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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
COAR: Name (Code) |
Species |
ADF&G Fisheries Management Areas |
Area Description in ADF&G Regulations |
---|---|---|---|
Alaska Peninsula |
King Crab: |
M |
5 AAC 34.500 |
South Peninsula (MS) |
AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands Salmon |
M |
5 AAC 12.100 |
North Peninsula (MN) |
M |
(Aleutians) |
|
5 AAC 09.100 (AK Peninsula) |
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Herring |
M |
5 AAC 27.600 |
|
Bering Sea: |
Bering Sea King Crab |
Q |
5 AAC 34.900 |
Pribilof Island (Q1) |
Bering Sea/Kotzebue Herring |
Q |
5 AAC 27.900 |
St. Matthew Island (Q2) |
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St. Lawrence Island (Q4) |
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Bristol Bay (T) |
King Crab |
T |
5 AAC 34.800 |
Salmon |
T |
5 AAC 06.100 |
|
Herring |
T |
5 AAC 27.800 |
|
Chignik (L) |
Groundfish |
L |
5 AAC 28.500 |
Herring |
L |
5 AAC 27.550 |
|
Salmon |
L |
5 AAC 15.100 |
|
Cook Inlet: |
Groundfish |
H |
5 AAC 28.300 |
Lower Cook Inlet (HL) |
Herring |
H |
5 AA 27.400 |
Upper Cook Inlet (HU) |
Cook Inlet Shrimp |
H |
5 AAC 31.300 |
Outer Cook Inlet Shrimp |
H |
5 AA 31.400 |
|
Dungeness Crab |
H |
5 AA 32.300 |
|
King Crab |
H |
5 AA 34.300 |
|
Tanner Crab |
H |
5 AA 35.400 |
|
Miscellaneous Shellfish |
H |
5 AA 38.300 |
|
Salmon |
H |
5 AA 21.100 |
|
Dutch Harbor (O) |
Aleutian Islands King Crab |
O |
5 AA 34.600 |
EEZ (Federal waters of BSAI (FB) |
Groundfish |
n/a |
n/a |
GOA (FG) |
Atka-Amlia Islands Salmon |
n/a |
5 AAC 11.1010 |
Kodiak (western GOA) (K) |
Groundfish |
K |
5 AAC 28.400 |
Herring |
K |
5 AAC 27.500 |
|
King Crab |
K |
5 AAC 34.400 |
|
Salmon |
K |
5 AAC 18.100 |
|
Shrimp |
J |
5 AAC 31.500 |
|
Dungeness Crab |
J |
5 AAC 32.400 |
|
Tanner Crab |
J |
5 AAC 35.500 |
|
Miscellaneous Shellfish |
J |
5 AAC 38.400 |
|
Kotzebue (X) |
Salmon |
X |
5 AAC 03.100 |
Kuskokwim: |
Salmon |
W |
5 AAC 07.100 |
Kuskokwim River/Bay (W1) |
Herring |
W |
5AAC 27.870 |
Security Cove (W2) |
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Goodnews Bay (W3) |
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Nelson Island (W4) |
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Ninivak Island (W5) |
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Cape Avinof (W6) |
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Norton Sound (Z) |
Norton Sound-Port Clarence Salmon |
Z |
5 AAC 04.100 |
Norton Sound-Port Clarence King Crab |
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Prince William Sound (E) |
Groundfish |
E |
5 AAC 28.200 |
Herring |
E |
5 AAC 27.300 |
|
Shrimp |
E |
5 AAC 31.200 |
|
Dungeness Crab |
E |
5 AAC 32.200 |
|
King Crab |
E |
5 AAC 34.200 |
|
Tanner Crab |
E |
5 AAC 35.300 |
|
Miscellaneous Shellfish |
E |
5 AAC 38.200 |
|
Salmon |
E |
5 AAC 24.100 |
|
Southeast: |
Groundfish |
A |
5 AAC 28.100 |
Juneau/Haines (A1) |
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Herring |
A |
5 AAC 27.100 |
Yakutat (A2) |
Yakutat Herring |
D |
5 AAC 27.200 |
Ketchikan/Craig (B) |
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Shrimp |
A |
5 AAC 31.100 |
Petersburg/Wrangell (C) |
Yakutat Shrimp |
D |
5 AAC 31.150 |
Sitka/Pelican (D) |
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness Crab |
A |
5 AAC 32.100 |
Yakutat Dungeness Crab |
D |
5 AAC 32.155 |
|
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness, King Crab |
A |
5 AAC 34.100 |
|
Yakutat King Crab |
D |
5 AAC 34.160 |
|
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Tanner Crab |
A |
5 AAC 35.100 |
|
Yakutat Tanner Crab |
D |
5 AAC 35.160 |
|
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Miscellaneous Shellfish |
A |
5 AAC 38.100 |
|
Yakutat Miscellaneous Shellfish |
D |
5 AAC 38.160 |
|
Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Salmon |
A |
5 AAC 33.100 |
|
Yakutat Salmon |
D |
5 AAC 29.010 |
|
5 AAC 30.100 |
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Yukon River: |
Yukon-Northern Salmon |
Y |
5 AAC 05.100 |
Lower Yukon (YL) |
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Upper Yukon (YU) |
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries 50 CFR Pt. 679, Tbl. 16 TABLE 16 TO PART 679—AREA CODES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR USE WITH STATE OF ALASKA ADF&G COMMERCIAL OPERATOR’S ANNUAL REPORT (COAR) - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-50-wildlife-and-fisheries/cfr-pt-50-679-tbl-16/
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