- (a) The department, in consultation with the hatchery operator, shall manage the Cannery Creek Subdistrict to achieve the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation's escapement goal for the Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery.
- (b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 24.320 and 5 AAC 24.330, and except as otherwise provided by emergency order, a corporation holding a permit under AS 16.10.400 for the Cannery Creek Salmon Hatchery, and an agent, contractor, or employee of that corporation who is authorized under 5 AAC 40.005(g), may harvest salmon within the Cannery Creek Hatchery Special Harvest Area from 6:00 a.m. July 7 through 6:00 p.m. September 15, using purse seines, hand purse seines, and beach seines.
(c) The Cannery Creek Hatchery harvest areas are as follows:
- (1) Cannery Creek Terminal Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the Northern District north and east of a line from 61° 00.97' N. lat., 147° 33.12' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60° 59.79' N. lat., 147° 32.40' W. long., excluding the Cannery Creek Hatchery Special Harvest Area;
- (2) Cannery Creek Special Harvest Area: the waters of Unakwik Inlet in the Northern District north and east of a line from 61° 00.97' N. lat., 147° 32.62' W. long. southward to a point on the shore at 60° 59.96' N. lat., 147° 31.48' W. long.
(Eff. 5/11/2003, Register 166)
Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251