5 AAC 02.210 - Subsistence shrimp fishery
The department will manage the subsistence shrimp fishery in Prince William Sound as specified in 5 AAC 55.055. In the subsistence taking of shrimp,
(1) repealed
7/12/86;
(2) repealed
7/12/86;
(3) in addition to the
marking requirements specified in
5 AAC 02.010(e) (1), each keg or buoy
must also be plainly and legibly inscribed with the vessel name or the division
of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, of the
vessel used to operate the pot;
(4)
all shrimp pots must have at least two adjacent vertical sides, or
near-vertical sides, excluding tunnels, completely composed of uncovered net
webbing or rigid mesh; pots that do not have a definable side, including round
pots, must have net webbing or rigid mesh panels covering a minimum of 50
percent of the vertical, or near-vertical, surface area of the pot; the net
webbing or rigid mesh on all pots must be large enough to allow the unaided
passage of a maximum 12-inch long, seven-eighths inch diameter, round wooden
peg without deforming the opening, except for the selvage;
(5) a person may take shrimp only from April
15 through September 15;
(6) no
more than five pots per person, and no more than five pots per vessel, may be
used;
(7) a person may take shrimp
only under a permit issued by the department as specified in
5 AAC 02.015.
Notes
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.210 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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