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(a) The waters of Sitka Sound that are enclosed on the north by lines from Kruzof Island at 57ΓΈ 20.50' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 45.17' W. long. to Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.05' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 43' W. long., and from Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.58' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 41.30' W. long. to Baranof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 40.95' W. long., and on the south and west by a line running from the southernmost tip of Sitka Point at 56ΓΈ 59.38' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 49.57' W. long. to Hanus Point at 56ΓΈ 51.92' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 30.50' W. long. to the green day marker in Dorothy Narrows at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.75' W. long. to Baranof Island at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.60' W. long. are closed to the taking of lingcod. Lingcod taken in these waters must be immediately returned to the water unharmed.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, lingcod may be retained as bycatch in the halibut longline fishery in the waters described in (a) of this section, as limited by the provisions of 5 AAC 28.173(a) .
(c) Groundfish may not be taken in the waters off Cape Edgecumbe enclosed by a box defined as 56ΓΈ 55.5' N. lat., 56ΓΈ 57' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 54' W. long., and 135ΓΈ 57' W. long.
(d) The following waters are closed to the taking of demersal shelf rockfish:
(1) in the Sitka vicinity: the waters of Sitka Sound that are enclosed on the north by lines from Kruzof Island at 57ΓΈ 20.50' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 45.17' W. long. to Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.05' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 43' W. long., and from Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.58' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 41.30' W. long. to Baranof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 40.95' W. long., and on the south and west by a line running from the southernmost tip of Sitka Point at 56ΓΈ 59.38' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 49.57' W. long. to Hanus Point at 56ΓΈ 51.92' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 30.50' W. long. to the green day marker in Dorothy Narrows at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.75' W. long. to Baranof Island at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.60' W. long.;
(2) in the Ketchikan vicinity: all waters of Behm Canal, Clarence Strait, Tongass Narrows, Nichols Passage, George Inlet, Carroll Inlet, Thorne Arm, Revillagigedo Channel, and all contiguous waters enclosed by the latitude of Bushy Point Light, a line from Point Alava to the southernmost tip of Ham Island, a line from Cedar Point to Dall Head, and a line from Dall Head to a point in midstream Clarence Strait at the latitude of Dall Head to Caamano Point;
(3) in the vicinity of Craig and Klawock: all waters of Ulloa Channel north of the latitude of Waterfall Cannery, and all waters enclosed by a line from the southernmost tip of St. Philip Island to the northernmost tip of San Fernando Island, to Point Cangrejo.
(e) Black rockfish may not be taken in a directed fishery or sold as bycatch in the following waters:
(1) Northern Southeast Outside Section between 57ΓΈ 37' N. lat. and 57ΓΈ 40' N. lat.;
(2) Central Southeast Outside Section,
(A) between 57ΓΈ 10' N. lat. and 57ΓΈ 03' N. lat.;
(B) the waters of Sitka Sound that are enclosed on the north by lines from Kruzof Island at 57ΓΈ 20.50' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 45.17' W. long. to Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.05' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 43' W. long., and from Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.58' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 41.30' W. long. to Baranof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 40.95' W. long., and on the south and west by a line running from the southernmost tip of Sitka Point at 56ΓΈ 59.38' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 49.57' W. long. to Hanus Point at 56ΓΈ 51.92' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 30.50' W. long. to the green day marker in Dorothy Narrows at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.75' W. long. to Baranof Island at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.60' W. long.;
(C) between 56ΓΈ 22.50' N. lat. and 56ΓΈ 18.70' N. lat.;
(3) Southern Southeast Outside Section between 54ΓΈ 56.70' N. lat. and 54ΓΈ 44.40' N. lat.
History: Eff. 6/15/97, Register 142; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 7/18/2003, Register 167
Authority: AS 16.05.251
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