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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 6 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 27.360 - Harvest levels (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  5/31/85.
(b) Repealed
				  4/9/89.
(c) Repealed
				  4/9/89.
(d) Repealed
				  4/9/89.
(e) Repealed
				  4/9/89.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 6 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 27.365 - Prince William Sound Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  the Prince William Sound herring management plan in this section is to describe
				  management strategies for all Prince William Sound herring fisheries and to
				  provide for an optimum sustained yield and an equitable allocation for all user
				  groups.
(b) The management plan for
				  herring fisheries in Prince William Sound assumes that all of these fisheries
				  use a single stock of herring which may be harvested at the rate of zero to 20
				  percent of the spawning biomass. The management year for herring is July 1
				  through June 30. Guideline harvest levels are established before the food and
				  bait season in the fall and are based upon the final spawning biomass estimate
				  from the previous year, cohort analysis, and projected recruitment. The minimum
				  spawning biomass threshold is 22,000 tons, and no fishery may be opened if the
				  estimated spawning biomass is below this threshold level. The department may
				  allow, based upon age class strength, a harvest of herring at an exploitation
				  rate between zero and 20 percent of the projected spawning biomass when that
				  biomass is between 22,000 tons and 42,500 tons. The department may allow a
				  harvest of herring at a maximum exploitation rate of 20 percent when the total
				  projected spawning biomass is greater than 42,500 tons.
(c) The guideline harvest of herring is
				  allocated by fishery as follows:
(1) purse
				  seine sac roe fishery: 58.1 percent;
(2) gillnet sac roe fishery: 3.4
				  percent;
(3) food and bait fishery:
				  16.3 percent;
(4) spawn-on-kelp not
				  in pounds: 8.0 percent; and
(5)
				  spawn-on-kelp in pounds: 14.2 percent.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 6 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 27.370 - General restrictions for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A vessel used to take herring in the Prince William Sound
					 Area during the period July 1 - February 28 may not be used to take herring in
					 another registration area during that period and a vessel used to take herring
					 in any other registration area during the period July 1 - February 28 may not
					 be used to take herring in the Prince William Sound Area during that
					 period.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 6 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 27.380 - Permits (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed 5/11/85.
(b) Repealed 9/17/94.
(c) Repealed 4/14/82.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 6 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 27.390 - Buyer reporting requirements for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.130(n), a buyer, buyer's
				  agent, or fisherman who has arranged for tendering of that fisherman's own
				  catch shall report in person, by telephone, or by radio to, and register with,
				  a local representative of the department upon arrival on the fishing grounds
				  and before starting operations. The buyer, buyer's agent, or fisherman who has
				  arranged for the tendering of that fisherman's own catch shall
(1) identify and describe all vessels to be
				  employed in transporting or processing herring or herring spawn on
				  kelp;
(2) report daily, or as
				  otherwise specified by a local representative of the department, all herring or
				  herring spawn on kelp purchased from fishermen, or that has been delivered to a
				  tender, or other processing records as specified by the department;
				  and
(3) submit fully completed fish
				  tickets with accurate and final weight and roe percentage and any other
				  specified processing records no later than 10 days after termination of buying
				  operations in the area, or as otherwise specified by a local representative of
				  the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.400 - Description of Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Cook Inlet Area has as its eastern boundary the
					 longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W. long.) and as its southern
					 boundary the latitude of Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N.
					 lat.).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.405 - Description of Cook Inlet districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts are as described in
					 5 AAC 21.200.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.407 - Lower Cook Inlet herring management areas

Current through May 31, 2024
Lower Cook Inlet herring management areas are as
					 follows:
(1) Area 1: those waters of
				  the Eastern District west of the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25'
				  W. long.) and east of the longitude of Aialik Cape (149º 31.1' W.
				  long.);
(2) Area 2: those waters of
				  the Outer and Eastern District west of the longitude of Aialik Cape and east of
				  the longitude of McArthur Pass at 150º 20' W. long.;
(3) Area 3: those waters of the Outer
				  District west of the longitude of McArthur Pass at 150º 20' W. long. and
				  east of 151º 11' W. long.;
(4)
				  Area 4: those waters of the Outer District west of 151º 11' W. long. and
				  east of the longitude of Point Adam (151º 58.5' W. long.);
(5) Area 5: those waters of the Kamishak Bay
				  District south of 59º 16.68' N. lat. and west of 153º 37' W.
