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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 29 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 25. Waters of frequent high king salmon abundance

5 AAC 29.025. Waters of frequent high king salmon abundance

(a) The following waters are identified as water of frequent high abundance of king salmon:

(1) waters off the west coast of Baranof Island between the latitude of Point Lauder and the latitude of Redfish Cape, to a distance of one mile from the shore;

(2) waters off the Kruzof Island shore from Shoals Point west to Cape Edgecumbe and from Cape Edgecumbe north to Cape Georgiana, to a distance of one mile from the shore;

(3) waters off the west coast of Yakobi Island between the latitude of Yakobi Rock at 58ΓΈ 05.17' N. lat. and the latitude of Cape Cross at 57ΓΈ 55' N. lat., to a distance of one mile from the main shoreline of Yakobi Island;

(4) waters of Palma Bay, Dixon Harbor, Torch Bay, Murk Bay, and Graves Harbor east of a line beginning at the mouth of Kaknau Creek located approximately one mile northeast of Icy Point at 58ΓΈ 23.88' N. lat., 137ΓΈ 04.45' W. long. to Astrolabe Point, then to a point on the south shore of Dixon Harbor at 58ΓΈ 20' N. lat., 136ΓΈ 51.17' W. long., then to Venisa Point, then to the westernmost tip of Polka Point; and

(5) the outer banks of the Fairweather Grounds bounded by the following lines:

(A) on the north by a line extending from 58ΓΈ 46.63' N. lat., 138ΓΈ 54.82' W. long. to 58ΓΈ 24.55' N. lat., 139ΓΈ 48.98' W. long.;

(B) on the south by a line extending from 58ΓΈ 15.83' N. lat., 137ΓΈ 21.80' W. long. to 57ΓΈ 50.08' N. lat., 138ΓΈ 20.03' W. long.;

(C) on the shoreward side by a line extending from 58ΓΈ 46.63' N. lat., 138ΓΈ 54.82' W. long. to 58ΓΈ 15.83' N. lat., 137ΓΈ 21.80' W. long.;

(D) on the seaward side by a line extending from 58ΓΈ 24.55' N. lat., 139ΓΈ 48.98' W. long. to 57ΓΈ 50.08' N. lat., 138ΓΈ 20.03' W. long.

(b) The provisions of this section apply for the purposes of

(1) slowing down the king salmon harvest rate during the king salmon retention fishery; and

(2) reducing the number of king salmon incidentally hooked and released during a king salmon non-retention fishery, as provided in 5 AAC 29.100(c) (3).

History: Eff. 10/1/98, Register 147; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/26/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 16.05.251

Editor's note: Before Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of 5 AAC 29.025 was contained in former 5 AAC 33.312(c). The history note for 5 AAC 29.025 does not reflect the history of the provision before Register 147, Oct. 1998.


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