- (a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken with the gear specified in 5 AAC 28.050.
- (b) A groundfish pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot.
- (c) Repealed 6/25/2023.
- (d) Rockfish may be taken in a directed fishery for rockfish only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.
- (e) A vessel registered as a salmon seine vessel under 5 AAC 39.120 may not be used to take groundfish with seine gear from June 1 through October 31 unless the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered the vessel as specified in 5 AAC 28.506(c).
(f) In the Chignik Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than
- (1) five lines; and
- (2) 30 hooks per line.
(Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 3/31/2002, Register 161; am 5/1/2011, Register 198; am 6/25/2023, Register 246)
Authority: AS 16.05.251