- (a) The Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area for coho salmon using troll gear is established adjacent to and exclusive of the Mist Cove Special Harvest Area specified in 5 AAC 40.042(a)(8). The Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters that are outside of the Mist Cove Special Harvest Area and north of the latitude of 56° 28.00' N. lat., west of a line from 56° 28.00' N. lat., 134° 37.00' W. long., to Patterson Point Light at 56° 32.39' N. lat., 134° 38.27' W. long., to a point on the Baranof Island shore at 56° 32.52' N. lat., 134° 40.18' W. long., and east of the longitude of 134° 41.00' W. long., in Deep Cove.
- (b) The commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to manage the harvest of excess salmon returning to the Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area.
- (c) The Mist Cove Special Harvest Area consisting of all waters south and west of a line from 56° 31.72' N. lat., 134° 39.97' W. long., to 56° 31.17' N. lat., 134° 39.83' W. long., is closed to commercial fishing, other than hatchery cost recovery fishing, from 12:01 a.m. July 31 until 11:59 p.m. September 30, and the waters south of a line from ADF&G regulatory markers located at 56° 31.07' N. lat., 134° 40.20' W. long., to 56° 31.07' N. lat., 134° 40.12' W., long. are closed to commercial salmon fishing, other than hatchery cost recovery fishing.
(Eff. 7/26/2003, Register 167; am 5/31/2009, Register 190; am 7/1/2015, Register 214; am 11/10/2024, Register 252)
Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251