				  long.;
(6) Area 6: those waters of
				  the Kamishak Bay District north of 59º 16.68' N. lat., south of 59º
				  23.13' N. lat., and west of 153º 37' W. long.;
(7) Area 7: those waters of the Kamishak Bay
				  District north of 59º 23.13' N. lat., south of 59º 26.82' N. lat.,
				  and west of 153º 37' W. long.;
(8) Area 8: those waters of the Kamishak Bay
				  District north of 59º 26.82' N. lat., south of 59º 33.28' N. lat.,
				  and west of 153º 22.10' W. long.;
(9) Area 9: those waters of the Kamishak Bay
				  District north of 59º 33.28' N. lat. and west of 153º 22.10' W.
				  long.;
(10) Area 10: those waters
				  of the Kamishak Bay District north of 59º 36' N. lat., south of 59º
				  46.15' N. lat., and west of 152º 50' W. long.;
(11) Area 11: those waters of the Kamishak
				  Bay District north of 59º 16.68' N. lat., south of 59º 26.82' N.
				  lat., west of 153º 20' W. long., and east of 153º 37' W.
				  long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.409 - Central District Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  the management plan under this section is to allow the herring fisheries to
				  occur in the Central District of the Cook Inlet Area while minimizing the
				  bycatch of salmon and char.
(b)
				  Herring fishing in the Central District will occur only in the waters of the
				  Upper Subdistrict, Kalgin Island Subdistrict, Western Subdistrict, and Chinitna
				  Bay Subdistrict.
(c) From April 20
				  through May 31, the commissioner may open and close, by emergency order, a
				  herring fishery for one fishing period per week, to begin on or after Monday at
				  6:00 a.m. and closing on or before Friday at 6:00 p.m. A fishing period may not
				  be more than 108 hours in duration. A fishing period may extend beyond May 31
				  if the fishing period began before May 31 and is not longer than 108 hours in
				  duration.
(d) In order to
				  participate, and before fishing, in the Central District herring fishery, a
				  person must register with the department office in Soldotna. A person shall
				  report fishing time and the amount of herring harvested, whether sold or
				  retained for personal use, to the office in Soldotna by 12:00 noon, of the day
				  following the harvest.
(e) In the
				  Upper Subdistrict, a person may not fish for herring within 600 feet of the
				  mean high tide mark on the Kenai Peninsula. The commissioner may, by emergency
				  order, expand this closed area in order to minimize the bycatch of salmon and
				  char.
(f) The guideline harvest
				  range for herring is as follows:
(1) Chinitna
				  Bay Subdistrict: 0 - 40 tons;
(2)
				  Western Subdistrict: 0 - 50 tons;
(3) Kalgin Island Subdistrict: 0 - 20
				  tons;
(4) Upper Subdistrict: 0 - 40
				  tons.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.410 - Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may be
				  taken in the Central District only during periods established by emergency
				  order as provided in
				  5 AAC 27.409.
(b) Herring may be taken in the Kamishak Bay
				  District from April 15 through June 30 only during periods established by
				  emergency order.
(c) There is no
				  open commercial fishing season for herring in the Eastern, Outer, and Southern
				  Districts.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.430 - Lawful gear for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Kamishak
				  Bay District, herring may be taken only by purse seines from April 15 through
				  June 30.
(b) In the Central
				  District, herring may be taken only by gillnets, except that in the Chinitna
				  Bay and Kalgin Island Subdistricts herring may only be taken by set
				  gillnets.
