Section 5 AAC 28.466 - Kodiak Area Rockfish Management Plan(a) This management plan governs the harvest of black rockfish and dark rockfish in the Kodiak Area.(b) Unless otherwise specified in this section, a person operating a vessel in a directed black rockfish fishery may not have on board the vessel or sell more than 5,000 pounds (round weight) of black rockfish within a five-day period. All black rockfish taken in excess of 5,000 pounds must be weighed, sold, and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of black rockfish in excess of 5,000 pounds (round weight) shall be surrendered to the state.(c) A person operating a catcher/processor vessel in a directed black rockfish fishery may not have on board the vessel or sell more than 5,000 pounds (round weight) of black rockfish within a five-day period and may not exceed 10,000 pounds sold or on board the vessel within a 10-day period. All black rockfish taken in excess of the specified time-period harvest limit must be weighed, sold, and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of black rockfish in excess of a legal limit shall be surrendered to the state.(d) If a district guideline harvest level for black rockfish is not taken by August 15, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season and immediately reopen a fishing season in a district during which a person operating a vessel participating in a directed black rockfish fishery may not have on board the vessel or sell more than 7,000 pounds (round weight) of black rockfish within a five-day period. All black rockfish taken in excess of 7,000 pounds must be weighed, sold, and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of black rockfish in excess of 7,000 pounds (round weight) shall be surrendered to the state.(e) If a district guideline harvest level for black rockfish is not taken by August 15, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season and immediately reopen a fishing season in a district during which a person operating a catcher/processor vessel in a directed black rockfish fishery may not have on board the vessel or sell more than 7,000 pounds (round weight) of black rockfish within a five-day period and may not exceed 14,000 pounds sold or on board the vessel within a 10-day period. All black rockfish taken in excess of the specified time-period harvest limit must be weighed, sold, and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of black rockfish in excess of a legal limit shall be surrendered to the state.(f) Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, bycatch limits for black rockfish and dark rockfish shall be established by the commissioner in an emergency order. A person operating a vessel that takes black rockfish or dark rockfish in excess of the established bycatch limit for each species must weigh and report the bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of excess bycatch of black rockfish and dark rockfish shall be surrendered to the state. A vessel operator participating in a groundfish fishery using gear other than mechanical jigging machine gear may not harvest black rockfish or dark rockfish in excess of five percent, (round weight) of all directed target species on board the vessel. All black rockfish or dark rockfish in excess of five percent must be weighed, sold, and reported as bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket. All proceeds from the sale of excess bycatch of black rockfish and dark rockfish shall be surrendered to the state. If a black rockfish district guideline harvest level is reached, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season and immediately reopen a fishing season during which the bycatch limit for black rockfish and dark rockfish may be reduced to prevent overharvest.(g) In the directed black rockfish fishery, an owner or operator of a catcher/processor vessel must report, as specified on the registration form, to the local representative of the department in the Kodiak office by radio or telephone, the whole pounds of black rockfish and dark rockfish retained during the previous five-day fishing period, and any other information that the commissioner determines is necessary for the management and conservation of the fishery.(h) The annual Kodiak Area black rockfish guideline harvest range is 0 - 120,000 pounds.Eff. 4/21/2011, Register 198; am 6/5/2020, Register 234, July 2020Authority:AS 16.05.060
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