5 AAC 33.310. Fishing seasons and periods for net gear

(a) Salmon may be taken with purse seines in the following locations only during fishing periods established by emergency order that will generally begin on Sundays:

(1) District 1, Sections 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, and 1-F only;

(2) District 2;

(3) District 3;

(4) District 4, from the first Sunday in July until a closing date made by emergency order;

(5) District 5;

(6) District 6, Sections 6-C and 6-D only;

(7) District 7;

(8) District 9;

(9) District 10;

(10) District 11, Sections 11-A and 11-D only;

(11) District 12; except that Section 12-A north of the latitude of Point Marsden and Section 12-B may open before August 1 only as provided in 5 AAC 33.366(a) ;

(12) District 13;

(13) District 14.

(b) Repealed 5/31/85.

(c) Salmon may be taken by gillnets in the following locations only during fishing periods established by emergency order that start at 12:01 p.m. Sunday and close by emergency order;

(1) District 1:

(A) Section 1-A;

(B) Section 1-B opens on the third Sunday of June;

(2) District 6:

(A) Sections 6-A, 6-B, and 6-C open on the second Sunday of June;

(B) Section 6-D west of a line from Mariposa Rock Buoy to the northernmost tip of Point Harrington to a point on Etolin Island at 56УИ 09.60' N. lat., 132УИ 42.70' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Point Stanhope is open from the second Sunday in June through the first Saturday in August and from the first Sunday in September until the season is closed;

(3) District 8 opens on the second Sunday of June;

(4) District 11:

(A) Section 11-B opens on the third Sunday in June, except that the commissioner may open, by emergency order, drift gillnet fishing periods in the waters of Section 11-B north of the latitude of Cove Point and south and east of a line from a point at 58УИ 12.33' N. lat., 134УИ 10' W. long. to Cove Point, from May 1 through the third Sunday in June subject to the following provisions;

(i) drift gillnet fishing periods are subject to the provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty as specified in 5 AAC 33.361;

(ii) the commissioner may not establish a fishing period to begin on a Saturday, Sunday, or a state or federal holiday;

(iii) fishing periods will begin at 12:01 p.m. from May 1 through the third Sunday in June;

(iv) notwithstanding 5 AAC 75.003(2) (A), when the drift gillnet fishery is opened under this paragraph from May 1 through the third Sunday in June, the commissioner may, by emergency order, increase the sport fishery bag and possession limits and liberalize method and means of harvest for salmon;

(B) Section 11-C;

(5) District 15:

(A) Section 15-A opens on the third Sunday in June;

(B) Sections 15-B and 15-C;

(d) Repealed 2/18/73.

History: In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 4/16/83, Register 86; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/26/2003, Register 167; em am 4/13/2005 - 8/10/2005, Register 174

Authority: AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

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