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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.640 - Registration

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area, at least 48
					 hours before fishing, a commercial herring permit holder for seine or gillnet
					 gear must register with the department the permit and the vessel that will be
					 used in the commercial herring fishery by contacting, by telephone, the local
					 representative of the department at one of the following department offices and
					 supplying all requested information:
(1) department office in Dutch
				  Harbor;
(2) department office in
				  Cold Bay;
(3) department office in
				  Sand Point;
(4) department office
				  in Port Moller.
For the purposes of registration under
						5 AAC 27.640, the telephone numbers for the designated
						department offices are Dutch Harbor (907) 581-1219; Cold Bay (907) 532-2419;
						Sand Point (907) 383-2066; and Port Moller (907)
						375-2716.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.650 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may not be taken from June 25
				  through September 30 in the closed waters described in
				  5 AAC 01.375 and
				  5 AAC 09.350.
(b) Repealed 4/16/83.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.655 - Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The herring
				  available for harvest in the Dutch Harbor food and bait herring fishery is
				  provided under
				  5 AAC 27.865(b)(4).
(1) repealed 5/31/2019;
(2) repealed 5/31/2019.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.657 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Adak District, the department shall manage the
					 commercial herring fishery to allow a harvest of up to 500 tons, using seine or
					 gillnet gear, in the waters of the state between 175º 30' W. long. and
					 177º W. long., from June 24 through February 28. The fishery will be
					 conducted in compliance with the terms of a permit issued by the commissioner
					 or the commissioner's designee.
Authority:
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						16.05.050
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.660 - Harvest strategy (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  4/2/88.
(b) Repealed
				  5/2/92.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.662 - Buyer and tender reporting requirements for Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 39.130(n), each tender operator
					 and each buyer or the tender operator or buyer's agent shall report in person
					 to and register with a local representative of the department upon arrival in
					 the registration area before commencing operations and before changing location
					 of the operation. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify all vessels to be employed in
				  transporting or processing herring and shall register those vessels with a
				  local representative of the department located in the registration area before
				  transporting or processing of herring;
(2) make daily reports of all herring
				  purchased from fishermen, and other processing records as specified by a local
				  representative of the department; and
(3) submit fish tickets before departure from
				  the area and no later than 10 days after termination of buying operations in
				  the area, or as otherwise specified by a local representative of the
				  department.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.665 - Herring spawn on kelp management plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.692 - Herring pounds and other holding devices in the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area, a herring
					 pound or other holding device may be used to hold live herring before
					 processing, only under the conditions specified in a commissioner's
					 permit.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.800 - Description of Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Bristol Bay Area has as its southern boundary a line
					 extending west from Cape Menshikof at 57º 28.34' N. lat., 157º 55.84'
					 W. long., and as its northern boundary a line extending west from Cape Newenham
					 at 58º 38.88' N. lat., 162º 10.51' W. long., and as its western
					 boundary the International Date Line in the Bering Sea.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.805 - Description of Bristol Bay Area districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Togiak
				  District consists of all waters of Alaska between the longitude of the tip of
				  Cape Constantine at 158° 53.50' W. long. and the longitude of the tip of
				  Cape Newenham at 162° 10.51' W. long. Sections are as follows:
(1) Kulukak Section: all waters between the
				  longitude of the tip of Cape Constantine and the longitude of the tip of Right
				  Hand Point;
(2) Nunavachak Section:
				  all waters between the longitude of the tip of Right Hand Point and the
				  longitude of the tip of Rocky Point;
(3) Togiak Section: all waters between the
				  longitude of the tip of Rocky Point and the longitude of the terminus of the
				  Quigmy River;
(4) Hagemeister
				  Section: all waters between the longitude of the terminus of the Quigmy River
				  and the longitude of the tip of Asigyukpak Spit;
(5) Pyrite Point Section: all waters between
				  the longitude of Asigyukpak Spit and the longitude of Cape Peirce;
(6) Cape Newenham Section: all waters between
				  the longitude of the tip of Cape Peirce and the longitude of the tip of Cape
				  Newenham;
(7) Egg Island Gillnet
				  Section: all waters that are between the longitude of Right Hand Point at
				  159° 55.00' W. long. and the latitude of Egg Island at 58° 53.70' N.
				  lat., 159° 44.06' W. long. and between the mainland shoreline and a line
				  from 58° 53.70' N. lat., 159° 43.18' W. long. to 58° 50.57' N.
				  lat., 159° 43.28' W. long. to 58° 47.90' N. lat., 159° 45.16' W.
				  long. to 58° 45.20' N. lat., 159° 55.00' W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.810 - Fishing seasons and periods for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Togiak
				  and Bay Districts, herring may be taken by purse seines and hand purse seines
				  from April 15 through June 1.
