5 AAC 39.210 - Management plan for high impact emerging fisheries
(a) To guide
management of high impact emerging commercial fisheries, a plan is needed that
ensures resource conservation, minimizes impacts on existing users, and
provides orderly development of new fishery resources.
(b) The department may regulate a commercial
fishery as a high impact emerging commercial fishery if the commissioner
determines that any of the following conditions apply to a species or species
group in an area or region:
(1) harvesting
effort has recently increased beyond a low sporadic level;
(2) interest has been expressed in harvesting
the resource by more than a single user group;
(3) the level of harvest might be approaching
a level that might not be sustainable on a local or regional level;
(4) the board has not developed comprehensive
regulations to address issues of conservation, allocation, and conduct of an
orderly fishery.
(c) The
commissioner shall notify the board if a determination is made to manage a
fishery as a high impact emerging fishery.
(d) The department shall close a high impact
emerging commercial fishery once it has been designated as such by the
commissioner, and may not reopen the fishery until an interim management plan
and associated regulations have been adopted by the commissioner. If an interim
management plan and regulations have been adopted, the commissioner may allow
the fishery to continue.
(e) The
department shall develop an interim management plan for each high impact
emerging commercial fishery. An interim management plan shall contain at least
the following information:
(1) a review of
the history of commercial exploitation of the species in Alaska and other
relevant jurisdictions;
(2) a
review of the life history of the organism;
(3) identification of specific management
goals and objectives;
(4) an
evaluation of potential impacts on existing users;
(5) designation and justification of the
preferred management measures;
(6)
an evaluation of the conservation impacts of the preferred management approach
on non-target species and on non-target individuals of the same
species;
(7) a plan for determining
the productivity of the species and impact of the fishery;
(8) a list of proposed interim
regulations;
(9) a cost estimate
for plan implementation;
(10) an
analysis of customary and traditional subsistence use patterns.
(f) The commissioner may adopt
regulations and open the fishery consistent with measures identified in the
interim management plan. The regulations will remain in effect until the board
adopts regulations under (g) of this section.
(g) Upon completion of an interim plan, the
department shall petition the board under
5
AAC 96.625 to consider adoption of the management plan
and associated regulations at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
(h) The department may require onboard
observers as specified in
5
AAC 39.141 and
5
AAC 39.645 on fishing vessels, catcher-processors, and
floating processors that participate in high impact emerging commercial
fisheries.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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