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

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AS 16.10.440

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