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(a) The intent of this management plan is to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced salmon in the area described in (b) of this section between the purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll fleets.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA), shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to manage the waters of Deep Inlet, Aleutkina Bay, and contiguous waters south of a line from a point west of Pirates Cove at 56ΓΈ 59.35' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.63' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Long Island, to the easternmost tip of Long Island, to the westernmost tip of Emgeten Island, to the westernmost tip of Error Island, to the westernmost tip of Berry Island, to the southernmost tip of Berry Island, to the westernmost tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the easternmost tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the westernmost tip of an unnamed island at 57ΓΈ 00.30' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 17.67' W. long., to a point on the southern side of the unnamed island at 57ΓΈ 00.08' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 16.78' W. long., and then to a point on the Baranof Island shore at 56ΓΈ 59.93' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 16.53' W. long., as follows:
(1) 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; the department, in consultation with NSRAA, shall close fishing between openings;
(B) the time ratio for gillnet openings to seine openings is two to one;
(2) salmon may be taken by troll gear when the waters described in this subsection are closed to commercial net gear;
(3) the commissioner shall close the seasons in the waters described in this subsection to trolling during hatchery cost recovery periods.
(c) A drift gillnet operated in the terminal harvest area may not exceed 200 fathoms in length.
History: Eff. 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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