ox by Federal Aug.1–Mar. 15. permit or State permit; however, cows may only be taken during the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in consultation with ADF&G and BLM. Unit 22D, remainder—1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit; however, Aug. 1–Mar. 15. cows may only be taken during the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands in consultation with ADF&G and BLM.

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Unit 22E—1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit. Annual harvest quotas Aug. 1–Mar. 15. and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands in consultation with ADF&G and BLM. Unit 22, remainder ...... No open season. Beaver: Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—50 beaver ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Unit 22, remainder ...... No open season. Coyote ...... No open season. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 15. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Marten: Unit 22A and 22B—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Unit 22, remainder ...... No open season. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolverine: 3 wolverines ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): Unit 22A and 22B east of and including the Niukluk River drainage—40 per day, Aug. 10–Apr. 30. 80 in possession. Unit 22E—20 per day, 40 in possession ...... July 15–May 15. Unit 22, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—50 beaver ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Unit 22C ...... No open season. Coyote ...... No open season. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15.

(23) Unit 23. (A) You may not use aircraft in any (i) Unit 23 consists of Kotzebue manner either for hunting of Sound, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, drainages from and including the or for transportation of hunters or har- Goodhope River drainage to Cape vested species in the Noatak Controlled Lisburne. Use Area for the period August 15–Sep- (ii) In the following areas, the taking tember 30. The Area consists of that of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- portion of Unit 23 in a corridor extend- hibited or restricted on public land: ing 5 miles on either side of the Noatak

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River beginning at the mouth of the (D) For the Baird and DeLong Moun- Noatak River, and extending upstream tain sheep hunts—A Federally qualified to the mouth of Sapun Creek. This clo- subsistence user (recipient) may des- sure does not apply to the transpor- ignate another Federally qualified sub- tation of hunters or parts of ungulates, sistence user to take sheep on his or bear, wolves, or wolverine by regularly her behalf unless the recipient is a scheduled flights to communities by member of a community operating carriers that normally provide sched- under a community harvest system. uled air service. The designated hunter must obtain a (B) [Reserved] designated hunter permit and must re- (iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of a turn a completed harvest report. The resident tag if you have obtained a designated hunter may hunt for only State registration permit prior to one recipient in the course of a season hunting. Aircraft may not be used in and may have both his and the recipi- any manner for brown bear hunting ents’ harvest limits in his/her posses- under the authority of a brown bear sion at the same time. State registration permit, including (E) A snowmachine may be used to transportation of hunters, bears, or position a hunter to select individual parts of bears; however, this does not caribou for harvest provided that the apply to transportation of bear hunters animals are not shot from a moving or bear parts by regularly scheduled snowmachine. flights to and between communities by (F) A Federally qualified subsistence carriers that normally provide sched- user (recipient) may designate another uled service to this area, nor does it Federally qualified subsistence user to apply to transportation of aircraft to take musk oxen on his or her behalf or between publicly owned airports. unless the recipient is a member of a (iv) Unit-specific regulations: (A) You may take caribou from a community operating under a commu- boat moving under power in Unit 23. nity harvest system. The designated (B) In addition to other restrictions hunter must get a designated hunter on method of take found in this sec- permit and must return a completed tion, you may also take swimming car- harvest report. The designated hunter ibou with a firearm using rimfire car- may hunt for any number of recipients, tridges. but have no more than two harvest (C) If you have a trapping license, limits in his/her possession at any one you may take beaver with a firearm in time. all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1–Jun. 10.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 23—1 bear by State registration permit ...... Aug. 1–May 31. Caribou: 15 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30 ... July 1–June 30. Sheep: Unit 23—south of Rabbit Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of Aug. 10–April 30. If the allowable the Cutler and Redstone Rivers (Baird Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal reg- harvest levels are reached before istration permit. The total allowable harvest of sheep is 21, of which 15 may the regular season closing date, be rams and 6 may be ewes. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of the Superintendent of the Western sheep except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these Arctic National Parklands will an- regulations. nounce an early closure. Unit 23—north of Rabbit Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of Aug. 10–April 30. If the allowable the Aniuk River (DeLong Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal registration permit. harvest levels are reached before The total allowable harvest of sheep for the DeLong Mountains is 8, of which the regular season closing date, 5 may be rams and 3 may be ewes. the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands will announce an early closure. Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Mountains)—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Mountains)—1 sheep ...... Oct. 1–Apr. 30. Moose:

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Unit 23—that portion north and west of and including the Singoalik River drain- July 1–Mar. 31. age, and all lands draining into the Kukpuk and Ipewik Rivers—1 moose; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf. Unit 23—that portion lying within the Noatak River drainage—1 moose; how- Aug. 1–Mar. 31. ever, antlerless moose may be taken only from Nov. 1–Mar. 31; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf. Unit 23, remainder—1 moose; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied Aug. 1–Mar. 31. by a calf. Musk ox: Unit 23—south of Kotzebue Sound and west of and including the Buckland Aug. 1–Dec. 31. River drainage—1 bull by Federal permit or State permit or 1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit ...... Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands, in consultation with ADF&G and BLM. Unit 23—Cape Krusenstern National Monument—1 bull by Federal permit. An- Aug. 1–Mar. 15. nual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Su- perintendent of Western Arctic National Parklands. Cape Krusenstern National Monument is closed to the taking of musk oxen except by resident zone community members with permanent residence within the Monument or the immediately adjacent Napaktuktuk Mountain area, south of latitude 67°05′ N and west of longitude 162°30′ W hunting under these regulations. Unit 23, remainder ...... No open season. Beaver: No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: 15 wolves ...... Oct. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: Unit 23—the Kobuk and Selawik River drainages—50 beaver ...... July 1–June 30. Unit 23, remainder—30 beaver ...... July 1–June 30. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15.

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(24) Unit 24. boats, in the Dalton Highway Corridor (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk Management Area, which consists of River drainage upstream from but not those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 including the Dulbi River drainage: extending 5 miles from each side of the (A) Unit 24A consists of the Middle Dalton Highway from the Yukon River Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, upstream from but not including the except as follows: Residents living Harriet Creek and North Fork within the Dalton Highway Corridor Koyukuk River drainages, to the South Management Area may use snowmo- Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage biles only for the subsistence taking of upstream from Squaw Creek, the Jim wildlife. You may use licensed highway River Drainage, the Fish Creek drain- vehicles only on designated roads with- age upstream from and including the in the Dalton Highway Corridor Man- Bonanza Creek drainage, to the 1,410 ft. agement Area. The residents of Alatna, peak of the hydrologic divide with the Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, northern fork of the Kanuti Chalatna Evansville, and Stevens Village, and River at N. Lat. 66°33.303′ W. Long. residents living within the Corridor 151°03.637′ and following the unnamed may use firearms within the Corridor northern fork of the Kanuti Chalatna only for subsistence taking of wildlife. Creek to the confluence of the southern (B) You may not use aircraft for fork of the Kanuti Chalatna River at N. hunting moose, including transpor- Lat 66°27.090′ W. Long. 151°23.841′, 4.2 tation of any moose hunter or moose miles SSW (194 degrees true) of part in the Kanuti Controlled Use Clawanmenka Lake and following the Area, which consists of that portion of unnamed southern fork of the Kanuti Unit 24 bounded by a line from the Chalatna Creek to the hydrologic di- Bettles Field VOR to the east side of vide with the Kanuti River drainage at Fish Creek Lake, to Old Dummy Lake, N. Lat. 66°19.789′ W. Long. 151°10.102′, 3.0 to the south end of Lake Todatonten miles ENE (79 degrees true) from the (including all waters of these lakes), to 2,055 ft. peak on that divide, and the the northernmost headwaters of Siruk Kanuti River drainage upstream from Creek, to the highest peak of Double the confluence of an unnamed creek at Point Mountain, then back to the N. Lat. 66°13.050′ W. Long.151°05.864′, 0.9 Bettles Field VOR; however, this does miles SSE (155 degrees true) of a 1,980 not apply to transportation of a moose ft. peak on that divide, and following hunter or moose part by aircraft be- that unnamed creek to the Unit 24 tween publicly owned airports in the boundary on the hydrologic divide to controlled use area or between a pub- the Ray River drainage at N. Lat. licly owned airport within the area and 66°03.827′ W. Long. 150°49.988′ at the 2,920 points outside the area. ft. peak of that divide. (C) You may not use aircraft for (B) Unit 24B consists of the Koyukuk hunting moose, including transpor- River Drainage upstream from Dog Is- tation of any moose hunter or moose land to the Subunit 24A boundary. part in the Koyukuk Controlled Use (C) Unit 24C consists of the Hogatza Area, which consists of those portions River Drainage, the Koyukuk River of Unit 21s and 24 bounded by a line Drainage upstream from Batza River from the north bank of the Yukon on the north side of the Koyukuk River River at Koyukuk at 64°52.58′ N. lat., and upstream from and including the 157°43.10′ W. long., then northerly to Indian River Drainage on the south the confluences of the Honhosa and side of the Koyukuk River to the Kateel Rivers at 65°28.42′ N. lat., Subunit 24B boundary. 157°44.89′ W. long., then northeasterly (D) Unit 24D consists of the remain- to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek der of Unit 24. and the Huslia River (65°57 N. lat., (ii) In the following areas, the taking 156°41 W. long.) at 65°56.66′; N. lat., of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- 156°40.81′ W. long., then easterly to the hibited or restricted on public land: confluence of the forks of the Dakli (A) You may not use firearms, snow- River at 66°02.56′ N. lat., 156°12.710 W. mobiles, licensed highway vehicles, or long., then easterly to the confluence motorized vehicles, except aircraft and of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza

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River at 66°00.31′ N. lat., 155°18.57′ W. State registration permit prior to long., then southwesterly to the crest hunting. You may not use aircraft in of Hochandochtla Mountain at 65°31.87′ any manner for brown bear hunting N. lat., 154°52.18′ W. long., then south- under the authority of a brown bear west to the mouth of Cottonwood State registration permit, including Creek at 65°13.00′ N. lat., 156°06.43′ W. transportation of hunters, bears, or long., then southwest to Bishop Rock parts of bears. However, this prohibi- (Yistletaw) at 64°49.35′ N. lat., 157°21.73′ tion does not apply to transportation W. long., then westerly along the north of bear hunters or bear parts by regu- bank of the Yukon River (including larly scheduled flights to and between Koyukuk Island) to the point of begin- communities by carriers that normally ning. However, this does not apply to provide scheduled service to this area, transportation of a moose hunter or nor does it apply to transportation of moose part by aircraft between pub- aircraft to or between publicly owned licly owned airports in the controlled airports. use area or between a publicly owned airport within the area and points out- (iv) Unit-specific regulations: side the area. All hunters on the (A) You may use bait to hunt black Koyukuk River passing the ADF&G-op- bear between April 15 and June 30; and erated check station at Ella’s Cabin (15 in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, miles upstream from the Yukon on the you may also use bait to hunt black Koyukuk River) are required to stop bear between September 1 and Sep- and report to ADF&G personnel at the tember 25; check station. (B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken (iii) You may hunt brown bear by with a trap or snare intended for red State registration permit in lieu of a fox, may be used for subsistence pur- resident tag if you have obtained a poses.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 24—1 bear by State registration permit ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Caribou: Unit 24—that portion south of the south bank of the Kanuti River, upstream from Aug. 10–Mar. 31. and including that portion of the Kanuti-Kilolitna River drainage, bounded by the southeast bank of the Kodosin-Nolitna Creek, then downstream along the east bank of the Kanuti-Kilolitna River to its confluence with the Kanuti River—1 caribou. Unit 24, remainder—5 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken July 1–June 30. May 16–June 30. Sheep: Unit 24A and 24B—(Anaktuvuk Pass residents only)—that portion within the July 15–Dec. 31. Gates of the Arctic National Park—community harvest quota of 60 sheep, no more than 10 of which may be ewes and a daily possession limit of 3 sheep per person, no more than 1 of which may be a ewe. Unit 24A and 24B—(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass residents)—that portion within Aug. 1–Apr. 30. the Gates of the Arctic National Park—3 sheep. Unit 24A—except that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park—1 Aug. 20–Sept. 30. ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn by Federal registration permit only. Unit 24, remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn ...... Aug. 10–Sept. 20. Moose: Unit 24A—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit ...... Aug. 25–Oct. 1. Unit 24B—that portion within the John River Drainage—1 moose ...... Aug. 1–Dec. 31. Unit 24B—All drainages of the Koyukuk River downstream from and including Aug. 25–Oct. 1. the Henshaw Creek drainage—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit. Dec. 15–Apr. 15 (until Jun. 30, 2014). Federal public lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use Area, as described in Federal regulations, are closed to taking of moose, except by Federally qualified subsistence users of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena hunting under these regulations. Unit 24B, remainder 1 antlered bull. A Federal registration permit is required for Aug. 25–Oct. 1. the Sept. 26–Oct. 1 period.

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Harvest limits Open season

Federal public lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use Area, as described in Federal regulations, are closed to taking of moose, except by Federally qualified subsistence users of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena hunting under these regulations. Unit 24C and 24D—that portion within the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area and Sept. 1–25. Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge—1 bull. 1 antlerless moose by Federal permit if authorized by announcement by the Mar. 1–5 to be announced. Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager and BLM Field Office Manager Central Yukon Field Office. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. A harvestable surplus of cows will be determined for a quota. or ...... or 1 antlered bull by Federal permit, if there is no Mar. 1–5 season and if author- Apr. 10–15 to be announced. ized by announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Man- ager and BLM Field Office Manager Central Yukon Field Office. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. Announcement for the Mar. and Apr. seasons and harvest quotas will be made after consultation with the ADF&G Area Biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, and the Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River Fish and Game Advisory Committees. Unit 24C, remainder and Unit 24D, remainder—1 antlered bull. During the Sept. Aug. 25–Oct. 1. 5–25 season, a State registration permit is required. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Wolf: 15 wolves; however, no more than 5 wolves may be taken prior to Nov. 1 ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 5 wolverine; however, no more than 1 wolverine may be taken prior to Nov. 1 ... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31.