(b)
				  In the Togiak and Bay Districts, herring may be taken by gillnets from April 15
				  through June 1.
(c) In the Togiak
				  and Bay Districts, herring spawn on kelp may be taken from April 15 through
				  June 30.
(d) In the Togiak and Bay
				  Districts, herring and herring spawn on kelp may be taken only during periods
				  established by emergency order.
(e)
				  The seasons in (a) - (c) of this section may be modified in accordance with
				  5 AAC 27.865.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.830 - Lawful gear for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Togiak
				  and Bay Districts, herring may be taken only by purse seines, hand purse
				  seines, and gillnets.
(b) Herring
				  spawn on kelp may be taken only by hand picking and by hand-operated rakes.
				  Herring spawn on kelp may not be taken with the assistance of underwater
				  breathing apparatus.
(c) Herring
				  may be taken by trawls only during seasons established by emergency
				  order.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.831 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No single
				  herring gillnet may exceed 100 fathoms in length, and the aggregate length of
				  gillnets in use by a CFEC herring interim-use or limited entry permit holder
				  may not exceed 100 fathoms.
(b) No
				  more than 100 fathoms of herring gillnet may be operated from any herring
				  fishing vessel.
(c) Each gillnet in
				  operation must be buoyed at both ends. At least one buoy at each end of the net
				  and at least one cork every 10 fathoms along the cork line must be plainly and
				  legibly marked with the operator's five-digit CFEC permit serial number and the
				  permanent vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel from which the
				  gillnet is operated.
(d) Repealed
				  5/31/98.
(e) Repealed
				  2/23/2014.
(f) During an open
				  herring fishing period, a vessel registered for herring net fishing may not
				  have on board it, or have on board a vessel towed by it, more than 100 fathoms
				  of herring gillnet gear in the aggregate. Any gillnet gear in excess of the
				  legal limit under (b) of this section must be marked as specified in (c) of
				  this section and sacked or bagged. The sack or bag must totally contain the net
				  and must be securely closed.
(g)
				  Repealed 5/31/98.
(h) Repealed
				  5/31/98.
(i) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 27.050(c), the mesh size of a
				  herring gillnet may not be less than two and one-half inches and may not exceed
				  four inches.
As of Register 146, July 1998, the substance of former
						5 AAC 27.831(d), (g), and (h) appear in
						5 AAC 27.832.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.832 - Seine specifications and operations for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A herring purse
				  seine or hand purse seine
(1) may not exceed
				  100 fathoms in length; and
(2) may
				  not be more than 630 meshes in depth.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.833 - Herring spawn on kelp harvest specifications and operations for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring spawn may not be taken on
				  transplanted or imported aquatic plants or any other substrate, except for kelp
				  in its natural occurring state. Kelp plants used to take herring spawn may not
				  be suspended from lines, frames, or other man-made devices.
(b) Only a holder of a valid CFEC Togiak
				  herring spawn on kelp permit may participate in the Togiak District herring
				  spawn on kelp fishery. Participation includes harvesting herring spawn on kelp
				  by hand or hand-held rake, placing the herring spawn on kelp in containers at
				  the point of harvest, and transporting the containers of herring spawn on kelp
				  to a registered buyer or tender.
(c) All herring spawn on kelp harvested in
				  the Togiak District herring spawn on kelp fishery must be in containers at the
				  close of the fishing period.
(d) A
				  person who does not hold a CFEC Togiak District herring spawn on kelp permit
				  may, in that fishery, only assist in the transportation of containers of
				  herring spawn on kelp, and only after the close of the fishing
				  period.