(c) Repealed
				  6/10/89.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.431 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A herring set
				  gillnet may not exceed 35 fathoms in length. A person may not operate more than
				  105 fathoms of set gillnet in the aggregate. Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 27.050(c), the mesh size of a
				  herring set gillnet may not be less than two inches and may not exceed two and
				  one-half inches.
(b) A person may
				  not operate a herring drift gillnet that is more than 150 fathoms in
				  length.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.432 - Seine specifications and operations for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
From April 15 - June 30, a purse seine may not be more than
					 1,025 meshes in depth or more than 150 fathoms in length.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.434 - Identification of set gillnet gear for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A set gillnet used to take herring must have a keg or buoy
					 at one end and must be plainly and legibly marked with the fisherman's
					 five-digit CFEC permit serial number and initials.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.435 - Minimum distance between units of gear in Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A set gillnet may not be set or operated within 600 feet of
					 another set gillnet, except that this provision does not apply in the Chinitna
					 Bay Subdistrict.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.450 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may not
				  be taken in any waters listed in
				  5 AAC 21.350(a) - (c).
(b) Herring may not be taken in the
				  Resurrection Bay small boat harbor from April 16 through September
				  30.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.462 - Reporting requirements for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.130(n), a buyer, buyer's
				  agent, or fisherman who has arranged for the tendering of the fisherman's own
				  catch, operating in the Southern, Kamishak Bay, Barren Island, Outer, and
				  Eastern Districts, shall report in person to and register with a local
				  representative of the department before commencing operations. The buyer,
				  buyer's agent, or fisherman who has arranged for the tendering of the
				  fisherman's own catch shall
(1) identify and
				  describe all vessels to be employed in transporting or processing
				  herring;
(2) report daily, or as
				  otherwise specified by a local department representative, all herring purchased
				  from fishermen, or other processing records as specified by a department
				  representative; and
(3) submit
				  fully completed fish tickets with accurate and final weight and roe percentages
				  no later than 10 days after termination of buying operations in the area, or as
				  otherwise specified by a local representative of the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.463 - Eastern, Outer, and Southern Districts Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
The Board of Fisheries (board) is concerned that the
					 current stock abundance of herring in the Eastern, Outer, and Southern
					 Districts is insufficient to ensure that the commercial herring fishery can be
					 conducted in a sustainable manner. Therefore, the commercial herring fishery in
					 the Eastern, Outer, and Southern Districts remains closed until the board
					 approves a management plan that considers the following factors:
(1) viability of herring stocks on a spawning
				  area basis;
(2) minimum spawning
				  biomass thresholds;
(3) abundance
				  of mature herring for each stock;
(4) maximum allowable exploitation rates
				  depending on estimated stock biomass;
(5) age class strength and sex
				  composition;
(6) the ecosystem
				  function of both target and nontarget species;
(7) maintenance of the geographic
				  distribution of the resource.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 7 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 27.465 - Kamishak Bay District Herring Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  the Kamishak Bay District herring management plan under this section is to
				  promote and maintain the viability of the herring stock in the Kamishak Bay
				  District and stabilize the commercial fishery targeting the herring stock by
				  using conservative management strategies that support a biologically sound and
				  sustainable commercial fishery. This management plan describes the management
				  strategies used to set and implement the guideline harvest levels for the
				  Kamishak Bay sac roe fishery.
(b)
				  The management year for the Kamishak Bay herring stock is July 1 through June
				  30.
(c) Repealed
				  6/5/2020.
(d) The guideline harvest
				  level for the Kamishak Bay sac roe fishery will be based on the projected
				  biomass as determined by the most recent aerial surveys, age class composition,
				  historical mortality, recruitment trends, and other relevant data that is
				  collected by the department.
