1. (a) Repealed 5/11/2003.
2. (b) Sablefish may be taken in the Inside District beginning when the individual fishing quota halibut season opens, through December 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order. There is no open season for commercial sablefish fishing in the Outside District.

3. (c) Lingcod may be taken only from July 1 through December 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order,

   1. (1) in a directed fishery; and
   2. (2) as bycatch up to 20 percent by round weight of the directed finfish species on board a vessel, unless the commissioner closes the season and opens another season in which the bycatch is prohibited or further limited.
4. (d) Rockfish may be taken in the Prince William Sound Area only as bycatch as described in 5 AAC 28.265.
5. (e) Walleye pollock may be taken from 12:00 noon January 20 until 11:59 p.m. March 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order.
6. (f) Miscellaneous groundfish may be taken only as specified in 5 AAC 28.220(c) and (d).
7. (g) Pacific cod may be taken only as specified in 5 AAC 28.267.

(Eff. 7/30/89, Register 111; am 4/7/93, Register 126; am 4/4/97, Register 142; am 6/15/97, Register 142; am 5/31/98, Register 146; am 3/30/2000, Register 153; am 7/29/2000, Register 155; am 3/30/2003, Register 165; am 5/11/2003, Register 166; am 3/14/2009, Register 189; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 3/29/2015, Register 213; am 6/26/2016, Register 218; am 3/29/2018, Register 225; am 6/7/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251