(e) For the purpose of this
				  section, "container" means a boat, bucket, sack, or other object used to hold
				  spawn on kelp for the purpose of transporting it to a registered buyer or
				  tender.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.834 - Togiak District Herring Spawn on Kelp Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Togiak
				  District herring spawn-on-kelp harvest may not exceed 350,000 pounds. A herring
				  spawn-on-kelp harvest of 350,000 pounds is equivalent to the production from
				  1,500 short tons of herring. The biomass of herring that produces the
				  equivalent of the herring spawn-on-kelp harvest must be included in the
				  calculation of the exploitation rate on the herring population as specified in
				  5 AAC 27.865(b)(4).
(b) The department shall base an emergency
				  order opening of the Togiak District herring spawn-on-kelp fishery on the
				  density and distribution of observed spawn on kelp.
(c) The department shall implement a two- to
				  three-year rotation of harvest areas.
(d) The department shall time each herring
				  spawn-on-kelp harvest in order to ensure the best quality product.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.850 - Closed waters in Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Metervik Bay is
				  closed to herring fishing north of a line from a point at 58° 49.10' N.
				  lat., 159° 47.25' W. long. to a point at 58° 49.97' N. lat., 159°
				  45.75' W. long. This closure does not apply to the taking of herring spawn on
				  kelp.
(b) Ungalikthluk Bay is
				  closed to the taking of herring north of a line from Rocky Point at 58°
				  53.25' N. lat., 160° 14.25' W. long. to a point at 58° 51.90' N. lat.,
				  160° 09.75' W. long. This closure does not apply to the taking of herring
				  spawn on kelp.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.862 - Buyer reporting requirements for Bristol Bay Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 39.130(n), a buyer or the buyer's
					 agent shall report in person to and register with a local representative of the
					 department upon arrival on the fishing grounds and before commencing
					 operations. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify and describe all vessels to be
				  employed in transporting or processing herring or herring spawn on
				  kelp;
(2) report daily all herring
				  or herring spawn on kelp purchased from fishermen, or other processing records
				  as specified by a department representative; and
(3) submit fish tickets before departure from
				  the area and no later than 10 days after termination of buying operations in
				  the area, or as otherwise specified by a local representative of the
				  department.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 12 - Bristol Bay Area (Registration Area T) › 5 AAC 27.865 - Bristol Bay Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When managing
				  the Bristol Bay commercial herring fishery, the primary objectives of the
				  department are to prosecute an orderly and manageable fishery, while striving
				  for the highest level of product value with a minimum of waste.
(b) To ensure that no gear group is totally
				  disadvantaged, the Board of Fisheries directs the department to take the
				  following actions given the specified circumstances:
(1) when circumstances preclude the
				  department from adequately assessing the biomass, the fishery must be managed
				  for an exploitation based on the preseason projected return;
(2) whenever possible, openings for both gear
				  types must begin during the hours of daylight, and special consideration will
				  be given to afford the maximum amount of daylight;
(3) repealed 4/16/2023;
(4) the maximum exploitation rate for the
				  Bristol Bay herring stock is 20 percent; before opening the Togiak District
				  herring fishery for sac roe and other herring products, the department shall
				  set aside approximately 1,500 short tons for the Togiak District herring
				  spawn-on-kelp fishery, and seven percent of the remaining available harvest for
				  the Dutch Harbor food and bait fishery; if the actual harvest is less than the
				  herring spawn-on-kelp guideline harvest level, the commissioner may reallocate
				  50 percent of the remainder to the Togiak District herring fishery;
(5) after the herring spawn-on-kelp harvest
				  and the Dutch Harbor food and bait fishery have been subtracted, the remaining
				  harvestable surplus is allocated to the Togiak District herring fishery; the
				  department shall manage for a removal of 30 percent of that surplus by the
				  gillnet fleet and 70 percent by the purse seine fleet, except that the
				  allocations in this subsection shall be 20 percent by the gillnet fleet and 80
				  percent by purse seine fleet through December 31, 2022;
(6) if a manageable separation of the year
				  classes occurs, an exploitation rate of up to 20 percent may be allowed on the
				  younger age herring (four years or less), and no fishery may be considered if
				  this recruit population is less than 20,000 short tons;
(7) late season (post-peak) herring fishery
				  openings must be based on one or more of the following criteria:
(A) a definable increase in the biomass of
				  herring present on the fishing grounds;
(B) a major shift in the age composition of
				  the herring in a definable biomass that is large enough to allow a
				  harvest;
(8)  through
				  December 31, 2022, if the department's in season projection of the Togiak
				  District gillnet harvest is less than the guideline harvest level, the
				  commissioner may reallocate 50 percent of the remaining gillnet guideline
				  harvest level to the Togiak District purse seine fleet.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.870 - Description of Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Kuskokwim Area has as its southern boundary a line
					 extending west from Cape Newenham and as its northern boundary a line extending
					 west from Naskonat Peninsula at 60º 58.17' N. lat., 165º 11' W.
					 long., and as its western boundary the International Date Line in the Bering
					 Sea.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.875 - Description of Kuskokwim Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Security
				  Cove District consists of the waters between the latitude of Cape Newenham and
				  the latitude of the Salmon River (58º 51.83' N. lat.).