(e)
				  The maximum allowable exploitation rate for the Kamishak Bay herring stock is
				  15 percent of the spawning biomass. The department will determine the
				  exploitation rate based on the age class structure of the forecasted biomass,
				  the degree of biomass uncertainty as measured by the adequacy of recent years'
				  aerial survey conditions and coverage, and the following guidelines:
(1) if the projected spawning biomass is
				  24,000 short tons or more, the department will establish a guideline harvest
				  level of herring based on an exploitation rate between zero and 15
				  percent;
(2) if the projected
				  spawning biomass is at least 14,000 short tons, but less than 24,000 short
				  tons, the department will establish a guideline harvest level of herring based
				  on an exploitation rate between zero and 12.5 percent;
(3) if the projected spawning biomass is at
				  least 6,000 short tons, but less than 14,000 short tons, the department will
				  establish a guideline harvest level of herring based on an exploitation rate
				  between zero and 10 percent;
(4) if
				  the projected spawning biomass is less than the minimum threshold of 6,000
				  short tons, the Kamishak Bay sac roe fishery will be closed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.500 - Description of Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Kodiak Area includes all waters of Alaska south of a
					 line extending from Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.), west of 150º
					 W. long., north of 55º 30.00' N. lat., and north and east of a line
					 extending 135º southeast for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks
					 at 57º 10.34' N. lat., 156º 20.22' W. long. (the longitude of the
					 southern entrance of Imuya Bay), then due south.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.505 - Description of Kodiak Area districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) West Afognak
				  District: all waters south of a line from Head Point (57º 59.67' N. lat.,
				  152º 46.75' W. long.) to Dolphin Point (57º 59.17' N. lat., 152º
				  43.42' W. long.), and north of a line from Occident Point (57º 57.42' N.
				  lat., 152º 51.75' W. long.) to Last Timber Point (57º 58.60' N. lat.,
				  152º 59.05' W. long.), and north of a line extending west on the latitude
				  of Raspberry Cape (58º 03.58' N. lat.) to midstream of Shelikof Strait,
				  east of midstream of Shelikof Strait to Cape Newland (58º 30.40' N. lat.,
				  152º 39.50' W. long.), and west of the longitude of Cape Current
				  (152º 28.90' W. long.).
(1) Raspberry
				  Strait Section: all waters of Raspberry Strait enclosed by a line extending
				  from Raspberry Cape (58º 03.58' N. lat., 153º 25.25' W. long.) to
				  Steep Cape (58º 12.00' N. lat., 153º 12.50' W. long.), and by lines
				  from Head Point (57º 59.67' N. lat., 152º 46.75' W. long.) to Dolphin
				  Point on Whale Island (57º 59.17' N. lat., 152º 43.42' W. long.), and
				  north of a line from Occident Point (57º 57.42' N. lat., 152º 51.75'
				  W. long.) to Last Timber Point (57º 58.60' N. lat., 152º 59.05' W.
				  long.);
(2) Malina Bay Section: all
				  waters of Malina Bay east of a line from Steep Cape (58º 12.00' N. lat.,
				  153º 12.50' W. long.) to Cape Paramanof (58º 18.33' N. lat.,
				  153º 02.80' W. long.);
(3)
				  Paraman of Bay Section: all waters of Paramanof Bay east of a line from Cape
				  Paramanof (58º 18.33' N. lat., 153º 02.80' W. long.) to the
				  westernmost tip of Ban Island, and south of a line extending from the east side
				  of Ban Island to the west side of Afognak Island at 58º 19.25' N.
				  lat.;
(4) Foul Bay Section: all
				  waters of Foul Bay east of a line from the westernmost tip of Ban Island to
				  Black Cape (58º 24.50' N. lat., 152º 53.30' W. long.), excluding the
				  Paramanof Bay Section;
(5) Bluefox
				  Bay Section: all waters enclosed by a line from Black Cape (58º 24.50' N.
