Section 5.31.235. Closed waters in Registration Area E.

	(a)  The following waters are closed to the taking of shrimp with trawl gear:  
		(1) waters enclosed by a line from Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, a line from Cape Hinchinbrook Light to Seal Rocks Light to Zaikof Point at 60_ 18.48' N. lat., 146_ 55.10' W. long., and by a line from a point at 60_ 11.00' N. lat., 147_ 20.00' W. long. on the northwest side of Montague Island, north to a point at 60_ 30.00' N. lat., 147_ 20.00' W. long., then east to a point at 60_ 30.00' N. lat., 147_ 00.00' W. long., then northeast to Knowles Head at 60_ 41.00' N. lat., 146_ 37.50' W. long.;  
		(2) the waters east of a line from Porcupine Point at 60_ 44.60' N. lat., 146_ 42.10' W. long. in Port Fidalgo to the southernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60_ 48.30' N. lat., 146_ 47.90' W. long. to the northernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60_ 52.90' N. lat., 146_ 46.00' W. long. to Rocky Point at 60_ 57.00' N. lat., 146_ 46.20' W. long.;  
		(3) waters of Port Gravina north of a line from Gravina Point at 60_ 37.37' N, lat., 147_ 15.22' W. long. to Red Head at 60_ 40.25' N. lat., 147_ 30.22' W. long.;  
		(4) waters of Port Valdez north of 61_ 01.00' N. lat.  
	(b)  The following waters are closed to the taking of shrimp with pot gear:  
		(1) waters enclosed by a line from the north entrance to Pigot Bay at 60_ 49.98' N. lat., 148_ 18.96' W. long., to Point Culross at 60_ 45.42' N. lat., 148_ 08.88' W. long., to the southernmost point of Culross Island at 60_ 37.68' N. lat., 148_ 10.08' W. long., then south to the northwest corner of Applegate Island at 60_ 37.56' N. lat., 148_ 09.38' W. long., and north of a line from the southernmost tip of Applegate Island at 60_ 37.08' N. lat., 148_ 09.12' W. long. westward to the mainland of 60_ 37.08' N. lat.;  
		(2) waters north of a line from Flent Point at 60_ 56.52' N. lat., 147_ 08.34' W. long. to a point on Bligh Island at 60_ 48.96' N. lat., 146_ 48.96' W. long., and north of a line from a point on the southeast shore of Bligh Island at 60_ 48.36' N. lat., 146_ 47.40' W. long. to Graveyard Point at 60_ 48.60' N. lat., 146_ 33.42' W. long.;  
		(3) waters south of a line from Point Grace at 60_ 04.80' N. lat., 147_ 51.00' W. long. to a point on the northern end of Latouche Island at 60_ 06.66' N. lat., 147_ 53.34' W. long., a line from a point on the south end of Latouche Island at 59_ 56.34' N. lat., 148_ 02.28' W. long. to a point on the south end of Elrington Island at 59_ 55.92' N. lat., 148_ 12.78' W. long., and a line from Lonetree Point Light at 59_ 58.97' N. lat., 148_ 12.00' W. long. to a point on the south entrance to Squirrel Bay on Evans Island at 59_ 59.82' N. lat., 148_ 09.42' W. long.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 9/12/97, Register 143; am 8/23/2009, Register 191; am 6/20/2010, Register 194; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 5/24/2015, Register 214