(25) Unit 25. (A) Unit 25A consists of the Hodzana (i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from the Nar- River drainage upstream from but not rows, the Chandalar River drainage up- including the Hamlin Creek drainage, stream from and including the East and excluding drainages into the south Fork drainage, the Christian River bank of the Yukon River upstream drainage upstream from Christian, the from the Charley River: Sheenjek River drainage upstream

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from and including the Thluichohnjik Creek and proceeding southwesterly Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and downstream past Arctic Village to the the Old Crow River drainage. confluence with Crow Nest Creek, con- (B) Unit 25B consists of the Little tinuing up Crow Nest Creek, through Black River drainage upstream from Portage Lake, to its confluence with but not including the Big Creek drain- the Junjik River; then down the Junjik age, the Black River drainage up- River past Timber Lake and a larger stream from and including the Salmon tributary, to a major, unnamed tribu- Fork drainage, the Porcupine River tary, northwesterly, for approximately drainage upstream from the confluence 6 miles where the stream forks into 2 of the Coleen and Porcupine Rivers, roughly equal drainages; the boundary and drainages into the north bank of follows the easternmost fork, pro- the Yukon River upstream from Circle, ceeding almost due north to the head- including the islands in the Yukon waters and intersects the Continental River. Divide; the boundary then follows the (C) Unit 25C consists of drainages Continental Divide easterly, through into the south bank of the Yukon River Carter Pass, then easterly and north- upstream from Circle to the Subunit easterly approximately 62 miles along 20E boundary, the Birch Creek drain- the divide to the headwaters of the age upstream from the Steese Highway most northerly tributary of Red Sheep bridge (milepost 147), the Preacher Creek then follows southerly along the Creek drainage upstream from and in- divide designating the eastern extreme cluding the Rock Creek drainage, and of the Red Sheep Creek drainage then the Beaver Creek drainage upstream to the confluence of Red Sheep Creek from and including the Moose Creek and the East Fork Chandalar River. drainage. (iii) Unit-specific regulations: (D) Unit 25D consists of the remain- (A) You may use bait to hunt black der of Unit 25. bear between April 15 and June 30 and (ii) In the following areas, the taking between August 1 and September 25; of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- you may use bait to hunt wolves on hibited or restricted on public land: FWS and BLM lands. (A) You may not use firearms, snow- (B) You may take caribou and moose mobiles, licensed highway vehicles or from a boat moving under power in motorized vehicles, except aircraft and Unit 25. boats in the Dalton Highway Corridor (C) The taking of bull moose outside Management Area, which consists of the seasons provided in this part for those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 food in memorial potlatches and tradi- extending 5 miles from each side of the tional cultural events is authorized in Dalton Highway from the Yukon River Unit 25D west provided that: to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, (1) The person organizing the reli- except as follows: Residents living gious ceremony or cultural event con- within the Dalton Highway Corridor tacts the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats Management Area may use snowmo- National Wildlife Refuge prior to tak- biles only for the subsistence taking of ing or attempting to take bull moose wildlife. You may use licensed highway and provides to the Refuge Manager vehicles only on designated roads with- the name of the decedent, the nature of in the Dalton Highway Corridor Man- the ceremony or cultural event, num- agement Area. The residents of Alatna, ber to be taken, and the general area in Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, which the taking will occur; Evansville, Stevens Village, and resi- (2) Each person who takes a bull dents living within the Corridor may moose under this section must submit use firearms within the Corridor only a written report to the Refuge Man- for subsistence taking of wildlife. ager, Yukon Flats National Wildlife (B) The Arctic Village Sheep Man- Refuge not more than 15 days after the agement Area consists of that portion harvest specifying the harvester’s of Unit 25A north and west of Arctic name and address, and the date(s) and Village, which is bounded on the east location(s) of the taking(s); by the East Fork Chandalar River be- (3) No permit or harvest ticket is re- ginning at the confluence of Red Sheep quired for taking under this section;

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however, the harvester must be an (4) Any moose taken under this pro- Alaska rural resident with customary vision counts against the annual quota and traditional use in Unit 25D west; of 60 bulls.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: Units 25A, 25B, and 25C—3 bears or 3 bears by State community harvest per- Jul. 1–June 30. mit. Unit 25D—5 bears ...... Jul. 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Units 25A and 25B—1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Unit 25C—1 bear ...... Sept. 1–May 31. Unit 25D—2 bears every regulatory year...... Jul. 1–June 30. Caribou: Unit 25A—in those portions west of the east bank of the East Fork of the Jul. 1–June 30 Chandalar River extending from its confluence with the Chandalar River upstream to Guilbeau Pass and north of the south bank of the mainstem of the Chandalar River at its confluence with the East Fork Chandalar River west (and north of the south bank) along the West Fork Chandalar River—10 caribou. However, only bulls may be taken May16–Jun. 30. Unit 25C—1 caribou; a joint Federal/State registration permit is required. During Aug. 10–Sept. 30. the Aug. 10–Sept. 30 season, the harvest is restricted to 1 bull. The harvest Nov. 1–Mar. 31. quota between Aug. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is 100 caribou. Unit 25D—that portion of Unit 25D drained by the west fork of the Dall River Aug. 10–Sept. 30. west of 150° W. long.—1 bull. Dec.1–31. Unit 25A remainder, 25B, and Unit 25D, remainder—10 caribou ...... July 1–Apr. 30. Sheep: Unit 25A—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area .... No open season. Units 25A—Arctic Village Sheep Management Area—2 rams by Federal reg- Aug. 10–Apr. 30. istration permit only. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of sheep except by rural Alaska residents of Arctic Village, Venetie, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and Chalkyitsik hunting under these regulations. Unit 25A, remainder—3 sheep by Federal registration permit only ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Moose: Unit 25A—1 antlered bull ...... Aug. 25–Sept. 25. Dec. 1–10. Unit 25B—that portion within Yukon–Charley National Preserve—1 bull ...... Aug. 20–Sept. 30. Unit 25B—that portion within the Porcupine River drainage upstream from, but Aug. 25–Sept. 30. excluding the Coleen River drainage—1 antlered bull. Dec. 1–10. Unit 25B—that portion, other than Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Sept. 5–30. draining into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream from and including Dec. 1–15. the Kandik River drainage, including the islands in the Yukon River—1 antlered bull. Unit 25B, remainder—1 antlered bull ...... Aug. 25–Sept. 25. Dec. 1–15. Unit 25C—1 antlered bull ...... Aug. 20–Sep. 30. Unit 25D (west)—that portion lying west of a line extending from the Unit 25D Aug. 25–Feb. 28. boundary on Preacher Creek, then downstream along Preacher Creek, Birch Creek, and Lower Mouth of Birch Creek to the Yukon River, then downstream along the north bank of the Yukon River (including islands) to the confluence of the Hadweenzic River, then upstream along the west bank of the Hadweenzic River to the confluence of Forty and One-Half Mile Creek, then upstream along Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to Nelson Mountain on the Unit 25D boundary—1 bull by a Federal registration permit. Permits will be available in the following villages: Beaver (25 permits), Birch Creek (10 permits), and Stevens Village (25 permits). Permits for residents of 25D (west) who do not live in one of the three villages will be available by contacting the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Office in Fairbanks or a local Refuge In- formation Technician. Moose hunting on public land in Unit 25D (west) is closed at all times except for residents of Unit 25D (west) hunting under these regulations. The moose season will be closed by announcement of the Ref- uge Manager Yukon Flats NWR when 60 moose have been harvested in the entirety (from Federal and non-Federal lands) of Unit 25D (west). Unit 25D, remainder—1 antlered moose ...... Aug. 25–Oct. 1. Dec. 1–20. Beaver: Unit 25A, 25B, and 25D—1 beaver per day; 1 in possession ...... Apr. 16–Oct. 31. Unit 25C ...... No open season. Coyote: 10 coyotes ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 15. Hare (Snowshoe):

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Harvest limits Open season

No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: Unit 25C—2 lynx ...... Dec. 1–Jan. 31. Unit 25, remainder—2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: Unit 25B and 25C, that portion within Yukon–Charley Rivers National Pre- Nov. 1–June 10. serve—No limit. Unit 25, remainder ...... No open season. Wolf: Unit 25A—No limit ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Unit 25, remainder—10 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 1 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): Unit 25C—15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Mar. 31. Unit 25, remainder—15 per day, 30 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): Unit 25C—those portions within 5 miles of Route 6 (Steese Highway)—20 per Aug. 10–Mar. 31. day, 40 in possession. Unit 25, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Beaver: Unit 25C—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Unit 25—remainder—50 beaver ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Oct. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: Unit 25C—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Feb. 28. Unit 25, remainder—No limit ...... Nov. 1–Mar. 31.

(26) Unit 26. (ii) In the following areas, the taking (i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean of wildlife for subsistence uses is pro- drainages between Cape Lisburne and hibited or restricted on public land: the Alaska-Canada border, including (A) You may not use aircraft in any the Firth River drainage within Alas- manner for moose hunting, including ka: transportation of moose hunters or (A) Unit 26A consists of that portion parts of moose during the periods July. of Unit 26 lying west of the Itkillik 1–Sept. 14 and Jan. 1–Mar. 31 in Unit River drainage and west of the east 26A; however, this does not apply to bank of the Colville River between the transportation of moose hunters, their mouth of the Itkillik River and the gear, or moose parts by aircraft be- Arctic Ocean; tween publicly owned airports. (B) Unit 26B consists of that portion (B) You may not use firearms, snow- of Unit 26 east of Unit 26A, west of the mobiles, licensed highway vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and west bank of the Canning River and boats, in the Dalton Highway Corridor west of the west bank of the Marsh Management Area, which consists of Fork of the Canning River; those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 (C) Unit 26C consists of the remain- extending 5 miles from each side of the der of Unit 26. Dalton Highway from the Yukon River

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to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, (B) In addition to other restrictions except as follows: Residents living on method of take found in this sec- within the Dalton Highway Corridor tion, you may also take swimming car- Management Area may use snowmo- ibou with a firearm using rimfire car- biles only for the subsistence taking of tridges. wildlife. You may use licensed highway (C) In Kaktovik, a Federally quali- vehicles only on designated roads with- fied subsistence user (recipient) may in the Dalton Highway Corridor Man- designate another Federally qualified agement Area. The residents of Alatna, subsistence user to take sheep or musk Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, ox on his or her behalf unless the re- Evansville, Stevens Village, and resi- cipient is a member of a community dents living within the Corridor may operating under a community harvest use firearms within the Corridor only system. The designated hunter must for subsistence taking of wildlife. obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest re- (iii) You may hunt brown bear in port. The designated hunter may hunt Unit 26A by State registration permit for any number of recipients but may in lieu of a resident tag if you have ob- have no more than two harvest limits tained a State registration permit in his/her possession at any one time. prior to hunting. You may not use air- (D) For the DeLong Mountain sheep craft in any manner for brown bear hunts—A Federally qualified subsist- hunting under the authority of a brown ence user (recipient) may designate an- bear State registration permit, includ- other Federally qualified subsistence ing transportation of hunters, bears or user to take sheep on his or her behalf parts of bears. However, this does not unless the recipient is a member of a apply to transportation of bear hunters community operating under a commu- or bear parts by regularly scheduled nity harvest system. The designated flights to and between communities by hunter must obtain a designated carriers that normally provide sched- hunter permit and must return a com- uled service to this area, nor does it pleted harvest report. The designated apply to transportation of aircraft to hunter may hunt for only one recipient or between publicly owned airports. in the course of a season and may have (iv) Unit-specific regulations: both his and the recipient’s harvest (A) You may take caribou from a limits in his/her possession at the same boat moving under power in Unit 26. time.

Harvest limits Open season

Hunting Black Bear: 3 bears ...... July 1–June 30. Brown Bear: Unit 26A—1 bear by State registration permit ...... July 1–June 30. Unit 26B—1 bear ...... Jan. 1–Dec. 31. Unit 26 C—1 bear ...... Aug. 10–June 30. Caribou: Unit 26A—10 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16– July 1–June 30. June 30.. Unit 26B—10 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may be taken only from July 1–June 30 Oct. 1–Apr. 30.. Unit 26C—10 caribou per day ...... July 1–Apr. 30 (You may not transport more than 5 caribou per regulatory year from Unit 26 except to the community of Anaktuvuk Pass.) Sheep: Unit 26A and 26B—(Anaktuvuk Pass residents only)—that portion within the July 15–Dec. 31. Gates of the Arctic National Park—community harvest quota of 60 sheep, no more than 10 of which may be ewes and a daily possession limit of 3 sheep per person, no more than 1 of which may be a ewe. Unit 26A—(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass residents)—those portions within the Aug. 1–Apr. 30. Gates of the Arctic National Park—3 sheep. Unit 26A—that portion west of Howard Pass and the Etivluk River (DeLong Aug. 10–April 30. Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal registration permit. The total allowable harvest of sheep for the DeLong Mountains is 8, of which 5 may be rams and 3 may be ewes. If the allowable harvest levels are reached before the regular season closing date, the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Park- lands will announce an early closure.

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Harvest limits Open season

Unit 26B—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area—1 Aug. 10–Sept. 20. ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn by Federal registration permit only. Unit 26A, remainder and 26B, remainder—including the Gates of the Arctic Na- Aug. 10–Sept. 20. tional Preserve—1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn. Unit 26C—3 sheep per regulatory year; the Aug. 10–Sept. 20 season is re- Aug. 10–Sept. 20. stricted to 1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn. A Federal registration permit is Oct. 1–Apr. 30. required for the Oct. 1–Apr. 30 season. Moose: Unit 26A—that portion of the Colville River drainage upstream from and includ- Aug. 1–Sept. 14. ing the Anaktuvuk River drainage—1 bull. Unit 26A—that portion of the Colville River drainage upstream from and includ- Feb. 15–Apr. 15. ing the Anaktuvuk River drainage—1 moose; however, you may not take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf. Unit 26A—that portion west of 156°00′ W. longitude excluding the Colville River July 1–Sept. 14. drainage—1 moose, however, you may not take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf. Unit 26A, remainder—1 bull ...... Aug. 1–Sept. 14 Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River drainage—1 bull ...... Sept. 1–14. Units 26B, remainder and 26C—1 moose by Federal registration permit by resi- Jul. 1–Mar. 31. dents of Kaktovik only. The harvest quota is 3 moose (2 antlered bulls and 1 of either sex), provided that no more than 2 antlered bulls may be harvested from Unit 26C and cows may not be harvested from Unit 26C. You may not take a cow accompanied by a calf in Unit 26B. Only 3 Federal registration permits will be issued. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by a Kaktovik resident holding a Federal registration permit and hunting under these regulations. Musk ox: Unit 26C—1 bull by Federal registration permit only. The number of permits that Jul. 15–Mar. 31. may be issued only to the residents of the village of Kaktovik will not exceed three percent (3%) of the number of musk oxen counted in Unit 26C during a pre-calving census. Public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox, except by rural Alaska residents of the village of Kaktovik hunting under these regulations. Coyote: 2 coyotes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 foxes ...... Sept. 1–Apr. 30. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Units 26A and 26B—10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken Sept. 1–Mar. 15. prior to Oct. 1. Unit 26C—10 foxes ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit ...... July 1–June 30. Lynx: 2 lynx ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: 15 wolves ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Wolverine: 5 wolverine ...... Sept. 1–Mar. 31. Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, 40 in possession ...... Aug. 10–Apr. 30. Trapping Coyote: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Lynx: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Marten: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Mink and Weasel: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Jan. 31. Muskrat: No limit ...... Nov. 1–June 10. Otter: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15. Wolf: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 30. Wolverine: No limit ...... Nov. 1–Apr. 15.

