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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.430 - Lawful gear for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A groundfish
				  pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish
				  pot.
(b) Repealed
				  6/25/2023
(c) Repealed
				  7/21/99.
(d) 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 28.406(c).
(e) Rockfish may be taken in a directed
				  fishery for rockfish only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll
				  gear.
(f) In the Kodiak Area, a
				  mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than
(1) six lines; and
(2) 30 hooks per line.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.432 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rectangular
				  groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors
				  secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters not
				  more than 25 fathoms deep.
(b)
				  Following the closure of a parallel season or state-waters season for Pacific
				  cod, all groundfish pot gear used by a vessel registered to fish Pacific cod
				  must be removed from the water, except that
(1) rectangular groundfish pots may be stored
				  as described in (a) of this section; or
(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait
				  and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or
				  pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven
				  days following the closure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.450 - Closed waters in Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) From June 1
				  through October 31, groundfish may not be taken by seines in waters listed in
				  5 AAC 18.350.
(b) Rockfish (genus Sebastes) may not be
				  taken in waters of Monashka Bay inside of a line from the tip of Termination
				  Point to the tip of Miller Point.
(c) Repealed 4/7/93.
(d) Repealed 4/4/97.
(e) The waters of Alaska in the Kodiak Area
				  that are approximately three miles on either side of the mouth of the Karluk
				  River bounded on the north by a line from 57º 36.26' N. lat., 154º
				  23.73' W. long., to a point at the state waters boundary at 57º 38.51'
				  N.lat., 154º 27.92' W. long., and bounded on the south by a line from
				  57º 32.34' N. lat., 154º 32.15' W. long., to a point at the state
				  waters boundary at 57º 34.84' N. lat., 154º 36.80' W. long. are
				  closed to fishing with trawl gear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.467 - Kodiak Area Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the Kodiak
				  Area.
(b) Each year the
				  commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, a parallel season in the
				  Kodiak Area during which use of the gear allowed in the federal season for
				  Pacific cod in the Central Gulf of Alaska Area is permitted, unless that gear
				  is prohibited under
				  5 AAC 28.050,
				  5 AAC 28.430, or
				  5 AAC 28.450.
(c) Each year the commissioner shall open and
				  close, by emergency order, a state-waters season in the Kodiak Area for
				  mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear and for pot gear, as follows:
(1) when a state-waters season for Pacific
				  cod is opened for mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear or pot gear,
				  the parallel season for the applicable gear type is closed; the fishing season
				  for mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear or pot gear will close when
				  the applicable gear type takes 50 percent of the annual Kodiak Area guideline
				  harvest level;
(2) the fishing
				  season for vessels longer than 58 feet in overall length fishing with pot gear
				  will close when 25 percent of the guideline harvest level has been taken by
				  those vessels or December 31, whichever occurs first, unless the pot gear
				  season has already been closed because pot gear has already taken 50 percent of
				  the Kodiak Area guideline harvest level; the restrictions under this paragraph
				  do not apply to a season reopened under (f) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.470 - Lingcod possession and bycatch requirements for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Lingcod
				  that are retained must measure 35 inches or more from the tip of the snout to
				  the tip of the tail, or 28 inches from the front of the dorsal fin to the tip
				  of the tail. Undersized lingcod shall be returned to the water immediately
				  without further injury. A person may not mutilate or otherwise disfigure a
				  lingcod in any manner that prevents determination of the minimum
				  size.
(b) If the commissioner
				  determines that there is no conservation concern for lingcod, the commissioner
				  may, by emergency order, increase the bycatch limit for lingcod, for vessels
				  using mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.471 - Landing requirements for Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
After 48 hours following the closure of any directed
					 groundfish season within the Kodiak Area, a vessel that participated in that
					 fishery may not have that species of groundfish on board unless
(1) that species has been designated as
				  bycatch for another directed fishery and the amount on board is permissible
				  under retained bycatch restrictions specified in regulation; or
(2) the vessel has been delayed due to
				  extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the vessel operator, and the
				  vessel operator has contacted a local representative of the department within
				  48 hours following the closure of the season and the representative has granted
				  a reasonable amount of time for the vessel to reach the port of delivery or
				  processing location; any amount of additional time shall be determined under
				  the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing grounds immediately after
				  the closure and proceeded directly to the port of delivery or processing
				  location.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.472 - Black rockfish possession and landing requirements for Kodiak Area (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.479 - Permit for miscellaneous groundfish in the Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  taken as allowable bycatch in another directed fishery, miscellaneous
				  groundfish may be taken on an experimental basis in the Kodiak Area only under
				  the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner necessary for
				  conservation or management purposes. The permit may
(1) specify the depth of fishing gear;
(2) specify the fishing season and
				  periods of fishing;
(3) specify
				  the area of fishing;
(4) establish
				  the allowable size of harvested fish;
(5) specify the type and configuration of
				  gear;
(6) require the completion
				  of logbooks provided by the department and require that the logbooks be
				  attached to a fish ticket at the time of landing; and
(7) require other conditions that the
				  commissioner determines are necessary for conservation or management
				  purposes.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.485 - Logbook requirements for black rockfish fishery in the Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  the Kodiak Area, an operator of a vessel fishing for black rockfish in a
				  directed fishery shall maintain an accurate logbook of all fishing operations
				  for each type of gear used.
