5 AAC 40.032 - District 11 and District 15: Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Special Harvest Area

(a) The following special harvest areas are established for Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC):

(1) Gastineau Channel Special Harvest Area: the waters east of 134º 29.25' W. long. (near Salmon Creek) and west of 134º 17.38' W. long. (approximately one mile north of Dupont Dock);

(2) Amalga Harbor Special Harvest Area: the waters enclosed by a line from the Shrine of St. Terese to the southernmost tip of Bird Island to the northernmost tip of Gull Island to a point on the eastern mainland shore at 58º 30.80' N. lat.;

(3) Boat Harbor Special Harvest Area: the waters within one mile of the western shoreline of Lynn Canal south of 58º 40' N. lat. to a point 2.4 miles north of Point Whidbey at 58º 37.05' N. lat., including the waters inside Boat Harbor;

(4) Speel Arm Special Harvest Area: the waters of Speel Arm north of 58º 03.42' N. lat.

(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area under the terms of the hatchery permit is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310. The open fishing season within the DIPAC Gastineau Channel, Amalga Harbor, and Speel Arm Special Harvest Areas, for the hatchery permit holder is from June 1 through October 31. Additional fishing periods may be established by emergency order.

(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear types for the hatchery permit holder in a special harvest area are purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, fyke net, drift gillnet, set gillnet, and dip net, and troll gear.

Notes

5 AAC 40.032

In effect 1984; am 9/22/84, Register 91; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 10/1/98, Register 147; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 9/19/2019,Register 231, August 2019

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

AS 16.10.440