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[77 FR 35498, June 13, 2012]

§ 242.27 Subsistence taking of fish. (2) You must include an escape mech- (a) Applicability. (1) Regulations in anism on all pots used to take fish or this section apply to the taking of fish shellfish. The escape mechanisms are or their parts for subsistence uses. as follows: (2) You may take fish for subsistence (i) A sidewall, which may include the uses at any time by any method unless tunnel, of all shellfish and bottomfish you are restricted by the subsistence pots must contain an opening equal to fishing regulations found in this sec- or exceeding 18 inches in length, except tion. The harvest limit specified in this that in shrimp pots the opening must section for a subsistence season for a be a minimum of 6 inches in length. species and the State harvest limit set The opening must be laced, sewn, or se- for a State season for the same species cured together by a single length of un- are not cumulative, except as modified treated, 100 percent cotton twine, no by regulations in paragraph (e) of this larger than 30 thread. The cotton twine section. This means that if you have may be knotted at each end only. The taken the harvest limit for a particular opening must be within 6 inches of the species under a subsistence season bottom of the pot and must be parallel specified in this section, you may not, with it. The cotton twine may not be after that, take any additional fish of tied or looped around the web bars. that species under any other harvest Dungeness crab pots may have the pot limit specified for a State season. lid tie-down straps secured to the pot (3) You may not possess, transport, at one end by a single loop of un- give, receive, or barter subsistence- treated, 100 percent cotton twine no taken fish or their parts that have been larger than 60 thread, or the pot lid taken contrary to Federal law or regu- must be secured so that, when the lation or State law or regulation (un- twine degrades, the lid will no longer less superseded by regulations in this be securely closed. part). (ii) All king crab, Tanner crab, (b) Methods, means, and general restric- shrimp, miscellaneous shellfish and tions. (1) Unless otherwise specified in bottomfish pots may, instead of com- this section or under terms of a re- plying with paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this quired subsistence fishing permit (as section, satisfy the following: a side- may be modified by regulations in this wall, which may include the tunnel, section), you may use the following must contain an opening at least 18 legal types of gear for subsistence fish- inches in length, except that shrimp ing: pots must contain an opening at least (i) A set gillnet; 6 inches in length. The opening must be (ii) A drift gillnet; laced, sewn, or secured together by a (iii) A purse seine; single length of treated or untreated (iv) A hand purse seine; twine, no larger than 36 thread. A gal- (v) A beach seine; vanic timed-release device, designed to (vi) Troll gear; release in no more than 30 days in salt- (vii) A fish wheel; water, must be integral to the length (viii) A trawl; of twine so that, when the device re- (ix) A pot; leases, the twine will no longer secure (x) A longline; or obstruct the opening of the pot. The (xi) A fyke net; twine may be knotted only at each end (xii) A lead; and at the attachment points on the (xiii) A herring pound; galvanic timed-release device. The (xiv) A dip net; opening must be within 6 inches of the (xv) Jigging gear; bottom of the pot and must be parallel (xvi) A mechanical jigging machine; with it. The twine may not be tied or (xvii) A handline; looped around the web bars. (xviii) A cast net; (3) For subsistence fishing for salm- (xix) A rod and reel; and on, you may not use a gillnet exceeding (xx) A spear. 50 fathoms in length, unless otherwise

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specified in this section. The gillnet District and exchanged in customary web must contain at least 30 filaments trade to rural residents may not exceed of equal diameter or at least 6 fila- 50 percent of the annual harvest of ments, each of which must be at least salmon by the household. No more 0.20 millimeter in diameter. than 50 percent of the annual house- (4) Except as otherwise provided for hold limit may be sold under para- in this section, you may not obstruct graphs (b)(11) and (12) of this section more than one-half the width of any when taken together. These customary stream with any gear used to take fish trade sales must be immediately re- for subsistence uses. corded on a customary trade record- (5) You may not use live nonindige- keeping form. The recording require- nous fish as bait. ment and the responsibility to ensure (6) You must have your first initial, the household limit is not exceeded last name, and address plainly and leg- rests with the seller. ibly inscribed on the side of your fish (12) Transactions between a rural resi- wheel facing midstream of the river. (7) You may use kegs or buoys of any dent and others. In customary trade, a color but red on any permitted gear, rural resident may trade fish, their except in the following areas where parts, or their eggs, legally taken kegs or buoys of any color, including under the regulations in this part, for red, may be used: cash from individuals other than rural (i) Yukon–Northern Area; and residents if the individual who pur- (ii) Kuskokwim Area. chases the fish, their parts, or their (8) You must have your first initial, eggs uses them for personal or family last name, and address plainly and leg- consumption. If you are not a rural ibly inscribed on each keg, buoy, resident, you may not sell fish, their stakes attached to gillnets, stakes parts, or their eggs taken under the identifying gear fished under the ice, regulations in this part. The Board and any other unattended fishing gear may recognize regional differences and which you use to take fish for subsist- regulates customary trade differently ence uses. for separate regions of the State. (9) You may not use explosives or (i) Bristol Bay Fishery Management chemicals to take fish for subsistence Area—The total cash value per house- uses. hold of salmon taken within Federal (10) You may not take fish for sub- jurisdiction in the Bristol Bay Fishery sistence uses within 300 feet of any Management Area and exchanged in dam, fish ladder, weir, culvert or other customary trade between rural resi- artificial obstruction, unless otherwise dents and individuals other than rural indicated. residents may not exceed $400.00 annu- (11) Transactions between rural resi- ally. These customary trade sales must dents. Rural residents may exchange in be immediately recorded on a cus- customary trade subsistence-harvested tomary trade recordkeeping form. The fish, their parts, or their eggs, legally recording requirement and the respon- taken under the regulations in this sibility to ensure the household limit part, for cash from other rural resi- is not exceeded rest with the seller. dents. The Board may recognize regional differences and regulates cus- (ii) Upper Copper River District—The tomary trade differently for separate total cash value of salmon per house- regions of the State. hold taken within the Upper Copper (i) Bristol Bay Fishery Management River District and exchanged in cus- Area—The total cash value per house- tomary trade between rural residents hold of salmon taken within Federal and individuals other than rural resi- jurisdiction in the Bristol Bay Fishery dents may not exceed $500.00 annually. Management Area and exchanged in No more than 50 percent of the annual customary trade to rural residents may household limit may be sold under not exceed $500.00 annually. paragraphs (b)(11) and (12) of this sec- (ii) Upper Copper River District—The tion when taken together. These cus- total number of salmon per household tomary trade sales must be imme- taken within the Upper Copper River diately recorded on a customary trade

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recordkeeping form. The recording re- cies, the limit shall be the same as for quirement and the responsibility to en- taking fish under State of Alaska sport sure the household limit is not exceed- fishing regulations. ed rest with the seller. (17) Unless restricted in this section, (13) No sale to, nor purchase by, fish- or unless restricted under the terms of eries businesses. (i) You may not sell a subsistence fishing permit, you may fish, their parts, or their eggs taken take fish for subsistence uses at any under the regulations in this part to time. any individual, business, or organiza- (18) Provisions on ADF&G subsist- tion required to be licensed as a fish- ence fishing permits that are more re- eries business under Alaska Statute AS strictive or in conflict with the provi- 43.75.011 (commercial limited-entry sions contained in this section do not permit or crew license holders ex- apply to Federal subsistence users. cluded) or to any other business as de- (19) You may not intentionally waste fined under Alaska Statute 43.70.110(1) or destroy any subsistence-caught fish as part of its business transactions. or shellfish; however, you may use for (ii) If you are required to be licensed bait or other purposes, whitefish, her- as a fisheries business under Alaska ring, and species for which harvest lim- Statute AS 43.75.011 (commercial limits, seasons, or other regulatory meth- ited-entry permit or crew license hold- ods and means are not provided in this ers excluded) or are a business as de- section, as well as the head, tail, fins, fined under Alaska Statute 43.70.110(1), and viscera of legally taken subsist- you may not purchase, receive, or sell ence fish. fish, their parts, or their eggs taken under the regulations in this part as (20) The taking of fish from waters part of your business transactions. within Federal jurisdiction is author- (14) Except as provided elsewhere in ized outside of published open seasons this section, you may not take rain- or harvest limits if the harvested fish bow/steelhead trout. will be used for food in traditional or (15) You may not use fish taken for religious ceremonies that are part of subsistence use or under subsistence funerary or mortuary cycles, including regulations in this part as bait for memorial potlatches, provided that: commercial or sport fishing purposes. (i) Prior to attempting to take fish, (16) Unless specified otherwise in this the person (or designee) or Tribal Gov- section, you may use a rod and reel to ernment organizing the ceremony con- take fish without a subsistence fishing tacts the appropriate Federal fisheries permit. Harvest limits applicable to manager to provide the nature of the the use of a rod and reel to take fish ceremony, the parties and/or clans infor subsistence uses shall be as follows: volved, the species and the number of (i) If you are required to obtain a fish to be taken, and the Federal wa- subsistence fishing permit for an area, ters from which the harvest will occur; that permit is required to take fish for (ii) The taking does not violate rec- subsistence uses with rod and reel in ognized principles of fisheries con- that area. The harvest and possession servation, and uses the methods and limits for taking fish with a rod and means allowable for the particular spe- reel in those areas are the same as in- cies published in the applicable Federal dicated on the permit issued for sub- regulations (the Federal fisheries man- sistence fishing with other gear types. ager will establish the number, species, (ii) Except as otherwise provided for or place of taking if necessary for con- in this section, if you are not required servation purposes); to obtain a subsistence fishing permit (iii) Each person who takes fish for an area, the harvest and possession under this section must, as soon as limits for taking fish for subsistence practical, and not more than 15 days uses with a rod and reel are the same after the harvest, submit a written re- as for taking fish under State of Alas- port to the appropriate Federal fish- ka subsistence fishing regulations in eries manager, specifying the har- those same areas. If the State does not vester’s name and address, the number have a specific subsistence season and/ and species of fish taken, and the date or harvest limit for that particular spe- and locations of the taking; and

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(iv) No permit is required for taking that allowed under the appropriate under this section; however, the har- commercial fishing regulations. vester must be eligible to harvest the (e) Fishery management area restric- resource under Federal regulations. tions—(1) Kotzebue Area. The Kotzebue (c) Fishing permits and reports. (1) You Area includes all waters of Alaska be- may take salmon only under the au- tween the latitude of the westernmost thority of a subsistence fishing permit, tip of Point Hope and the latitude of unless a permit is specifically not re- the westernmost tip of Cape Prince of quired in a particular area by the sub- Wales, including those waters draining sistence regulations in this part, or un- into the Chukchi Sea. less you are retaining salmon from (i) You may take fish for subsistence your commercial catch consistent with purposes without a permit. paragraph (d) of this section. (ii) You may take salmon only by (2) If a subsistence fishing permit is gillnets, beach seines, or a rod and reel. required by this section, the following (iii) In the Kotzebue District, you permit conditions apply unless other- may take sheefish with gillnets that wise specified in this section: are not more than 50 fathoms in (i) You may not take more fish for length, nor more than 12 meshes in subsistence use than the limits set out depth, nor have a stretched-mesh size in the permit; larger than 7 inches. (ii) You must obtain the permit prior (iv) You may not obstruct more than to fishing; one-half the width of a stream, creek, (iii) You must have the permit in or slough with any gear used to take your possession and readily available fish for subsistence uses, except from for inspection while fishing or trans- May 15 to July 15 and August 15 to Oc- porting subsistence-taken fish; tober 31 when taking whitefish or pike (iv) If specified on the permit, you in streams, creeks, or sloughs within must record, prior to leaving the fish- the Kobuk River drainage and from ing site, daily records of the catch, May 15 to October 31 in the Selawik showing the number of fish taken by River drainage. Only one gillnet 100 species, location and date of catch, and feet or less in length with a stretched- other such information as may be re- mesh size from 21⁄2 to 41⁄2 inches may be quired for management or conservation used per site. You must check your net purposes; and at least once in every 24-hour period. (v) If the return of catch information (2) Norton Sound–Port Clarence Area. necessary for management and con- The Norton Sound–Port Clarence Area servation purposes is required by a includes all waters of Alaska between fishing permit and you fail to comply the latitude of the westernmost tip of with such reporting requirements, you Cape Prince of Wales and the latitude are ineligible to receive a subsistence of Point Romanof, including those wa- permit for that activity during the fol- ters of Alaska surrounding St. Law- lowing calendar year, unless you dem- rence Island and those waters draining onstrate that failure to report was due into the Bering Sea. to loss in the mail, accident, sickness, (i) Unless otherwise restricted in this or other unavoidable circumstances. section, you may take fish at any time You must also return any tags or in the Port Clarence District. transmitters that have been attached (ii) In the Norton Sound District, you to fish for management and conserva- may take fish at any time except as tion purposes. follows: (d) Relation to commercial fishing ac- (A) In Subdistricts 2 through 6, if you tivities. (1) If you are a Federally quali- are a commercial fishermen, you may fied subsistence user who also commer- not fish for subsistence purposes during cial fishes, you may retain fish for sub- the weekly closures of the State com- sistence purposes from your lawfully- mercial salmon fishing season, except taken commercial catch. that from July 15 through August 1, (2) When participating in a commer- you may take salmon for subsistence cial and subsistence fishery at the purposes 7 days per week in the Una- same time, you may not use an amount lakleet and Shaktoolik River drainages of combined fishing gear in excess of with gillnets which have a stretched-

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mesh size that does not exceed 41⁄2 Statutes (AS 16.05.060), unless super- inches, and with beach seines; seded by a Federal Special Action. (B) In the Unalakleet River from (iii) In the following locations, you June 1 through July 15, you may take may take salmon during the open salmon only from 8 a.m. Monday until weekly fishing periods of the State 8 p.m. Saturday. commercial salmon fishing season and (C) Federal public waters of the Una- may not take them for 24 hours before lakleet River, upstream from the the opening of the State commercial mouth of the Chirosky River, are salmon fishing season: closed to the taking of Chinook salmon (A) In District 4, excluding the from July 1 to July 31, by all users. The Koyukuk River drainage; BLM field manager is authorized to (B) In Subdistricts 4B and 4C from open the closed area to Federally June 15 through September 30, salmon qualified subsistence users or to all may be taken from 6 p.m. Sunday until users when run strength warrants. 6 p.m. Tuesday and from 6 p.m. (iii) You may take salmon only by Wednesday until 6 p.m. Friday; gillnets, beach seines, fish wheel, or a (C) In District 6, excluding the rod and reel. Kantishna River drainage, salmon may (iv) You may take fish other than be taken from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 salmon by set gillnet, drift gillnet, p.m. Wednesday. beach seine, fish wheel, pot, long line, (iv) During any State commercial fyke net, jigging gear, spear, lead, or a salmon fishing season closure of great- rod and reel. er than 5 days in duration, you may (v) In the Unalakleet River from not take salmon during the following June 1 through July 15, you may not periods in the following districts: operate more than 25 fathoms of gillnet (A) In District 4, excluding the in the aggregate nor may you operate Koyukuk River drainage, salmon may an unanchored gillnet. not be taken from 6 p.m. Friday until (3) Yukon–Northern Area. The Yukon– 6 p.m. Sunday; Northern Area includes all waters of (B) In District 5, excluding the Alaska between the latitude of Point Tozitna River drainage and Subdistrict Romanof and the latitude of the west- 5D, salmon may not be taken from 6 ernmost point of the Naskonat Penin- p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m. Tuesday. sula, including those waters draining (v) Except as provided in this section, into the Bering Sea, and all waters of and except as may be provided by the Alaska north of the latitude of the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, westernmost tip of Point Hope and you may take fish other than salmon west of 141° West longitude, including at any time. those waters draining into the Arctic (vi) In Districts 1, 2, 3, and Subdis- Ocean and the Chukchi Sea. trict 4A, excluding the Koyukuk and (i) Unless otherwise restricted in this Innoko River drainages, you may not section, you may take fish in the take salmon for subsistence purposes Yukon–Northern Area at any time. In during the 24 hours immediately before those locations where subsistence fish- the opening of the State commercial ing permits are required, only one sub- salmon fishing season. sistence fishing permit will be issued to (vii) In Districts 1, 2, and 3: each household per year. You may sub- (A) After the opening of the State sistence fish for salmon with rod and commercial salmon fishing season reel in the Yukon River drainage 24 through July 15, you may not take hours per day, 7 days per week, unless salmon for subsistence for 18 hours im- rod and reel are specifically otherwise mediately before, during, and for 12 restricted in paragraph (e)(3) of this hours after each State commercial section. salmon fishing period; (ii) For the Yukon River drainage, (B) After July 15, you may not take Federal subsistence fishing schedules, salmon for subsistence for 12 hours im- openings, closings, and fishing methods mediately before, during, and for 12 are the same as those issued for the hours after each State commercial subsistence taking of fish under Alaska salmon fishing period.

