Section 5 AAC 33.387 - District 9: Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area Management Plan(a) The purpose of the management plan in this section is to distribute the harvest of hatchery-produced salmon in the Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area.(b) The Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Keku Strait enclosed by a line from a rocky point on the northern end of Kuiu Island located on the east side of Southeast Cove at 56° 52.95' N. lat., 134° 01.33' W. long. to the northwest corner of Hound Island at 56° 53.12' N. lat., 133° 56.77' W. long., then northwest connecting points along the northern shore of Keku Islands at 56° 53.98' N. lat., 133° 57.58' W. long. to 56° 54.90' N. lat., 133° 59.53' W. long. to 56° 55.93' N. lat., 134° 00.97' W. long. to 56° 55.95' N. lat., 134° 02.15' W. long. to 56° 55.22' N. lat., 134° 02.53' W. long. to 56° 56.37' N. lat., 134° 06.62' W. long., then to the northwest corner of Payne Island at 56° 57.45' N. lat., 134° 08.75' W. long., then south to a point on Kuiu Island at 56° 55.08' N. lat., 134° 09.25' W. long.(c) From the third Sunday in June through the first Saturday in August, the commissioner, in consultation with the hatchery operator may open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to harvest hatchery-produced salmon returning to the Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area in excess of broodstock and cost recovery needs.(d) The management plan allows for the harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon the purse seine, gillnet, and troll fisheries when there are excess fish not being harvested by the hatchery operator. The gear and rotations, if any, shall be determined by the commissioner, by emergencv order, in consultation with the hatchery operator.Eff. 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 6/17/2018,Register 226, July 2018Authority:AS 16.05.060
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