5 AAC 40.041 - Herring Bay Special Harvest Area - Ketchikan
(a) There is
established a Herring Bay Special Harvest Area for the Southern Southeast
Regional Aquaculture Association Whitman Lake Hatchery, consisting of the
waters of Herring Creek and Cove bound by the hatchery water outlet and a line
from a point of land on George Inlet at the east side of Lot 39, USS 3397,
bearing 18ยบ 12' to a point of land on the southern edge of Lot 91, USS
2403.
(b) A hatchery permit holder
harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions
of 5 AAC 33.310. The open fishing
season within the Herring Bay Special Harvest Area 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 for the hatchery permit holder
in the special harvest area is beach seine, purse seine, and dip net. Gillnets
may be used by the hatchery operator in the special harvest area for taking
king and coho salmon broodstock.
(d) That portion of the special harvest area
between the hatchery outlet and the terminus of Herring Creek may be closed to
sport fishing. The remainder of the special harvest area may not be closed to
sport fishing unless hatchery broodstock needs are jeopardized.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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