For the management of herring fisheries in the Southeastern Alaska Area, the department
- (1) shall identify stocks of herring on a spawning area basis;
- (2) shall establish minimum spawning biomass thresholds below which fishing will not be allowed;
- (3) shall assess the abundance of mature herring for each stock before allowing fishing to occur;
- (4) may allow a harvest of herring at an exploitation rate between 10 percent and 15 percent of the estimated spawning biomass when that biomass is above the minimum threshold level, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
- (5) may identify and consider sources of mortality in setting harvest guideline;
- (6) by emergency order, may modify fishing periods to minimize incidental mortalities during commercial fisheries.
(Eff. 4/23/94, Register 130; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 6/27/2025, Register 254)
Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251