Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 18 - Kodiak Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 18.360 - Cape Igvak Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In years when a
				  harvestable surplus beyond escapement goals for the first (Black Lake) and
				  second (Chignik Lake) runs of Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected
				  to be less than 600,000, there will be no commercial salmon fishery allowed in
				  the Cape Igvak Section, as described in
				  5 AAC 18.200(g) (8), until a harvest of
				  300,000 sockeye salmon in the Chignik Area, as described in
				  5 AAC 15.100, is achieved. After July 8, after at least
				  300,000 sockeye salmon have been harvested in the Chignik Area, and if
				  escapement goals are being met, the department shall manage the fishery so that
				  the number of sockeye salmon harvested in the Chignik Area will be at least
				  600,000 through July 5 and the harvest in the Cape Igvak Section will approach
				  as near as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon
				  catch.
(b) In years when a
				  harvestable surplus beyond escapement goals for the first and second runs of
				  Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected to be more than 600,000 through
				  July 5, but the first run fails to develop as predicted and it is determined
				  that a total sockeye salmon harvest in the Chignik Area of 600,000 or more
				  through July 5 may not be achieved, the Cape Igvak Section commercial salmon
				  fishery will be curtailed in order to allow at least a minimum harvest in the
				  Chignik Area of 600,000 sockeye salmon through July 5 if that number offish are
				  determined to be surplus to the escapement goals of the Chignik River system.
				  After at least 300,000 sockeye salmon have been harvested in the Chignik Area,
				  and if escapement goals are being met, the department shall manage the fishery
				  so that the number of sockeye salmon harvested in the Chignik Area will be at
				  least 600,000 through July 5 and the harvest in the Cape Igvak Section will
				  approach as near as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon
				  catch.
(c) In years when a
				  harvestable surplus beyond the escapement goals for the first and second runs
				  of Chignik River system sockeye salmon is expected to be more than 600,000
				  through July 5 and the department determines the runs are as strong as
				  expected, the department will manage the fishery in such a manner whereby the
				  number of sockeye salmon taken in the Cape Igvak Section will approach as near
				  as possible 7.5 percent of the total Chignik sockeye salmon catch.
(d) The total Chignik sockeye salmon catch
				  constitutes those sockeye salmon caught within the Chignik Area plus 80 percent
				  of the sockeye salmon caught in the East Stepovak, Southwest Stepovak, Stepovak
				  Flats, Balboa Bay, and Beaver Bay Sections, as described in
				  5 AAC 09.200(f), plus 90 percent of the
				  sockeye salmon caught in the Cape Igvak Section. The harvest in the Cape Igvak
				  Section at any time through July 5 may be permitted to fluctuate above or below
				  7.5 percent of the cumulative Chignik sockeye salmon catch.
(e) This allocation method will be in effect
				  through July 5. The first fishing period of the commercial salmon fishing
				  season in the Cape Igvak Section will not occur before the first fishing period
				  of the commercial salmon fishing season in the Chignik Area.
(f) During the period from approximately June
				  26 through July 5, the strength of the second run of Chignik River system
				  sockeye salmon cannot be evaluated. In order to prevent overharvest of the
				  second run, commercial salmon fishing in the Cape Igvak Section will, in the
				  department's discretion, be disallowed or severely restricted during this
				  period.
(g) The department shall
				  announce commercial salmon fishing periods by emergency order. The department
				  shall give at least one-day notice prior to the opening of a commercial salmon
				  fishing period unless it is an extension of a fishing period in
				  progress.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251