				  lat., 152º 53.30' W. long.) to Cape Newland (58º 30.40' N. lat.,
				  152º 39.50' W. long.), and west of a line at the longitude of Cape Current
				  (152º 28.90' W. long.) north to Shuyak Island;
(6) Offshore West Afognak Section: all waters
				  enclosed by lines extending west along the latitudes of Raspberry Cape
				  (58º 03.58' N. lat.) and Cape Newland (58º 30.40' N. lat.) to
				  midstream of Shelikof Strait, and by lines from Raspberry Cape to Steep Cape to
				  Cape Paramanof to Cape Newland.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.506 - Use of global positioning system (GPS)

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Kodiak Area, boundaries, lines, and coordinates are
					 identified with the global positioning system (GPS). If the global positioning
					 system is not operating, the boundaries, lines, and coordinates are as
					 identified by ADF&G regulatory markers.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.510 - Fishing seasons and periods for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided for by emergency order, herring may be taken during the sac
				  roe season from April 1 through June 30, as follows:
(1) fishing periods for purse seines are from
				  9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
(2) from
				  April 2 through June 30, the fishing periods for gillnets are from 12:00 noon
				  on even-numbered days until 12:00 noon on odd-numbered days;
(3) repealed 4/9/2005;
(4) after April 30, a CFEC permit holder must
				  register with the department before participating in the sac roe herring
				  fishery.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.515 - Lawful gear for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may be
				  taken only by seines, gillnets and trawls, except that beach seines and trawls
				  may not be used to take herring during the sac roe season.
(b) A herring fishing vessel may operate or
				  assist in operating, or have on board it, only one legal limit of herring
				  fishing gear in the aggregate, except that
(1) a herring fishing vessel may tow or
				  transport another herring fishing vessel containing those vessels' own gear;
				  and
(2) parts of gear used in other
				  management areas may be on board the vessel if those parts of gear are stowed
				  below the deck of the vessel while that vessel is in the Kodiak Area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.520 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The aggregate
				  length of herring gillnets in use by any herring CFEC permit holder may not
				  exceed 150 fathoms.
(b) The
				  interim-use or entry permit holder must be physically present while the gillnet
				  is being fished.
(c) Each drift
				  gillnet in operation must have a buoy at one end and the opposite end must be
				  attached to the fishing vessel. Each set gillnet in operation must be anchored
				  and buoyed at both ends. All buoys must be at least 10 inches in diameter and
				  all buoys used on an individual gillnet must be of the same color. Each buoy
				  must be plainly and legibly marked with the permanent vessel license plate
				  number (ADF&G number) of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy may bear
				  only a single number, and this number must be that of the vessel used in
				  operating the gear. The number must be painted on the top one-third of the buoy
				  in numerals at least four inches in height, one-half inch in width, and in a
				  color contrasting to that of the buoy. The buoy markings must be visible on the
				  buoy above the water surface. Set gillnets must have a buoy spaced every 25
				  fathoms along the net and the buoys must be floating on the surface of the
				  water.
(d) Herring gillnets may
				  remain in the water for up to four hours after the announced closing time for
				  any opening of three hours or less fishing time. No herring gillnets may be set
				  or reset after a closure time. Herring gillnets may remain in the water for up
				  to four hours after an emergency order closure if that closure is announced by
				  the department less than three hours before the closure time. No herring
				  gillnet may remain in the water past the 12:00 noon closure on even-numbered
				  days described in
				  5 AAC 27.510.
(e) From April 1 through July 31, a herring
				  gillnet may not exceed 230 meshes in depth.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.525 - Seine specifications and operations for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) From April 1
				  through July 31, a purse seine may not exceed 18 fathoms stretch measure in
				  depth or 100 fathoms in length. The depth shall be determined by using a
				  stretch measure of the web from the cork line to the bottom of the net,
				  including any lines that hang below the lead line.
(b) Repealed 4/14/82.
(c) From August 1 through February 28, a
				  purse seine may not be more than 1,625 meshes in depth, including meshes used
				  as chafing gear, or more than 150 fathoms in length.