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(viii) In Subdistrict 4A after the (xiv) In District 4, if you are a com- opening of the State commercial salm- mercial fisherman, you may not take on fishing season, you may not take salmon for subsistence purposes during salmon for subsistence for 12 hours im- the State commercial salmon fishing mediately before, during, and for 12 season using gillnets with stretched- hours after each State commercial mesh larger than 6 inches after a date salmon fishing period; however, you specified by ADF&G emergency order may take Chinook salmon during the issued between July 10 and July 31. State commercial fishing season, with (xv) In Districts 4, 5, and 6, you may drift gillnet gear only, from 6 p.m. Sun- not take salmon for subsistence pur- day until 6 p.m. Tuesday and from 6 poses by drift gillnets, except as fol- p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Friday. lows: (ix) You may not subsistence fish in (A) In Subdistrict 4A upstream from the following drainages located north the mouth of Stink Creek, you may of the main Yukon River: take Chinook salmon by drift gillnets (A) Kanuti River upstream from a less than 150 feet in length from June point 5 miles downstream of the State 10 through July 14, and chum salmon highway crossing; by drift gillnets after August 2; (B) Bonanza Creek; (B) In Subdistrict 4A downstream (C) Jim River including Prospect and from the mouth of Stink Creek, you Douglas Creeks. may take Chinook salmon by drift (x) You may not subsistence fish in gillnets less than 150 feet in length the Delta River. from June 10 through July 14; (xi) In Beaver Creek downstream (C) In the Yukon River mainstem, from the confluence of Moose Creek, a Subdistricts 4B and 4C with a Federal gillnet with mesh size not to exceed 3- subsistence fishing permit, you may inches stretch-measure may be used take Chinook salmon during the week- from June 15 through September 15. ly subsistence fishing opening(s) by You may subsistence fish for all non- drift gillnets no more than 150 feet long salmon species but may not target and no more than 35 meshes deep, from salmon during this time period (reten- June 10 through July 14. tion of salmon taken incidentally to (xvi) Unless otherwise specified in non-salmon directed fisheries is al- this section, you may take fish other lowed). From the mouth of Nome Creek than salmon by set gillnet, drift downstream to the confluence of Moose gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, long Creek, only rod and reel may be used. line, fyke net, dip net, jigging gear, From the mouth of Nome Creek down- spear, lead, or rod and reel, subject to stream to the confluence of O’Brien the following restrictions, which also Creek, the daily harvest and possession apply to subsistence salmon fishing: limit is 5 grayling; from the mouth of (A) During the open weekly fishing O’Brien Creek downstream to the con- periods of the State commercial salm- fluence of Moose Creek, the daily har- on fishing season, if you are a commer- vest and possession limit is 10 grayling. cial fisherman, you may not operate The Nome Creek drainage of Beaver more than one type of gear at a time, Creek is closed to subsistence fishing for commercial, personal use, and sub- for grayling. sistence purposes. (xii) You may not subsistence fish in (B) You may not use an aggregate the Toklat River drainage from August length of set gillnet in excess of 150 15 through May 15. fathoms and each drift gillnet may not (xiii) You may take salmon only by exceed 50 fathoms in length. gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, or rod (C) In Districts 4, 5, and 6, you may and reel, subject to the restrictions set not set subsistence fishing gear within forth in this section. 200 feet of other operating commercial (A) In the Yukon River drainage, you use, personal use, or subsistence fish- may not take salmon for subsistence ing gear except that, at the site ap- fishing using gillnets with stretched proximately 1 mile upstream from mesh larger than 7.5 inches. Ruby on the south bank of the Yukon (B) [Reserved] River between ADF&G regulatory

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markers containing the area known lo- (A) After July 10 in the Koyukuk cally as the ‘‘Slide,’’ you may set sub- River drainage; sistence fishing gear within 200 feet of (B) After August 10, in Subdistrict other operating commercial or subsist- 5D, upstream of Circle City. ence fishing gear, and in District 4, (4) Kuskokwim Area. The Kuskokwim from Old Paradise Village upstream to Area consists of all waters of Alaska a point 4 miles upstream from Anvik, between the latitude of the western- there is no minimum distance require- most point of Naskonat Peninsula and ment between fish wheels. the latitude of the southernmost tip of (D) During the State commercial Cape Newenham, including the waters salmon fishing season, within the of Alaska surrounding Nunivak and St. Yukon River and the Tanana River Matthew Islands and those waters below the confluence of the Wood draining into the Bering Sea. River, you may use drift gillnets and (i) Unless otherwise restricted in this fish wheels only during open subsist- section, you may take fish in the ence salmon fishing periods. Kuskokwim Area at any time without (E) In Birch Creek, gillnet mesh size a subsistence fishing permit. may not exceed 3-inches stretch-meas- (ii) For the Kuskokwim area, Federal ure from June 15 through September subsistence fishing schedules, openings, 15. closings, and fishing methods are the (xvii) In District 4, from September same as those issued for the subsist- 21 through May 15, you may use jigging ence taking of fish under Alaska Stat- gear from shore ice. utes (AS 16.05.060), unless superseded by a Federal Special Action. (xviii) You must possess a subsist- (iii) In District 1, Kuskokuak Slough, ence fishing permit for the following from June 1 through July 31 only, you locations: may not take salmon for 16 hours be- (A) For the Yukon River drainage fore and during each State open com- from the mouth of Hess Creek to the mercial salmon fishing period in the mouth of the Dall River; district. (B) For the Yukon River drainage (iv) In Districts 4 and 5, from June 1 from the upstream mouth of 22 Mile through September 8, you may not Slough to the U.S.-Canada border; take salmon for 16 hours before or dur- (C) Only for salmon in the Tanana ing, and for 6 hours after each State River drainage above the mouth of the open commercial salmon fishing period Wood River. in each district. (xix) Only one subsistence fishing (v) In District 2, and anywhere in permit will be issued to each household tributaries that flow into the per year. Kuskokwim River within that district, (xx) In Districts 1, 2, and 3, you may from June 1 through September 8 you not possess Chinook salmon taken for may not take salmon by net gear or subsistence purposes unless the dorsal fish wheel for 16 hours before or during, fin has been removed immediately and for 6 hours after each open com- after landing. mercial salmon fishing period in the (xxi) In the Yukon River drainage, district. You may subsistence fish for Chinook salmon must be used pri- salmon with rod and reel 24 hours per marily for human consumption and day, 7 days per week, unless rod and may not be targeted for dog food. Dried reel are specifically restricted by para- Chinook salmon may not be used for graph (e)(4) of this section. dog food anywhere in the Yukon River (vi) You may not take subsistence drainage. Whole fish unfit for human fish by nets in the Goodnews River east consumption (due to disease, deteriora- of a line between ADF&G regulatory tion, deformities), scraps, and small markers placed near the mouth of the fish (16 inches or less) may be fed to Ufigag River and an ADF&G regulatory dogs. Also, whole Chinook salmon marker placed near the mouth of the caught incidentally during a subsist- Tunulik River 16 hours before or dur- ence chum salmon fishery in the fol- ing, and for 6 hours after each State lowing time periods and locations may open commercial salmon fishing pe- be fed to dogs: riod.

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(vii) You may not take subsistence must check the net at least once every fish by nets in the Kanektok River up- 24 hours. stream of ADF&G regulatory markers (xvi) You may take rainbow trout placed near the mouth 16 hours before only in accordance with the following or during, and for 6 hours after each restrictions: State open commercial salmon fishing (A) You may take rainbow trout only period. by the use of gillnets, dip nets, fyke (viii) You may not take subsistence nets, handline, spear, rod and reel, or fish by nets in the Arolik River up- jigging through the ice; stream of ADF&G regulatory markers (B) You may not use gillnets, dip placed near the mouth 16 hours before nets, or fyke nets for targeting rainbow or during, and for 6 hours after each trout from March 15 through June 15; State open commercial salmon fishing (C) If you take rainbow trout inciden- period. tally in other subsistence net fisheries (ix) You may only take salmon by and through the ice, you may retain gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, or rod them for subsistence purposes; and reel subject to the restrictions set (D) There are no harvest limits with out in this section, except that you handline, spear, rod and reel, or jig- may also take salmon by spear in the ging. Kanektok, and Arolik River drainages, (5) Bristol Bay Area. The Bristol Bay and in the drainage of Goodnews Bay. Area includes all waters of Bristol Bay, (x) You may not use an aggregate including drainages enclosed by a line length of set gillnets or drift gillnets in from Cape Newenham to Cape excess of 50 fathoms for taking salmon. Menshikof. (xi) You may take fish other than (i) Unless restricted in this section, salmon by set gillnet, drift gillnet, or unless under the terms of a subsist- beach seine, fish wheel, pot, long line, ence fishing permit, you may take fish fyke net, dip net, jigging gear, spear, at any time in the Bristol Bay area. lead, handline, or rod and reel. (ii) In all State commercial salmon (xii) You must attach to the bank districts, from May 1 through May 31 each subsistence gillnet operated in and October 1 through October 31, you tributaries of the Kuskokwim River may subsistence fish for salmon only and fish it substantially perpendicular from 9 a.m. Monday until 9 a.m. Fri- to the bank and in a substantially day. From June 1 through September straight line. 30, within the waters of a commercial (xiii) Within a tributary to the salmon district, you may take salmon Kuskokwim River in that portion of only during State open commercial the Kuskokwim River drainage from salmon fishing periods. the north end of Eek Island upstream (iii) In the Egegik River from 9 a.m. to the mouth of the Kolmakoff River, June 23 through 9 a.m. July 17, you you may not set or operate any part of may take salmon only during the fol- a set gillnet within 150 feet of any part lowing times: from 9 a.m. Tuesday to 9 of another set gillnet. a.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. Satur- (xiv) The maximum depth of gillnets day to 9 a.m. Sunday. is as follows: (iv) You may not take fish from wa- (A) Gillnets with 6-inch or smaller ters within 300 feet of a stream mouth stretched-mesh may not be more than used by salmon. 45 meshes in depth; (v) You may not subsistence fish with (B) Gillnets with greater than 6-inch nets in the Tazimina River and within stretched-mesh may not be more than one-fourth mile of the terminus of 35 meshes in depth. those waters during the period from (xv) You may not use subsistence set September 1 through June 14. and drift gillnets exceeding 15 fathoms (vi) Within any district, you may in length in Whitefish Lake in the take salmon, herring, and capelin by Ophir Creek drainage. You may not op- set gillnets only. erate more than one subsistence set or (vii) Outside the boundaries of any drift gillnet at a time in Whitefish district, unless otherwise specified, you Lake in the Ophir Creek drainage. You may take salmon by set gillnet only.

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(A)You may also take salmon by sisting in operating commercial salm- spear in the Togiak River, excluding on net gear. its tributaries. (xii) During State closed commercial (B) You may also use drift gillnets herring fishing periods, you may not not greater than 10 fathoms in length use gillnets exceeding 25 fathoms in to take salmon in the Togiak River in length for the subsistence taking of the first two river miles upstream from herring or capelin. the mouth of the Togiak River to the (xiii) You may take fish other than ADF&G regulatory markers. salmon, herring and capelin by gear (C) You may also take salmon with- listed in this part unless restricted out a permit in Lake Clark and its under the terms of a subsistence fish- tributaries by snagging (by handline or ing permit. rod and reel), using a spear, bow and (xiv) You may take salmon only arrow, or capturing by bare hand. under authority of a State subsistence (D) You may also take salmon by salmon permit (permits are issued by beach seines not exceeding 25 fathoms ADF&G) except when using a Federal in length in Lake Clark, excluding its permit for fyke net and lead. tributaries. (xv) Only one State subsistence fish- (E) You may also take fish (except ing permit for salmon and one Federal rainbow trout) with a fyke net and lead permit for use of a fyke net and lead in tributaries of Lake Clark and the for all fish (except rainbow trout) may tributaries of Sixmile Lake within and be issued to each household per year. adjacent to the exterior boundaries of (xvi) In the Togiak River section and Lake Clark National Park and Pre- the Togiak River drainage: serve unless otherwise prohibited. (A) You may not possess coho salmon (1) You may use a fyke net and lead taken under the authority of a subsist- only with a permit issued by the Fed- ence fishing permit unless both lobes of eral in-season manager. the caudal fin (tail) or the dorsal fin have been removed. (2) All fyke nets and leads must be (B) You may not possess salmon attended at all times while in use. taken with a drift gillnet under the au- (3) All materials used to construct thority of a subsistence fishing permit the fyke net and lead must be made of unless both lobes of the caudal fin wood and be removed from the water (tail) or the dorsal fin have been re- when the fyke net and lead is no longer moved. in use. (xvii) You may take rainbow trout (viii) The maximum lengths for set only by rod and reel or jigging gear. gillnets used to take salmon are as fol- Rainbow trout daily harvest and pos- lows: session limits are two per day/two in (A) You may not use set gillnets ex- possession with no size limit from ceeding 10 fathoms in length in the April 10 through October 31 and five per Egegik River; day/five in possession with no size limit (B) In the remaining waters of the from November 1 through April 9. area, you may not use set gillnets ex- (xviii) If you take rainbow trout inci- ceeding 25 fathoms in length. dentally in other subsistence net fish- (ix) You may not operate any part of eries, or through the ice, you may re- a set gillnet within 300 feet of any part tain them for subsistence purposes. of another set gillnet. (6) Aleutian Islands Area. The Aleu- (x) You must stake and buoy each set tian Islands Area includes all waters of gillnet. Instead of having the identi- Alaska west of the longitude of the tip fying information on a keg or buoy at- of Cape Sarichef, east of 172° East lon- tached to the gillnet, you may plainly gitude, and south of 54°36’ North lati- and legibly inscribe your first initial, tude. last name, and subsistence permit (i) You may take fish other than number on a sign at or near the set salmon, rainbow/steelhead trout, or gillnet. char at any time unless restricted (xi) You may not operate or assist in under the terms of a subsistence fish- operating subsistence salmon net gear ing permit. If you take rainbow/ while simultaneously operating or as- steelhead trout incidentally in other

