1. (a) A herring purse seine may not exceed 100 fathoms in length and may not be more than 625 meshes in depth, of which no more than 600 meshes may have a mesh size larger than one and one-half inches.

2. (b) In the Nunivak Island District, during the open herring fishing season described in 5 AAC 27.880, a herring fishing vessel may not have on board, or have on a vessel towed by it

   1. (1) more than a single herring purse seine as described in (a) of this section; or
   2. (2) any other assembled purse seine as described in 5 AAC 39.105(d)(4).
3. (c) Herring may not be retained in a purse seine for more than 36 hours after the closure of a herring fishing period.

(Eff. 4/16/2000, Register 154)

Authority: AS 16.05.251