1. (a) A number code from the following schedule is used to indicate the specific type of gear for which an interim-use or entry permit is issued: Code 01purse seine (hand or power)1 (A - D)herring gillnet and seine, combined fishery, with vessel restrictions++02beach seine03drift gillnet04set gillnet*05hand troll06longline (registered vessel length under 60 feet)07otter trawl7 (A - D)trawl with vessel restrictions++7 (F - I)trawl gear for miscellaneous saltwater finfish fishery+++08fish wheel 9pot gear (Area A king and Tanner crab fisheries)09pot gear (registered vessel length under 60 feet)9 (A - D)pot gear with permit restrictions++9Epot gear (registered vessel length under 35 feet)*** (limited to the "M" - Miscellaneous fishery resource code)10ring nets11diving gear12hand picking**13dipnet15power troll17beam trawl18shovel21pound***2 (A - B)scallop dredge (A is for vessels with an overall length of more than 80 feet, and B is for vessels with an overall length of 80 feet or less)23mechanical or hydraulic digger25dinglebar troll gear26power-driven mechanical jigging machine28fyke net31herring gillnet and purse seine, combined permit34herring gillnet37pair trawl4 (A - D)net gear with vessel restrictions (includes trawl or any other gear authorized by the Board of Fisheries that catches fish with nets and, as specified under 5 AAC 28.230, pot gear)++5 (A - D)fixed gear with permit restrictions (includes longline or any other gear authorized by the Board of Fisheries that catches fish with fishing hooks and, as specified under 5 AAC 28.230, pot gear)++50longline and pot gear (registered vessel length under 60 feet)51longline and pot gear (registered vessel length 60 feet or over)61longline (required for vessels with registered vessel length 60 feet or over, but may be used aboard smaller vessels)++++6 (A - B)longline gear for miscellaneous saltwater finfish fishery (A is for vessels with an overall length of 90 feet or over and B is for vessels with an overall length of at least 60 feet but less than 90 feet)77institutional (all legal gear types used in a special harvest area or by the holder of an educational entry permit)80fishing derby (as authorized under AS 16.05.662)91pot gear (required for vessels with registered vessel length 60 feet or over, but may be used aboard smaller vessels)97aquatic farming (required to harvest, from an aquatic farm under 5 AAC 41.200 - 5 AAC 41.400, wild stock of a species identified for culture in the operation permit)99other * A set gillnet permit in the Yukon Area allows the use of a dip net under 5 AAC 05.362. A set gillnet permit in the Cook Inlet Area allows the use of a dip net under 5 AAC 21.382. ** A hand picking permit in the Prince William Sound herring wild spawn-on-kelp fishery includes and authorizes use of diving gear. *** A herring pound permit allows the incidental use of other gear when operated in compliance with a pound permit issued by the commissioner of fish and game. ++ A permit issued with this gear code restricts the fishing capacity that a permit holder can use, as set out in 20 AAC 05.764, 20 AAC 05.779, 20 AAC 05.823, or 20 AAC 05.831. +++ For miscellaneous saltwater finfish trawl permits, F-I corresponds to the overall length of the vessel indicated on the permit as follows: F is for an overall length less than 60 feet; G is for an overall length at least 60 feet but less than 90 feet; H is for an overall length 90 feet to 125 feet; and I is for an overall length more than 125 feet. A permit with G, H, or I may be used on a vessel that is smaller than the vessel that corresponds with the permit. ++++ A permit with this gear code issued for the Northern Southeast Inside sablefish longline fishery or Southern Southeast Inside sablefish longline fishery includes pot gear.
2. (b) Holders of gear code 61 and 91 permits shall notify the commission of any change of vessel used by the permit holder.

(Eff. 12/18/74, Register 52; am 4/9/76, Register 58; am 1/1/78, Register 64; am 12/27/79, Register 72; am 12/30/82, Register 84; am 3/16/83, Register 85; am 11/25/84, Register 92; am 11/22/87, Register 104; am 3/3/94, Register 129; am 5/4/95, Register 134; am 12/15/95, Register 136; am 8/9/96, Register 139; am 9/13/2001, Register 159; am 1/2/2003, Register 164; am 11/6/2005, Register 176; am 7/20/2006, Register 179; am 6/1/2013, Register 206; am 5/11/2017, Register 222; am 6/25/2020, Register 234; am 9/18/2022, Register 243; am 8/2/2024, Register 251; am 5/24/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.43.100, AS 16.43.110, AS 16.43.140, AS 16.43.990