Section 5 AAC 40.081 - District 9: Port Armstrong Special Harvest Area(a) The Port Armstrong Special Harvest Area for king salmon consists of the waters of Port Armstrong west of 134º 39.47' W. long., and will be open to harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. April 15 until 11:59 p.m. July 31.(b) The Port Armstrong Special Harvest Area for pink, chum, and coho salmon consists of the waters of Port Armstrong west of a line from Point Eliza at 56º 17.73' N. lat., 134º 38.75' W. long. to a point on the Baranof Island shoreline at 56º 17.98' N. lat., 134º 38.35' W. long., and will be open to harvest by the hatchery permit holder from 12:01 a.m. April 15 until 11:59 p.m. July 31.(c) A hatchery permit holder harvesting salmon within the special harvest area is exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 33.310.(d) The Port Armstrong Special Harvest Area, described in (b) of this section, will be closed to commercial fishing, other than hatchery cost recovery fishing, from 12:01 a.m. July 31 until 11:59 p.m. September 30. The commissioner may open and close, by emergency order, fishing periods for common property fisheries to harvest salmon surplus to broodstock and cost recovery returning to the Port Armstrong salmon hatchery.(e) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 33.330, legal gear types for the hatchery permit holder in the special harvest area are purse seine, hand purse seine, beach seine, dip net, drift gillnet with six inch or larger mesh, and troll gear.Eff. 6/28/97, Register 142; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 5/31/2009, Register 190; am 7/13/2012, Register 203Authority:AS 16.05.060
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