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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 40 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 41. Herring Bay Special Harvest Area - Ketchikan

5 AAC 40.041. Herring Bay Special Harvest Area - Ketchikan

(a) There is established a Herring Bay Special Harvest Area for the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Whitman Lake Hatchery, consisting of the waters of Herring Creek and Cove bound by the hatchery water outlet and a line from a point of land on George Inlet at the east side of Lot 39, USS 3397, bearing 18ΓΈ 12' to a point of land on the southern edge of Lot 91, USS 2403.

(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310. Fishing periods for the hatchery permit holder will be opened and closed by emergency order by gear type.

(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area is beach seine, purse seine, and dip net. Gillnets may be used by the hatchery operator in the special harvest area for taking king and coho salmon broodstock.

(d) That portion of the special harvest area between the hatchery outlet and the terminus of Herring Creek may be closed to sport fishing. The remainder of the special harvest area may not be closed to sport fishing unless hatchery broodstock needs are jeopardized.

History: Eff. 6/28/81, Register 78; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 2/16/2006, Register 177

Authority: AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

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