Ketchikan…. the Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced the following information concerning the Craig/Klawock spawn-on-kelp pound fishery. The 2015/16 herring winter bait fishery in Section 3-B and District 4 had a final harvest of 898 tons of herring. The winter bait fishery was allocated 60% of the total GHL of 1,590 tons, or 954 tons. This means that 692 tons of herring will be used for the Macrocystis kelp allocation tables for the 2016 spawn-on-kelp fishery. New regulatory changes will be in effect for the upcoming season that includes modifications to the kelp allocation table, revisions on how permit holders operate and join two separate closed pounds, a new depth to which the pound webbing must be lowered at time of herring release, and an increase in how Read more…
Day: March 2, 2016
IFQ SABLEFISH FISHING PROHIBITED IN STATE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA
Sitka. . . .The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reminds participants in the federal Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) sablefish fishery that IFQ harvest of sablefish is prohibited in all state waters of the Southeast District. This includes internal state waters, all waters within the three nautical mile line (0-3 miles), and the waters that are east of the Fishery Limit Line between Cape Ommaney and 55°30.00′ N. latitude. The areas closed to the harvest of IFQ sablefish are outlined in the attached map on page 2. For additional information on federal IFQ fisheries for sablefish and halibut contact NOAA Enforcement at (907) 747-6940 (Sitka), (907) 586-7225 (Juneau), (907) 772-2285 (Petersburg), or (907) 247-5804 (Ketchikan). For additional information on groundfish fisheries, Read more…