Hidden Falls: Sunday June 17, 2018 Opening

The initial Hidden Falls opening is coming up on Sunday, June 17.

Note that the THA is restricted to approximately 1 mile offshore, due to this spring’s Chinook restrictions.

An excerp from the June 7 ADF&G News Release:

District 12

The following area will be open to purse seining from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 17, 2018:
Section 12-A: will be open in the following areas:
Point Augusta: will be open within 0.5 nautical miles from the Chichagof Island shoreline south of 58°03.00′ N. latitude and north of a regulatory marker at 58°01.63′ N. latitude (located one nautical mile south of Point Augusta Light);
Hidden Falls Terminal Harvest Area (THA): will be open in the waters of Chatham Strait within the boundaries of a line from South Point, as indicated by a marker at 57°16.28′ N. latitude, 134°51.78′ W. longitude to a point offshore at 57°16.28′ N. latitude, 134°49.94′ W. longitude, then running south to a point offshore at 57°06.76′ N. latitude, 134°45.37′ W. longitude then due west to a point on the Baranof Island shoreline at 57°06.76′ N. latitude, 134°47.50′ W. longitude with the following restriction:

Kasnyku Bay: will be closed north and west of a line from North Point at 57°13.36′ N. latitude, 134°50.53′ W. longitude to the northernmost tip of Round Island to the southernmost tip of Round Island to a point on the Baranof Island shoreline at 57°12.48′ N. latitude, 134°50.98′ W. longitude.

Approximate lines are shown here:

Hidden Falls THA – 6.17.18