5 AAC 33.520 - Southeastern Alaska Area Eulachon Smelt Management Plan
(a) Eulachon smelt
(thaleichthys pacificus) may be taken in the Southeastern Alaska Area only by a
CFEC permit holder. Before taking eulachon smelt, a CFEC permit holder must
register with the department no later than March 1 of each calendar
year.
(b) Eulachon smelt may be
taken only from 12:01 a.m. March 2 through 11:59 p.m. May 15.
(c) Eulachon smelt may only be taken in the
following areas in the Southeastern Alaska Area:
(1) Unuk River and Klahini River: north of
56ยบ 02' N. lat.;
(2) Chickamin
River: east of a line from Fish Point to Trap Point;
(3) Stikine River: inside of a line from
Babbler Point to Hour Point along the shore of Wrangell Island to Point
Highfield to the southern end of Liesnoi Island to the southern end of Greys
Island to the small island near the eastern entrance of Blind Slough to the
nearest point of Mitkof Island to the prominent point of Mitkof Island nearest
Coney Island to the northern end of Coney Island to a point 500 yards north of
Japanese Creek on the mainland shore;
(4) Bradfield Canal: east of the longitude of
Duck Point.
(d) Eulachon
smelt may only be taken by beach seine, purse seine, hand purse seine, dip net,
or cast net.
(e) The maximum
harvest level for each area described in (f) of this section will be divided
equally among permit holders.
(f)
The maximum harvest levels for the taking of eulachon smelt in the Southeastern
Alaska Area are as follows:
(1) Unuk,
Klahini, and Chickamin Rivers combined: 25,000 pounds;
(2) Bradfield Canal: 5,000 pounds;
(3) Stikine River: 5,000 pounds.
(g) A permit holder who sells
eulachon smelt from the permit holder's vessel or processes the permit holder's
own catch, or a processor who sends unprocessed catch out of the state, must
comply with the permit and reporting requirements of
5
AAC 39.130.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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