Section 5.40.037. Nerka Corporation Special Harvest Area - Perry Island.  


Latest version.
  • 	(a)  There is established the Nerka Corporation Special Harvest Area, consisting of all waters of South Bay, Perry Island, enclosed by a line from Meares Point Light on the west side of the bay easterly two nautical miles to an exposed reef and the north one-half mile to the east side of the bay.  
    	(b)  A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 24.310 - 5 AAC 24.320 except as may be specifically provided by emergency order. The hatchery permit holder may harvest salmon within the special harvest area during periods opened and closed by emergency order.  
    	(c)  Notwithstanding 5 AAC 24.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area is a set gillnet. However, if the commissioner and the permit holder determine that set gillnet gear is unsatisfactory, the commissioner may open the special harvest area for hatchery harvest with beach seine or purse seine.  
    

Authorities

16.05.050;16.05.060;16.05.251;16.05.920;16.10.420;44.62.125

Notes


Authority
AS 16.05.050 AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.920 AS 16.10.420 - 16.10.440 Publisher's note: In Register 214, July, 2015, under the authority of AS 44.62.125(b), the regulations attorney made a change in capitalization and a change in the authority line.
History
In effect before 1988