SB0128A -1- SB 128
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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