Section 5.01.760. Redoubt Bay and Lake Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Management Plan.

	(a)  The management plan in this section provides guidelines to the department for allocating Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon between the commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries. The department shall manage the Redoubt Bay and Lake sockeye salmon fisheries to achieve an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 - 25,000 sockeye salmon. For the purpose of this section, Redoubt Bay consists of the waters of Redoubt Bay south of 56_ 54.71' N. lat.  
	(b)  In the Redoubt Bay and Lake subsistence salmon fishery,  
		(1) sockeye salmon may be taken  
			(A) from June 1 through August 31; and  
			(B) by gaff, spear, dip net, and a hook and line attached to a rod or pole;  
		(2) a subsistence salmon fishery permit holder may snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt Bay north (seaward) of a line approximately 100 yards from the base of the falls as marked by ADF&G regulatory markers;  
		(3) unless otherwise provided in (d) of this section, the possession limit is 10 sockeye salmon per household, and the annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon per household.  
	(c)  In the Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake drainage sport fishery for sockeye salmon,  
		(1) unless otherwise provided in (d) of this section, the bag and possession limit for sockeye salmon is four fish;  
		(2) from June 1 through July 15, a sport angler may not snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt Bay;  
		(3) from July 16 through August 31, a nonresident sport angler may not snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt Bay.  
	(d)  The department will manage the Redoubt Bay sockeye salmon fisheries by using inseason escapement counts from the Redoubt Lake weir and historical run timing to project the total escapement level. To project that level, the department may also consider other sources of available information, including aerial surveys, boat surveys, and inseason harvest data. Based on the projected total escapement level, the commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, the Redoubt Bay and Lake sockeye salmon fisheries as follows:  
		(1) when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is less than 7,000 fish, the commissioner shall close the commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in Redoubt Bay and Lake for sockeye salmon;  
		(2) when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than 7,000 but not more than 10,000 fish, the commissioner shall,  
			(A) close the commercial and sport fisheries in Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake drainage for sockeye salmon; and  
			(B) in the commissioner's discretion,  
				(i) reduce the possession limit for the subsistence sockeye salmon fishery to five sockeye salmon per household and reduce the annual limit to 25 salmon per household; or  
				(ii) close the subsistence sockeye salmon fisheries;  
		(3) when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than 20,000 but not more than 30,000 fish, the commissioner shall establish for the subsistence salmon fishery, a possession limit of 25 salmon per household, and an annual limit of 50 salmon per household;  
		(4) when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than 30,000 fish, the commissioner shall establish  
			(A) for the subsistence salmon fishery, a possession limit of 25 salmon per household, and an annual limit of 100 salmon per household;  
			(B) for the sport fishery, a bag and possession limit of six salmon;  
		(5) in addition to the provisions of (4) of this subsection, when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than 40,000 fish, the commissioner may  
			(A) open portions of Redoubt Bay to a commercial fishery on sockeye salmon returning to Redoubt Lake;  
			(B) issue community subsistence permits under the provisions of (e) of this section.  
	(e)  The following provisions apply to the department issuance of community harvest permits for the Redoubt Bay community harvest area described as the waters of Redoubt Bay that are south of 56_ 54.71' N. lat. and west of 135_ 18.88' W. long.:  
		(1) a community harvest permit shall list all households for whom the designated community harvester is fishing;  
		(2) the designated community harvester must have in the harvester's possession a household subsistence harvest permit for each household that is listed on the community harvest permit;  
		(3) under a community harvest permit, the total harvest may not exceed the combined harvest limits of the households listed on the community harvest permit or a possession limit of 500 fish, whichever is less;  
		(4) a person qualified to obtain a subsistence salmon fishing household permit in the Redoubt Bay fishery may designate only one community harvester at a time to harvest fish on behalf of that household;  
		(5) a designated community harvester must record on each household subsistence permit, the number of fish harvested for the household to which the household permit was issued; the amount may not exceed the possession limit of the household to which the household permit was issued; and  
		(6) for the purposes of this section, the legal gear for harvest under a community harvest permit are a beach seine, dip net, gaff, spear, and a hook and line attached to a rod or pole.  

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.251;16.05.258;16.05.330

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 01.745
5 AAC 47.021
5 AAC 47.023

Authority

AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258 AS 16.05.330 ________________________

History

Eff. 7/18/2003, Register 167; am 7/26/2003, Register 167; am 6/5/2016, Register 218