Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery
Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound)
5 AAC 31.235 - Closed waters in Registration Area E

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 31.235

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The following waters are closed to the taking of shrimp with trawl gear:

(1) waters enclosed by a line from Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, a line from Cape Hinchinbrook Light to Seal Rocks Light to Zaikof Point at 60° 18.48' N. lat., 146° 55.10' W. long., and by a line from a point at 60° 11.00' N. lat., 147° 20.00' W. long. on the northwest side of Montague Island, north to a point at 60° 30.00' N. lat., 147° 20.00' W. long., then east to a point at 60° 30.00' N. lat., 147° 00.00' W. long., then northeast to Knowles Head at 60° 41.00' N. lat., 146° 37.50' W. long.;

(2) the waters east of a line from Porcupine Point at 60° 44.60' N. lat., 146° 42.10' W. long. in Port Fidalgo to the southernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60° 48.30' N. lat., 146° 47.90' W. long. to the northernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60° 52.90' N. lat., 146° 46.00' W. long. to Rocky Point at 60° 57.00' N. lat., 146° 46.20' W. long.;

(3) waters of Port Gravina north of a line from Gravina Point at 60° 37.37' N, lat., 147° 15.22' W. long, to Red Head at 60° 40.25' N. lat., 146° 30.22' W. long.;

(4) waters of Port Valdez north of 61° 01.00' N. lat.

(b) The following waters are closed to the taking of shrimp with pot gear:

(1) waters enclosed by a line from the north entrance to Pigot Bay at, 148° 18.96' W. long., to Point Culross at 60° 45.42' N. lat., 148° 08.88' W. long., to the southernmost point of Culross Island at 60° 37.68' N. lat., 148° 10.08' W. long., then south to the northwest corner of Applegate Island at 60° 37.56' N. lat., 148° 09.38' W. long., and north of a line from the southernmost tip of Applegate Island at 60° 37.08' N. lat., 148° 09.12' W. long. westward to the mainland of 60° 37.08' N. lat.;

(2) waters north of a line from Flent Point at 60° 56.52' N. lat., 147° 08.34' W. long. to a point on Bligh Island at 60° 48.96' N. lat., 146° 48.96' W. long., and north of a line from a point on the southeast shore of Bligh Island at 60° 48.36' N. lat., 146° 47.40' W. long. to Graveyard Point at 60° 48.60' N. lat., 146° 33.42' W. long.;

(3) waters south of a line from Point Grace at 60° 04.80' N. lat., 147° 51.00' W. long.j to a point on the northern end of Evans Island at 60° 06.66' N. lat., 147° 53.34' W. long., a line from a point on the south end of Latouche Island at 59° 56.34' N. lat., 148° 02.28' W. long.a to a point on the south end of Elrington Island at 59° 55.92' N. lat., 148° 12.78' W. long., and a line from Lonetree Point Light at 59° 58.97' N. lat., 148° 12.00' W. long.a to a point on the south entrance to Squirrel Bay on Evans Island at 59° 59.82' N. lat., 148° 09.42' W. long.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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