(a) The regulations in 5 AAC 28 also apply to the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic zone for all
- (1) groundfish species, or groundfish species in an area, not included in the federal groundfish management plan; or
- (2) groundfish species for which a federal management plan delegates authority to the state to manage a groundfish fishery in the exclusive economic zone.
- (b) For the purposes of this section, "exclusive economic zone" means all the waters adjacent to a registration area and seaward to a boundary line drawn in such a manner that each point on the line is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.
(Eff. 7/12/96, Register 139; am 2/8/97, Register 141; am 5/31/98, Register 146)
Authority: AS 16.05.251, AS 16.10.190