5 AAC 18.331 - Gillnet specifications and operations
(a) Except as
provided in (e) of this section, a CFEC permit holder may operate no more than
two set gillnets with no more than 150 fathoms of set gillnet in the aggregate,
except that in the Central Section of the Northwest Kodiak District, the
aggregate length may be no more than 175 fathoms.
(b) Seine webbing no greater than 3.75 inch
mesh size, or polypropylene webbing 3 millimeters or greater in diameter, may
be used on the shoreward end of a set gillnet and the length of the seine
webbing used may extend no more than 50 fathoms seaward of the beach at the
lowest tide of the current day, except that in the Alitak District,
(1) in the Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay,
Dog Salmon Flats, Inner Akalura, Outer Akalura, Outer Upper Station, and Inner
Upper Station Sections, seine webbing may be used only from the high tide mark
seaward, and no portion of the seine web may be in water deeper than five feet
at the lowest tide of the current day;
(2) in the Alitak Bay Section and that
portion of the Moser Bay Section south of a line from Bun Point to the opposite
shore at 56° 57.95' N. lat., 154° 08.70' W. long., seine webbing may be
used only from the high tide mark seaward, and must meet one of the following
requirements:
(A) no portion of the seine web
may be in water deeper than five feet at the lowest tide of the current day;
or
(B) the length of seine webbing
used may be no more than 20 fathoms per set.
(c) Set gillnets must be operated in
substantially a straight line, except that no more than 50 fathoms of a set
gillnet may be used as a hook. A hook may be used in any
configuration.
(d) Except as
provided in (i) of this section, the shoreward end of a set gillnet must be
attached to a point of land that is exposed at the lowest tide of the day or to
a rock that is within five feet of the surface at the lowest tide of the day.
For the purpose of this section, "a rock" is any naturally located or created
geological formation that shows no evidence of having been located or created
through man-made means. A set gillnet may not be attached to the beach inside
closed waters.
(e) Two salmon set
gillnet CFEC permit holders may form a joint venture and combine their gear
under the following conditions:
(1) a permit
must be obtained from a local representative of the department before a joint
venture may start operations;
(2)
only one permit per year will be issued for each joint venture;
(3) the permit must be signed by both CFEC
permit holders and each must have a copy of the permit readily available for
inspection;
(4) the permit may be
canceled by the department upon the request of one of the joint venture
operators;
(5) the gear and site
markers required by
5 AAC 39.280 must bear the five-digit CFEC permit serial
number of both permit holders;
(6)
no single set gillnet may be more than 150 fathoms in length;
(7) a joint venture may operate no more than
three set gillnets, with no more than 300 fathoms of gillnet gear in the
aggregate; and
(8) both parties of
the joint venture are legally responsible for the operation of all gear of the
joint venture.
(f) Set
gillnet gear, including running lines, shore leads, anchors, and buoys, may not
be placed in the water, and signs required by 5 AAC 18 or 5 AAC 39 may not be
placed on the beach before emergency order openings of the
(1) closed waters areas of Upper Olga Bay
described in
5 AAC 18.350(a) (1)(B)(i);
and
(2) Dog Salmon Flats Section;
the provisions of this paragraph do not apply after December 31,
2016.
(g) No gillnet may
be more than 125 meshes in depth.
(h) In the Alitak District, the shoreward end
of a set gillnet may not begin further seaward, or in water deeper, than the
limit specified for seine webbing in (b) of this section.
(i) In the Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga
Bay Sections, the shoreward end attachment point of a set gillnet must be
attached to a point of land or rock that is no more than 2.1 feet below the
surface of the water at mean lower low water at Alitak Bay. The shoreward end
attachment point of a set gillnet in the Alitak Bay, Moser Bay, and Olga Bay
Sections that is not above the surface of the water at all times
(1) must be certified, by a registered land
surveyor, to be no more than 2.1 feet below the surface of the water at mean
lower low water at Alitak Bay;
(2)
must be marked with a permanent survey monument by a registered land
surveyor;
(3) may not be below the
survey monument; and
(4) may not be
more than two horizontal feet from the survey monument; a set gillnet may not
be attached to the beach inside closed waters; for the purpose of this
subsection, a "registered land surveyor" is a land surveyor registered by the
state under AS 08.48 and 12 AAC 36.
(j) Repealed 5/1/2014;
(l) Notwithstanding
5 AAC 39.250(c), in a set gillnet, in
the Kodiak Area, the gillnet web may be single filament.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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