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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
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Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
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Chapter 5.27. Herring Fishery. |
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Article 5.27.4. Southeastern Alaska Area (Registration Area A). |
Section 5.27.190. Herring Management Plan for Southeastern Alaska Area.
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For the management of herring fisheries in the Southeastern Alaska Area, the department (1) shall identify stocks of herring on a spawning area basis; (2) shall establish minimum spawning biomass thresholds below which fishing will not be allowed; (3) shall assess the abundance of mature herring for each stock before allowing fishing to occur; (4) except as provided elsewhere, may allow a harvest of herring at an exploitation rate between 10 percent and 20 percent of the estimated spawning biomass when that biomass is above the minimum threshold level; (5) may identify and consider sources of mortality in setting harvest guideline; (6) by emergency order, may modify fishing periods to minimize incidental mortalities during commercial fisheries.
Authorities
16.05.060;16.05.251