Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 28.180
Prohibitions for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area
Effective Jun 27, 2025Alaska Register 254(Eff. 7/30/89, Register 111; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 6/27/2025, Register 254) | Authority: AS 16.05.251
- (a) A vessel or a person on board a vessel may not participate in a commercial sablefish fishery in the Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict or the Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict if the vessel or a person on board the vessel operates commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use halibut or groundfish fishing gear during the 72-hour period immediately before an opening of the commercial sablefish fishery in that subdistrict.
(b) A vessel or a CFEC permit holder on board a vessel that participates in a commercial sablefish fishery in the Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict or the Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict may not operate subsistence, sport, or personal use halibut or groundfish fishing gear during a commercial sablefish opening or during the 72 hours immediately following the closure of a commercial sablefish fishery in that subdistrict unless
- (1) the vessel or CFEC permit holder on board the vessel is not registered for the commercial sablefish fishery in that subdistrict;
- (2) the vessel or CFEC permit holder onboard the vessel has harvested the total allowable equal quota share pounds registered to that vessel or CFEC permit holder and at least 72 hours have passed since commercially harvested sablefish were offloaded from the vessel;
- (3) commercial fishing gear used in the commercial sablefish fishery by the vessel or the CFEC permit holder onboard a vessel has been removed from the water for at least 72 hours; or
- (4) at least 72 hours have passed since the vessel owner, or owner's agent, has contacted a local representative of the department and requested that the department cancel the vessel's commercial sablefish registration, and the department has canceled the vessel's commercial sablefish registration.
- (c) Unless authorized by the terms of a scientific, propagative, or educational permit issued under AS 16.05.340(b), a person may not possess groundfish in a manner that indicates an intent to keep the groundfish alive.
(Eff. 7/30/89, Register 111; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 6/27/2025, Register 254)
Authority: AS 16.05.251