1. (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, unless otherwise specified in this chapter, during the closed season for fishing for shrimp with pots in a shrimp registration area, a person may not allow the person's shrimp pots to remain in the water in the registration area.

2. (b) A person may store a shrimp pot in an area closed to pot shrimp fishing for not more than seven days following the closure of shrimp pot fishing in the area if, for each pot that is stored,

   1. (1) all doors are secured fully open; and
   2. (2) all bait and bait containers have been removed.

(Eff. 5/8/98, Register 146)

Authority: AS 16.05.251