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(a) The Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Anita Bay west of a line between 56ΓΈ 12.35' N. lat., 132ΓΈ 27.10' W. long. and 56ΓΈ 11.30' N. lat., 132ΓΈ 26.22' W. long.
(b) The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to manage the common property fisheries to harvest excess salmon returning to the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area. The Terminal Harvest Area will be closed to the harvest of salmon as follows:
(1) from June 15 through June 25, the waters of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of 132ΓΈ 26.22' W. long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon;
(2) from June 26 through July 1, the waters of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of 132ΓΈ 26.98' W. long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon;
(3) from July 2 through July 10, the waters of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of 132ΓΈ 28.00' W. long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon.
(c) This management plan distributes the harvest of hatchery-produced king, coho, and chum salmon among the purse seine, troll, and gillnet fisheries when there are excess fish not being harvested by the hatchery operator.
(d) The department shall manage the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area from June 1 through November 10 to distribute the harvest of excess hatchery-produced king, coho, and chum salmon as follows:
(1) salmon may taken by troll gear at any time;
(2) salmon may be taken by seines and drift gillnets only during periods established by emergency order;
(3) in establishing emergency order season openings for the seine and drift gillnet fisheries, the department shall rotate openings between these gear groups and shall provide for a time ratio for gillnet openings to seine openings of two to one; however, if approximately equal numbers of salmon are not being harvested by the two gear groups, the ratio and timing of openings may be altered.
(e) A drift gillnet operated in the terminal harvest area may not exceed 200 fathoms in length.
(f) Salmon may be taken in the terminal harvest area under sport and personal use fishing regulations at any time. A personal use permit issued under 5 AAC 77.682 for the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area shall include the following conditions:
(1) salmon may be taken for personal use only by drift gillnet;
(2) a drift gillnet operated for personal use may not exceed 50 fathoms in length;
(3) the annual bag and possession limit for personal use is 25 salmon.
History: Eff. 6/28/97, Register 142; am 7/26/2003, Register 167
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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