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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 33 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 520. Southeastern Alaska Area Eulachon Smelt Management Plan

5 AAC 33.520. Southeastern Alaska Area Eulachon Smelt Management Plan

(a) Eulachon smelt (thaleichthys pacificus) may be taken in the Southeastern Alaska Area only by a CFEC permit holder. Before taking eulachon smelt, a CFEC permit holder must register with the department no later than March 1 of each calendar year.

(b) Eulachon smelt may be taken only from 12:01 a.m. March 2 through 11:59 p.m. May 15.

(c) Eulachon smelt may only be taken in the following areas in the Southeastern Alaska Area:

(1) Unuk River and Klahini River: north of 56ΓΈ 02' N. lat.;

(2) Chickamin River: east of a line from Fish Point to Trap Point;

(3) Stikine River: inside of a line from Babbler Point to Hour Point along the shore of Wrangell Island to Point Highfield to the southern end of Liesnoi Island to the southern end of Greys Island to the small island near the eastern entrance of Blind Slough to the nearest point of Mitkof Island to the prominent point of Mitkof Island nearest Coney Island to the northern end of Coney Island to a point 500 yards north of Jap Creek on the mainland shore;

(4) Bradfield Canal: east of the longitude of Duck Point.

(d) Eulachon smelt may only be taken by beach seine, purse seine, hand purse seine, dip net, or cast net.

(e) The maximum harvest level for each area described in (f) of this section will be divided equally among permit holders.

(f) The maximum harvest levels for the taking of eulachon smelt in the Southeastern Alaska Area are as follows:

(1) Unuk, Klahini, and Chickamin Rivers combined: 25,000 pounds;

(2) Bradfield Canal: 5,000 pounds;

(3) Stikine River: 5,000 pounds.

(g) A permit holder who sells eulachon smelt from the permit holder's vessel or processes the permit holder's own catch, or a processor who sends unprocessed catch out of the state, must comply with the permit and reporting requirements of 5 AAC 39.130.

History: Eff. 7/21/99, Register 151; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 16.05.251


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