(d) From April 1 through July 31, an Area K
				  CFEC sac roe seine permit holder may use only one vessel to take herring -
				  either the vessel identified on the holder's permit or a replacement vessel
				  that the holder has registered, in person, at the department's Kodiak office.
				  Only one seine vessel at a time may be registered as a replacement
				  vessel.
(e) From March 1 through
				  April 13, a person may make practice purse seine sets from a purse seine vessel
				  in the Kodiak Area within one-half mile of the Sealand dock. All fish caught
				  shall be immediately released back to the water unharmed.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.530 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During the
				  period July 1 - October 31, herring may not be taken in waters described in
				  5 AAC 18.350 and
				  5 AAC 39.290.
(b) During the commercial herring sac roe
				  fishing season, herring may not be taken in the waters of Womens Bay enclosed
				  by a line from Shannon's Point (57º 43.80' N. lat., 152º 31.60' W.
				  long.) to Nymans Peninsula (57º 43.30' N. lat., 152º 31.40' W.
				  long.).
(c) During the period from
				  April 15 through June 30, or later if the season is extended by emergency
				  order, herring may not be taken in the waters of Brown's Lagoon.
(d) During the period from April 15 through
				  June 30, herring may not be taken in the following waters of Uganik Island:
(1) south and west of a line from 57º
				  51.10' N. lat., 153º 13.53' W. long. to 57º 52.12' N. lat., 153º
				  15.00' W. long.;
(2) north of a
				  line from 57º 49.37' N. lat., 153º 17.65' W. long. to 57º 49.47'
				  N. lat., 153º 19.30' W. long.;
(3) east of a line from 57º 50.85' N.
				  lat., 153º 19.18' W. long. to 57º 50.07' N. lat., 153º 19.18' W.
				  long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.535 - Harvest strategies for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/5/2020.
(b) The department shall
				  establish guideline harvest levels for the herring food and bait fisheries for
				  the Kodiak Area, which may not exceed 10 percent of the guideline harvest level
				  of that section in the previous sac roe season. The Shiiyak Island, Offshore
				  West Afotliiak, Outer Uganik, Offshore Uvak, Hallo Bay, Outer Kukak, and Missak
				  Sections may not open for the food and bait fishery.
(c) The department shall manage the districts
				  of the food and bait herring fishery, so that the harvest does not exceed the
				  combined sum of the guideline harvest levels of the individual sections of a
				  district. The department may manage the food and bait fishery, including the
				  Shelikof Strait fishery, by section of a district, if the harvest location, age
				  class composition of the harvest, or biomass estimates indicate a harvest has
				  occurred on a single herring spawning stock.
(d) Repealed 6/5/2020.
(e) The department shall manage the sac roe
				  herring fishery as follows; the commissioner shall issue emergency orders as
				  necessary:
(1) based on the department's
				  assessment of
(A) biomass, recent spawning
				  areas, and status of a herring stock in a bay or complex of bays, adjacent
				  sections may be combined and managed as a single section;
(B) effort levels, harvest rates, and the
				  department's ability to monitor the fishery, the length of the fishing periods
				  for either or both gear types may be increased or reduced; and
(C) remaining guideline harvest levels,
				  notwithstanding any other provision of this section, from May 1 through June
				  30, the commissioner may, by emergency order, open any area with a remaining
				  herring guideline harvest level to any gear group if the department determines
				  that the fishery is not likely to result in overharvest of the
				  resource;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.536 - Size limits for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A CFEC herring seine permit holder may not sell or have
					 aboard a vessel any herring that were taken during the herring sac roe season
					 if the number of individual herring per 50 pounds of net weight exceeds 250
					 fish.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.540 - Buyer and tender reporting requirements for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition
				  to the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.130(n), a tender operator,
				  buyer, or the tender operator or buyer's agent shall report in person to and
				  register with a local representative of the department upon arrival in the
				  registration area before commencing operations and before changing location of
				  the operation. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify all vessels to be employed in
				  transporting or processing herring and shall register those vessels with a
				  local representative of the department located in the registration area before
				  transporting or processing herring;
(2) make daily reports of all herring
				  purchased from fishermen and other processing records as specified by a local
				  representative of the department; and
