Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 45 closes commercial salmon fishing with set gillnets in the Northern District, and in the Western, Kalgin Island, Kustatan, and Chinitna Bay subdistricts of Upper Cook Inlet for the 2021 season, effective at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2021.
Commercial salmon fishing with drift gillnets will also be closed in the Central District of Upper Cook Inlet for the 2021 season, effective at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2021.
Regulations 5AAC 21.310 Fishing Seasons; 5 AAC 21.320 Weekly Fishing Periods; and 5 AAC 21.353 Central District Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan all state that salmon may be taken in the areas mentioned above from a specific starting date until closed by emergency order. This emergency order closes the 2021 Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishing season in compliance with these regulations.
Commercial fishing with set gillnets in the Upper Subdistrict of the Central District closes each year by regulation (5 AAC 21.310 (b)(2)(C)(i) and (ii)) no later than August 15, unless closed earlier by emergency order.
