00                            SENATE BILL NO. 128                                                                         
01 "An Act temporarily closing the commercial salmon fishery in a portion of the Alaska                                    
02 Peninsula and Aleutian Islands; and providing for an effective date."                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ALASKA PENINSULA MANAGEMENT AREA M                                                                 
07 TO COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHING. Notwithstanding the authority usually delegated                                           
08 by the legislature to the Board of Fisheries under AS 16.05.251, the area of the Alaska                                 
09 Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, and Atka-Amlia Islands Areas administered by the Board of                                  
10 Fisheries under AS 16.05.251 on December 31, 2022, and identified by the Department of                                  
11 Fish and Game as of January 1, 2023, as Alaska Peninsula Management Area M is closed to                                 
12 commercial salmon fishing from 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. on June 30,                              
13 2023.                                                                                                                   
14    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).