Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
Chapter 5.40. Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
Article 5.40.2. Special Harvest Areas. |
Section 5.40.071. District 9: Gunnuk Creek Special Harvest Area.
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(a) The Gunnuk Creek Special Harvest Area consists of the waters of Keku Strait enclosed by a line from a point about one-third mile northwest of Kake at 56_ 58.95' N. lat., 133_ 57.42' W. long. to the southernmost tip of the southern Mosquito Island to the northwest tip of Hamilton Island to Wooten's Dock at 56_ 57.55' N. lat., 133_ 54.70' W. long. (b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310. The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing periods for the hatchery permit holder to harvest salmon returning to the Gunnuk Creek salmon hatchery. (c) The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing periods for common property fisheries to harvest excess salmon returning to the Gunnuk Creek salmon hatchery. (d) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear types for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area are beach seine, purse seine, gillnet, and troll gear.
Authorities
16.05.060;16.05.251;16.10.440
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AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251 AS 16.10.440History
Eff. 6/28/97, Register 142; am 3/11/2001, Register 157