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The department shall manage the Northern District for the commercial harvest of king salmon as follows:
(1) except as specified in (8) of this section, the season will open for three commercial fishing periods with the first fishing period beginning on the first Monday on or after May 25, except when May 25 falls within a closed period, in which case the season opens the next following open period and closes June 24, unless closed earlier by emergency order;
(2) fishing periods are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays;
(3) the harvest may not exceed 12,500 king salmon;
(4) set gillnets may not exceed 35 fathoms in length and six inches in mesh size;
(5) no CFEC permit holder may operate more than one set gillnet at a time;
(6) no set gillnet may be set or operated within 1,200 feet of another set gillnet;
(7) no CFEC permit holder may set a gillnet seaward of a set gillnet operated by another CFEC permit holder;
(8) from May 25 through June 24, the area from an ADF&G regulatory marker located one mile south of the Theodore River to the Susitna River is open to fishing the second regular Monday period only;
(9) if the Theodore, Lewis, or Ivan River is closed to sport fishing, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the area from an ADF&G regulatory marker located one mile south of the Theodore River to the Susitna River to commercial king salmon fishing for the remainder of the fishing periods provided for under this section;
(10) if the Deshka River is closed to sport fishing, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the commercial king salmon fishery throughout the Northern District for the remainder of the fishing periods provided for under this section; and
(11) if the Chuitna River is closed to sport fishing, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the area from an ADF&G regulatory marker located one mile south of the Chuitna River to the Susitna River to commercial king salmon fishing for the remainder of the directed king salmon fishery.
History: Eff. 4/18/86, Register 98; am 5/14/97, Register 142; am 6/13/99, Register 150; am 6/22/2002, Register 162; am 6/11/2005, Register 174
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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