Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery
Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T)
5 AAC 27.834 - Togiak District Herring Spawn on Kelp Management Plan

(a) The Togiak District herring spawn-on-kelp harvest may not exceed 350,000 pounds. A herring spawn-on-kelp harvest of 350,000 pounds is equivalent to the production from 1,500 short tons of herring. The biomass of herring that produces the equivalent of the herring spawn-on-kelp harvest must be included in the calculation of the exploitation rate on the herring population as specified in 5 AAC 27.865(b)(4).

(b) The department shall base an emergency order opening of the Togiak District herring spawn-on-kelp fishery on the density and distribution of observed spawn on kelp.

(c) The department shall implement a two- to three-year rotation of harvest areas.

(d) The department shall time each herring spawn-on-kelp harvest in order to ensure the best quality product.