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(a) The department shall manage the Central District commercial drift gillnet fishery as follows:
(1) weekly fishing periods are as described in 5 AAC 21.320(b) ;
(2) the fishing season will open the third Monday in June or June 19, whichever is later, and
(A) from July 9 through July 15,
(i) fishing during the two regular fishing periods is restricted to the Kenai and Kasilof Sections and Drift Gillnet Area 1;
(ii) at run strengths greater than 2,000,000 sockeye salmon to the Kenai River, the commissioner may, by emergency order, open one additional 12-hour fishing period in the Kenai and Kasilof Sections of the Upper Subdistrict and Drift Gillnet Area 1;
(B) from July 16 through July 31,
(i) at run strengths of less than 2,000,000 sockeye salmon to the Kenai River, fishing during the two regular 12-hour fishing periods is restricted to the Kenai and Kasilof Sections of the Upper Subdistrict and Drift Gillnet Area 1;
(ii) at run strengths of 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 sockeye salmon to the Kenai River, fishing during the two regular 12-hour fishing periods is restricted to the Kenai and Kasilof Sections of the Upper Subdistrict and Drift Gillnet Areas 1 and 2;
(iii) at run strengths greater than 4,000,000 sockeye salmon to the Kenai River, there will be no mandatory restrictions during regular fishing periods;
(C) from August 11 until closed by emergency order,
(i) Drift Gillnet Areas 3 and 4 are open for fishing during regular fishing periods;
(ii) through the 2007 fishing season, Chinitna Bay may be opened by emergency order.
(b) For the purposes of this section,
(1) "Drift Gillnet Area 1" means those waters of the Central District south of Kalgin Island at 60ΓΈ 20.43' N. lat.;
(2) "Drift Gillnet Area 2" means those waters of the Central District enclosed by a line from 60ΓΈ 20.43' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 54.83' W. long. to a point at 60ΓΈ 41.08' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 39.00' W. long. to a point at 60ΓΈ 41.08' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 24.00' W. long. to a point at 60ΓΈ 27.10' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 25.70' W. long. to a point at 60ΓΈ 20.43' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 28.55' W. long.;
(3) "Drift Gillnet Area 3" means those waters of the Central District within one mile of mean lower low water (zero tide) south of a point on the West Foreland at 60ΓΈ 42.70' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 42.30' W. long.;
(4) "Drift Gillnet Area 4" means those waters of the Central District enclosed by a line from 60ΓΈ 04.70' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 34.74' W. long. to the Kalgin Buoy at 60ΓΈ 04.70' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 09.90' W. long. to a point at 59ΓΈ 46.15' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 18.62' W. long. to a point on the western shore at 59ΓΈ 46.15' N. lat., 153ΓΈ 00.20' W. long., not including the waters of the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict.
History: Eff. 6/11/2005, Register 174
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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