SB0128A -1- SB 128 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0679\A SENATE BILL NO. 128 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION BY SENATOR OLSON Introduced: 4/12/23 Referred: Judiciary, Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act temporarily closing the commercial salmon fishery in a portion of the Alaska 1 Peninsula and Aleutian Islands; and providing for an effective date." 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 4 to read: 5 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ALASKA PENINSULA MANAGEMENT AREA M 6 TO COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHING. Notwithstanding the authority usually delegated 7 by the legislature to the Board of Fisheries under AS 16.05.251, the area of the Alaska 8 Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, and Atka-Amlia Islands Areas administered by the Board of 9 Fisheries under AS 16.05.251 on December 31, 2022, and identified by the Department of 10 Fish and Game as of January 1, 2023, as Alaska Peninsula Management Area M is closed to 11 commercial salmon fishing from 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 12 2023. 13 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 14