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 40.037 - Nerka Corporation Special Harvest Area - Perry Island

(a) There is established the Nerka Corporation Special Harvest Area, consisting of all waters of South Bay, Perry Island, enclosed by a line from Meares Point Light on the west side of the bay easterly two nautical miles to an exposed reef and the north one-half mile to the east side of the bay.

(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 24.310 - 5 AAC 24.320 except as may be specifically provided by emergency order. The hatchery permit holder may harvest salmon within the special harvest area during periods opened and closed by emergency order.

(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 24.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area is a set gillnet. However, if the commissioner and the permit holder determine that set gillnet gear is unsatisfactory, the commissioner may open the special harvest area for hatchery harvest with beach seine or purse seine.