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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 5.27.934. Wild herring spawn-on-kelp harvest specifications and operations for the Norton Sound District.
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(a) A person may take wild herring spawn on kelp (not in pounds) in the Norton Sound District only from Canal Point Light to Wood Point and only as follows: (1) wild herring spawn on kelp may be taken only during periods established by emergency order; (2) wild herring spawn on kelp may be taken only by hand picking and by a hand-held rake; (3) only a holder of a valid CFEC Norton Sound limited entry or interim-use herring permit may harvest wild herring spawn on kelp under this section; participation includes harvesting wild herring spawn on kelp by hand or hand-held rake, placing wild herring spawn on kelp in containers at the point of harvest, and transporting the containers of wild herring spawn on kelp to a registered buyer or tender; (4) a person that participates in the wild herring spawn-on-kelp fishery may not also participate in the gillnet, beach seine herring sac roe fishery, or the herring pound spawn-on-kelp fishery in the Norton Sound District during the same year; (5) all wild herring spawn on kelp harvested in the Norton Sound District must be in containers at the close of the fishing period. (b) For the purposes of this section, "container" means a boat, bucket, sack, tarp, or other object used to hold herring spawn on kelp for the purpose of transporting it to a registered buyer or tender.
Authorities
16.05.060;16.05.251