Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 40 - Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Article 2 - Special Harvest Areas › 5 AAC 40.042 - Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Special Harvest Areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following special harvest areas are
				  established for the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association:
(1) repealed 4/23/94;
(2) repealed 5/31/2009;
(3) Patterson Bay, for coho salmon: all
				  waters of Patterson Bay north of 56º 34' N. lat.; fishing periods for the
				  hatchery permit holder will be opened and closed by emergency order;
(4) Bear Cove, for king and coho salmon: the
				  waters of Bear Cove and Silver Bay east of a line from 57º 00.63' N. lat.,
				  135º 09.80' W. long., to 57º 00.75' N. lat., 135º 10.58' W.
				  long., to 57º 01.07' N. lat., 135º 09.93' W. long. will be open for
				  the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. May 10 until 11:59 p.m. October
				  31;
(5) Hidden Falls,
(A) for chum and king salmon: the waters of
				  District 12 within two nautical miles of the Baranof Island shoreline south of
				  the latitude of South Point and north of 57º 06.83' N. lat., excluding the
				  waters of Kelp Bay, will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from
				  12:01 a.m. June 1 until 11:59 p.m. August 15;
(B) for coho salmon: Kasnyku Bay west of a
				  line from 57º 13.33' N. lat., 134º 50.93' W. long. to the
				  northernmost tip of an unnamed island of Kasnyku Bay located at 57º 12.93'
				  N. lat., 134º 51.40' W. long. and then due south to the southern shore of
				  Kasnyku Bay will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01
				  a.m. August 1 until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
(6) Silver Bay, for chum salmon:
(A) will be open for harvest by the hatchery
				  permit holder from 12:01 a.m. July 1 until 12:01 a.m. July 22 and from 12:01
				  a.m. the day before the coho salmon fishery is reopened in August, or August 20
				  if the coho salmon fishery is not closed earlier in August, until September 15;
				  the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the waters of Eastern
				  Channel and Silver Bay enclosed by a line from Entry Point Light, to the
				  southernmost tip of Harris Island, to the southernmost tip of Galankin Island,
				  to Simpson Rock Light, to the southernmost tip of Makhnati Island, to Sentinel
				  Rock, to the westernmost tip of Cape Burunof, to a point west of Pirates Cove
				  at 135º 59.35' N. lat., to the westernmost tip of Long Island, to the
				  westernmost tip of Emgeten Island, to the westernmost tip of Error Island, to
				  the northernmost tip of Luce Island, and to the westernmost tip of Silver
				  Point, and in Silver Bay north of 57º N. lat.;
(B) from 12:01 a.m. July 22 to 12:01 a.m. the
				  day before the end of the August coho salmon fishery closure specified in (A)
				  of this paragraph, or August 20 if there is no earlier coho salmon fishery
				  closure in August, the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the
				  waters of Eastern Channel and Silver Bay south of a line from Entry Point Light
				  to the southernmost tip of Harris Island, to the southernmost tip of Galankin
				  Island, and east of a line from Galankin Island to the northernmost point of
				  Silver Point, and the waters of Sitka Sound enclosed by a line from the
				  southernmost tip of Galankin Island, to Simpson Rock Light, to the Makhnati
				  Island buoy, to Black Rock, to the southernmost tip of Neva Island to the
				  northernmost tip of Sasendi Island, from the southernmost tip of Volga Island,
				  to the northernmost tip of Galankin Island, and in Silver Bay north of 57º
				  N. lat.;
(7) Deep Inlet
				  for king, chum, and coho salmon: the waters of Deep Inlet, Aleutkina Bay, and
				  contiguous waters south of a line from a point on the westernmost end of Cape
				  Burunoff at 56º 59.04' N. lat., 135º 23.23' W. long., to a point west
				  of Cape Burunoff at 56º 59.11' N. lat., 135º 23.59' W. long., to a
				  point one-half mile west of the westernmost tip of Long Island at 57º
				  00.17' N. lat., 135º 22.69' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Long
				  Island, to the easternmost tip of Long Island, to the westernmost tip of
				  Emgeten Island, to the westernmost tip of Error Island, to the westernmost tip
				  of Berry Island, to the southernmost tip of Berry Island, to the westernmost
				  tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the easternmost
				  tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group, to the westernmost
				  tip of an unnamed island at 57º 00.30' N. lat., 135º 17.67' W. long.,
				  to a point on the southern side of the unnamed island at 57º 00.08' N.
				  lat., 135º 16.78' W. long., and then to a point on the Baranof Island
				  shore at 56º 59.93' N. lat., 135º 16.53' W. long. will be open for
				  harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. June 15 until 11:59 p.m.
				  October 31, except Sandy Cove is closed south of 56º 59.05' N.
				  lat.;
(8) Mist Cove, for coho
				  salmon: the waters of Mist Cove west of a line from 56º 31.70' N. lat.,
				  134º 39.87' W. long. to 56º 31.27' N. lat., 134º 39.75' W. long.
				  will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. August 1
				  until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
(9)
				  Repealed 5/31/2009.
(10) Crawfish
				  Inlet, for king and chum salmon: the waters of Crawfish Inlet east of 135°
				  11.05' W. long.