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subsistence net fisheries, you may re- sistence-caught fish and must return it tain them for subsistence purposes. no later than October 31. (ii) In the Unalaska District, you (7) Alaska Peninsula Area. The Alaska may take salmon for subsistence pur- Peninsula Area includes all waters of poses from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. from Alaska on the north side of the Alaska January 1 through December 31, except peninsula southwest of a line from as may be specified on a subsistence Cape Menshikof (57°28.34′ North lati- fishing permit. tude, 157°55.84′ West longitude) to Cape (iii) In the Adak, Akutan, Atka– Newenham (58°39.00′ North latitude, Amlia, and Umnak Districts, you may 162° West longitude) and east of the take salmon at any time. longitude of Cape Sarichef Light (iv) You may not subsistence fish for (164°55.70′ West longitude) and on the salmon in the following waters: south side of the Alaska Peninsula (A) The waters of Unalaska Lake, its from a line extending from Scotch tributaries and outlet stream; Cape through the easternmost tip of (B) The waters of Summers and Mor- Ugamak Island to a line extending 135° ris Lakes and their tributaries and out- southeast from Kupreanof Point let streams; (55°33.98′ North latitude, 159°35.88′ West (C) All streams supporting anad- longitude). romous fish runs that flow into Un- (i) You may take fish, other than alaska Bay south of a line from the salmon, rainbow/steelhead trout, or northern tip of Cape Cheerful to the char, at any time unless restricted northern tip of Kalekta Point; under the terms of a subsistence fish- (D) Waters of McLees Lake and its ing permit. If you take rainbow/ tributaries and outlet stream; steelhead trout incidentally in other (E) All fresh water on Adak Island subsistence net fisheries or through the and Kagalaska Island in the Adak Dis- ice, you may retain them for subsist- trict. ence purposes. (v) You may take salmon by seine (ii) You may take salmon, trout, and and gillnet, or with gear specified on a char only under the authority of a sub- subsistence fishing permit. sistence fishing permit. (vi) In the Unalaska District, if you (iii) You must keep a record on the fish with a net, you must be physically reverse side of the permit of subsist- present at the net at all times when ence-caught fish. You must complete the net is being used. the record immediately upon taking (vii) You may take fish other than subsistence-caught fish and must re- salmon by gear listed in this part un- turn it no later than October 31. less restricted under the terms of a (iv) You may take salmon at any subsistence fishing permit. time, except in those districts and sec- (viii) You may take salmon, trout, tions open to commercial salmon fish- and char only under the terms of a sub- ing where salmon may not be taken sistence fishing permit, except that during the 24 hours before and 12 hours you do not need a permit in the following each State open weekly com- Akutan, Umnak, and Atka–Amlia Is- mercial salmon fishing period, or as lands Districts. may be specified on a subsistence fish- (ix) You may take no more than 250 ing permit. salmon for subsistence purposes unless (v) You may not subsistence fish for otherwise specified on the subsistence salmon in the following waters: fishing permit, except that in the Un- (A) Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon alaska and Adak Districts, you may and within 500 yards outside the mouth take no more than 25 salmon plus an of Nurse Lagoon; additional 25 salmon for each member (B) Trout Creek and within 500 yards of your household listed on the permit. outside its mouth. You may obtain an additional permit. (vi) You may take salmon by seine, (x) You must keep a record on the re- gillnet, rod and reel, or with gear speci- verse side of the permit of subsistence- fied on a subsistence fishing permit. caught fish. You must complete the You may also take salmon without a record immediately upon taking sub- permit by snagging (by handline or rod

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and reel), using a spear, bow and arrow, methods are five per day and five in or capturing by bare hand. possession. (vii) You may take fish other than (iii) You may take salmon, trout, and salmon by gear listed in this part un- char only under the authority of a sub- less restricted under the terms of a sistence fishing permit unless other- subsistence fishing permit. wise indicated in this section or as (viii) You may not use a set gillnet noted in the permit conditions. exceeding 100 fathoms in length. (iv) You must keep a record on your (ix) You may take no more than 250 permit of subsistence-caught fish. You salmon for subsistence purposes unless must complete the record immediately otherwise specified on your subsistence upon taking subsistence-caught fish fishing permit. and must return it no later than the (8) Chignik Area. The Chignik Area due date listed on the permit. includes all waters of Alaska on the (v) If you hold a commercial fishing south side of the Alaska Peninsula license, you may only subsistence fish bounded by a line extending 135° south- for salmon as specified on a subsistence east for 3 miles from a point near fishing permit. Kilokak Rocks at 57°10.34′ North lati- (vi) You may take salmon by seines, tude, 156°20.22′ West longitude (the lon- gillnets, rod and reel, or with gear gitude of the southern entrance to specified on a subsistence fishing per- Imuya Bay) then due south, and a line mit, except that in Chignik Lake, you extending 135° southeast from Kuprean may not use purse seines. You may of Point at 55°33.98′ North latitude, 159° also take salmon without a permit by 35.88′ West longitude. snagging (by handline or rod and reel), (i) You may take fish other than using a spear, bow and arrow, or cap- salmon, rainbow/steelhead trout, or turing by bare hand. char at any time, except as may be (vii) You may take fish other than specified by a subsistence fishing per- salmon by gear listed in this part un- mit. For salmon, Federal subsistence less restricted under the terms of a fishing openings, closings and fishing subsistence fishing permit. methods are the same as those issued (viii) You may take no more than 250 for the subsistence taking of fish under salmon for subsistence purposes unless Alaska Statutes (AS 16.05.060), unless otherwise specified on the subsistence superseded by a Federal Special Ac- fishing permit. tion. If you take rainbow/steelhead (9) Kodiak Area. The Kodiak Area in- trout incidentally in other subsistence cludes all waters of Alaska south of a net fisheries, you may retain them for line extending east from Cape Douglas subsistence purposes. (58°51.10′ North latitude), west of 150° (ii) You may not take salmon in the West longitude, north of 55° 30.00′ North Chignik River, from a point 300 feet up- latitude, and north and east of a line stream of the ADF&G weir to Chignik extending 135° southeast for three Lake from July 1 through August 31. miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks You may not take salmon by gillnet in at 57°10.34′ North latitude, 156°20.22′ Black Lake or any tributary to Black West longitude (the longitude of the or Chignik Lakes. You may take salm- southern entrance of Imuya Bay), then on in the waters of Clark River and due south. Home Creek from their confluence with (i) You may take fish other than Chignik Lake upstream 1 mile. salmon, rainbow/steelhead trout, char, (A) In the open waters of Chignik bottomfish, or herring at any time un- Lake, Chignik River, Clark River and less restricted by the terms of a sub- Home Creek you may take salmon by sistence fishing permit. If you take gillnet under the authority of a sub- rainbow/steelhead trout incidentally in sistence fishing permit. other subsistence net fisheries, you (B) In the open waters of Clark River may retain them for subsistence pur- and Home Creek you may take salmon poses. by snagging (handline or rod and reel), (ii) You may take salmon for subsist- spear, bow and arrow, or capture by ence purposes 24 hours a day from Jan- hand without a permit. The daily har- uary 1 through December 31, with the vest and possession limits using these following exceptions:

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(A) From June 1 through September Crag Point south to the westernmost 15, you may not use salmon seine ves- point of Saltery Cove, including the sels to take subsistence salmon for 24 waters of Woody and Long Islands, and hours before or during, and for 24 hours the salt waters bordering this area after any State open commercial salm- within 1 mile of Kodiak Island, exclud- on fishing period. The use of skiffs ing the waters bordering Spruce Island, from any type of vessel is allowed. 25 salmon for the permit holder plus an (B) From June 1 through September additional 25 salmon for each member 15, you may use purse seine vessels to of the same household whose names are take salmon only with gillnets, and listed on the permit: an additional per- you may have no other type of salmon mit may be obtained upon request. gear on board the vessel. (B) In the remainder of the Kodiak (iii) You may not subsistence fish for Area not described in paragraph salmon in the following locations: (e)(9)(v)(A) of this section, there is no (A) Womens Bay closed waters—All annual harvest limit for a subsistence waters inside a line from the tip of the salmon fishing permit holder. Nyman Peninsula (57°43.23′ North lati- (vi) You must record on your subsist- tude, 152°31.51′ West longitude), to the ence permit the number of subsistence northeastern tip of Mary’s Island fish taken. You must record all har- (57°42.40′ North latitude, 152°32.00′ West vested fish prior to leaving the fishing longitude), to the southeastern shore of site, and must return the permit by the Womens Bay at 57°41.95′ North latitude, due date marked on permit. 152°31.50′ West longitude. (vii) You may take fish other than (B) Buskin River closed waters—All salmon by gear listed in this part un- waters inside of a line running from a less restricted under the terms of a marker on the bluff north of the mouth subsistence fishing permit. of the Buskin River at approximately (viii) You may take salmon only by 57°45.80′ North latitude, 152°28.38′ West gillnet, rod and reel, or seine. longitude, to a point offshore at (ix) You must be physically present 57°45.35′ North latitude, 152°28.15′ West at the net when the net is being fished. longitude, to a marker located onshore (10) Cook Inlet Area. The Cook Inlet south of the river mouth at approxi- Area includes all waters of Alaska en- mately 57°45.15′ North latitude, closed by a line extending east from 152°28.65′ West longitude. Cape Douglas (58°51.10′ N. Lat.) and a (C) All waters closed to commercial line extending south from Cape Fair- salmon fishing within 100 yards of the field (148°50.25′ W. Long.). terminus of Selief Bay Creek. (i) Unless restricted in this section, (D) In Afognak Bay north and west of or unless restricted under the terms of a line from the tip of Last Point to the a subsistence fishing permit, you may tip of River Mouth Point. take fish at any time in the Cook Inlet (E) From August 15 through Sep- Area. If you take rainbow/steelhead tember 30, all waters 500 yards seaward trout incidentally in subsistence net of the terminus of Little Kitoi Creek. fisheries, you may retain them for sub- (F) All fresh water systems of Afog- sistence purposes, unless otherwise nak Island. prohibited or provided for in this sec- (iv) You must have a subsistence tion. With jigging gear through the ice fishing permit for taking salmon, or rod and reel gear in open waters trout, and char for subsistence pur- there is an annual limit of two rain- poses. You must have a subsistence bow/steelhead trout 20 inches or longer, fishing permit for taking herring and taken from Kenai Peninsula fresh wa- bottomfish for subsistence purposes ters. during the State commercial herring (ii) You may take fish by gear listed sac roe season from April 15 through in this part unless restricted in this June 30. section or under the terms of a subsist- (v) The annual limit for a subsistence ence fishing permit (as may be modi- salmon fishing permit holder is as fol- fied by this section). For all fish that lows: must be marked and recorded on a per- (A) In the Federal public waters of mit in this section, they must be Kodiak Island, east of the line from marked and recorded prior to leaving

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the fishing site. The fishing site in- each household member may fish with cludes the particular Federal public a dip net or a rod and reel during this waters and/or adjacent shoreline from time. Salmon taken in the Kenai River which the fish were harvested. system dip net and rod and reel fishery (iii) You may not take grayling or will be included as part of each house- burbot for subsistence purposes. hold’s annual limit for the Kasilof (iv) You may take only salmon, River. trout, Dolly Varden, and other char (i) For sockeye salmon—annual total under authority of a Federal subsist- harvest limit of 4,000; annual household ence fishing permit. Seasons, harvest limits of 25 for each permit holder and and possession limits, and methods and 5 additional for each household mem- means for take are the same as for the ber; taking of those species under Alaska (ii) For Chinook salmon—annual har- sport fishing regulations (5 AAC 56 and vest limit of 500; annual household 5 AAC 57) unless modified herein. Addi- limit of 10 for each permit holder and 2 tionally for Federally managed waters additional for each household member; of the Kasilof and Kenai River drain- (iii) For coho salmon—annual total ages: harvest limit of 500; annual household (A) Residents of Ninilchik may take limits of 10 for each permit holder and sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink salm- 2 additional for each household mem- on through a dip net and a rod and reel ber; and fishery on the upper mainstem of the (iv) For pink salmon—annual total Kasilof River from a Federal regu- harvest limit of 500; annual household latory marker on the river below the limits of 10 for each permit holder and outlet of Tustumena Lake downstream 2 additional for each household mem- to a marker on the river approximately ber. 2.8 miles below the Tustumena Lake (B) In addition to the dip net and rod boat ramp. Residents using rod and and reel fishery on the upper mainstem reel gear may fish with up to two bait- of the Kasilof River described under ed single or treble hooks. Other species paragraph (e)(10)(iv)(A) of this section, incidentally caught during the dip net residents of Ninilchik may also take and rod and reel fishery may be re- coho and pink salmon through a rod tained for subsistence uses, including and reel fishery in Tustumena Lake. up to 200 rainbow/steelhead trout taken Before leaving the fishing site, all re- through August 15. After 200 rainbow/ tained salmon must be recorded on the steelhead trout have been taken in this permit and marked by removing the fishery or after August 15, all rainbow/ dorsal fin. Seasons, areas, harvest and steelhead trout must be released unless possession limits, and methods and otherwise provided for in this section. means for take are the same as for the Before leaving the fishing site, all re- taking of these species under Alaska tained fish must be recorded on the sport fishing regulations (5 AAC 56), ex- permit and marked by removing the cept for the following methods and dorsal fin. Harvests must be reported means, and harvest and possession lim- within 72 hours to the Federal fisheries its: manager upon leaving the fishing site. (1) Fishing will be allowed with up to (1) Fishing for sockeye and Chinook two baited single or treble hooks. salmon will be allowed June 16–August (2) For coho salmon 16 inches and 15. longer, the daily harvest and posses- (2) Fishing for coho and pink salmon sion limits are four per day and four in will be allowed June 16–October 31. possession. (3) Fishing for sockeye, Chinook, (3) For pink salmon 16 inches and coho, or pink salmon will end prior to longer, daily harvest and possession regulatory end dates if the annual limits are six per day and six in posses- total harvest limit for that species is sion. reached or superseded by Federal spe- (C) Resident fish species including cial action. lake trout, rainbow/steelhead trout, (4) Each household may harvest their and Dolly Varden/Arctic char may be annual sockeye, Chinook, coho, or pink harvested in Federally managed waters salmon limits in one or more days, and of the Kasilof River drainage. Resident

