Well it was bound to happen sooner or later...


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Set gillnetting will also be open in the Kasilof River Special Harvest Area from 8:00 a.m. on Friday, July 27, 2007, until further notice. During this fishing period the navigation channel is closed to all commercial fishing with set gillnet gear including nets, and anchor lines. In addition, no net may be anchored or attached to the Coast Guard channel marker buoys in this area. The outside terminal area boundaries are 600 feet south of the normal commercial regulatory marker located one mile north of the Kasilof River to 600 feet north of the normal commercial regulatory marker located one mile south of the Kasilof River. The first 600 feet from the mean high tide mark is open to set gillnets only. The riverside closed area is a straight line drawn between the two commercial markers located in the river terminus. Other aspects of this plan remain in effect and are on page 92 of the current regulation book.

Drift gillnetting will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, July 27, 2007 in a portion of the Kasilof River Special Harvest Area bounded by the following four points;


1.) 60 degrees 22.589 minutes N. lat.
151 degrees 20.336 minutes W. long.

2.) 60 degrees 23.062 minutes N. lat.
151 degrees 20.531 minutes W. long.

3.) 60 degrees 24.130 minutes N. lat.
151 degrees 18.838 minutes W. long.

4.) 60 degrees 24.147 minutes N. lat.
151 degrees 17.716 minutes W. long.


The area within 600 feet from the mean high tide mark within this area is closed to drift gillnets. The riverside closed area is a straight line drawn between the two commercial regulatory markers located in the river terminus. No drift gillnet may be operated closer than 600 feet of any of the set gillnet buoys or set gillnets in the normally open set gillnet area. Other aspects of this plan remain in effect and are on page 92 of the current regulation book.


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Sounds like a 24/7 kind of deal for an indefinite period of time so ADFG does not "overescape" the Kasilof with sox. As of Wed 7-25, they already had 247K past the sonar. Upper end of BEG is 250K, and anything over 300K will be considered a management "failure"... imagine that.

Sorry TRBO! Hope you got some nice kings earlier this evening 'cause there sure won't be much for the rest of the season. \:\(
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