(3) submit fully completed fish tickets with
				  accurate and final weight and roe percentages no later than 10 days after
				  termination of buying operations in the area, or as otherwise specified by a
				  local representative of the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 27.545 - Harvest of bait by commercial permit holders in Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry
					 permit may take but may not sell herring for use as bait in the commercial
					 fishery for which the permit is held as follows:
(1) herring may only be taken under the
				  authority of a herring bait fishing permit issued by the commissioner or the
				  commissioner's designee;
(2)
				  herring may only be taken by gillnet, mechanical jigging machine, hand troll,
				  and purse seine gear;
(3) from
				  April 12 through July 3, a vessel, crew member, or permit holder that
				  participates in the Kodiak commercial herring sac roe fishery may not take
				  herring under this section in the Kodiak Area;
(4) person may not take more than 1,000
				  pounds of herring in a calendar year.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.550 - Description of Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Chignik Area includes all waters of Alaska on the south
					 side of the Alaska Peninsula bounded by a line extending 135º southeast
					 for three miles from a point near Kilokak Rocks at 57º 10.34' N. lat.,
					 156º 20.22' W. long. (the longitude of the southern entrance to Imuya
					 Bay), then due south, and a line extending 135º southeast from Kupreanof
					 Point at 55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.555 - Description of Chignik Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts are as described in
					 5 AAC 15.200.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.556 - Use of global positioning systems (GPS)

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Chignik Area, boundaries, lines, and coordinates are
					 identified with the global positioning system (GPS). If the global positioning
					 system is not operating, the boundaries, lines, and coordinates are as
					 identified by ADF&G regulatory markers.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.560 - Fishing seasons and weekly fishing periods for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may be
				  taken from April 15 through June 30 (sac roe season) and from August 15 through
				  February 28 (food and bait season).
(b) Herring may be taken only during periods
				  established by emergency order.
(c)
				  A CFEC permit holder must register with the department before participating in
				  the sac roe fishery and the food and bait fishery.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.565 - Lawful gear for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Herring may be
				  taken only by purse seines.
(b) A
				  herring fishing vessel may operate or assist in operating only one legal limit
				  of herring fishing gear in the aggregate.
(c) Unhung gear sufficient for mending
				  purposes may be carried aboard fishing vessels.
(d) Herring fishing nets shall be measured,
				  either wet or dry, by determining the maximum length of cork line when the net
				  is fully extended with traction applied at one end only.
(e) The interim-use or entry permit holder is
				  responsible for operation of the net.
(f) The use of leads with any net gear used
				  for commercial herring fishing is prohibited during the herring sac roe
				  season.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.575 - Seine specifications and operations for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
A purse seine may not be more than 1,000 meshes in depth or
					 more than 100 fathoms in length.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.580 - Waters closed to herring fishing in Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
During the period June 12 - October 31, herring may not be
					 taken in waters described in
					 5 AAC 15.350 and
					 5 AAC 39.290.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 9 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 27.590 - Buyer and tender reporting requirements for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 39.130(n), each tender operator
					 and each buyer or the tender operator or buyer's agent shall report in person
					 to and register with a local representative of the department upon arrival in
					 the registration area before commencing operations and before changing location
					 of the operation. The buyer or the buyer's agent shall
(1) identify all vessels to be employed in
				  transporting or processing herring and shall register those vessels with a
				  local representative of the department located in the registration area before
				  transporting or processing herring;
(2) make daily reports of all herring
				  purchased from fishermen, and other processing records as specified by a local
				  representative of the department; and
(3) submit fish tickets before departure from
				  the area and no later than 10 days after termination of buying operations in