(b) The Goodnews Bay District consists of
				  that portion of Goodnews Bay inside a line between the northernmost tip of
				  South Spit (59º 02.92' N. lat., 161º 49.08' W. long.) and the
				  southernmost tip of North Spit (59º 03.58' N. lat., 161º 49.17' W.
				  long.) and a line between the mouth of Ukfigag Creek (59º 04.17' N. lat.,
				  161º 36' W. long.) and the mouth of the Tunulik River (59º 08' N.
				  lat., 161º 37' W. long.).
(c)
				  The Nelson Island District consists of the waters north of the latitude of
				  Chinigyak Cape (60º 27' N. lat.) and east of the longitude of Atrnak Point
				  (165º 15' W. long.) (approximately two miles west of Umkumiut), and all
				  waters north of the latitude of Talurarevuk Point (60º 35' N. lat.) and
				  south of the latitude of the southernmost tip of Chinit Point (60º 36' N.
				  lat.) and east of 165º 30' W. long., and all waters north of the latitude
				  of the northernmost tip of Chinit Point (60º 37' N. lat.) and south of the
				  latitude of the southeasternmost tip of Kigigak Island (60º 49' N. lat.)
				  and east of 165º 30' W. long.
(d) The Nunivak Island District consists of
				  the waters extending three miles seaward of mean low water from Kikoojit Rocks
				  (60º 20' N. lat., 166º 40' W. long.) to Cape Mendenhall (59º
				  45.17' N. lat., 166º 07' W. long.).
(e) The Cape Avinof District consists of the
				  waters extending landward of Kikegtek, Pingurbek, and Kwigluk Islands and north
				  of the latitude of the southernmost tip of Kwigluk Island (59º 42' N.
				  lat.), from the longitude of Ishkowik River (162º 44' W. long.) to the
				  latitude of Tern Mountain (60º 42' N. lat.), to a point at 60º 42' N.
				  lat., 164º 14' W. long., then to the northernmost tip of Kikegtek
				  Island.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.880 - Fishing seasons and periods for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Kuskokwim Area districts, herring may be taken only
					 from May 1 through June 30 and only during periods established by emergency
					 order.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.885 - Lawful gear for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Kuskokwim Area, herring may be taken only by set and
					 drift gillnets, except that in the Nunivak Island District herring may also be
					 taken by purse seine.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.887 - Seine specifications and operations for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A herring purse
				  seine may not exceed 100 fathoms in length and may not be more than 625 meshes
				  in depth, of which no more than 600 meshes may have a mesh size larger than one
				  and one-half inches.
(b) In the
				  Nunivak Island District, during the open herring fishing season described in
				  5 AAC 27.880, a herring fishing vessel may not have on
				  board, or have on a vessel towed by it
(1)
				  more than a single herring purse seine as described in (a) of this section;
				  or
(2) any other assembled purse
				  seine as described in
				  5 AAC 39.105(d) (4).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.888 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No single
				  herring gillnet may be less than 50 fathoms in length, unless the gillnet is
				  attached to a commercial herring fishing vessel and the gillnet is personally
				  attended by a herring interim-use or entry permit holder. The aggregate length
				  of herring gillnet in use by a herring interim-use or entry permit holder may
				  not exceed 100 fathoms in length. No more than 100 fathoms of herring gillnet
				  and no more than two gillnets may be on board or operated from any commercially
				  licensed herring fishing vessel, except that no more than 50 fathoms and one
				  gillnet may be on board or operated from any vessel taking or attempting to
				  take herring during periods specified by emergency order for the reduced gear
				  length.
(b) Each gillnet in
				  operation must be buoyed at both ends and at least one buoy must be plainly and
				  legibly marked with the permittee's herring interim-use or entry permit
				  number.
