Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 4 - Southeastern Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 27.185 - Management plan for herring spawn on kelp in pounds fisheries in Sections 3-B, 12-A, and 13-C, and District 7

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Sections 3-B, 12-A, and 13-C, and
				  District 7, of the Southeastern Alaska Area, the department shall set an annual
				  guideline harvest range for herring spawn on kelp in pounds based on the
				  forecasted return of mature spawning herring. The department shall manage the
				  fishery to keep the harvest within the guideline harvest range each season by
				  restricting CFEC permit holders operating a herring spawn-on-kelp pound to a
				  specific number of kelp blades or fronds annually according to the provisions
				  of this section.
(b) In Sections
				  3-B, 12-A, and 13-C, and District 7, a herring spawn-on-kelp CFEC permit holder
				  may jointly operate an open pound with one or more other herring spawn-on-kelp
				  CFEC permit holders and a closed pound with up to two other herring
				  spawn-on-kelp CFEC permit holders. A permit holder operating an open pound may
				  use fronds or individual kelp blades in the open pound, but may not use both
				  during a fishing season. The department may close fishing with one or more
				  pound types in (c) and (dd)(2) of this section to avoid exceeding the guideline
				  harvest Jcvel.
(c) In Section 3-B
				  and District 7, the kelp allocation per permit holder, is as follow:
Guideline Harvest
Range for Herring
(tons)
Single-Permit Closed Pounds
Double-Permit Closed Pounds
Triple-Permit Closed Pounds
Quadruple-Permit or More Closed Pounds
Single-Permit Open Pound
Multiple-Permit Open Pound
50-249
None
None
None
None
750 blades
2,000 blades
250-399
100 blades
200 blades
300 blades
500 blades
1,000 blades
3,000 blades
400-599
200 blades
300 blades
600 blades
700 blades
1,000 blades
3,000 blades
600-799
300 blades
400 blades
700 blades
800 blades
1,500 blades
4,500 blades
800-999
400 blades
500 blades
800 blades
1,000 blades
2,000 blades
6,000 blades
1,000-1,499
500 blades
750 blades
1,000 blades
1,000 blades
2,500 blades
7,500 blades
1,500 or more
600 blades
900 blades
1,000 blades
1,000 blades
3,000 blades
9,000 blades
(d)
				  In Section 12-A and Section 13-C, the kelp allocation per permit holder is as
				  follows:
Guideline Harvest
Range for Herring
(tons)
Single-Permit Closed Pounds
Double-Permit Closed Pounds
Triple-Permit Closed Pounds
Quadruple-Permit or More Closed Pounds
Single-Permit Open Pound
Multiple-Permit Open Pound
0-299
None
None
None
None
300 blades
400 blades
300-499
100 blades
200 blades
300 blades
600 blades
600 blades
700 blades
500-699
200 blades
300 blades
500 blades
800 blades
900 blades
1,000 blades
700-899
300 blades
500 blades
700 blades
900 blades
1,000 blades
1,200 blades
900-1,399
400 blades
700 blades
900 blades
1,000 blades
1,200 blades
1,500 blades
1,400 or more
700 blades
900 blades
1,000 blades
1,000 blades
1,200 blades
1,500 blades
(e)
				  Repealed 7/1/2015.
(f) Pounds for
				  the taking of herring spawn on kelp and seines for the taking of herring for
				  placement in pounds may be operated only in the following locations:
(1) in Section 3-B, in the waters of the Gulf
				  of Esquibel, San Alberto Bay, Shinaku Inlet, and San Christoval Channel south
				  of the latitude of the northern mo t tip of t. Phillips island at 55°
				  39.31' N. lat., 133° 25.12' W. long., cast of a line from the northernmost
				  tip of St. Phillips Island to the northernmost tip of Point Garcia at 55°
				  33.65' N. lat., 133° 26.47' W. long., and north of a line from Entrance
				  Point to the southernmost tip of Clam Island to the southernmost tip of Fern
				  Point and east of 133° 20' W. long.;
(A)
				  Klawock Inlet and Big Salt Lake;
(B) the waters of San Christoval Channel in
				  the main channel enclosed by a line from 55° 35.62' N. lat., 133° 20'
				  W. long. to 55° 35.17' N. lat., 133° 20' W. long. to 55° 33.37' N.
				  lat., 133° 17.52' W. long. to 55° 33.50' N. lat., 133° 17.28' W.
				  long.;
(C) the waters of Fish Egg
				  and Ballena Islands south of 55° 31' N. lat. and north of the southernmost
				  tip of Cape Suspiro and east of the longitude of Ballena Island Shoal
				  Light;