5 AAC 40.071 - District 9: Gunnuk Creek Special Harvest Area
(a) The Gunnuk
Creek Special Harvest Area consists of the waters of Keku Strait enclosed by a
line from a point about one-third mile northwest of Kake at 56º 58.95' N.
lat., 133º 57.42' W. long. to the southernmost tip of the southern
Mosquito Island to the northwest tip of Hamilton Island to Wooten's Dock at
56º 57.55' N. lat., 133º 54.70' W. long.
(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting
salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of
5 AAC 33.310. The commissioner shall open and close, by
emergency order, fishing periods for the hatchery permit holder to harvest
salmon returning to the Gunnuk Creek salmon hatchery.
(c) The commissioner shall open and close, by
emergency order, fishing periods for common property fisheries to harvest
excess salmon returning to the Gunnuk Creek salmon hatchery.
(d) Notwithstanding
5 AAC 33.330, legal gear types for the hatchery permit
holder in the special harvest area are beach seine, purse seine, gillnet, and
troll gear.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.10.440
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