Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.425 - Closed waters for scallops in Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
Scallops may not be taken in
(1) all waters of Registration Area J around
				  Trinity Islands as depicted in Figure 5 to  50 C.F.R. Part 679  (revised February
				  18, 2014), and as enclosed by a line from Low Cape at 56° 59.40' N. lat.,
				  154° 31.10' W. long., to a point offshore at 57° 00.00' N. lat.,
				  155° 00.00' W. long., to 56° 17.00' N. lat., 155° 00.00' W. long.,
				  to 56° 17.00' N. lat., 153° 52.00' W. long., to Cape Sitkinak at
				  56° 33.50' N. lat., 153° 52.00' W. long., to the east point of Two
				  headed Island at 56° 54.50' N. lat., 153° 32.50' W. long., to 56°
				  56.00' N. lat., 153° 35.50' W. long., to 56° 59.40' N. lat., 154°
				  31.10' W. long.;
(2) all waters of
				  Alaska on the southeast side of Kodiak Island south of a line extending from
				  Cape Trinity at 56° 44.80' N. lat., 154° 08.90' W. long., to a point
				  offshore at 55° 23.23' N. lat., 156° 20.22' W. long.;, west of a line
				  from Narrow Cape at 57° 25.95' N. lat., 152° 19.13' W. long. to the
				  northernmost tip of Ugak Island at 57° 23.63' N. lat., 152° 17.47' W.
				  long., and west of a line extending south from the southernmost tip of Ugak
				  Island at 152° 18.76' W. long.;
(3) all waters enclosed by a line from Cape
				  Chiniak at 57° 37.20' N. lat., 152° 09.37' W. long. to a point offshore
				  at 57° 38.00' N. lat, 152° 09.00' W. long., continuing to a point
				  offshore at 57° 38.00' N. lat, 151° 47.00' W. long., continuing to Cape
				  St. Hermogenes on Marmot Island at 58° 15.00' N. lat, 151° 47.00' W.
				  long., and a line from Marmot Cape at 58° 10.00' N. lat., 151° 52.00'
				  W. long., to Pillar Cape at 58° 08.90' N. lat., 152° 06.77' W. long.,
				  and a line from Inner Point to Afognak Point at 152° 47.75' W.
				  long.;
(4) all waters of Uyak Bay,
				  Uganik Bay, Viekoda Bay, Kuprean of Strait, Raspberry Strait, Malina Bay,
				  Paraman of Bay, Foul Bay, and Shuyak Strait enclosed by a line from Cape Uyak
				  at 57° 38.33' N. lat., 154° 20.83' W. long., to Cape Ugat at 57°
				  52.33' N. lat., 153° 50.67' W. long., to Raspberry Cape at 58° 03.58'
				  N. lat., 153° 25.25' W. long., to Black Cape at 58° 24.50' N. lat.,
				  152° 53.30' W. long., to Eagle Cape at 58° 32.57' N. lat., 152°
				  40.07' W. long., a line across Cape Current Narrows at 152° 30.00' W.
				  long., and a line between Inner Point and Afognak Point at 152° 47.75' W.
				  long.;
(5) all waters of Alaska on
				  the south side of the Alaska Peninsula west of a line extending south from the
				  Alaska Peninsula (near Kilokak Rocks) at 156° 20.22' W. long., and east of
				  a line extending south from Scotch Cap Light along 164° 44.72' W.
				  long.;
(6) all waters on the south
				  side of the Alaska Peninsula west of a line extending south from Seal Cape
				  along 158° 26.00' W. long., east of a line extending south from Three Star
				  Point along 159° 10.48' W. long., and north of 55° 33.98' N. lat., and
				  all waters on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula west of a line extending
				  south from Cape Pank of along 163° 03.70' W. long. and east of a line
				  extending south from Scotch Cap Light at 164° 44.72' W. long., except that
				  weathervane scallops may be taken in the waters specified in
				  5 AAC 38.420(c);
(7) all waters of Akun Bay enclosed by a line
				  from Billings Head at 54° 17.50' N. lat., 165° 28.50' W. long. to the
				  opposite shore at 54° 12.70' N. lat., 165° 24.60' W. long.;
(8) all waters of Akutan Bay enclosed by a
				  line from North Head at 54° 13.54' N. lat., 165° 56.20' W. long. to
				  Akun Head at 54° 17.64' N. lat., 165° 38.24' W. long., and a line from
				  Akun Island at 54° 08.40' N. lat., 165° 38.29' W. long. to Akutan
				  Island at 54° 07.69' N. lat., 165° 39.74' W. long.;
(9) all waters of Beaver Inlet enclosed by a
				  line from Brundage Head at 53° 55.90' N. lat., 166° 12.36' W. long. to
				  Cape Sedanka at 53° 50.50' N. lat., 166° 05.33' W. long., and a line
				  across Udagak Strait at 53° 42.50' N. lat.;
(10) all waters of Kalekta Bay enclosed by a
				  line from Erskine Point at 53° 58.97' N. lat., 166° 16.50' W. long. to
				  Cape Kalekta on Unalaska Island at 54° 00.50' N. lat., 166° 22.37' W.
				  long.;
(11) all waters of Unalaska
				  Bay enclosed by a line from Cape Cheerful at 54° 01.00' N. lat., 166°
				  40.25' W. long. to Cape Kalekta at 54° 00.50' N. lat., 166° 22.37' W.
				  long.;
(12) all waters enclosed by
				  a line from Cape Kovrizhka at 53° 51.00' N. lat., 167° 09.50' W. long.
				  to Cape Idak at 53° 31.35' N. lat., 167° 47.66' W. long., and a line
				  from Otter Point at 53° 23.13' N. lat., 167° 50.50' W. long. to Konets
				  Head at 53° 18.95' N. lat., 167° 51.06' W. long.;
(13) all waters of Inanudak Bay enclosed by a
				  line from Cape Kigunak at 53° 20.00' N. lat., 168° 26.08' W. long. to
				  Cape Ilmalianuk at 53° 16.42' N. lat., 168° 36.78' W. long.;
(14) the waters of the Bering Sea
(A) between 162° W. long. to 164° W.
				  long. and 56° N. lat. and 57° N. lat.;
(B) east of 162° W. long.;