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fish species harvested in the Kasilof manager upon leaving the fishing site. River drainage under the conditions of Reported information must include a Federal subsistence permit must be number of each species caught; number marked by removing the dorsal fin im- of each species retained; length, depth mediately after harvest and recorded (number of meshes deep) and mesh size on the permit prior to leaving the fish- of gillnet fished; fishing site; and total ing site. hours fished. Harvest data on the per- (1) Lake trout may be harvested with mit must be filled out before trans- rod and reel gear the entire year. For porting fish from the fishing site. fish 20 inches or longer, daily harvest (iv) The gillnet must be checked at and possession limits are four per day least once in every 48-hour period. and four in possession. For fish less (v) For unattended gear, the permit- than 20 inches, daily harvest and pos- tee’s name and address must be plainly session limits are 15 per day and 15 in and legibly inscribed on a stake at one possession. end of the gillnet. (2) Dolly Varden/Arctic char may be (vi) Incidentally caught fish may be harvested with rod and reel gear the retained and must be recorded on the entire year. In flowing waters, daily permit before transporting fish from harvest and possession limits are four the fishing site. per day and four in possession. In lakes (vii) Failure to return the completed and ponds, daily harvest and possession harvest permit by May 31 may result in limits are 10 fish per day and 10 in pos- issuance of a violation notice and/or session. denial of a future subsistence permit. (3) Rainbow trout may be harvested (D) Residents of Hope, Cooper Land- with rod and reel gear the entire year ing, and Ninilchik may take only sock- for fish less than 20 inches in length. In eye salmon through a dip net and a rod flowing waters, daily harvest and pos- and reel fishery at one specified site on session limits are two per day and two the Russian River, and sockeye, late- in possession. In lakes and ponds, daily run Chinook, coho, and pink salmon harvest and possession limits are five through a dip net/rod and reel fishery per day and five in possession. at two specified sites on the Kenai (4) You may fish in Tustumena Lake River below Skilak Lake and as pro- with a gillnet, no longer than 10 fath- vided in this section. For Ninilchik oms, fished under the ice or jigging residents, salmon taken in the Kasilof gear used through the ice under au- River Federal subsistence fish wheel, thority of a Federal subsistence fishing and dip net/rod and reel fishery will be permit. The total annual harvest quota included as part of each household’s for this fishery is 200 lake trout, 200 annual limit for the Kenai and Russian rainbow trout, and 500 Dolly Varden/ Rivers’ dip net and rod and reel fishery. Arctic char. The use of a gillnet will be For both Kenai River fishing sites prohibited by special action after the below Skilak Lake, incidentally harvest quota of any species has been caught fish may be retained for sub- met. For the jig fishery, annual house- sistence uses, except for early-run Chi- hold limits are 30 fish in any combina- nook salmon (unless otherwise pro- tion of lake trout, rainbow trout or vided for), rainbow trout 18 inches or Dolly Varden/Arctic char. longer, and Dolly Varden 18 inches or (i) You may harvest fish under the longer, which must be released. For the ice only in Tustumena Lake. Gillnets Russian River fishing site, incidentally are not allowed within a 1⁄4 mile radius caught fish may be retained for sub- of the mouth of any tributary to sistence uses, except for early- and Tustumena Lake, or the outlet of late-run Chinook salmon, coho salmon, Tustumena Lake. rainbow trout, and Dolly Varden, (ii) Permits will be issued by the Fed- which must be released. Before leaving eral fisheries manager or designated the fishing site, all retained fish must representative, and will be valid for the be recorded on the permit and marked winter season, unless the season is by removing the dorsal fin. Harvests closed by special action. must be reported within 72 hours to the (iii) All harvests must be reported Federal fisheries manager upon leaving within 72 hours to the Federal fisheries the fishing site, and permits must be

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returned to the manager by the due ery sites only: July 16–September 30; date listed on the permit. Chum salm- and on that are retained are to be included (iii) Fishing for sockeye, late-run Chi- within the annual limit for sockeye nook, coho, or pink salmon will close salmon. Only residents of Cooper Land- by special action prior to regulatory ing, Hope, and Ninilchik may retain in- end dates if the annual total harvest cidentally caught resident species. limit for that species is reached or su- (1) The household dip net and rod and perseded by Federal special action. reel gear fishery is limited to three (3) Each household may harvest their sites: annual sockeye, late-run Chinook, (i) At the Kenai River Moose Range coho, or pink salmon limits in one or Meadows site, dip netting is allowed more days, and each household member only from a boat from a Federal regu- may fish with a dip net or rod and reel latory marker on the Kenai River at during this time. Salmon taken in the about river mile 29 downstream ap- Kenai River system dip net and rod and proximately 2.5 miles to another mark- reel fishery by Ninilchik households er on the Kenai River at about river will be included as part of those house- mile 26.5. Residents using rod and reel hold’s annual limits for the Kasilof gear at this fishery site may fish from River. boats or from shore with up to two (i) For sockeye salmon—annual total baited single or treble hooks June 15– harvest limit of 4,000 (including any re- August 31. Seasonal riverbank closures tained chum salmon); annual house- and motor boat restrictions are the hold limits of 25 for each permit holder same as those listed in State of Alaska and 5 additional for each household fishing regulations (5 AAC 56 and 5 member; AAC 57 and 5 AAC 77.540). (ii) For late-run Chinook salmon—an- (ii) At the Kenai River Mile 48 site, nual total harvest limit of 1,000; annual dip netting is allowed while either household limits of 10 for each permit standing in the river or from a boat, holder and 2 additional for each house- from Federal regulatory markers on hold member; both sides of the Kenai River at about (iii) For coho salmon—annual total river mile 48 (approximately 2 miles harvest limit of 3,000; annual household below the outlet of Skilak Lake) down- limits of 20 for each permit holder and stream approximately 2.5 miles to a 5 additional for each household mem- marker on the Kenai River at about ber; and river mile 45.5. Residents using rod and (iv) For pink salmon—annual total reel gear at this fishery site may fish harvest limit of 2,000; annual household from boats or from shore with up to limits of 15 for each permit holder and two baited single or treble hooks June 5 additional for each household mem- 15–August 31. Seasonal riverbank clo- ber. sures and motor boat restrictions are (E) For Federally managed waters of the same as those listed in State of the Kenai River and its tributaries, in Alaska fishing regulations (5 AAC 56, 5 addition to the dip net and rod and reel AAC 57, and 5 AAC 77.540). fisheries on the Kenai and Russian riv- (iii) At the Russian River Falls site, ers described under paragraph dip netting is allowed from a Federal (e)(10)(iv)(D) of this section, residents regulatory marker near the upstream of Hope, Cooper Landing, and Ninilchik end of the fish ladder at Russian River may take sockeye, Chinook, coho, Falls downstream to a Federal regu- pink, and chum salmon through a sepa- latory marker approximately 600 yards rate rod and reel fishery in the Kenai below Russian River Falls. Residents River drainage. Before leaving the fish- using rod and reel gear at this fishery ing site, all retained fish must be re- site may not fish with bait at any corded on the permit and marked by time. removing the dorsal fin. Permits must (2) Fishing seasons are as follows: be returned to the Federal fisheries (i) For sockeye salmon at all fishery manager by the due date listed on the sites: June 15–August 15; permit. Incidentally caught fish, other (ii) For late-run Chinook, pink, and than salmon, are subject to regulations coho salmon at both Kenai River fish- found in paragraphs (e)(10)(iv)(F) and

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(G) of this section. Seasons, areas (in- 77.54), except for the following harvest cluding seasonal riverbank closures), and possession limits: harvest and possession limits, and (1) For lake trout 20 inches or longer, methods and means (including motor daily harvest and possession limits are boat restrictions) for take are the same four per day and four in possession. For as for the taking of these salmon spe- fish less than 20 inches, daily harvest cies under State of Alaska fishing regu- and possession limits are 15 per day lations (5 AAC 56, 5 AAC 57 and 5 AAC and 15 in possession. 77.54), except for the following harvest (2) In flowing waters, daily harvest and possession limits: and possession limits for Dolly Varden/ (1) In the Kenai River below Skilak Arctic char less than 18 inches in Lake, fishing is allowed with up to two length are one per day and one in pos- baited single or treble hooks June 15– session. In lakes and ponds, daily har- August 31. vest and possession limits are two per (2) For early-run Chinook salmon less day and two in possession. Only one of than 46 inches or 55 inches or longer, these fish can be 20 inches or longer. daily harvest and possession limits are (3) In flowing waters, daily harvest two per day and two in possession. and possession limits for rainbow/ (3) For late-run Chinook salmon 20 steelhead trout are one per day and one inches and longer, daily harvest and in possession and must be less than 18 possession limits are two per day and inches in length. In lakes and ponds, two in possession. daily harvest and possession limits are (4) Annual harvest limits for any two per day and two in possession of combination of early- and late-run Chi- which only one fish 20 inches or longer nook salmon are four for each permit may be harvested daily. holder. (G) For Federally managed waters of (5) For other salmon 16 inches and the upper Kenai River and its tribu- longer, the combined daily harvest and taries above Skilak Lake outlet at possession limits are six per day and river mile 50, residents of Cooper Land- six in possession, of which no more ing, Hope, and Ninilchik may take resi- than four per day and four in posses- dent fish species including lake trout, sion may be coho salmon, except for rainbow trout, and Dolly Varden/Arctic the Sanctuary Area and Russian River, char with jigging gear through the ice for which no more than two per day or rod and reel gear in open waters. and two in possession may be coho Resident fish species harvested in the salmon. Kenai River drainage under the condi- (F) For Federally managed waters of tions of a Federal subsistence permit the Kenai River and its tributaries must be marked by removal of the dor- below Skilak Lake outlet at river mile sal fin immediately after harvest and 50, residents of Cooper Landing, Hope, recorded on the permit prior to leaving and Ninilchik may take resident fish the fishing site. Seasons, areas (includ- species including lake trout, rainbow ing seasonal riverbank closures), har- trout, and Dolly Varden/Arctic char vest and possession limits, and meth- with jigging gear through the ice or ods and means (including motor boat rod and reel gear in open waters. Resi- restrictions) for take are the same as dent fish species harvested in the Kenai for the taking of these resident species River drainage under the conditions of under Alaska fishing regulations (5 a Federal subsistence permit must be AAC 56, 5 AAC 57, 5 AAC 77.54), except marked by removal of the dorsal fin for the following harvest and posses- immediately after harvest and re- sion limits: corded on the permit prior to leaving (1) For lake trout 20 inches or longer, the fishing site. Seasons, areas (includ- daily harvest and possession limits are ing seasonal riverbank closures), har- four per day and four in possession. For vest and possession limits, and meth- fish less than 20 inches, daily harvest ods and means (including motor boat and possession limits are 15 fish per restrictions) for take are the same as day and 15 in possession. For Hidden for the taking of these resident species Lake, daily harvest and possession lim- under State of Alaska fishing regula- its are two per day and two in posses- tions (5 AAC 56, 5 AAC 57, and 5 AAC sion regardless of size.

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(2) In flowing waters, daily harvest (ii) During the season, mark the fish and possession limits for Dolly Varden/ wheel with a wood, metal, or plastic Arctic char less than 16 inches are one plate at least 12 inches high by 12 per day and one in possession. In lakes inches wide that is permanently affixed and ponds, daily harvest and possession and plainly visible, and that contains limits are two per day and two in pos- the following information in letters session of which only one fish 20 inches and numerals at least 1 inch high: reg- or longer may be harvested daily. istration permit number; organiza- (3) In flowing waters, daily harvest tion’s name and address; and primary and possession limits for rainbow/ contact person name and telephone steelhead trout are one per day and one number; in possession and it must be less than (iii) After the season, provide written 16 inches in length. In lakes and ponds, documentation of required evaluation daily harvest and possession limits are information to the Federal fishery two per day and two in possession of manager including, but not limited to, which only one fish 20 inches or longer person or households operating the may be harvested daily. gear, hours of operation, and number of (H) Residents of Ninilchik may har- each species caught and retained or re- vest sockeye, Chinook, coho, and pink leased. salmon through a fish wheel fishery in (3) People operating the fish wheel the Federal public waters of the upper must: mainstem of the Kasilof River. Resi- (i) Have a valid Federal subsistence dents of Ninilchik may retain other fishing permit in their possession; species incidentally caught in the (ii) If they are not the fish wheel Kasilof River except for rainbow/ owner, attach an additional wood, steelhead trout, which must be re- metal, or plastic plate at least 12 leased and returned unharmed to the inches high by 12 inches wide to the water. fish wheel that is plainly visible, and (1) Only one fish wheel can be oper- that contains their fishing permit ated on the Kasilof River. The fish number, name, and address in letters wheel must have a live box, must be and numerals at least 1 inch high; monitored when fishing, must be (iii) Remain on site to monitor the stopped from fishing when it is not fish wheel and remove all fish at least being monitored or used, and must be every hour; installed and operated in compliance with any regulations and restrictions (iv) Before leaving the site, mark all for its use within the Kenai National retained fish by removing their dorsal Wildlife Refuge. fin and record all retained fish on their fishing permit; and (2) One registration permit will be available and will be awarded by the (v) Within 72 hours of leaving the Federal in-season fishery manager, in site, report their harvest to the Fed- consultation with the Kenai National eral fisheries manager. Wildlife Refuge manager, based on the (4) The fish wheel owner (organiza- merits of the operation plan. The reg- tion) may operate the fish wheel for istration permit will be issued to an or- subsistence purposes on behalf of resi- ganization that, as the fish wheel dents of Ninilchik by requesting a sub- owner, will be responsible for its con- sistence fishing permit that: struction, installation, operation, use, (i) Identifies a person who will be re- and removal in consultation with the sponsible for operating the fish wheel; Federal fishery manager. The owner (ii) Includes provisions for recording may not rent or lease the fish wheel for daily catches, the household to whom personal gain. As part of the permit, the catch was given, and other infor- the organization must: mation determined to be necessary for (i) Prior to the season, provide a effective resource management by the written operation plan to the Federal Federal fishery manager. fishery manager including a descrip- (5) Fishing will be allowed from June tion of how fishing time and fish will 16 through October 31 on the Kasilof be offered and distributed among River unless closed or otherwise re- households and residents of Ninilchik; stricted by Federal special action.

