5 AAC 18.360 - Cape Igvak Salmon Management Plan
(a) In years when a
harvestable surplus beyond escapement goals for the first (Black Lake) and
second (Chignik Lake) runs of Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected
to be less than 600,000, there will be no commercial salmon fishery allowed in
the Cape Igvak Section, as described in
5 AAC 18.200(g) (8), until a harvest of
300,000 sockeye salmon in the Chignik Area, as described in
5 AAC 15.100, is achieved. After July 8, after at least
300,000 sockeye salmon have been harvested in the Chignik Area, and if
escapement goals are being met, the department shall manage the fishery so that
the number of sockeye salmon harvested in the Chignik Area will be at least
600,000 through July 5 and the harvest in the Cape Igvak Section will approach
as near as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon
catch.
(b) In years when a
harvestable surplus beyond escapement goals for the first and second runs of
Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected to be more than 600,000 through
July 5, but the first run fails to develop as predicted and it is determined
that a total sockeye salmon harvest in the Chignik Area of 600,000 or more
through July 5 may not be achieved, the Cape Igvak Section commercial salmon
fishery will be curtailed in order to allow at least a minimum harvest in the
Chignik Area of 600,000 sockeye salmon through July 5 if that number offish are
determined to be surplus to the escapement goals of the Chignik River system.
After at least 300,000 sockeye salmon have been harvested in the Chignik Area,
and if escapement goals are being met, the department shall manage the fishery
so that the number of sockeye salmon harvested in the Chignik Area will be at
least 600,000 through July 5 and the harvest in the Cape Igvak Section will
approach as near as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon
catch.
(c) In years when a
harvestable surplus beyond the escapement goals for the first and second runs
of Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected to be more than 600,000
through July 5 and the department determines the runs are as strong as
expected, the department will manage the fishery in such a manner whereby the
number of sockeye salmon taken in the Cape Igvak Section will approach as near
as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon catch.
(d) The total Chignik sockeye salmon catch
constitutes those sockeye salmon caught within the Chignik Area plus 80 percent
of the sockeye salmon caught in the East Stepovak, Southwest Stepovak, Stepovak
Flats, Balboa Bay, and Beaver Bay Sections, as described in
5 AAC 09.200(f), plus 90 percent of the
sockeye salmon caught in the Cape Igvak Section. The harvest in the Cape Igvak
Section at any time through July 5 may be permitted to fluctuate above or below
7.5 percent of the cumulative Chignik sockeye salmon catch.
(e) This allocation method will be in effect
through July 5. The first fishing period of the commercial salmon fishing
season in the Cape Igvak Section will not occur before the first fishing period
of the commercial salmon fishing season in the Chignik Area.
(f) During the period from approximately June
26 through July 5, the strength of the second run of Chignik River system
sockeye salmon cannot be evaluated. In order to prevent overharvest of the
second run, commercial salmon fishing in the Cape Igvak Section will, in the
department's discretion, be disallowed or severely restricted during this
period.
(g) The department shall
announce commercial salmon fishing periods by emergency order. The department
shall give at least one-day notice prior to the opening of a commercial salmon
fishing period unless it is an extension of a fishing period in
progress.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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