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 40.041 - Herring Bay Special Harvest Area - Ketchikan

(a) There is established a Herring Bay Special Harvest Area for the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Whitman Lake Hatchery, consisting of the waters of Herring Creek and Cove bound by the hatchery water outlet and a line from a point of land on George Inlet at the east side of Lot 39, USS 3397, bearing 18º 12' to a point of land on the southern edge of Lot 91, USS 2403.

(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310. The open fishing season within the Herring Bay Special Harvest Area for the hatchery permit holder is from June 1 through October 31. Additional fishing periods may be established by emergency order.

(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area is beach seine, purse seine, and dip net. Gillnets may be used by the hatchery operator in the special harvest area for taking king and coho salmon broodstock.

(d) That portion of the special harvest area between the hatchery outlet and the terminus of Herring Creek may be closed to sport fishing. The remainder of the special harvest area may not be closed to sport fishing unless hatchery broodstock needs are jeopardized.