In the personal use taking of shrimp,

1. (1) shrimp may only be taken from May 1 through February 28; except as provided in (7) and (8) of this section, there are no bag and possession limits;
2. (2) a commercially licensed and registered shrimp fishing vessel may not be used to take shrimp in Districts 6 - 8 and 10 from February 15 through April 30;
3. (3) shrimp may be taken only with pots, ring nets, or trawls;
4. (4) unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, pots operated to take shrimp may be longlined; a buoy is not required for each pot, but at least one buoy on the longline must be marked as required in 5 AAC 77.010(d);

5. (5) a pot used to take shrimp under this chapter must have

   1. (A) no more than four tunnel eye openings; no tunnel eye opening may exceed 15 inches in perimeter;
   2. (B) a bottom perimeter of no more than 153 inches; and
   3. (C) a volume of no more than 25 cubic feet;

6. (6) before using a trawl to take shrimp, a person must first obtain a personal use fishing permit from the department; the permit will include the following conditions:

   1. (A) the area where the fishing will occur;
   2. (B) the dates that the fishing will occur;
   3. (C) the type of trawl to be used;
   4. (D) the length of the beam if a beam trawl is used;
   5. (E) the length of the footrope if an otter trawl is used;
   6. (F) any other pertinent gear specifications if a trawl other than a beam trawl or otter trawl is used;
   7. (G) the total poundage by species of all shrimp taken;

7. (7) in the waters described in 5 AAC 33.200 as Section 11-A,

   1. (A) spot shrimp may be taken with pots and ring nets;
   2. (B) the bag and possession limit for spot shrimp is one gallon of spot shrimp, whether whole or de-headed.

8. (8) in the waters of Section 13-C east of the longitude of Point Elizabeth at 57° 30.60' N. lat., 135° 17.57' W. long.,

   1. (A) spot shrimp may be taken with pots and ring nets;
   2. (B) the bag and possession limit for spot shrimp is ten gallons of spot shrimp, whether whole or de-headed;
   3. (C) the bag and possession limits specified in this subsection are not in addition to those allowed under subsistence or sport fishing regulations;
9. (9) shrimp may only be taken under the authority of a permit issued under 5 AAC 77.015; only one permit may be issued to a household each year.

(Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/1/94, Register 129; am 9/28/97, Register 143; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/18/2003, Register 167; am 8/8/2003, Register 167; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 5/9/2015, Register 214; am 6/5/2016, Register 218; am 6/17/2018, Register 226; am 6/27/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.05.251