5 AAC 29.080 - Management of the winter salmon troll fishery
(a) The department
shall manage the winter salmon troll fishery so that the harvest of king salmon
does not exceed a guideline harvest level of 45,000 non-Alaska
hatchery-produced fish, with a guideline harvest range of 43,000 - 47,000
non-Alaska hatchery-produced fish, plus the number or Alaska hatchery king
salmon harvested during the winter troll fishery. In this subsection,
"non-Alaska hatchery-produced fish" means king salmon not originating from a
hatchery in this state.
(b) Except
in areas closed by emergency order or in the waters specified in
5 AAC 29.150, king
salmon may be taken in all waters of Alaska east of the winter boundary line
described in
5
AAC 29.020(b), with the following
exceptions:
(1) in District 1, the waters of
Behm Canal in Section 1-D between a line from Nose Point to Snail Point and a
line from Cactus Point to Point Eva are closed;
(2) in District 8, the waters of the Stikine
River inside a line from Babbler Point to Hour Point, along the shore of
Wrangell Island to Point Highfield to the southernmost tip of Liesnoi Island to
the southernmost tip 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 northernmost tip
of Coney Island, to a point 500 yards north of Japanese Creek on the mainland
shore are closed;
(3) in District
11, king salmon may be taken only
(A) in
Section 11-A west of a line from Outer Point to Point Louisa and south and east
of a line from Salisbury Point to Point Tantallion, from the opening of the
winter fishery, specified in
5 AAC
29.070(b), through April
14;
(B) in Sections 11-B, 11-C, and
11-D, except that king salmon may be taken in Section 11-B north of the
latitude of Graves Point Light only from the opening of the winter fishery,
specified in
5 AAC
29.070(b), through March
31;
(4) in District 15,
king salmon may be taken only in Sections 15-A and 15-C.
(c) A CFEC permit holder that participates in
the winter salmon troll fishery must offload all fish from the CFEC permit
holder's vessel before participating in the spring salmon troll
fishery.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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