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(6) Salmon taken in the fish wheel (ii) You may take fish by gear listed fishery will be included as part of dip in paragraph (b)(1) of this section un- net/rod and reel fishery annual total less restricted in this section or under harvest limits for the Kasilof River and the terms of a subsistence fishing per- as part of dip net/rod and reel house- mit. hold annual limits of participating (iii) If you catch rainbow/steelhead households. trout incidentally in other subsistence (7) Fishing for each salmon species net fisheries, you may retain them for will end and the fishery will be closed subsistence purposes, unless restricted by Federal special action prior to regu- in this section. latory end dates if the annual total (iv) In the Copper River drainage, harvest limit for that species is you may take salmon only in the wa- reached or superseded by Federal spe- ters of the Upper Copper River District, cial action. or in the vicinity of the Native Village (8) This regulation expires December of Batzulnetas. 31, 2011, or 3 years after the first instal- (v) In the Upper Copper River Dis- lation of the fish wheel, which ever trict, you may take salmon only by comes first, or unless renewed by the fish wheels, rod and reel, or dip nets. Federal Subsistence Board. (vi) Rainbow/steelhead trout and other freshwater fish caught inciden- (9) You may take smelt with dip nets tally to salmon by fish wheel in the in fresh water only from April 1–June Upper Copper River District may be re- 15. There are no harvest or possession tained. limits for smelt. (vii) Freshwater fish other than rain- (10) Gillnets may not be used in fresh bow/steelhead trout caught inciden- water, except for the taking of white- tally to salmon by dip net in the Upper fish in the Tyone River drainage and as Copper River District may be retained. otherwise provided for in this Cook Rainbow/steelhead trout caught inci- Inlet section. dentally to salmon by dip net in the (11) Prince William Sound Area. The Upper Copper River District must be Prince William Sound Area includes all released unharmed to the water. waters and drainages of Alaska be- (viii) You may not possess salmon tween the longitude of Cape Fairfield taken under the authority of an Upper and the longitude of Cape Suckling. Copper River District subsistence fish- (i) You may take fish, other than ing permit, or rainbow/steelhead trout rainbow/steelhead trout, in the Prince caught incidentally to salmon by fish William Sound Area only under author- wheel, unless the anal fin has been im- ity of a subsistence fishing permit, ex- mediately removed from the fish. You cept that a permit is not required to must immediately record all retained take eulachon. You make not take fish on the subsistence permit. Imme- rainbow/steelhead trout, except as oth- diately means prior to concealing the erwise provided for in paragraph (e)(11) fish from plain view or transporting of this section. the fish more than 50 feet from where (A) In the Prince William Sound Area the fish was removed from the water. within Chugach National Forest and in (ix) You may take salmon in the the Copper River drainage downstream Upper Copper River District from May of Haley Creek you may accumulate 15 through September 30 only. Federal subsistence fishing harvest (x) The total annual harvest limit for limits with harvest limits under State subsistence salmon fishing permits in of Alaska sport fishing regulations pro- combination for the Glennallen Subdis- vided that accumulation of fishing har- trict and the Chitina Subdistrict is as vest limits does not occur during the follows: same day. (A) For a household with 1 person, 30 (B) You may accumulate harvest lim- salmon, of which no more than 5 may its of salmon authorized for the Copper be Chinook salmon taken by dip net River drainage upstream from Haley and no more than 5 Chinook taken by Creek with harvest limits for salmon rod and reel; authorized under State of Alaska sport (B) For a household with 2 persons, 60 fishing regulations. salmon, of which no more than 5 may

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be Chinook salmon taken by dip net (xii) If you are a fish wheel owner: and no more than 5 Chinook taken by (A) You must register your fish wheel rod and reel, plus 10 salmon for each with ADF&G or the Federal Subsist- additional person in a household over 2 ence Board; persons, except that the household’s (B) Your registration number and a limit for Chinook salmon taken by dip wood, metal, or plastic plate at least 12 net or rod and reel does not increase; inches high by 12 inches wide bearing (C) Upon request, permits for addi- either your name and address, or your tional salmon will be issued for no Alaska driver’s license number, or your more than a total of 200 salmon for a Alaska State identification card num- permit issued to a household with 1 ber in letters and numerals at least 1 person, of which no more than 5 may be inch high, must be permanently affixed Chinook salmon taken by dip net and and plainly visible on the fish wheel no more than 5 Chinook taken by rod when the fish wheel is in the water; and reel, or no more than a total of 500 (C) Only the current year’s registra- salmon for a permit issued to a house- tion number may be affixed to the fish hold with 2 or more persons, of which wheel; you must remove any other reg- no more than 5 may be Chinook salmon istration number from the fish wheel; taken by dip net and no more than 5 (D) You must check your fish wheel Chinook taken by rod and reel. at least once every 10 hours and re- (xi) The following apply to Upper move all fish; Copper River District subsistence salm- (E) You are responsible for the fish on fishing permits: wheel; you must remove the fish wheel (A) Only one subsistence fishing per- from the water at the end of the permit mit per subdistrict will be issued to period; each household per year. If a household (F) You may not rent, lease, or other- has been issued permits for both sub- wise use your fish wheel used for subdistricts in the same year, both per- sistence fishing for personal gain. mits must be in your possession and (xiii) If you are operating a fish readily available for inspection while wheel: fishing or transporting subsistence- (A) You may operate only one fish taken fish in either subdistrict. A wheel at any one time; qualified household may also be issued (B) You may not set or operate a fish a Batzulnetas salmon fishery permit in wheel within 75 feet of another fish the same year; wheel; (B) Multiple types of gear may be (C) No fish wheel may have more specified on a permit, although only than two baskets; one unit of gear may be operated at (D) If you are a permittee other than any one time; the owner, you must attach an addi- (C) You must return your permit no tional wood, metal, or plastic plate at later than October 31 of the year in least 12 inches high by 12 inches wide, which the permit is issued, or you may bearing your name and address in let- be denied a permit for the following ters and numerals at least 1 inch high, year; to the fish wheel so that the name and (D) A fish wheel may be operated address are plainly visible. only by one permit holder at one time; (xiv) A subsistence fishing permit that permit holder must have the fish may be issued to a village council, or wheel marked as required by paragraph other similarly qualified organization (e)(11) of this section and during fishing whose members operate fish wheels for operations; subsistence purposes in the Upper Cop- (E) Only the permit holder and the per River District, to operate fish authorized member(s) of the household wheels on behalf of members of its vil- listed on the subsistence permit may lage or organization. The following ad- take salmon; ditional provisions apply to subsistence (F) You must personally operate your fishing permits issued under this para- fish wheel or dip net; graph (e)(11)(xiv) of this section: (G) You may not loan or transfer a (A) The permit will list all house- subsistence fish wheel or dip net per- holds and household members for mit except as permitted. whom the fish wheel is being operated.

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The permit will identify a person who unharmed any Chinook salmon caught will be responsible for each fish wheel in Tanada Creek; in a similar manner to a fish wheel (E) You must return the permit to owner as described in paragraph the National Park Service no later (e)(11)(xii) of this section; than October 15 of the year the permit (B) The allowable harvest may not was issued; exceed the combined seasonal limits (F) You may only use a fyke net after for the households listed on the permit; consultation with the in-season man- the permittee will notify the ADF&G ager. You must be present when the or Federal Subsistence Board when fyke net is actively fishing. You may households are added to the list, and take no more than 1,000 sockeye salm- the seasonal limit may be adjusted ac- on in Tanada Creek with a fyke net; cordingly; (xvi) You may take pink salmon for (C) Members of households listed on a subsistence purposes from fresh water permit issued to a village council or with a dip net from May 15 through other similarly qualified organization September 30, 7 days per week, with no are not eligible for a separate house- harvest or possession limits in the fol- hold subsistence fishing permit for the lowing areas: Upper Copper River District; (A) Green Island, Knight Island, (D) The permit will include provi- Chenega Island, Bainbridge Island, sions for recording daily catches for Evans Island, Elrington Island, each fish wheel; location and number of Latouche Island, and adjacent islands, fish wheels; full legal name of the indi- and the mainland waters from the vidual responsible for the lawful oper- outer point of Granite Bay located in ation of each fish wheel as described in Knight Island Passage to Cape Fair- paragraph (e)(11)(xii) of this section; field; and other information determined to (B) Waters north of a line from Por- be necessary for effective resource cupine Point to Granite Point, and management. south of a line from Point Lowe to (xv) You may take salmon in the vi- Tongue Point. cinity of the former Native village of (12) Yakutat Area. The Yakutat Area Batzulnetas only under the authority includes all waters and drainages of of a Batzulnetas subsistence salmon Alaska between the longitude of Cape fishing permit available from the Na- Suckling and the longitude of Cape tional Park Service under the fol- Fairweather. lowing conditions: (i) Unless restricted in this section or (A) You may take salmon only in unless restricted under the terms of a those waters of the Copper River be- subsistence fishing permit, you may tween National Park Service regu- take fish at any time in the Yakutat latory markers located near the mouth Area. of Tanada Creek and approximately (ii) You may take salmon, trout one-half mile downstream from that (other than steelhead), and char only mouth and in Tanada Creek between under authority of a subsistence fish- National Park Service regulatory ing permit. You may take steelhead markers identifying the open waters of trout only in the Situk and Ahrnklin the creek; Rivers and only under authority of a (B) You may use only fish wheels, dip Federal subsistence fishing permit. nets, and rod and reel on the Copper (iii) If you take salmon, trout, or River and only dip nets, spears, fyke char incidentally by gear operated nets, and rod and reel in Tanada Creek. under the terms of a subsistence per- One fyke net and associated lead may mit for salmon, you may retain them be used in Tanada Creek upstream of for subsistence purposes. You must re- the National Park Service weir; port any salmon, trout, or char taken (C) You may take salmon only from in this manner on your permit cal- May 15 through September 30 or until endar. the season is closed by special action; (iv) You may take fish by gear listed (D) You may retain Chinook salmon in this part unless restricted in this taken in a fish wheel in the Copper section or under the terms of a subsist- River. You must return to the water ence fishing permit. In areas where use

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of rod and reel is allowed, you may use caught, and they apply to your applica- artificial fly, lure, or bait when fishing ble daily, seasonal, and annual harvest with rod and reel, unless restricted by limits for that species. Federal permit. If you use bait, you (A) For streams with steelhead, once must retain all Federally regulated your daily, seasonal, or annual limit of fish species caught, and they apply to steelhead is harvested, you may no your applicable daily and annual har- longer fish with bait for any species. vest limits for that species. For (B) Unless otherwise specified in this streams with steelhead, once your paragraph (e)(13) of this section, allow- daily or annual limit of steelhead is able gear for salmon or steelhead is re- harvested, you may no longer fish with stricted to gaffs, spears, gillnets, bait for any species. seines, dip nets, cast nets, handlines, or (v) In the Situk River, each subsist- rod and reel. ence salmon fishing permit holder shall (v) Unless otherwise specified in this attend his or her gillnet at all times paragraph (e)(13) of this section, you when it is being used to take salmon. may use a handline for snagging salm- (vi) You may block up to two-thirds on or steelhead. of a stream with a gillnet or seine used (vi) You may fish with a rod and reel for subsistence fishing. within 300 feet of a fish ladder unless (vii) You must immediately remove the site is otherwise posted by the both lobes of the caudal (tail) fin from USDA Forest Service. You may not subsistence-caught salmon when taken. fish from, on, or in a fish ladder. (viii) You may not possess subsist- (vii) You may not accumulate Fed- ence-taken and sport-taken salmon on eral subsistence harvest limits author- the same day. ized for the Southeastern Alaska Area (ix) You must possess a subsistence with any harvest limits authorized fishing permit to take Dolly Varden. under any State of Alaska fishery with The daily harvest and possession limit the following exception: Annual or sea- is 10 Dolly Varden of any size. sonal Federal subsistence harvest lim- (13) Southeastern Alaska Area. The its may be accumulated with State Southeastern Alaska Area includes all sport fishing harvest limits provided waters between a line projecting south- that accumulation of harvest limits west from the westernmost tip of Cape does not occur during the same day. Fairweather and Dixon Entrance. (viii) If you take salmon, trout, or (i) Unless restricted in this section or char incidentally with gear operated under the terms of a subsistence fish- under terms of a subsistence permit for ing permit, you may take fish other other salmon, they may be kept for than salmon, trout, grayling, and char subsistence purposes. You must report in the Southeastern Alaska Area at any salmon, trout, or char taken in any time. this manner on your subsistence fish- (ii) You must possess a subsistence ing permit. fishing permit to take salmon, trout, (ix) No permits for the use of nets grayling, or char. You must possess a will be issued for the salmon streams subsistence fishing permit to take flowing across or adjacent to the road eulachon from any freshwater stream systems within the city limits of Pe- flowing into fishing Sections 1C or 1D. tersburg, Wrangell, and Sitka. (iii) In the Southeastern Alaska (x) You must immediately remove Area, a rainbow trout is defined as a both lobes of the caudal (tail) fin of fish of the species Oncorhyncus mykiss subsistence-caught salmon when taken. less than 22 inches in overall length. A (xi) You may not possess subsistence- steelhead is defined as a rainbow trout taken and sport-taken fish of a given with an overall length of 22 inches or species on the same day. larger. (xii) If a harvest limit is not other- (iv) In areas where use of rod and reel wise listed for sockeye in paragraph is allowed, you may use artificial fly, (e)(13) of this section, the harvest limit lure, or bait when fishing with rod and for sockeye salmon is the same as pro- reel, unless restricted by Federal per- vided for in adjacent State subsistence mit. If you use bait, you must retain or personal use fisheries. If a harvest all Federally regulated fish species limit is not established for the State

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subsistence or personal use fisheries, (xvii) Unless otherwise specified in the possession limit is 10 sockeye and paragraph (e)(13) of this section, you the annual harvest limit is 20 sockeye may take steelhead under the terms of per household for that stream. a subsistence fishing permit. The open (xiii) The Sarkar River system above season is January 1 through May 31. the bridge is closed to the use of all The daily household harvest and pos- nets by both Federally qualified and session limit is one with an annual non-Federally qualified users. household limit of two. You may only (xiv) You may take Chinook, sock- use a dip net, gaff, handline, spear, or eye, and coho salmon in the mainstem rod and reel. The permit conditions and of the Stikine River only under the au- systems to receive special protection thority of a Federal subsistence fishing will be determined by the local Federal permit. Each Stikine River permit will fisheries manager in consultation with be issued to a household. Only dip nets, ADF&G. spears, gaffs, rod and reel, beach seine, (xviii) You may take steelhead trout or gillnets not exceeding 15 fathoms in on Prince of Wales and Kosciusko Is- length may be used. The maximum lands under the terms of Federal sub- gillnet mesh size is 51⁄2; inches, except sistence fishing permits. You must ob- during the Chinook season when the tain a separate permit for the winter maximum gillnet mesh size is 8 inches. and spring seasons. (A) You may take Chinook salmon (A) The winter season is December 1 from May 15 through June 20. The an- through the last day of February, with nual limit is 5 Chinook salmon per a harvest limit of two fish per house- household. hold. You may use only a dip net, (B) You may take sockeye salmon handline, spear, or rod and reel. The from June 21 through July 31. The an- winter season may be closed when the nual limit is 40 sockeye salmon per harvest level cap of 100 steelhead for household. the Prince of Wales/Kosciusko Islands (C) You may take coho salmon from has been reached. You must return August 1 through October 1. The an- your winter season permit within 15 nual limit is 20 coho salmon per house- days of the close of the season and be- hold. fore receiving another permit for a (D) You may retain other salmon Prince of Wales/Kosciusko steelhead taken incidentally by gear operated subsistence fishery. The permit condi- under terms of this permit. The inci- tions and systems to receive special dentally taken salmon must be re- protection will be determined by the ported on your permit calendar. local Federal fisheries manager in con- (E) The total annual guideline har- sultation with ADF&G. vest level for the Stikine River fishery (B) The spring season is March 1 is 125 Chinook, 600 sockeye, and 400 through May 31, with a harvest limit of coho salmon. All salmon harvested, in- five fish per household. You may use cluding incidentally taken salmon, will only a dip net, handline, spear, or rod count against the guideline for that and reel. The spring season may be species. closed prior to May 31 if the harvest (xv) You may take coho salmon with quota of 600 fish minus the number of a Federal salmon fishing permit. There steelhead harvested in the winter sub- is no closed season. The daily harvest sistence steelhead fishery is reached. limit is 20 coho salmon per household. You must return your spring season Only dip nets, spears, gaffs, handlines, permit within 15 days of the close of and rod and reel may be used. There the season and before receiving another are specific rules to harvest any salm- permit for a Prince of Wales/Kosciusko on on the Stikine River, and you must steelhead subsistence fishery. The per- have a separate Stikine River subsist- mit conditions and systems to receive ence salmon fishing permit to take special protection will be determined salmon on the Stikine River. by the local Federal fisheries manager (xvi) Unless noted on a Federal sub- in consultation with ADF&G. sistence harvest permit, there are no (xix) In addition to the requirement harvest limits for pink or chum salm- for a Federal subsistence fishing per- on. mit, the following restrictions for the

