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Regulation Announcements, News Releases & Emergency Orders => Commercial Fishing => : mudbrook February 15, 2012, 11:11:34 AM
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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
DIVISION OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
NEWS RELEASE
Cora Campbell, Commissioner
Jeff Regnart, Director
Contact: Westward Region
Nicholas Sagalkin 211 Mission Road
Shellfish Management Biologist Kodiak Alaska, 99615
Phone: (907) 486-1840
Fax: (907) 486-1824 Date Issued: 02/14/2012
EXTENSION OF THE DAILY FISHING PERIOD FOR TANNER CRAB
IN THE SEMIDI ISLAND OVERLAP SECTION OF THE
KODIAK DISTRICT
EMERGENCY ORDER NO. 4-S-15-12
Effective Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 12:01 a.m., the daily fishing period for commercial
Tanner crab in the Semidi Island Overlap Section of the Kodiak District will be extended to 24-
hours per day. Based on the department’s assessment of effort and manageability of the fishery,
restricting harvest to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:59 p.m. is no longer warranted.
For further details, contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak at (907) 486-
1840.