Section 5.33.377. District 2: Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan.

	(a)  The management plan in this section allows for a harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon in the Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area by the purse seine and troll fleets.  
	(b)  The department, in consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA), shall manage the Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area from June 15 through September 30 to provide for the harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon by purse seine and troll gear, unless closed earlier by emergency order. The Kendrick Bay Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Kendrick Bay west of 131_ 59' W. long. and the waters of McLean Arm west of 131_ 57.80' W. long.  
	(c)  The commissioner, by emergency order, shall close the area described in (b) of this section to personal use and sport fishing if those fisheries are jeopardizing the attainment of the hatchery's chum salmon escapement goal.  
	(d)  The department shall include the following conditions in a personal use salmon fishing permit issued under 5 AAC 77.682 for the area described in (b) of this section:  
		(1) salmon may be taken for personal use only by drift gillnets:  
		(2) a drift gillnet operated for personal use may not exceed 50 fathoms in length; and  
		(3) the annual bag and possession limit for personal use is 25 salmon.  

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.251

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 5/31/2009, Register 190; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 5/9/2015, Register 214