Current through August 30, 2024
(a) In the Northern
Southeast Inside Subdistrict, the department will set the annual guideline
harvest limit for the taking of sablefish based on information available to the
department, including estimates of sablefish biomass.
(b) In the Southern Southeast Inside
Subdistrict, the department will set the annual guideline harvest limit for the
taking of sablefish based on information available to the department, including
estimates of sablefish biomass.
(c)
The guideline harvest levels for the taking of rockfish are as follows:
(1) in the Southeast Outside Subdistrict,
(A) the annual allowable catch of demersal
shelf rockfish is calculated based on the federal total allowable catch (TAC)
of demersal shelf rockfish, with 84 percent allocated to the commercial
fisheries and 16 percent allocated to the sport fisheries after the estimated
subsistence harvest has been subtracted from the TAC;
(B) the directed commercial demersal shelf
rockfish quota is calculated based on the commercial allocation of the TAC
after estimated bycatch mortality is deducted;
(2) in the directed taking of demersal shelf
rockfish in the remaining waters of the Southeast District,
(A) for the Southern Southeast Inside
Subdistrict: not more than 110,000 pounds round weight;
(B) in the Northern Southeast Inside
Subdistrict: not more than 110,000 pounds round weight;
(3) for the directed taking of black rockfish
in the Southeast District, the guideline harvest limits are as follows:
(A) Southern Southeast Outer Coast Sector:
not more than 125,000 pounds round weight;
(B) Central Southeast Outside Section: not
more than 100,000 pounds round weight;
(C) Northern Southeast Outside Section: not
more than 50,000 pounds round weight;
(D) East Yakutat Section: not more than
25,000 pounds round weight;
(E) Icy
Bay Subdistrict: not more than 25,000 pounds round weight.
(d) The guideline harvest ranges
or limits for the taking of flatfish (flounder and sole) in the Northern and
Southern Southeast Inside Subdistricts are as follows:
(1) in waters of Sumner Strait north and east
of a line from Mitchell Point to Point St. John, west of a line from the tip of
Low Point to the tip of Point Alexander, south of a line from Point Alexander
to the southern tip of Woewodski Island, and south of the latitude of the
northernmost tip of Butterworth Island in Duncan Canal: 100,000 - 350,000
pounds round weight;
(2) in waters
of Zimovia Strait and Anita Bay south of the latitude of Nemo Point and north
of the latitude of Village Island: 20,000 - 100,000 pounds round
weight;
(3) in waters of Sumner
Strait, Stikine Strait, and Eastern Passage north and east of a line from Point
Howe to Neal Point to Woronkofski Point to Point Highfield, north and west of a
line from Babbler Point to Hour Point, and south of the latitude of Blaquiere
Point: 0 - 150,000 pounds round weight;
(4) in waters of Keku Strait and Port Camden
south and east of a line from Point Macartney to Cornwallis Point and west of a
line from Point Camden to Salt Point: 100,000 - 350,000 pounds round
weight;
(5) in the remaining waters
of the Northern Southeast Inside and Southern Southeast Inside Subdistricts:
not more than 30,000 pounds round weight.
(e) In the Southeast District, the department
shall announce, before the season, the annual guideline harvest level (GHL) for
lingcod in each management area based on historical fishery performance data
and population trends. Each GHL will be within the following ranges, in round
pounds:
(1) Icy Bay Subdistrict 0 - 100,000
(2) East Yakutat Section 0 - 225,000
(3) Northern Southeast Outside Section 0 - 40,000
(4) Central Southeast Outside Section 0 - 240,000
(5) Southern Southeast Outer Coast Sector 0 - 167,000
(6) Southern Southeast Internal Waters Sector 0 - 52,000
(7) Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict 0 - 32,000
(f) The guideline
harvest range for the taking of Pacific cod in the Southern and Northern
Southeast Inside Subdistricts combined is 750,000 - 1,250,000 pounds round
weight.
Authority:AS
16.05.251