(c) A vessel used to take
				  herring or a vessel towed by it may have on board no more than one legal limit
				  of gear in the aggregate, except that it may have on board sufficient unhung
				  gear for mending purposes.
(d)
				  Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 27.050(c), the mesh size of a
				  herring gillnet in the Kuskokwim Area may not exceed three and one-half inches
				  or be less than two and one-half inches.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.890 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may not
				  be taken for commercial purposes in any waters of the Kuskokwim Area that are
				  not described in
				  5 AAC 27.875.
(b) Herring spawn on kelp and herring spawn
				  on any other substrate may not be taken for commercial purposes in any waters
				  of the Kuskokwim Area.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.893 - Vessel specifications and operations for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Goodnews
				  Bay, Nelson Island, and Cape Avinof Districts, a vessel used to take herring
				  may not be more than 30 feet in overall length. For the purpose of this
				  section, "overall length" means the straight-line measurement between the
				  extremities of the vessel.
(b) In
				  the Nelson Island, Goodnews Bay, and Cape Avinof Districts, a vessel used to
				  take herring may not have on board any mechanical device designed to shake or
				  dislodge herring from a gillnet.
5 AAC 27.893 was filed
						as an Emergency Regulation on 5/1/87. The identical section had been filed in a
						set of "regular" regulations on 4/21/87 to take effect 5/21/87, Register 102.
						The Emergency Regulation was therefore allowed to lapse. The history line for
						5 AAC 27.893 reflects only the 5/1/87 effective date of
						the section.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.894 - Management Plan for Gillnet and Cooperative Purse Seine Fishery in the Nunivak Island District (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.895 - Harvest strategy for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Cape
				  Avinof District, the department shall manage the commercial herring fishery for
				  an exploitation rate not to exceed 15 percent of the estimated available
				  biomass.
(b) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(c) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(d) In the Nelson Island
				  District, the department shall manage the commercial herring fishery so that
				  the combined commercial and subsistence herring harvest does not exceed a
				  exploitation rate of 20 percent of the estimated available biomass. The
				  subsistence portion of the combined subsistence and commercial harvest is 200
				  tons of herring.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.896 - Buyer reporting requirements for Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements in
					 5 AAC 39.130(n), a buyer or the buyer's
					 agent shall report in person to a local representative of the department upon
					 arrival on the fishing grounds and before commencing operations in any district
					 in the Kuskokwim Area. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify and describe all vessels to be
				  employed in processing or transporting herring in each district;
(2) report daily all herring purchased from
				  fishermen or other processing records in each district as specified by a
				  department representative; this may be a requirement for fish-tender operators
				  if specified by a local department representative; and
(3) submit fish tickets before departure from
				  each district and no later than 10 days after termination of buying operations
				  in each district, or as otherwise specified by a local department
				  representative.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.897 - Possession of salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
Salmon taken incidentally in conjunction with commercial
					 herring fishing must be returned to the water.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 13 - Kuskokwim Area (Registration Area W) › 5 AAC 27.899 - Superexclusive use areas in Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Cape Avinof
				  District is a superexclusive use area. The Nelson Island and Nunivak Island
				  Districts are a combined superexclusive use area.
(b) A person who participates in the
				  commercial taking of herring as a CFEC permit holder in a superexclusive use
				  area at any time from February 1 through June 30 may not participate or have
				  participated in the commercial taking of herring, either as a CFEC permit
				  holder or a crew member aboard a vessel used to take herring, in another
				  superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from February 1 through
				  June 30 of that same year.
(c) A
				  person who participates in the commercial taking of herring as a crew member
				  aboard a vessel that is used to take herring in a superexclusive use area at
				  any time from February 1 through June 30 may not participate or have
				  participated in the commercial taking of herring as a CFEC permit holder in
				  another superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from February 1
				  through June 30 of that year.
(d) A
				  vessel used in the taking of herring in a superexclusive use area at any time
				  from February 1 through June 30 may not be used or have been used in the taking
				  of herring in another superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from
				  February 1 through June 30 of that year.
(e) Repealed 5/19/2004.
(f) Repealed 2/23/2014.
