5 AAC 29.100. Management of the summer salmon troll fishery

(a) During the summer salmon troll fishery, salmon may be taken only during open fishing periods. Unless otherwise specified in this section or by emergency order, salmon may be taken throughout the Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area unless restricted

(1) by a provision of this section; or

(2) in the closed waters specified in 5 AAC 29.150.

(b) The department shall manage the fishery as specified in (c) of this section until the annual harvest allocation specified in 5 AAC 29.060 is reached.

(1) the department shall manage the summer king salmon troll fishery

(A) to take 70 percent of the remaining king salmon harvest calculated as the annual troll harvest ceiling minus the winter and spring troll harvests of treaty king salmon in an initial opening beginning July 1; and

(B) to take the remaining portion of the king salmon harvest calculated as the annual harvest ceiling minus the winter, spring, and initial July 1 opening harvest of treaty king salmon;

(i) following the reopening of the king salmon troll fishery after any closure of a coho salmon troll fishery; or

(ii) if a closure is not necessary to achieve coho salmon harvest guidelines after the reopening of the king salmon troll fishery, no later than August 20, but only following a two-day closure to allow a fair start;

(2) in order to provide for the harvest of the remaining portion of the king salmon harvest following a coho salmon closure, the department shall manage the king salmon harvest as follows:

(A) if approximately 70 percent or more of the remaining troll king salmon harvest was taken during the initial opening under (1)(A) of this subsection, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the waters of frequent high king salmon abundance described in 5 AAC 29.025 for the remainder of the summer salmon troll season in order to slow down the harvest rate; however, if after 10 days, the department determines that the annual troll king salmon harvest ceiling might not be reached by September 20 with those waters closed, the commissioner shall reopen, by emergency order, the waters of frequent high king salmon abundance;

(B) the department shall reopen the summer king salmon troll fishery in the waters of frequent high king salmon abundance described in 5 AAC 29.025 if the department determines that less than 30 percent of the king salmon harvest goal for the initial opening under (1)(A) of this subsection was taken in that opening;

(C) in addition to (A) and (B) of this paragraph, if the department determines that the annual troll king salmon harvest ceiling will not be harvested by September 20, the department may continue the summer king salmon troll fishery only in waters with no coho salmon conservation concerns, until the annual troll king salmon harvest ceiling is achieved or until September 30, whichever occurs first;

(3) following the closure of the summer salmon troll fishery to the taking of king salmon, the salmon troll fishery will remain open to the taking of other salmon species; however, the department may close the waters of frequent high king salmon abundance described in 5 AAC 29.025 to the taking of other salmon species in order to further minimize the incidental hook and release of king salmon.

(d) In Sections 1-C, 1-E, and 1-F, salmon may be taken only as follows:

(1) Section 1-C: from August 15 through September 20;

(2) Section 1-E:

(A) in the waters of Section 1-E, bounded by a line from Escape Point to Nose Point within one mile of the shoreline, from July 1 through September 20;

(B) all other waters of Section 1-E, from July 13 through September 20;

(3) Section 1-F: east of a line from the northernmost tip of Kirk Point to Mary Island Light to the southernmost tip of Cone Island, from July 13 through September 20;

(4) Section 1-F: east of a line from the southernmost tip of Black Island to the westernmost tip of Slate Island to the westernmost tip of White Reef to the easternmost tip of Black Rock to the northernmost tip of Kirk Point, including the waters of Boca de Quadra not closed under 5 AAC 29.150(b)(2), from August 1 through September 20.

(e) In District 8: the weekly fishing periods for trolling are the same as for drift gillnetting.

(f) In District 11: salmon may be taken only in Sections 11-C and 11-D.

(g) In District 15: salmon may be taken only in Sections 15-A and 15-C.

(h) Repealed 7/26/2003.

(i) In the Yakataga and Yakutat Districts,

(1) in waters bounded on the north by a line extending seaward from 59ø 42.50' N. lat., 140ø 38.20' W. long. to 59ø 40.06' N. lat., 140ø 45.30' W. long. and on the south by a line extending seaward from 59ø 29.70' N. lat., 139ø 44.00' W. long. to 59ø 27.77' N. lat., 139ø 49.28' W. long. and in waters bounded on the north by a line extending seaward from 59ø 20.30' N. lat., 139ø 16.50' W. long. to 59ø 18.25' N. lat., 139ø 21.94' W. long., and on the south by a line extending seaward from 59ø 02.60' N. lat., 138ø 14.70' W. long. to 59ø 00.57' N. lat., 138ø 19.90' W. long., from August 7 through September 20, the weekly fishing periods for trolling are the same as for set gillnetting in the Situk River;

(2) from August 7 through September 20, salmon may not be taken in waters bounded on the west by the three-nautical mile-limit of the territorial sea and on the north by a line extending seaward from 59ø 29.70' N. lat., 139ø 44.00' W. long. and intersecting the three-nautical-mile limit at 59ø 27.77' N. lat., 139ø 49.28' W. long. and on the south by a line extending seaward from 59ø 20.30' N. lat., 139ø 16.50' W. long. and intersecting the three-nautical-mile limit at 59ø 18.25' N. lat., 139ø 21.94' W. long.

(j) Following closure of the summer salmon troll fishery to the taking of king salmon, a person may not have king salmon on board a salmon troll vessel from which the person is fishing for other salmon species.

History: Eff. 10/1/98, Register 147; am 7/26/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

Editor's note: Before Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of 5 AAC 29.100 was contained in former 5 AAC 30.310(b), 5 AAC 30.392(d) , 5 AAC 33.311(b) , (e), (f), (h), (j), (l), (m), (n), 5 AAC 33.365(b) (16), and 5 AAC 33.392(e) . The history note for 5 AAC 29.100 does not contain the history of the provision before Register 147, Oct. 1998.

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