Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The management
plan in this section provides guidelines to the department for allocating
Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon between the commercial, sport, and subsistence
fisheries. The department shall manage the Redoubt Bay and Lake sockeye salmon
fisheries to achieve an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 - 25,000 sockeye
salmon. For the purpose of this section, Redoubt Bay consists of the waters of
Redoubt Bay south of 56º 54.71' N. lat.
(b) In the Redoubt Bay and Lake subsistence
salmon fishery,
(1) sockeye salmon may be
taken
(A) from June 1 through August 31;
and
(B) by gaff, dip net, seine,
gillnet, and a hook and line attached to a rod or pole;
(2) a subsistence salmon fishery permit
holder may snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt Bay north (seaward) of a line
approximately 100 yards from the base of the falls as marked by ADF&G
regulatory markers;
(3) unless
otherwise provided in (d) of this section, the possession limit is 10 sockeye
salmon per household, and the annual limit is 50 sockeye salmon per
household.
(c) In the
Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake drainage sport fishery for sockeye salmon,
(1) unless otherwise provided in (d) of this
section, the bag and possession limit for sockeye salmon is four
fish;
(2) from June 1 through July
15, a sport angler may not snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt Bay;
(3) from July 16 through August 31, a
nonresident sport angler may not snag salmon in the waters of Redoubt
Bay.
(d) The department
will manage the Redoubt Bay sockeye salmon fisheries by using in season
escapement counts from the Redoubt Lake weir and historical run timing to
project the total escapement level. To project that level, the department may
also consider other sources of available information, including aerial surveys,
boat surveys, and in season harvest data. Based on the projected total
escapement level, the commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order,
the Redoubt Bay and Lake sockeye salmon fisheries as follows:
(1) when the projected total escapement level
of sockeye salmon is less than 7,000 fish, the commissioner shall close the
commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in Redoubt Bay and Lake for
sockeye salmon;
(2) when the
projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than 7,000 but
not more than 10,000 fish, the commissioner shall,
(A) close the commercial and sport fisheries
in Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake drainage for sockeye salmon, and
(B) in the commissioner's discretion,
(i) reduce the possession limit for the
subsistence sockeye salmon fishery to five sockeye salmon per household and
reduce the annual limit to 25 salmon per household; or
(ii) close the subsistence sockeye salmon
fisheries;
(3)
when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is greater than
20,000 but not more than 30,000 fish, the commissioner shall establish for the
subsistence salmon fishery, a possession limit of 25 salmon per household, and
an annual limit of 50 salmon per household;
(4) when the projected total escapement level
of sockeye salmon is greater than 30,000 fish, the commissioner shall establish
(A) for the subsistence salmon fishery, a
possession limit of 25 salmon per household, and an annual limit of 100 salmon
per household;
(B) for the sport
fishery, a bag and possession limit of six salmon;
(5) in addition to the provisions of (4) of
this subsection, when the projected total escapement level of sockeye salmon is
greater than 40,000 fish, the commissioner may
(A) open portions of Redoubt Bay to a
commercial fishery on sockeye salmon returning to Redoubt Lake;
(B) issue community subsistence permits under
the provisions of (e) of this section.
(e) The following provisions apply to the
department issuance of community harvest permits for the Redoubt Bay community
harvest area described as the waters of Redoubt Bay that are north (seaward) of
a line approximately 150 yards from the base of the falls as marked by
ADF&G regulatory markers:
(1) a community
harvest permit shall list all households for whom the designated community
harvester is fishing;
(2) the
designated community harvester must have in the harvester's possession a
household subsistence harvest permit for each household that is listed on the
community harvest permit;
(3) under
a community harvest permit, the total harvest may not exceed the combined
harvest limits of the households listed on the community harvest permit or a
possession limit of 500 fish, whichever is less;
(4) a person qualified to obtain a
subsistence salmon fishing household permit in the Redoubt Bay fishery may
designate only one community harvester at a time to harvest fish on behalf of
that household;
(5) a designated
community harvester must record on each household subsistence permit, the
number of fish harvested for the household to which the household permit was
issued; the amount may not exceed the possession limit of the household to
which the household permit was issued; and
(6) for the purposes of this section, the
legal gear for harvest under a community harvest permit are a beach seine, hand
purse seine, dip net, gaff, spear, and a hook and line attached to a rod or
pole.
Authority:AS
16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
AS
16.05.330