				  the area, or as otherwise specified by a local representative of the
				  department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.600 - Description of Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area includes all
					 waters bound on the east by a line extending southeast (135º) from the
					 southernmost tip of Kupreanof Point, on the west by the International Date
					 Line, and on the north by a line extending west from the westernmost tip of
					 Cape Menshikof.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.605 - Description of Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sand Point District: all waters on the
				  south (Pacific) side of the Alaska Peninsula west of a line extending 135º
				  from Kupreanof Point (55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.), and
				  east of 160º 59.00' W. long. (longitude of McGinty Point). Sections are as
				  follows:
(1) Stepovak Bay Section: all waters
				  of the Sand Point District located west of a line extending 135º from
				  Kupreanof Point (55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.), north of
				  a line from approximately two nautical miles south of 135º from Kupreanof
				  Point, west to 55º 32.20' N. lat., 160º 02.60' W. long.,
				  (approximately one nautical mile north of Karpa Island), and west to 55º
				  26.00' N. lat., 160º 31.50' W. long., (approximately two nautical miles
				  south of the longitude of Swedania Point (160º 31.50' W. long.);
(2) Swedania Point-Balboa Bay Section: all
				  waters of the Sand Point District located between 160º 31.50' W. long. and
				  160º 49.00' W. long., and north of 55º 26.00' N. lat.;
(3) Point Aliaksin-Beaver Bay Section: all
				  waters of the Sand Point District located between 160º 49.00' W. long. and
				  160º 59.00' W. long., and north of 55º 26.00' N. lat.;
(4) General Section: all other waters of the
				  Sand Point District.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.606 - Use of global positioning system (GPS)

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Aleutian Island-Alaska Peninsula Area herring
					 fishery, boundaries, lines, and coordinates are identified with the global
					 positioning system (GPS). If the global positioning system is not operating,
					 the boundaries, lines, and coordinates are as identified by ADF&G
					 regulatory markers.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.610 - Fishing seasons and periods for Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Sand
				  Point, Pavlof, King Cove, Amak, Port Moller, and Port Heiden Districts, herring
				  may be taken from April 15 through July 15 (sac roe season) only during fishing
				  periods established by emergency order.
(b) Repealed 4/2/88.
(c) Repealed 5/2/92.
(d) Repealed 5/31/98.
(e) In the Unimak, Akutan, Unalaska, Umnak,
				  and Adak Districts, herring may be taken only during fishing periods
				  established by emergency order as follow:
(1)
				  in the sac roe fishery, from April 15 through 12:00 noon, June 24;
(2) in the food and bait fishery,
(A) by gillnets and purse seines, from 12:00
				  noon June 24 through February 28;
(B) repelaed 5/31/2019
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.630 - Lawful gear for Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Herring may be taken only by purse seines and
					 gillnets.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.631 - Gillnet specifications and operations for Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the herring gillnet fishery, the
				  aggregate length of gillnets operated by a CFEC permit holder may not exceed
				  150 fathoms.
(b) The interim-use or
				  entry permit holder must be physically present while the gillnet is being
				  fished.
(c) Each drift gillnet in
				  operation must have a buoy at one end and the opposite end must be attached to
				  the fishing vessel. Each set gillnet in operation must be anchored and buoyed
				  at both ends. Each buoy must be plainly and legibly marked with the permanent
				  vessel license plate number (ADF&G number) of the vessel operating the
				  gear. The buoy may bear only a single number and this number must be that of
				  the vessel used in operating the gear. The numbers must be painted on the top
				  one-third of the buoy in numerals at least four inches in height, one-half inch
				  in width and in a color contrasting to that of the buoy. The buoy markings must
				  be visible on the buoy above the water surface.
(d) In the Akutan and Unalaska Districts,
				  notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 27.050(c), gillnet mesh sizes up
				  to three and one-half inches may be used.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 10 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 27.632 - Seine specifications and operations for Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
During the herring sac roe season, a purse seine may not be
					 more than 1,000 meshes in depth and more than 100 fathoms in length. During the
					 herring food and bait season, a purse seine may not be more than 250 fathoms in
					 length.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251