Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery
Article 11 - Cook Inlet Area
5 AAC 77.519 - East Cook Inlet Razor Clam Personal Use Fishery Management Plan
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 77.519
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The purpose of this plan is to direct the department in the management of the personal use razor clam fisheries in east Cook Inlet from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southernmost tip of the Homer Spit and to establish abundance thresholds for adult clams greater than or equal to 80 mm and stock productivity indices for the fisheries in the Clam Gulch and Ninilchik Areas.
(b) In the Clam Gulch Area from the mouth of the Kenai River south to the latitude of 60° 50.54' N. lat., and in the Ninilchik Area from the southernmost tip of the Homer Spit north to the latitude of 60° 50.54' N. lat.,
(1) if
the estimated adult clam abundance is greater than or equal to the average 1989
- 2012 abundance, the adult clam recruitment replaces or exceeds harvest and
natural mortality, and the size composition index of the harvest is equal to
the 1989 - 2012 average, then the fishery will be managed as provided in
5
AAC 58.022(a)(14)(A) and
5
AAC 77.518(2)(A); the combined
harvest rate of the sport and personal use fisheries are not expected to exceed
20 percent of the adult clam abundance;
(2) if the estimated adult clam abundance is greater than or equal
to 50 percent of the average 1989 - 2012 abundance but the population does not
meet the criteria outlined in (b)(1) of this section, then razor clams may be
taken from May 1 through September 30 and the bag and possession limits are the
first 30 clams taken or possessed; the combined harvest rate of the sport and
personal use fisheries is not expected to exceed 10 percent of the adult clam
abundance.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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