Sport Fishing Regulations
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How to use this Site
- Select a region from the map or nearby text listing and look for region-wide regulations.
- Then go to the drainage or area you will be fishing and look for specific regulations.
- NOTICE: Emergency Orders (EOs) always supersede the published regulations.
Check for current EOs & News Releases before finalizing your plans.
Southcentral Alaska

NOTICE: Emergency Orders always supersede the published regulations.
Check for current EOs & News Releases before finalizing your plans.
2023 Regulations
- 2023 Complete Southcentral Regional Booklet (PDF 33,877 kB)
- Cover (PDF 1,289 kB)*
- Southcentral Alaska Regional Regulations (PDF 152 kB)
- Southcentral Alaska Shellfish Regulations (PDF 382 kB)
- 2023 Southcentral Alaska Guiding Regulations (PDF 122 kB)
- Personal Use Finfish Fisheries (PDF 840 kB)
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Cook Inlet Salt Waters
(PDF 703 kB) - West Cook Inlet (PDF 1,391 kB)
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Susitna River Drainage
(PDF 5,824 kB) - Knik Arm (PDF 1,139 kB)
- Anchorage Bowl (PDF 1,982 kB)
- Kenai Peninsula (PDF 3,246 kB)
- Kenai River (PDF 6,246 kB)
- North Gulf Coast (PDF 809 kB)
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Prince William Sound
(PDF 1,557 kB) - Licensing Information (PDF 244 kB)
- Stocked Lakes (PDF 662 kB)
- Salmon Identification (PDF 1,253 kB)
- Trout and Other Species Identification (PDF 810 kB)
- Rockfish Identification and Conservation (PDF 910 kB)