5 AAC 28.629 - Lawful gear for Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area
(a) Unless
otherwise specified in this section, groundfish may be taken with the gear
specified in
5 AAC 28.050.
(b) Rockfish may not be taken with seine
gear.
(c) Only five mechanical
jigging machines may be operated from a vessel.
(d) In the Sitkin Sound waters described in
5 AAC 28.690(a), rockfish may be taken
only with pot, longline, mechanical jigging machine, and hand troll
gear.
(e) Repealed
6/1/2013.
(f) Notwithstanding (d)
of this section, in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area, deacon and black
rockfish may be taken in a directed fishery only with mechanical jigging
machines and handlines.
(g)
Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines
and hand troll gear as described in
5 AAC 28.640.
(h) At least one buoy on each groundfish pot
must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number
of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy may bear only the number of the
vessel operating the gear. The number must be placed on the top one-half of the
buoy in numerals at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color
that contrasts with the color of each buoy. The buoy markings must be visible
on the buoy above the water's surface when the buoy is attached to the
groundfish pot.
(i) A groundfish
pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot, except
that, in the Aleutian Islands-Western District sablefish fishery, groundfish
pots may be connected if each end of the buoy line is marked as specified in
(j) of this section.
(j) Each end
of a groundfish pot longline must have a buoy attached and each buoy must be
marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the vessel
operating the longlined groundfish pot gear; each buoy must have the letters LP
to designate the gear as longlined groundfish pot gear and each buoy may bear
only the number of the vessel operating the gear. The numbers and letters must
be marked on the top one-half of each buoy in numbers and letters that are at
least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with
the color of each buoy; all buoy markings must be visible on the buoys above
the water's surface when the buoys are attached to the longlined groundfish pot
gear. For the purposes of this section, "longlined" means more than one
groundfish pot is attached to a stationary, buoyed, and anchored
line.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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