Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 24 - Prince William Sound Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 24.363 - Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery Management Plan

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 24.363

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The department, in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Cannery Creek Subdistrict to achieve the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation's escapement goal for the Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery.

(b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 24.320 and 5 AAC 24.330, and except as otherwise provided by emergency order, a corporation holding a permit under AS 16.10.400 for the Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery, and an agent, contractor, or employee of that corporation who is authorized under 5 AAC 40.005(g), may harvest salmon within the Cannery Creek Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. July 7 through 6:00 p.m. September 15, using purse seines, hand purse seines, and beach seines.

(c) The Cannery Creek Hatchery harvest areas are as follows:

(1) Cannery Creek Terminal Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the Northern District north and east of a line from 61º 00.97' N. lat., 147º 33.12' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60º 59.79' N. lat., 147º 32.40' W. long., excluding the Cannery Creek Hatchery Special Harvest Area;

(2) Cannery Creek Special Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the Northern District north and east of a line from 61º 00.97' N. lat., 147º 32.62' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60º 59.96' N. lat., 147º 31.48' W. long.

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

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