5 Alaska Admin. Code § 28.570

Current through May 31, 2024
Section 5 AAC 28.570 - Lawful gear for South Alaska Peninsula Area
(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken with the gear specified in 5 AAC 28.050.
(b) Rockfish may be taken in a directed rockfish fishery only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.
(c) A vessel registered as a salmon seine vessel under 5 AAC 39.120 may not be used to take groundfish with seine gear from June 1 through October 31 unless the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered the vessel as specified in 5 AAC 28.556(c).
(d) In the South Alaska Peninsula Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than
(1) five lines; and
(2) 30 hooks per line.
(e) Repealed 6/25/2023
(f) Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear as described in 5 AAC 28.640

5 AAC 28.570

Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/19/2001, Register 158; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 6/25/2023, Register 246, July 2023

Authority:AS 16.05.251