The identical section had been filed in a set of
						"regular" regulations on 4/21/87 to take effect 5/21/87, Register 102. The
						emergency regulation was therefore allowed to lapse. The history line for
						5 AAC 27.899 reflects only the 5/1/87 effective date of
						the section.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.900 - Description of Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area has as its southern boundary a
					 line extending west from Naskonat Peninsula at 60º 58.17' N. lat.,
					 165º 11' W. long. and as its northern boundary a line extending west from
					 Point Hope, and as its western boundary the International Date Line in the
					 Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.905 - Description of Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Cape
				  Romanzof District consists of all waters between the latitude of Dall Point and
				  62º N. lat.
(b) The Norton
				  Sound District consists of all waters between the latitude of the westernmost
				  tip of Cape Douglas and the latitude of Point Romanof. Subdistricts are as
				  follows:
(1) Subdistrict 1 consists of all
				  waters south of the latitude of Spruce Creek (63º 40' N. lat.);
(2) Subdistrict 2 consists of all waters
				  north of the latitude of Spruce Creek (63º 40' N. lat.) and south of the
				  latitude of Junction Creek (64º 08' N. lat.), including all waters within
				  three miles of Besboro Island;
(3)
				  Subdistrict 3 consists of all waters north of the latitude of Junction Creek
				  (64º 08' N. lat.), south of the latitude of Island Point (64º 32' N.
				  lat.), and east of the longitude of the mouth of Kwiniuk River (162º 02'
				  W. long.), excluding all waters within three miles of Besboro Island;
(4) Subdistrict 4 consists of all waters
				  north of the latitude of Island Point (64º 32' N. lat.) and east of the
				  longitude of the mouth of Kwiniuk River (162º 02' W. long.);
(5) Subdistrict 5 consists of all waters
				  between the longitudes of the mouth of Kwiniuk River (162º 02' W. long.)
				  and Cape Darby (162º 47' W. long.) and north of the latitude of Junction
				  Creek (64º 08' N. lat.);
(6)
				  Subdistrict 6 consists of all waters between the longitudes of Cape Darby
				  (162º 47' W. long.) and Rocky Point (163º 08' W. long.) and north of
				  the latitude of Junction Creek (64º 08' N. lat.);
(7) Subdistrict 7 consists of all waters west
				  of the longitude of Rocky Point (163º 08' W. long.) and north of the
				  latitude of Junction Creek (64º 08' N. lat.).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.910 - Fishing seasons and periods for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Cape
				  Romanzof District herring may be taken only from May 1 through June 30 and only
				  during periods established by emergency order.
(b) In the Norton Sound District, herring may
				  be taken only as follows:
(1) from May 15
				  through November 15 and only during periods established by emergency
				  order;
(2) in Subdistricts 1 - 6,
				  from May 15 through November 15 (sac-roe or food and bait season);
(3) repealed 5/11/85;
(4) in Subdistrict 7, from May 15 through
				  November 15 (sac-roe or food and bait season);
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.930 - Lawful gear for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may be
				  taken by the gear specified for the following districts:
(1) Cape Romanzof District:
				  gillnets;
(2) Norton Sound
				  District: gillnets and beach seines;
(3) Port Clarence and Kotzebue Districts:
				  gillnets, beach seines, and purse seines.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.931 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the
				  Bering Sea Kotzebue Area, no more than 100 fathoms of herring gillnet in the
				  aggregate and no more than two gillnets may be on board or operated from any
				  vessel, or vessel in tow, that is taking or attempting to take herring, except
				  that no more than 50 fathoms and one gillnet may be on board or operated from
				  any vessel, or vessel in tow, that is taking or attempting to take herring
				  during periods specified by emergency order for the reduced gear length. Unhung
				  gear sufficient for mending purposes may be carried on board. A herring gillnet
				  may not be longer than 50 fathoms, or deeper than 60 meshes.
(b) Repealed 6/2/88.
(c) Each gillnet in operation must be buoyed
				  at both ends and at least one buoy must be plainly and legibly marked with the
				  permittee's herring interim-use or entry permit number.
(d) At least one cork every 10 fathoms along
				  the cork line must be plainly and legibly marked with the CFEC permit holder's
				  herring interim-use or limited entry permit number, and with the vessel license
				  plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel from which the gillnet is
				  operated.
