5 AAC 33.366 - Northern Southeast seine salmon fishery management plans

(a) During July, the department may allow the operation of purse seines in District 12 north of Point Marsden to harvest pink salmon migrating northward in Chatham Strait only as follows:

(1) the department may open only those portions of the area in which a harvestable abundance of pink salmon is observed; open areas and times must consider conservation concerns for all species in the area;

(2) the department shall close the seine fishery in District 12 north of Point Marsden after 15,000 wild sockeye salmon are harvested by seine vessels that the department identifies as taken north of Point Marsden when other areas are open concurrently through July 22; hatchery-produced sockeye salmon will not count against the 15,000 wild sockeye salmon harvest limit; during the openings, the department will use aerial flyovers, on-the-ground sampling, interviews, and fish tickets to estimate the sockeye salmon harvest north of Point Marsden.

(b) Salmon may be taken during emergency order openings for chum salmon in Excursion Inlet only in waters of Section 14-C north of the latitude of the northern tip of the Porpoise Islands. The commissioner may open the area by emergency order only after consideration of concerns for chum and coho salmon conservation.

(c) The department may allow the operation of purse seines in District 12 south of Point Marsden. Before opening fishing areas and times under this subsection, the department must consider conservation concerns for all salmon species in the area, and

(1) the portion of District 12 within two miles of the Admiralty Island shoreline south of the latitude of Point Hepburn at 57º 56.21' N. lat. and north of the latitude of Fishery Point at 57º 47.36' N. lat. may not open before July 17;

(2) the portion of District 12 within two miles of the Admiralty Island shoreline south of the latitude of Fishery Point at 57º 47.36' N. lat. and north of the latitude of Parker Point at 57º 36.73' N. lat. may not open before July 21.

Notes

5 AAC 33.366

Eff. 6/25/89, Register 110; am 7/26/2003, Register 167; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 5/9/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 6/17/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 4/23/2021, Register 238, July 2021; am 10/16/2022, Register 244, January 2023

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251