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Region 1-Southeast News Release

(Released: May 01, 2008)

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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
Denby S. Lloyd, Commissioner

DIVISION OF SPORT FISH
Charles O. Swanton, Director

Contact:
Bob Chadwick
Regional Management Coordinator
Phone: (907) 747-5551

May 01, 2008

SOUTHEAST ALASKA KING SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR 2008 HAVE BEEN REVISED

Juneau- On Monday April 28, 2008 the Alaska Board of Fisheries met by teleconference to consider emergency regulations for modifying provisions within the Southeast Alaska King Salmon Management Plan.  The Board established emergency regulations that modified the restrictions in the department’s emergency order issued earlier in April, 2008.  The new regulations are:

 

Ø      The resident bag and possession limit for king salmon is 1 fish 28 inches or greater in length.

Ø      The nonresident bag and possession limit is:

  •           May 1 through July 15, one king salmon 28 inches or greater in length;
  •            July 16 through September 30, one king salmon 48 inches or greater in length;
  •            October 1 through December 31, one king salmon 28 inches or greater in length.

Ø      Nonresident harvest limit:

o       From January 1 through June 30, a nonresident’s harvest limit is three king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;

 

o       From July 1 through July 15, a nonresident’s harvest limit is two king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length, and any king salmon 28 inches or greater in length harvested by the nonresident from January 1 through June 30 will apply toward the two fish harvest limit;

 

o       From July 16 through September 30, a nonresident’s harvest limit is one king salmon, 48 inches or greater in length, and any king salmon 28 inches or greater in length harvested by the nonresident from January 1 through July 15 will apply toward the one fish harvest limit;

 

o       From October 1 through December 31, a nonresident’s harvest limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length, and any king salmon 28 inches or greater in length harvested by the nonresident from January 1 through September 30 will apply toward the one fish harvest limit;

 

o       Nonresident anglers must record all king salmon harvested, immediately, in ink, either on the back of their sport fishing license, or on a nontransferable harvest record immediately.

       

 

Ø      The maximum number of lines that may be fished from a charter vessel engaged in sport fishing charter activities is six lines or equal to the number of clients onboard the vessel, whichever is less.

 

For further information regarding sport fisheries in Southeast Alaska, contact the nearest ADF&G office or visit:

http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/eonr/index.cfm?region=Region%201%2DSoutheast

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