Section 5 AAC 24.360 - Copper River District Salmon Management Plan(a) The department shall manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve a sustainable escapement goal of 360,000 - 750,000 sockeye salmon into the Copper River.(b) The department shall manage the Copper River District commercial salmon fishery to achieve an inriver goal of salmon, as measured at the sonar counter near Miles Lake, based on the total of the following categories: Spawning escapementlower end of sockeye salmon sustainable escapement goal
17,500 other salmon Glennallen Subdistrict subsistence fishery 61,000 - 82,500 salmon Chitina Subdistrict personal use fishery 100,000 - 150,000 salmon Sport fishery 15,000 salmon Hatchery brood (sockeye salmon) estimated annually Hatchery surplus (sockeye salmon) estimated annually TOTAL announced annually
In effect before 1988; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 5/24/97, Register 142; am 1/22/98, Register 145; am 3/30/2000, Register 153; am 5/11/2003, Register 166; am 6/12/2003, Register 166; am 3/30/2006, Register 177; am 4/23/2006, Register 178; am 4/24/2009, Register 190; am 3/24/2012, Register 201Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258