5 AAC 18.367 - Eastside Kodiak Salmon Management Plan
(a) The goal of the
Eastside Kodiak Salmon Management Plan is to achieve escapement and harvest
objectives for sockeye, pink, chum, and coho salmon returning to natural
spawning systems located in the Northeast Kodiak and Eastside Kodiak Districts.
The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, commercial fishing
periods under this plan.
(b) In the
Northeast Kodiak District, the
(1) Outer
Chiniak Bay Section shall remain closed until July 6; from July 6 through
August 24, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local and
mixed Kodiak pink salmon; from August 25 through September 5, fishing
opportunities shall be based on runs of local pink and coho salmon; after
September 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local
coho salmon;
(2) Inner Chiniak Bay
Section shall remain closed until July 6; from July 6 through August 24,
fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak
pink and chum salmon; from August 25 through September 5, fishing opportunities
shall be based on the abundance of local pink and coho salmon; after September
5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local coho
salmon;
(3) Buskin River Section
shall remain closed until July 6; from July 6 through July 15, fishing
opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local pink salmon and Buskin
Lake sockeye salmon; from July 16 through August 24, fishing opportunities
shall be based on the abundance of local pink and chum salmon; from August 25
through September 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of
local pink and coho salmon; after September 5, fishing opportunities shall be
based on the abundance of local coho salmon;
(4) Monashka/Mill Bay Section shall remain
closed until July 6; from July 6 through August 24, fishing opportunities shall
be based on the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak pink salmon; from August 25
through September 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of
local pink and coho salmon; after September 5, fishing opportunities shall be
based on the abundance of local coho salmon.
(c) In the Eastside Kodiak District, from
June 1 through June 13, commercial fishing is closed. For the
(1) Seven Rivers, Two Headed, and Sitkalidak
Sections, from June 14 through July 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on
the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak sockeye salmon and there may not be
more than two 33-hour fishing periods; from July 6 through August 24, fishing
opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak pink
and chum salmon; from August 25 through September 5, fishing opportunities
shall be based on the abundance of local pink, chum, and coho salmon; after
September 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local
coho salmon;
(2) Outer Ugak Bay
Section, from June 14 through June 21, fishing opportunities shall be based on
the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak sockeye salmon; from June 22 through
July 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on sockeye salmon bound to the
Pasagshak River; from July 6 through August 24, fishing opportunities shall be
based on the abundance of local and mixed Kodiak pink and chum salmon; from
August 25 through September 5, fishing opportunities shall be based on the
abundance of local pink, chum, and coho salmon; after September 5, fishing
opportunities shall be based on the abundance of late-run chum and coho
salmon;
(3) Inner Ugak Bay Section,
from June 14 through June 21, fishing opportunities shall be based on the
abundance of local and mixed Kodiak sockeye salmon and there may not be more
than two 33-hour fishing periods; from June 22 through July 5, fishing
opportunities shall be based on sockeye salmon bound to Saltery Lake; from July
6 through July 31, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of
local pink, chum, and Saltery Lake sockeye salmon; from August 1 through August
24, fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local pink and
chum salmon; from August 25 through September 5, fishing opportunities shall be
based on the abundance of local pink and coho salmon; after September 5,
fishing opportunities shall be based on the abundance of local coho
salmon.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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