(e) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 27.050(c), the mesh size of a
				  herring gillnet in the Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area may not exceed three and
				  one-half inches or be less than two and one-half inches.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.932 - Seine specifications and operations for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A seine may not be more than 850 meshes in depth and 150
					 fathoms in length, except that in the Norton Sound District a seine may not be
					 more than 75 fathoms in length and 850 meshes in depth.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.933 - Wild herring spawn on kelp harvest specifications and operations for the Norton Sound District (Expired)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.934 - Wild herring spawn-on-kelp harvest specifications and operations for the Norton Sound District

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may take wild herring spawn on
				  kelp (not in pounds) in the Norton Sound District only from Canal Point Light
				  to Wood Point and only as follows:
(1) wild
				  herring spawn on kelp may be taken only during periods established by emergency
				  order;
(2) wild herring spawn on
				  kelp may be taken only by hand picking and by a hand-held rake;
(3) only a holder of a valid CFEC Norton
				  Sound limited entry or interim-use herring permit may harvest wild herring
				  spawn on kelp under this section; participation includes harvesting wild
				  herring spawn on kelp by hand or hand-held rake, placing wild herring spawn on
				  kelp in containers at the point of harvest, and transporting the containers of
				  wild herring spawn on kelp to a registered buyer or tender;
(4) a person that participates in the wild
				  herring spawn-on-kelp fishery may not also participate in the gillnet, beach
				  seine herring sac roe fishery, or the herring pound spawn-on-kelp fishery in
				  the Norton Sound District during the same year;
(5) all wild herring spawn on kelp harvested
				  in the Norton Sound District must be in containers at the close of the fishing
				  period.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.935 - Vessel specifications and operations for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Cape Romanzof District, a vessel used to take
					 herring may not have on board any mechanical device designed to shake or
					 dislodge herring from a gillnet.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.950 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  5/19/2004.
(b) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(c) The Port Clarence
				  District east of a line from the northernmost tip of 4 Mile Point to the
				  southernmost tip of Sunset Point is closed to the taking of herring.
(d) Herring may not be taken in any waters of
				  the Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area that are not described in
				  5 AAC 27.905.
(e) The Cape Romanzof District is closed to
				  the taking of herring spawn on kelp or any other substrate.
(f) Repealed 5/11/85.
(g) Repealed 5/11/85.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.960 - Harvest strategy for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage the Norton Sound District herring sac roe fishery so that the
				  seine harvest does not exceed 10 percent of the total herring sac roe harvest
				  projection as published by the department. The board realizes that herring
				  biomass projections, inseason assessments, and harvest monitoring by gear type
				  are not accurate; therefore, the department may not adjust the harvest
				  projection after it has been published.
(b) The harvest limit in Subdistrict 7 of the
				  Norton Sound District from September 1 through November 15 is 10 metric tons of
				  herring.
(c) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(d) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(e) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(f) Repealed
				  5/11/85.
(g) The department shall
				  manage the Port Clarence District herring sac roe fishery so that 10 percent of
				  the available harvest is reserved for the herring food and bait
				  fishery.
(h) In the Norton Sound
				  District, the guideline harvest level for the wild herring spawn-on-kelp
				  fishery described in
				  5 AAC 27.934, is 30 metric tons.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.965 - Management Plan for Herring Pound Spawn-On-Kelp Fishery in the Norton Sound District

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of this management plan is to
				  establish criteria for the herring pound spawn-on-kelp fishery in the Norton
				  Sound District.
(b) The
				  commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall issue a permit for
				  participation in the herring pound spawn-on-kelp fishery if
(1) an applicant holds a valid Norton Sound
				  herring gillnet or beach seine CFEC interim-use permit or limited entry permit;
				  and
(2) an applicant applies for
				  the herring pound spawn-on-kelp permit before April 16 of each calendar
				  year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.970 - Buyer reporting requirements for Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 39.130(n), a buyer or the buyer's
					 agent shall report in person to a local representative of the department upon
					 arrival on the fishing grounds and before commencing operations in the Cape
					 Romanz of and Norton Sound Districts and in person, by radio or telephone, upon
					 arrival on the fishing grounds and before commencing operations in the Port
					 Clarence and Kotzebue Districts. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify and describe all vessels to be
				  employed in processing or transporting herring or herring spawn on kelp in each
				  district;
(2) report daily all
				  herring or herring spawn on kelp purchased from fishermen or other processing
				  records in each district as specified by a department representative; this may
				  be a requirement for fish-tender operators if specified by a local department
				  representative; and
(3) submit fish
				  tickets before departure from each district and no later than 10 days after
				  termination of buying operations in each district or as otherwise specified by
				  a local department representative.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251