An announcement for the Upper Cook Inlet will open the commercial fishery for the Kasilof Section from 7:00 am until 9:00 pm on Saturday, June 27.
Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 7 opens commercial salmon fishing with set gillnets in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Drift gillnetting will be open in the Kasilof Section (not the Expanded Kasilof Section) of theUpper Subdistrict from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
As of midnight on Thursday, June 25 more than 112,000 sockeye salmon are estimated to have passed the Kasilof River sonar site. This represents the highest passage estimate in the past 10 years (2006–2015) through this date. This fishing period is intended to slow the rate of escapement of sockeye salmon into the Kasilof River.
Set gillnet fishermen in the Upper Subdistrict of the Central District who own and operate two CFEC set gillnet permits may operate up to 210 fathoms of gear, except that no more than 105 fathoms may exceed 29 meshes in depth (5 AAC 21.331 (i) Gillnet Specifications and Operations).
Additionally, each set gillnet operated under this section with 29 meshes or less in depth must be identified at one end with a blue buoy that is 9.5 inches in diameter or greater.
