Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.466 - Kodiak Area Rockfish Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(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.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251