Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 28.570
Lawful gear for South Alaska Peninsula Area
Effective Jun 25, 2023Alaska Register 246(Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/19/2001, Register 158; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 6/25/2023, Register 246) | Authority: AS 16.05.251
- (a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken with the gear specified in 5 AAC 28.050.
- (b) Rockfish may be taken in a directed rockfish fishery only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.
- (c) 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 28.556(c).
(d) In the South Alaska Peninsula Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than
- (1) five lines; and
- (2) 30 hooks per line.
- (e) Repealed 6/25/2023.
- (f) Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear as described in 5 AAC 28.640.
(Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/19/2001, Register 158; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 6/25/2023, Register 246)
Authority: AS 16.05.251