Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 40 - Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Article 2 - Special Harvest Areas
5 AAC 40.030 - District 13: Sheldon Jackson Special Harvest Areas
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 40.030
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) There are established under the provisions of 5 AAC 40.005 the following Sheldon Jackson Special Harvest Areas:
(1) the Sheldon Jackson
Hatchery Special Harvest Area for pink, chum, and king salmon consists of the
waters of Crescent Bay and Eastern Anchorage enclosed by a line from the
northernmost end of the John O'Connell Bridge to the southernmost end of the
bridge to the northeasternmost tips of Aleutski Island, Turning Island, Kutkan
Island, and Morne Island, to the Twin Islands Light, to a point on the Baranof
Island shore at 57° 02.68' N. lat., 135° 18.90' W. long., and will be
open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. July 20 until
11:59 p.m. September 15;
(2) the
Sheldon Jackson Hatchery Special Harvest Area for coho salmon consists of all
waters enclosed by a line from the southeast corner of the Crescent Harbor
breakwater at 57° 02.95' N. lat., 135° 19.50' W. long. to a point on
the beach approximately 150 yards southeast of the hatchery stream outlet at
57° 02.92' N. lat., 135° 19.38' W. long., and will be open for harvest
by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. August 15 until 11:59 p.m.
October 31.
(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310.
(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear types for hatchery permit holders in the special harvest area are purse seine, beach seine, hand purse seine, drift gillnet with six inch or larger mesh, and troll gear.
Authority:AS 16.05.050
AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.920
AS 16.10.420 -
AS 16.10.440
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