Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>In Alaska, "Personal use" is a legally defined regulatory category of fishery. It is defined as "the taking, fishing for, or possession of finfish, shellfish, or other fishery resources, by Alaska residents for personal use and not for sale or barter, with gill or dip net, seine, fish wheel, long line, or other means defined by the Board of Fisheries".</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Personal use fishing is open to Alaskan residents only, and you must have a valid resident Sport Fishing License to participate in personal use fisheries.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The bag, possession, and gear limits in personal use fisheries MAY NOT be added to the bag, possession, and gear limits under sport or subsistence regulations.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>It is unlawful to buy, sell, trade or barter personal use finfish, shellfish, aquatic plants, or their parts.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Many, but not all, personal use fisheries require a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Game. Personal use fisheries have many different regulations for bag limits, allowable gear, and time and area restrictions. Some personal use fisheries are managed in-season by emergency order, so regulations can change at any time. Always check with the local Fish and Game office before participating in personal use fisheries. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>There are six regions defined by the jurisdictions of the Regional Subsistence Councils of the State Fish and Game Advisory Committee and Regional Council system for management purposes. The regions are: </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Southeast (Region 1)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>South central (Region 2)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Southwest (Region 3)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Western (Region 4)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Arctic (Region 5)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Interior (Region 6)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Nonsubsistence Use Areas are defined as areas where dependence upon subsistence is not a principal characteristic of the economy, culture, and way of life. Subsistence means the noncommercial, customary and traditional uses of wild, renewable resources by a resident domiciled in a rural area of the state for direct personal or family consumption as food, shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation, for the making and selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible by-products of fish and wildlife resources taken for personal or family consumption, and for the customary trade, barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; in this paragraph, "family" means persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and a person living in the household on a permanent basis; AS 16.05.940[33].</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The Anchorage-Matsu-Kenai Nonsubsistence Area is comprised of the following: Units 7, as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(7) (except the Kenai Fjords National Park lands), 14, as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(14), 15, as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(15) (except Kalgin Island and that portion south and west of a line beginning at the mouth of Rocky River up the Rocky and Windy Rivers across the Windy River/Jakolof Creek divide and down Jakolof Creek to its mouth, including the islands between the eastern most point of Jakolof Bay and the eastern most point of Rocky Bay), 16(A), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(16)(A); all waters of Alaska in the Cook Inlet Area, as defined by 5 AAC 21.100 (except those waters north of Point Bede which are west of a line from the eastern most point of Jakolof Bay north to the western most point of Hesketh Island including Jakolof Bay and south of a line west from Hesketh Island; the waters south of Point Bede which are west of the eastern most point of Rocky Bay; and those waters described in 5 AAC 01.555(b), known as the Tyonek subdistrict). 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3) </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area is comprised of the following: within Unit 20(A), as definedby 5 AAC 92.450(20)(A), east of the Wood River drainage and south of the Rex Trail but including the upper Wood River drainage south of its confluence with Chicken Creek; within Unit 20(B), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(20)(B), the North Star Borough and that portion of the Washington Creek drainage east of the Elliot Highway; within Unit 20(D) as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(20)(D), west of the Tanana River between its confluence with the Johnson and Delta Rivers, west of the east bank of the Johnson River, and north and west of the Volkmar drainage, including the Goodpaster River drainage; and within Unit 25(C), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(25)(C), the Preacher and Beaver Creek drainages. 5 AAC 99.015(a)(4)</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The Juneau Nonsubsistence Area is comprised of the following: within Unit 1(C), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(1)(C), all drainages on the mainland east of Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage from the latitude of Eldred Rock to Point Coke, and on Lincoln, Shelter, and Douglas islands; within Unit 4, as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(4), that portion of Admiralty Island that includes the Glass Peninsula, all drainages into Seymour Canal north of and including Pleasant Bay, all drainages into Stephens Passage west of Point Arden, the Mansfield Peninsula, all drainages into Chatham Strait north of Point Marsden; all marine waters of Sections 11-A and 11-B, as defined in 5 AAC 33.200(k)(1) and (k)(2), Section 12-B, as defined in 5 AAC 33.200(l)(2), and that portion of Section 12-A, as defined in 5 AAC 33.200(l)(1), north of the latitude of Point Marsden and that portion of District 15, as defined in 5 AAC 33.200(o), south of the latitude of the northern entrance to Berners Bay, and including Berners Bay. 5 AAC 99.015(a)(2)</SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Ketchikan Nonsubsistence Area is comprised of the following: within Unit 1(A), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(1)(A), all drainages of the Cleveland Peninsula between Niblack Point and Bluff Point, Revillagigedo, Gravina, Pennock, Smeaton, Bold, Betton, and Hassler Islands; all waters of Sections 1-C, as defined by 5AAC 33.200 (a)(3), 1-D, as defined by5AAC 33.200(a)(4), 1-E, as defined by 5AAC 33.200(a)(5), that portion of Section 1-F, as defined by 5AAC 33.200(a)(6), north of the latitude of the southernmost tip of Mary Island and within one mile of the mainland and the Gravina and Revillagigedo Island shorelines; and that portion of District 2, as defined by 5AAC 33.200(b), within one mile of the Cleveland Peninsula shoreline and east of the longitude of Niblack Point. 5 AAC 99.015(a)(1)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Valdez Nonsubsistence Area is comprised of the following: within Unit 6(D), as defined by 5 AAC 92.450(6)(D), and all waters of Alaska in the Prince William Sound Area as defined by 5 AAC 24.100, within the March 1993 Valdez City limits. 5 AAC 99.015(a)(5)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>