Section 5 AAC 01.420 - Lawful gear and gear specifications(a) Salmon may be taken only by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit.(b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by gear specified in 5 AAC 01.010(a) unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.(c) In waters open to commercial salmon fishing, salmon may be taken only with a set or drift gillnet that does not exceed 50 fathoms in total length.(d) Except as specified in (a) and (c) of this section, a permit holder may not operate a (1) set gillnet that is more than 100 fathoms in length; and(2) drift gillnet that is more than 200 fathoms in length.(e) A purse seine or hand purse seine may not exceed 250 fathoms in length or 375 meshes in depth. Seine mesh size may not exceed three and one-half inches stretched measure, except that the first 25 meshes above the leadline may not exceed seven inches stretched measure.(f) A person may not operate subsistence fishing gear within 100 feet of a set gillnet.(g) Halibut may be taken for subsistence purposes only by a single handheld line with no more than two hooks attached.In effect before 1988; am 6/2/88, Register 106; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 6/4/2004, Register 170At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.420 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.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