(a) The following are guideline harvest
ranges for the taking of shrimp by beam trawls in Registration Area A:
(1) District 3: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
the entire fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(2) District 5: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
the entire fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(3) District 6, that portion north of a line
from Mitchell Point to Point St. John: 80,000 - 400,000 pounds for each open
period specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(4) District 6, that portion south of a line
from Mitchell Point to Point St. John: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire
fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4);
(5) District 7, in Eastern Channel west of
132º 06.50' W. long.: 15,000 - 50,000 pounds for each open period
specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(6) District 7, except in Eastern Channel
west of 132º 06.50' W. long.: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire
fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(7) District 8: 25,000 - 250,000 pounds for
each open period specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (1);
(8) District 9: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
the entire fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(9) District 10, that portion east of the
longitude and south of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Fanshaw:
5,000 - 75,000 pounds for each open period specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(10) District 10, that portion west of the
longitude and north of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Fanshaw:
25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire fishing season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4);
(11) District 11, for the entire fishing
season specified in
5
AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4) for each
section as follows:
(A) Section 11-A: 25,000
- 75,000 pounds;
(B) Section 11-B:
25,000 - 75,000 pounds;
(C) Section
11-C: 25,000 - 75,000 pounds;
(D)
Section 11-D: 50,000 - 150,000 pounds.
(b) The following are the bycatch limits that
apply to the taking of spot and coonstripe shrimp that are less than 60 count
per pound, based on whole weight, by beam trawl in Registration Area A:
(1) District 1:
(A) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(B) 1,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(2) District 3:
(A) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(B) 3,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(3) District 5:
(A) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(B) 1,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(4) District 6:
(A) in that portion north of a line from
Mitchell Point to Point St. John:
(i) 1,000
pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 9,000
pounds of coonstripe shrimp;
(B) in that portion south of a line from
Mitchell Point to Point St. John:
(i) 1,000
pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 1,000
pounds of coonstripe shrimp;
(5) District 7:
(A) in that portion of the Eastern Passage
west of 132º 06.50' W. long.:
(i) 1,000
pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 1,000
pounds of coonstripe shrimp;
(B) in the remaining portion of Eastern
Passage west of 132º 06.50' W. long.:
(i) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 2,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(6)
District 8:
(A) 6,000 pounds of spot
shrimp;
(B) 10,000 pounds of
coonstripe shrimp;
(7)
District 9:
(A) 2,000 pounds of spot
shrimp;
(B) 2,000 pounds of
coonstripe shrimp;
(8)
District 10:
(A) in that portion east of the
longitude and south of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Fanshaw:
(i) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 3,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(B) in that
portion west of the longitude and north of the latitude of the westernmost tip
of Cape Fanshaw:
(i) 2,000 pounds of spot
shrimp;
(ii) 7,000 pounds of
coonstripe shrimp;
(9) District 11:
(A) in Sections 11-A and 11-B combined;
(i) 1,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(ii) 4,000 pounds of coonstripe
shrimp;
(B) in Sections
11-C and 11-D combined;
(i) 1,000 pounds of
spot shrimp;
(ii) 1,000 pounds of
coonstripe shrimp.
(c) In the districts specified in (b) of this
section, a beam trawl permit holder must retain, weigh, and report all spot and
coonstripe shrimp that are less than 60 count per pound, based on the whole
weight of the shrimp. Except in District 11, the permit holder must weigh and
report as bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket all spot and coonstripe
shrimp less than 60 count per pound and in excess of 10 percent whole weight of
all targeted shrimp species on board the vessel. A permit holder shall
surrender to the state the proceeds from the sale of spot and coonstripe shrimp
that are less than 60 count per pound and that exceed the 10 percent bycatch
level.
(d) If the cumulative
harvest of spot or coonstripe shrimp taken during a fishing season for any
district reaches the bycatch level specified in (b) of this section, the permit
holder shall retain, weigh, sell, and report on an ADF&G fish ticket, all
harvest of spot and coonstripe shrimp taken that are less than 60 count per
pound. The permit holder shall surrender to the state all proceeds from the
sale of bycatch that exceeds these limits.
