This document summarizes the plan that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) will follow to manage the 2012 Southeast Alaska summer commercial salmon troll fishery from July 1 through September 30, 2012. The troll fishery will be managed according to the Board of Fisheries adopted guidelines listed in the State of Alaska Administrative Code, Title 5, Chapter 29 Salmon Troll Fishery. The first Chinook salmon fishing period will begin on July 1 and will close by emergency order. The fishery is being managed for a target harvest of 98,135 fish, including the estimated Alaska hatchery contribution. The remainder of the troll Chinook salmon treaty allocation will be harvested following the August coho salmon closure period. The fishery will be open to harvest coho salmon July 1–September 20, with inseason consideration given to a possible conservation closure period in late July, a possible conservation or allocation closure in mid-August, and consideration of an extension of the season through September 30.
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