Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Management Area Commercial Herring Fishery Management Strategy, 2019 PDF Download

Author: Lucas K. Stumpf
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Category : Fishery management
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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Book Description
A Pacific herring Clupea pallasii commercial sac roe fishery may occur in the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Management Area (Area M) in 2019. This document is a guide for commercial herring harvesters, buyers, and tender operators and describes the management strategy, guideline harvest levels (GHLs), fishing industry requirements for participation, and provides Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) contact information. Dates and times for possible commercial fishing periods will be established by emergency order and can be obtained from ADF&G. The commercial food and bait fisheries for Pacific herring in the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Management Area (Area M) can occur within the Unimak, Akutan, Unalaska, Umnak, and Adak districts. The Dutch Harbor food and bait herring fishery takes place from June 24 until February 28 and is allocated 7% of the Togiak sac roe herring total allowable harvest (minus the Togiak spawn-on-kelp fishery fixed allocation). The 2019 Dutch Harbor food and bait herring allocation is 2,027 tons with either purse seine or gillnet gear. The Adak food and bait herring fishery is allocated 500 tons that may be harvested, from June 24 until February 28, with either purse seine or gillnet gear. This document describes how the fisheries will be managed, the industry requirements to participate in the fisheries, and how to contact and relay information to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.