Section 5 AAC 27.832 - Seine specifications and operations for Bristol Bay Area(a) A herring purse seine or hand purse seine (1) may not exceed 100 fathoms in length; and(2) may not be more than 630 meshes in depth.(b) In the Togiak District, during the open herring fishing season described in 5 AAC 27.810, a herring fishing vessel may not have on board, or have on a vessel towed by it, (1) more than a single herring purse seine as described in (a) of this section; or(2) any other assembled purse seine gear as described in 5 AAC 39.105(d) (4).(c) Unless otherwise specified by the commissioner by emergency order, herring may not be retained in a purse seine for more than 36 hours after the closure of a herring fishing period.Eff. 5/31/98, Register 146; am 3/30/2007, Register 181; am 4/16/2016, Register 218, July 2016Before Register 146, July 1998, the substance of 5 AAC 27.832 appeared in 5 AAC 27.831.
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AS 16.05.251