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harvest of Dolly Varden, brook trout, (iii) A grappling hook; grayling, cutthroat, and rainbow trout (iv) A handline; apply: (v) A hydraulic clam digger; (A) The daily household harvest and (vi) A mechanical clam digger; possession limit is 20 Dolly Varden; (vii) A pot; there is no closed season or size limit; (viii) A ring net; (B) The daily household harvest and (ix) A scallop dredge; possession limit is 20 brook trout; (x) A sea urchin rake; there is no closed season or size limit; (xi) A shovel; and (C) The daily household harvest and (xii) A trawl. possession limit is 20 grayling; there is (3) You are prohibited from buying or no closed season or size limit; selling subsistence-taken shellfish, (D) The daily household harvest limit their parts, or their eggs, unless other- is 6 and the household possession limit wise specified. is 12 cutthroat or rainbow trout in (4) You may not use explosives and combination; there is no closed season chemicals, except that you may use or size limit; chemical baits or lures to attract shell- (E) You may only use a rod and reel; fish. (F) The permit conditions and sys- (5) Marking requirements for subsist- tems to receive special protection will ence shellfish gear are as follows: be determined by the local Federal (i) You must plainly and legibly in- fisheries manager in consultation with scribe your first initial, last name, and ADF&G. address on a keg or buoy attached to (xx) There is no subsistence fishery unattended subsistence fishing gear, for any salmon on the Taku River. except when fishing through the ice, [76 FR 12573, Mar. 8, 2011] when you may substitute for the keg or buoy a stake inscribed with your first § 242.28 Subsistence taking of shell- initial, last name, and address inserted fish. in the ice near the hole; subsistence (a) Covered species(1) Regulations in fishing gear may not display a perma- this section apply to subsistence tak- nent ADF&G vessel license number; ing of Dungeness crab, king crab, Tan- (ii) Kegs or buoys attached to sub- ner crab, shrimp, clams, abalone, and sistence crab pots also must be in- other shellfish or their parts. scribed with the name or United States (2) You may take shellfish for sub- Coast Guard number of the vessel used sistence uses at any time in any area of to operate the pots. the public lands by any method unless (6) Pots used for subsistence fishing restricted by this section. must comply with the escape mecha- (b) Methods, means, and general restric- nism requirements found in tions. (1) The harvest limit specified in § 100.27(b)(2). this section for a subsistence season for (7) You may not mutilate or other- a species and the State harvest limit wise disfigure a crab in any manner set for a State season for the same spe- which would prevent determination of cies are not cumulative. This means the minimum size restrictions until that if you have taken the harvest the crab has been processed or prepared limit for a particular species under a for consumption. subsistence season specified in this sec- (c) Taking shellfish by designated har- tion, you may not, after that, take any vest permit. (1) Any species of shellfish additional shellfish of that species that may be taken by subsistence fish- under any other harvest limit specified ing under this part may be taken under for a State season. a designated harvest permit. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this (2) If you are a Federally-qualified section or under terms of a required subsistence user (beneficiary), you may subsistence fishing permit (as may be designate another Federally-qualified modified by this section), you may use subsistence user to take shellfish on the following legal types of gear to your behalf. The designated fisherman take shellfish: must obtain a designated harvest per- (i) Abalone iron; mit prior to attempting to harvest (ii) Diving gear; shellfish and must return a completed

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harvest report. The designated fisher- comply with such reporting require- man may harvest for any number of ments, you are ineligible to receive a beneficiaries but may have no more subsistence permit for that activity than two harvest limits in his/her pos- during the following calendar year, un- session at any one time. less you demonstrate that failure to re- (3) The designated fisherman must port was due to loss in the mail, acci- have in possession a valid designated dent, sickness, or other unavoidable harvest permit when taking, attempt- circumstances. ing to take, or transporting shellfish (e) Subsistence take by commercial ves- taken under this section, on behalf of a sels. No fishing vessel which is commer- beneficiary. cially licensed and registered for (4) You may not fish with more than shrimp pot, shrimp trawl, king crab, one legal limit of gear as established Tanner crab, or Dungeness crab fishing by this section. may be used for subsistence take dur- (5) You may not designate more than ing the period starting 14 days before one person to take or attempt to take an opening and ending 14 days after the shellfish on your behalf at one time. closure of a respective open season in You may not personally take or at- the area or areas for which the vessel is tempt to take shellfish at the same registered. However, if you are a com- time that a designated fisherman is mercial fisherman, you may retain taking or attempting to take shellfish shellfish for your own use from your on your behalf. lawfully taken commercial catch. (d) Permit requirements. If a subsist- (f) Size restrictions. You may not take ence shellfish permit is required by or possess shellfish smaller than the this section, the following conditions minimum legal size limits. apply unless otherwise specified by the (g) Unlawful possession of subsistence subsistence regulations in this section: shellfish. You may not possess, trans- (1) You may not take shellfish for port, give, receive, or barter shellfish subsistence in excess of the limits set or their parts taken in violation of out in the permit unless a different Federal or State regulations. limit is specified in this section. (h) Charter and related operations. (1) (2) You must obtain a permit prior to An owner, operator, or employee of a subsistence fishing. lodge, charter vessel, or other enter- (3) You must have the permit in your prise that furnishes food, lodging, or possession and readily available for in- guide services may not furnish to a cli- spection while taking or transporting ent or guest of that enterprise, shell- the species for which the permit is fish that has been taken under this sec- issued. tion, unless: (4) The permit may designate the spe- (i) The shellfish has been taken with cies and numbers of shellfish to be har- gear deployed and retrieved by the cli- vested, time and area of fishing, the ent or guest who is a Federally quali- type and amount of fishing gear and fied subsistence user; other conditions necessary for manage- (ii) The gear has been marked with ment or conservation purposes. the client’s or guest’s name and ad- (5) If specified on the permit, you dress; and must keep accurate daily records of the (iii) The shellfish is to be consumed catch involved, showing the number of by the client or guest or is consumed in shellfish taken by species, location and the presence of the client or guest. date of the catch, and such other infor- (2) The captain and crewmembers of a mation as may be required for manage- charter vessel may not deploy, set, or ment or conservation purposes. retrieve their own gear in a subsistence (6) You must complete and submit shellfish fishery when that vessel is subsistence fishing reports at the time being chartered. specified for each particular area and (i) Subsistence shellfish areas and perti- fishery. nent restrictions—(1) Southeastern Alas- (7) If the return of catch information ka—Yakutat Area. No marine waters necessary for management and con- are currently identified under Federal servation purposes is required by a sub- subsistence management jurisdiction, sistence fishing permit and you fail to except the marine waters occurring in

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the vicinity of Makhnati Island as de- (iii) The daily harvest and possession scribed in § 242.3(b)(5) of these regula- limit is 12 male Dungeness crabs per tions. person; only male Dungeness crabs (2) Prince William Sound Area. No ma- with a shell width of 61⁄2 inches or rine waters are currently identified greater may be taken or possessed. under Federal subsistence management Taking of Dungeness crab is prohibited jurisdiction. in water 25 fathoms or more in depth (3) Cook Inlet Area. (i) You may take during the 14 days immediately before shellfish for subsistence purposes only the State opening of a commercial as allowed in paragraph (i)(3) of this king or Tanner crab fishing season in section. the location. (ii) You may not take king crab, (iv) In the subsistence taking of king Dungeness crab, or shrimp for subsist- crab: ence purposes. (A) The annual limit is three crabs (iii) In the subsistence taking of Tan- per household; only male king crab ner crab: with shell width of 7 inches or greater (A) Male Tanner crab may be taken may be taken or possessed. only from July 15 through March 15; (B) All crab pots used for subsistence (B) The daily harvest and possession fishing and left in saltwater unat- limit is 5 male Tanner crabs; tended longer than a 2-week period 1 (C) Only male Tanner crabs 5 ⁄2; must have all bait and bait containers inches or greater in width of shell may removed and all doors secured fully be taken or possessed; open. (D) No more than two pots per per- (C) You may only use one crab pot, son, regardless of type, with a max- which may be of any size, to take king imum of two pots per vessel, regardless crab. of type, may be used to take Tanner crab. (D) You may take king crab only (iv) In the subsistence taking of from June 1 through January 31, except clams: that the subsistence taking of king (A) The daily harvest and possession crab is prohibited in waters 25 fathoms limit for littleneck clams is 1,000 and or greater in depth during the period 14 the minimum size is 1.5 inches in days before and 14 days after State length; open commercial fishing seasons for (B) The daily harvest and possession red king crab, blue king crab, or Tan- limit for butter clams is 700 and the ner crab in the location. minimum size is 2.5 inches in length. (E) The waters of the Pacific Ocean (v) Other than as specified in this enclosed by the boundaries of Womens section, there are no harvest, posses- Bay, Gibson Cove, and an area defined 1 sion, or size limits for other shellfish, by a line ⁄2 mile on either side of the and the season is open all year. mouth of the Karluk River, and extend- (4) Kodiak Area. (i) You may take ing seaward 3,000 feet, and all waters crab for subsistence purposes only within 1,500 feet seaward of the shore- under the authority of a subsistence line of Afognak Island are closed to the crab fishing permit issued by the harvest of king crab except by Feder- ADF&G. ally qualified subsistence users. (ii) The operator of a commercially (v) In the subsistence taking of Tan- licensed and registered shrimp fishing ner crab: vessel must obtain a subsistence fish- (A) You may not use more than five ing permit from the ADF&G before crab pots to take Tanner crab. subsistence shrimp fishing during a (B) You may not take Tanner crab in State closed commercial shrimp fish- waters 25 fathoms or greater in depth ing season or within a closed commer- during the 14 days immediately before cial shrimp fishing district, section, or the opening of a State commercial subsection. The permit must specify king or Tanner crab fishing season in the area and the date the vessel oper- the location. ator intends to fish. No more than 500 (C) The daily harvest and possession pounds (227 kg) of shrimp may be in limit per person is 12 male crabs with a possession aboard the vessel. shell width 51⁄2 inches or greater.

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(5) Alaska Peninsula—Aleutian Islands limit is 12 male Dungeness crabs per Area. (i) The operator of a commer- person. cially licensed and registered shrimp (iv) In the subsistence taking of king fishing vessel must obtain a subsist- crab: ence fishing permit from the ADF&G (A) In waters south of 60° North lati- prior to subsistence shrimp fishing dur- tude, the daily harvest and possession ing a closed State commercial shrimp limit is six male crabs per person. fishing season or within a closed com- (B) All crab pots used for subsistence mercial shrimp fishing district, sec- fishing and left in saltwater unat- tion, or subsection; the permit must tended longer than a 2-week period specify the area and the date the vessel must have all bait and bait containers operator intends to fish; no more than removed and all doors secured fully 500 pounds (227 kg) of shrimp may be in open. possession aboard the vessel. (C) In waters south of 60° North lati- (ii) The daily harvest and possession tude, you may take crab only from limit is 12 male Dungeness crabs per June 1 through January 31. person; only crabs with a shell width of (D) In the Norton Sound Section of 51⁄2 inches or greater may be taken or the Northern District, you must have a possessed. subsistence permit. (iii) In the subsistence taking of king (v) In waters south of 60° North lati- crab: tude, the daily harvest and possession (A) The daily harvest and possession limit is 12 male Tanner crabs. limit is six male crabs per person; only [76 FR 12585, Mar. 8, 2011] crabs with a shell width of 61⁄2 inches or greater may be taken or possessed; PART 251—LAND USES (B) All crab pots used for subsistence fishing and left in saltwater unat- Subpart A—Miscellaneous Land Uses tended longer than a 2-week period must have all bait and bait containers NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROL removed and all doors secured fully Sec. open; 251.9 Management of municipal watersheds. (C) You may take crabs only from 251.10 Prohibition of location of mining June 1 through January 31. claims within certain areas in the (iv) The daily harvest and possession Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, South Da- limit is 12 male Tanner crabs per per- kota. 1 251.11 Governing mining locations under the son; only crabs with a shell width of 5 ⁄2 mining laws of the United States within inches or greater may be taken or pos- that portion of the Black Hills National sessed. Forest, State of South Dakota, des- (6) Bering Sea Area. (i) In that portion ignated as the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. of the area north of the latitude of 251.14 Conditions, rules, and regulations to Cape Newenham, shellfish may only be govern exercise of timber rights reserved taken by shovel, jigging gear, pots, and in conveyance to the United States. ring net. 251.15 Conditions, rules, and regulations to govern exercise of mineral rights re- (ii) The operator of a commercially served in conveyances to the United licensed and registered shrimp fishing States. vessel must obtain a subsistence fishing permit from the ADF&G prior to RIGHTS OF GRANTORS subsistence shrimp fishing during a 251.17 Grantor’s right to occupy and use closed commercial shrimp fishing sea- lands conveyed to the United States. son or within a closed commercial 251.18 Rights-of-way reserved by the grant- shrimp fishing district, section, or sub- or on lands conveyed to the United section; the permit must specify the States. 251.19 Exercise of water rights reserved by area and the date the vessel operator the grantor of lands conveyed to the intends to fish; no more than 500 United States. pounds (227 kg) of shrimp may be in possession aboard the vessel. DESIGNATION OF AREAS (iii) In waters south of 60° North lati- 251.23 Experimental areas and research nat- tude, the daily harvest and possession ural areas.

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