Section 5 AAC 04.380 - Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District Salmon Management Plan(a) The purpose of this management plan is to provide the department with management guidelines for the sustained yield of salmon stocks in Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District. The department shall manage, to the extent practicable, the subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries in Subdistrict 1 to achieve escapement goals.
(b) The department shall manage salmon fisheries in Subdistrict 1 as follows: (1) commercial fishing for chum and pink salmon may be opened in the waters east or west of Cape Nome, or both, by emergency order, if the department projects the harvestable surplus will more than meet subsistence needs;(2) subsistence fishing for chum salmon will be opened and closed by emergency order on a stream-by-stream basis, if the department determines there is a harvestable surplus; a permit under 5 AAC 01.180 is required;(3) if subsistence fishing for chum salmon is restricted, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close a commercial fishery and immediately reopen a commercial fishery during which chum salmon may be retained, but not sold.6/28/2019, Register 230, May 2019Authority:AS 16.05.060
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