5 AAC 33.368 - District 8 King Salmon Management Plan
(a) The purpose of
the management plan in this section is to provide for abundance-based
management of king salmon, reduce the conflicts between commercial and sport
fishermen, and reduce the incidental harvest of steelhead.
(b) District 8 will open on the second Monday
in June, except that from the first Monday in May through the third Monday in
June the commissioner may, by emergency order, open drift gillnet fishing in
the waters of District 8.
(c)
Fishing periods established under this section will begin at 8:00 a.m. and may
not exceed four days a week before the second Monday in June. The commissioner
may not establish fishing periods under this section to occur
(1) on a weekend day;
(2) on a state or federal holiday;
and
(3) after 8:00 a.m. on
Wednesday during the week before the Memorial Day weekend.
(d) In this section, "week" means a calendar
week, a period of time beginning at 12:00:01 a.m. Sunday and ending at 12:00
midnight the following Saturday.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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