The department will manage the subsistence shrimp fishery in Prince William Sound as specified in 5 AAC 55.055. In the subsistence taking of shrimp,

1. (1) repealed 7/12/86;
2. (2) repealed 7/12/86;
3. (3) in addition to the marking requirements specified in 5 AAC 02.010(e)(1), each keg or buoy must also be plainly and legibly inscribed with the vessel name or the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, of the vessel used to operate the pot;
4. (4) all shrimp pots must have at least two adjacent vertical sides, or near-vertical sides, excluding tunnels, completely composed of uncovered net webbing or rigid mesh; pots that do not have a definable side, including round pots, must have net webbing or rigid mesh panels covering a minimum of 50 percent of the vertical, or near-vertical, surface area of the pot; the net webbing or rigid mesh on all pots must be large enough to allow the unaided passage of a maximum 12-inch long, seven-eighths inch diameter, round wooden peg without deforming the opening, except for the selvage;
5. (5) a person may only take shrimp from May 1 through September 15;
6. (6) no more than five pots per person, and no more than five pots per vessel, may be used;
7. (7) a person may take shrimp only under a permit issued by the department as specified in 5 AAC 02.015;
8. (8) a vessel may only have one shrimp pot in addition to the legal limit of shrimp pot gear.

(Eff. 7/25/82, Register 83; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 7/3/94, Register 130; am 2/16/96, Register 137; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 12/1/2004, Register 172; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 8/23/2009, Register 191; am 7/13/2012, Register 203)