5 AAC 18.395 - Retention of king salmon taken in a commercial fishery
(a) In the Inner
Karluk, Outer Karluk, Inner Ayakulik, and Outer Ayakulik Sections, if the
department determines that the king salmon runs will not meet seasonal
escapement goals, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the
commercial salmon fishery and immediately reopen the commercial salmon fishery,
during which king salmon 28 inches or greater in length may not be retained,
and king salmon 28 inches or greater in length taken incidentally in the
commercial salmon fishery must be returned to the water unharmed.
(b) Before July 30, if the department
projects that the Karluk River biological escapement goal will not be met and
the sport fishery is restricted in the Karluk watershed to the nonretention of
king salmon or the sport fishery for king salmon is closed, the commissioner
shall, by emergency order, close the commercial salmon seine fishery season in
the waters south of a line from Cape Kuliuk at 57° 48.20' N. lat., to the
southern boundary of the Inner Ayakulik Section by the latitude of Low Cape,
and immediately reopen a commercial salmon seine fishery season during which
(1) king salmon 28 inches or greater in
length may not be retained; and
(2)
king salmon 28 inches or greater in length taken incidentally must be returned
to the water unharmed.
(c) In addition to the other provisions in
this section, in the Kodiak Area, from June 1 through July 5, king salmon 28
inches or greater in length taken during the commercial salmon seine fishery
may not be retained and must be immediately returned to the water.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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