Section 5 AAC 18.363 - North Shelikof Strait Sockeye Salmon Management Plan(a) The purpose of the North Shelikof Strait Sockeye Salmon Management Plan is to allow traditional fisheries in the area to be conducted on Kodiak Area salmon stocks, while minimizing the directed harvest of Cook Inlet sockeye salmon stocks. The board recognizes that some incidental harvest of other stocks has and will occur in this area while the seine fishery is managed for Kodiak Area salmon stocks. The board intends, however, to prevent a repetition of the non-traditional harvest pattern which occurred during 1988.(b) From July 6 through August 1 in the Alinchak Bay, Katmai, Dakavak Bay, Outer Kukak Bay, Irmer Kukak Bay, Hallo Bay, and Big River Sections of the Mainland District, and in the Shuyak Island and Northwest Afognak Sections of the Afognak District, the department shall manage the fishery as follows: (1) management of the fishery must be based on local stocks;(2) the fishery may remain open during normal fishing periods until the harvest exceeds 20,000 sockeye salmon;(3) when the harvest exceeds 20,000 sockeye salmon, the department shall restrict the fishery by emergency order to waters of the (A) Alinchak Bay, Katmai, Dakavak Bay, Outer Kukak Bay, Inner Kukak Bay, Hallo Bay, and Big River Sections west of a line from Cape Douglas at 58° 51.10' N. lat, 153° 15.10' W. long., to a point at 58° 42.90' N. lat, 153° 25.95' W. long., to a point east of Swikshak River at 58° 37.97' N. lat., 153° 35.55' W. long., to Cape Chiniak at 58° 30.96' N. lat., 153° 54.50' W. long., to Cape Nukshak at 58° 23.50' N. lat, 153° 58.90' W. long., to Cape Ugyak at 58° 16.55' N. lat., 154° 06.15' W. long., to Cape Gull at 58° 13.04' N. lat., 154° 08.60' W. long., to Cape Kuliak at 58° 08.10' N. lat., 154° 12.30' W. long., to Cape Atushagvik at 58° 05.00' N. lat., 154° 18.90' W. long., to Cape Ilktugitak at 58° 01.17' N. lat., 154° 35.00' W. long., to the southern entrance of Dakavak Bay at 58° 01.00' N. lat., 154° 43.60' W. long., to Cape Kubugkli at 57° 52.39' N. lat., 155° 05.01' W. long., to Cape Kekurnoi at 57° 43.50' N. lat., 155° 18.09' W. long., to a point at 57° 39.51' N. lat., 155° 35.74' W. long.;(B) Shuyak Island Section south and east of a line from Point Banks at 58° 37.95' N. lat., 152° 18.90' W. long., to Dark Island at 58° 38.72' N. lat., 152° 33.15' W. long., to Gull Island at 58° 35.80' N. lat., 152° 38.70' W. long., to the northern entrance of Big Bay at 58° 33.85' N. lat., 152° 40.30' W. long., to the western entrance of Blue Fox Bay at 58° 27.68' N. lat., 152° 43.65' W. long.;(C) Northwest Afognak Section south and east of a line from one-half mile west of the northern entrance of Big Bay at 58° 33.85' N. lat., 152° 40.30' W. long., to one-half mile west of the western entrance of Blue Fox Bay at 58° 27.68' N. lat., 152° 43.65' W. long., to one-half mile west of Black Cape at 58° 24.50' N. lat., 152° 53.30' W. long., to one-half mile west of Cape Paramanof at 58° 18.33' N. lat., 153° 02.65' W. long.(c) From July 6 through July 25 in the Southwest Afognak Section of the Afognak District, the department shall manage the fishery as follows: (1) management of the fishery must be based on local stocks consistent with 5 AAC 18.362(d) (3);(2) the fishery may remain open during normal fishing periods until the harvest exceeds 50,000 sockeye salmon;(3) when the harvest exceeds 50,000 sockeye salmon, the commissioner shall restrict, by emergency order, the fishery to waters of the Southwest Afognak Section east of a line from one-half mile west of Cape Paramanof at 58° 18.33' N. lat., 153° 02.65' W. long., to one-half mile west of Tanaak Cape at 58° 15.53' N. lat., 153° 06.25' W. long., to one-half mile west of Steep Cape at 58° 12.05' N. lat., 153° 12.65' W. long., to one-half mile west of a point at 58° 08.38' N. lat., 153° 19.00' W. long., to one-half mile west of Raspberry Cape at 58° 03.58' N. lat., 153° 25.20' W. long.(d) From July 6 through August 1 in the Cape Igvak Section of the Mainland District, the department shall manage the fishery as follows: (1) management of the fishery must be based on local stocks consistent with 5 AAC 18.369(h); (2) the fishery may remain open during normal fishing periods until the harvest exceeds 20,000 sockeye salmon based on fish ticket information; (3) when the harvest exceeds 20,000 sockeye salmon based on fish ticket information, the commissioner shall restrict, by emergency order, the fishery to waters of the Cape Igvak Section west of a line from 57° 39.51' N. lat., 155° 35.74' W. long., to Cape Unalishagvak at 57° 32.64' N. lat., 155° 43.87' W. long., to Cape Igvak at 57° 26.04' N. lat., 156° 01.43' W. long., to Kilokak Rocks at 57° 10.34' N. lat., 156° 20.22' W. long.Eff. 4/19/90, Register 114; am 4/14/93, Register 126; am 6/15/96, Register 138; am 4/25/2008, Register 186; am 6/5/2020, Register 234, July 2020Authority:AS 16.05.060
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