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(a) This management plan distributes the harvest of hatchery produced coho and chum salmon in the Nakat Inlet Special Harvest Area between purse seine, troll, and drift gillnet fleets.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA), shall manage the waters of Nakat Inlet between 54ΓΈ 50' N. lat. and 54ΓΈ 56' N. lat. from June 1 through November 10 to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced coho and chum salmon as follows:
(1) salmon may be taken by troll gear at any time;
(2) salmon may be taken by seines and drift gillnets only during periods established by emergency order as follows:
(A) openings for seines and gillnets must be rotated between net gear groups with a closure of at least 18 hours between openings; the first opening must be for gillnets;
(B) a gillnet opening must be no less than 24 hours in duration and a seine opening must be no less than 12 hours in duration.
(3) after the last rotational fishery on September 17, the Nakat Inlet Special Harvest Area will be open on a continual basis to purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear through November 10.
(c) All waters within 500 yards of the terminus of Nakat Lake Creek (101-11-39) are closed to the taking of salmon.
(d) A drift gillnet operated in the special harvest area may not exceed 200 fathoms in length.
(e) Salmon may be taken in the special harvest area under sport and personal use fishing regulations at any time. A personal use permit issued under 5 AAC 77.682 must include the following conditions:
(1) salmon may be taken for personal use only by drift gillnets;
(2) a drift gillnet operated for personal use may not exceed 50 fathoms in length; and
(3) the annual bag and possession limit for personal use is 25 salmon.
History: Eff. 6/25/89, Register 110; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 7/26/2003, Register 167
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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