Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 40.042 – Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Special Harvest Areas

(a) The following special harvest areas are established for the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association:
1. (1) repealed 4/23/94;
2. (2) repealed 5/31/2009;
3. (3) Patterson Bay, for coho salmon: all waters of Patterson Bay north of 56° 34' N. lat.; fishing periods for the hatchery permit holder will be opened and closed by emergency order;
4. (4) Bear Cove, for king and coho salmon: the waters of Bear Cove and Silver Bay east of a line from 57° 00.63' N. lat., 135° 09.80' W. long., to 57° 00.75' N. lat., 135° 10.58' W. long., to 57° 01.07' N. lat., 135° 09.93' W. long. will be open for the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. May 10 until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
5. (5) Hidden Falls,
  1. (A) for chum and king salmon: the waters of District 12 south of the latitude of South Point at 57° 16.28' N. lat., and north of 57° 06.76' N. lat., and west of a line from a point offshore at 57° 16.28' N. lat., 134° 48.00' W. long., to a point offshore at 57° 06.76' N. lat., 134° 43.00' W. long., excluding the waters of Kelp Bay, will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. June 1 until 11:59 p.m. August 15;
  2. (B) for coho salmon: Kasnyku Bay west of a line from 57° 13.33' N. lat., 134° 50.93' W. long., to the easternmost tip of an unnamed island of Kasnyku Bay located at 57° 12.88' N. lat., 134° 51.48' W. long., and then due south to a point on the southern shore of Kasnyku Bay at 57° 12.64' N. lat., 134° 51.48' W. long., will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. August 1 until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
6. (6) Silver Bay, for chum salmon:
  1. (A) will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. July 1 until 12:01 a.m. July 22 and from 12:01 a.m. the day before the coho salmon fishery is reopened in August, or August 20 if the coho salmon fishery is not closed earlier in August, until September 15; the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the waters of Eastern Channel and Silver Bay enclosed by a line from Entry Point Light at 57° 01.96' N. lat., 135° 15.01' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Harris Island at 57° 01.95' N. lat., 135° 16.60' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Galankin Island at 57° 01.57' N. lat., 135° 19.35' W. long., to Simpson Rock Light at 57° 01.15' N. lat., 135° 20.75' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Makhnati Island at 57° 02.27' N. lat., 135° 23.31' W. long., to Sentinel Rock at 57° 02.83' N. lat., 135° 24.61' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Cape Burunof at 56° 59.04' N. lat., 135° 23.21' W. long., to a point west of Pirate Cove at 56° 59.35' N. lat., 135° 22.63' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Long Island at 56° 59.98' N. lat., 135° 21.93' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Emgeten Island at 57° 00.08' N. lat., 135° 20.01' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Error Island at 57° 00.54' N. lat., 135° 19.50' W. long., to the northernmost tip of Luce Island at 57° 00.70' N. lat., 135° 19.41' W. long., and to the westernmost tip of Silver Point at 57° 00.80' N. lat., 135° 18.09' W. long., and in Silver Bay north of 57° 00.00' N. lat.;
  2. (B) from 12:01 a.m. July 22 to 12:01 a.m. the day before the end of the August coho salmon fishery closure specified in (A) of this paragraph, or August 20 if there is no earlier coho salmon fishery closure in August, the Silver Bay Special Harvest Area for chum salmon is the waters of Eastern Channel and Silver Bay south of a line from Entry Point Light at 57° 01.96' N. lat, 135° 15.01' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Harris Island at 57° 01.95' N. lat., 135° 16.60' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Galankin Island at 57° 01.57' N. lat., 135° 19.35' W. long., and east of a line from Galankin Island to the westernmost point of Silver Point at 57° 00.80' N. lat., 135° 18.09' W. long., and the waters of Sitka Sound enclosed by a line from the southernmost tip of Galankin Island at 57° 01.57' N. lat., 135° 19.35' W. long., to Simpson Rock Light at 57° 01.15' N. lat., 135° 20.75' W. long., to the Makhnati Island buoy at 57° 02.16' N. lat., 135° 23.79' W. long., to Black Rock at 57° 03.14' N. lat., 135° 25.65' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Neva Island at 57° 03.39' N. lat., 135° 24.48' W. long., to the northernmost tip of Sasedni Island at 57° 03.00' N. lat., 135° 23.16' W. long., from the southernmost tip of Volga Island at 57° 02.39' N. lat., 135° 20.84' W. long., to the northernmost tip of Galankin Island at 57° 02.16' N. lat., 135° 20.02' W. long., and in Silver Bay north of 57° 00.00' N. lat.;
7. (7) Deep Inlet for king, chum, and coho salmon: the waters of Deep Inlet, Aleutkina Bay, and contiguous waters south of a line from a point on the westernmost end of Cape Burunof at 56° 59.04' N. lat., 135° 23.21' W. long., to a point west of Cape Burunof at 56° 59.11' N. lat., 135° 23.59' W. long., to a point one-half mile west of the westernmost tip of Long Island at 57° 00.17' N. lat., 135° 22.69' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Long Island at 56° 59.98' N. lat., 135° 21.93' W. long., to the easternmost tip of Long Island at 56° 59.95' N. lat., 135° 20.37' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Emgeten Island at 57° 00.08' N. lat., 135° 20.01' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Error Island at 57° 00.54' N. lat., 135° 19.50' W. long., to the westernmost tip of Berry Island at 57° 00.32' N. lat., 135° 18.68' W. long., to the southernmost tip of Berry Island at 57° 00.28' N. lat., 135° 18.52' W. long., to the westernmost tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group at 57° 00.14' N. lat., 135° 18.27' W. long., to the easternmost tip of the southernmost island in the Kutchuma Island group at 57° 00.06' N. lat., 135° 17.95' W. long., to the westernmost tip of an unnamed island at 57° 00.29' N. lat., 135° 17.66' W. long., to a point on the southern side of the unnamed island at 57° 00.07' N. lat., 135° 16.80' W. long., and then to a point on the Baranof Island shore at 56° 59.93' N. lat., 135° 16.53' W. long., will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. June 15 until 11:59 p.m. October 31, except Sandy Cove is closed south of 56° 59.05' N. lat.;
8. (8) Mist Cove, for coho salmon: the waters of Mist Cove 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., will be open for harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. August 1 until 11:59 p.m. October 31;
9. (9) Repealed 5/31/2009.
10. (10) Crawfish Inlet, for king and chum salmon: the waters of Crawfish Inlet east of 135° 11.05' W. long.
(b) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within a special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310.
(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear for the hatchery permit holder in a special harvest area are as follows:
1. (1) repealed 6/28/97;
2. (2) repealed 5/31/2009;
3. (3) Mist Cove and Patterson Bay: purse seine, beach seine, drift gillnet, set gillnet, hook and line, and dip net;
4. (4) Bear Cove: purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, and dip net, drift gillnet with six inch or larger mesh, and troll gear;
5. (5) Hidden Falls: beach seine, purse seine, hand purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear;
6. (6) Silver Bay and Deep Inlet: purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, dip net, and troll gear;
7. (7) repealed 5/31/2009;
8. (8) repealed 5/31/2009;
9. (9) Shamrock Bay: beach seine, purse seine, hand purse seine, drift gillnet, and troll gear.
10. (10) Crawfish Inlet: purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, drift gillnet, dip net, and troll gear.

(Eff. 4/14/82, Register 82; am 9/22/84, Register 91; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 2/16/2006, Register 177; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 5/31/2009, Register 190; am 6/17/2018, Register 226; am 11/10/2024, Register 252; am 6/27/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251, AS 16.10.440