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 40.042 - Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Special Harvest Areas
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 40.042
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The following special harvest areas are established for the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association:
(1)
repealed 4/23/94;
(2) repealed
5/31/2009;
(3) Patterson Bay, for
coho salmon: all waters of Patterson Bay north of 56º 34' N. lat.; fishing
periods for the hatchery permit holder will be opened and closed by emergency
order;
(4) Bear Cove, for king and
coho salmon: the waters of Bear Cove and Silver Bay east of a line from
57º 00.63' N. lat., 135º 09.80' W. long., to 57º 00.75' N. lat.,
135º 10.58' W. long., to 57º 01.07' N. lat., 135º 09.93' W.
long. will be open for the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. May 10 until
11:59 p.m. October 31;
(5) Hidden
Falls,
(A) for chum and king salmon: the
waters of District 12 within two nautical miles of the Baranof Island shoreline
south of the latitude of South Point and north of 57º 06.83' N. lat.,
excluding the waters of Kelp Bay, will be open for harvest by the hatchery
permit holder from 12:01 a.m. June 1 until 11:59 p.m. August 15;
(B) for coho salmon: Kasnyku Bay west of a
line from 57º 13.33' N. lat., 134º 50.93' W. long. to the
northernmost tip of an unnamed island of Kasnyku Bay located at 57º 12.93'
N. lat., 134º 51.40' W. long. and then due south to the southern shore of
Kasnyku Bay will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01
a.m. August 1 until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
(6) Silver Bay, for chum salmon:
(A) will be open for harvest by the hatchery
permit holder from 12:01 a.m. July 1 until 12:01 a.m. July 22 and from 12:01
a.m. the day before the coho salmon fishery is reopened in August, or August 20
if the coho salmon fishery is not closed earlier in August, until September 15;
the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the waters of Eastern
Channel and Silver Bay enclosed by a line from Entry Point Light, to the
southernmost tip of Harris Island, to the southernmost tip of Galankin Island,
to Simpson Rock Light, to the southernmost tip of Makhnati Island, to Sentinel
Rock, to the westernmost tip of Cape Burunof, to a point west of Pirates Cove
at 135º 59.35' N. lat., to the westernmost tip of Long Island, to the
westernmost tip of Emgeten Island, to the westernmost tip of Error Island, to
the northernmost tip of Luce Island, and to the westernmost tip of Silver
Point, and in Silver Bay north of 57º N. lat.;
(B) from 12:01 a.m. July 22 to 12:01 a.m. the
day before the end of the August coho salmon fishery closure specified in (A)
of this paragraph, or August 20 if there is no earlier coho salmon fishery
closure in August, the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the
waters of Eastern Channel and Silver Bay south of a line from Entry Point Light
to the southernmost tip of Harris Island, to the southernmost tip of Galankin
Island, and east of a line from Galankin Island to the northernmost point of
Silver Point, and the waters of Sitka Sound enclosed by a line from the
southernmost tip of Galankin Island, to Simpson Rock Light, to the Makhnati
Island buoy, to Black Rock, to the southernmost tip of Neva Island to the
northernmost tip of Sasendi Island, from the southernmost tip of Volga Island,
to the northernmost tip of Galankin Island, and in Silver Bay north of 57º
N. lat.;
(7) Deep Inlet
for king, chum, and coho salmon: the waters of Deep Inlet, Aleutkina Bay, and
contiguous waters south of a line from a point on the westernmost end of Cape
Burunoff at 56º 59.04' N. lat., 135º 23.23' W. long., to a point west
of Cape Burunoff at 56º 59.11' N. lat., 135º 23.59' W. long., to a
point one-half mile west of the westernmost tip of Long Island at 57º
00.17' N. lat., 135º 22.69' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Long
Island, to the easternmost tip of Long Island, to the westernmost tip of
Emgeten Island, to the westernmost tip of Error Island, to the westernmost tip
of Berry Island, to the southernmost tip of Berry Island, to the westernmost
tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the easternmost
tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the westernmost
tip of an unnamed island at 57º 00.30' N. lat., 135º 17.67' W. long.,
to a point on the southern side of the unnamed island at 57º 00.08' N.
lat., 135º 16.78' W. long., and then to a point on the Baranof Island
shore at 56º 59.93' N. lat., 135º 16.53' W. long. will be open for
harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. June 15 until 11:59 p.m.
October 31, except Sandy Cove is closed south of 56º 59.05' N.
lat.;
(8) Mist Cove, for coho
salmon: the waters of Mist Cove west of a line from 56º 31.70' N. lat.,
134º 39.87' W. long. to 56º 31.27' N. lat., 134º 39.75' W. long.
will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. August 1
until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
(9)
Repealed 5/31/2009.
(10) Crawfish
Inlet, for king and chum salmon: the waters of Crawfish Inlet east of 135°
11.05' W. long.
(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within a special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310.
(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in a special harvest area are as follows:
(1)
repealed 6/28/97;
(2) repealed
5/31/2009;
(3) Mist Cove and
Patterson Bay: purse seine, beach seine, drift gillnet, set gillnet, hook and
line, and dip net;
(4) Bear Cove:
purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, and dip net, drift gillnet with six
inch or larger mesh, and troll gear;
(5) Hidden Falls: beach seine, purse seine,
hand purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear;
(6) Silver Bay and Deep Inlet: purse seine,
hand purse seine, beach seine, dip net, and troll gear;
(7) repealed 5/31/2009;
(8) repealed 5/31/2009;
(9) Shamrock Bay: beach seine, purse seine,
hand purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear.
(10) Crawfish Inlet: purse seine, hand purse
seine, beach seine, drift gillnet, dip net, and troll gear.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.10.440
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