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Copper River Personal Use and Subsistence Fisheries



Physical Descriptions of the Copper River Subdistricts

The Chitina Subdistrict personal use fishery is restricted solely to the waters of the mainstem Copper River between the downstream edge of the Chitina-McCarthy Bridge and Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulatory markers located on an east-west line crossing the Copper River about 200 yards upstream of Haley Creek (in Wood Canyon). All tributaries of the Copper River in this area, including the Chitina River, are CLOSED to personal use fishing.

The Glennallen Subdistrict subsistence fishery is restricted to all waters of the mainstem Copper River from the mouth of the Slana River downstream to the downstream edge of the Chitina-McCarthy Bridge. All tributaries of the Copper River, including the Chitina River, are CLOSED to subsistence fishing.

Generalized Maps of the Subdistricts

Chitina Subdistrict Dipnet Fishery

Chitina Subdistrict dipnet fishery map

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