5 AAC 28.230 - Lawful gear for Prince William Sound Area
(a) Repealed
4/7/93.
(b) Groundfish taken
incidentally by drift gillnet gear operated for salmon consistent with
applicable state laws and regulations are legally taken and
possessed.
(c) A groundfish pot may
be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot. Groundfish pots may
be connected if each end of the buoy line is marked as specified in
5 AAC 28.050.
(d) Repealed 6/25/2023
(e) Repealed 4/4/97.
(f) In the Prince William Sound Area,
non-pelagic trawl gear may not be used to take groundfish, except that
sablefish may be taken with shrimp trawl gear operated as specified in
5 AAC 31.225(b).
(g) Notwithstanding (f) of this section, a
person operating a vessel that is validly registered to fish for shrimp with
trawls may retain a bycatch limit of groundfish taken during the shrimp fishing
season. The bycatch limit that may be retained under this subsection may not
exceed 10 percent of the gross weight of the shrimp landed.
(h) In the Prince William Sound Area, a
mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than
(1) five lines; and
(2) 30 hooks per line.
(i) In the Prince William Sound Area, the
holder of a CFEC permit in a fixed gear or net gear sablefish fishery may use
groundfish pots only if two or more pots are connected as specified in (c) of
this section.
(j) Except as
provided in (k) of this section, in a groundfish fishery, a person may have
only one type of legal gear on board the vessel.
(k) In a groundfish fishery, mechanical
jigging machines and hand troll gear may be used at the same time. If
mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear are being used under this
subsection, only that gear may be on board the vessel.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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