(b) A
				  logbook described in (a) of this section must
(1) include the date, the specific location
				  of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of hooks and lines used, the
				  average depth of each set fished, and the hours fished for each line;
(2) include, for the target species, and for
				  each bycatch species, the number of fish
(A)
				  retained; and
(B)
				  discarded;
(3) be
				  updated not later than 11:59 p.m. local time on the day after the day of
				  operation;
(4) be retained, with
				  its original pages, for a period of two years by the owner or operator of the
				  vessel;
(5) be kept on board the
				  vessel while operating gear, during transits to or from a port of landing, and
				  for five days after delivering groundfish;
(6) be made available to a local
				  representative of the department upon request.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.500 - Description of Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Chignik Area consists of all waters of Alaska on the
					 south side of the Alaska Peninsula enclosed by a line extending south from the
					 Alaska Peninsula near Kilokak Rocks at 156º 20.22' W. long., and a line
					 extending 135º southeast from Kupreanof Point at 55º 33.98' N. lat.,
					 159º 35.88' W. long, to a point offshore at 53° 40.46' N.. 156°
					 20.22' W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.505 - Description of Chignik Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sutwik Island
				  District: all waters of the Chignik Area west of 156º 20.22' W. long. and
				  north of 56º 30.00' N. lat.
(b) Chignik Bay District: all waters of the
				  Chignik Area south of 56º 30.00' N. lat. and north of a line at 56º
				  N. lat. extending east from Seal Cape.
(c) Mitrofania District: all waters of
				  Kuiukta Bay, and those waters of the Chignik Area south of a line at 56° N.
				  lat. extending east from Seal Cape, and east of a line extending from Kupreanof
				  Point at 55° 33,98' N. lat., 159° 35.88' W. long., to a point offshore
				  at 53° 40.46' N. lat., 156° 20.22' W, long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.506 - Chignik Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Chignik
				  Area is a superexclusive registration area for Pacific cod during a
				  state-waters season described in
				  5 AAC 28.537.
(b) A vessel that is registered for the
				  Chignik Area under
				  5 AAC 28.020 for a groundfish fishery, other than a
				  state-waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.537 or a directed fishery for black rockfish
				  under this section, also shall be considered registered for that fishery in the
				  Kodiak Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.400, the South Alaska Peninsula Area described
				  in 5 AAC 28.550, the Bering
				  Sea-Aleutian Islands Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.600, and the Chukchi-Beaufort Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.700.
(c) A vessel's salmon seine registration is
				  automatically invalidated during the time period described in
				  5 AAC 28.530(e) when the vessel owner,
				  or the owner's agent, has registered that vessel under
				  5 AAC 28.020 and this section to take groundfish with
				  seine gear. The vessel's salmon seine registration becomes valid again when the
				  prohibition described in
				  5 AAC 28.530(e) is not in effect or
				  when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, contacts a local representative of
				  the department within the registration area in person or in writing, by mail or
				  facsimile, and invalidates the vessel's groundfish registration.
(d) In the Chignik Area, before a person uses
				  a vessel to operate gear in a directed fishery for black rockfish, the vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the vessel with the
				  department.
(e) The Chignik Area is
				  a superexclusive registration area for black rockfish.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.510 - Fishing seasons for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken only during
				  seasons established by emergency order or under a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.
(b) Lingcod may be
				  taken only from July 1 through December 31.
(c) There is no open fishing season for a
				  directed fishery for sablefish in the Chignik Area.
(d) Black rockfish may be taken from January
				  1 through December 31, unless closed by emergency order.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.530 - Lawful gear for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(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.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.532 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  specified in (c) of this section or during a state-waters season for Pacific
				  cod, rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and
				  with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all
				  bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored
				  in waters not more than 25 fathoms deep.
(b) Following the closure of a parallel
				  season or state-waters season for Pacific cod, all groundfish pot gear used by
				  a vessel registered to fish Pacific cod must be removed from the water, except
				  that
(1) groundfish pots may be stored as
				  described in (a) of this section; or
(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait
				  and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or
				  pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven
				  days following the closure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.537 - Chignik Area Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the Chignik
				  Area.
(b) Each year the
				  commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, a parallel season in the
				  Chignik Area corresponding to the federal Central Gulf of Alaska Area and the
				  federal Western Gulf of Alaska Area, during which use of the gear allowed in
				  the federal seasons for Pacific cod is permitted, unless that gear is
				  prohibited under
				  5 AAC 28.050 or
				  5 AAC 28.530. A person may not operate a vessel in a
				  parallel season for Pacific cod that is more than 58 feet in overall
				  length.
(c) Each year the
				  commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, a state-waters season in
				  the Chignik Area for mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear and for pot
				  gear. For purposes of this section, when a state-waters season for Pacific cod
				  is opened to mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear or pot gear, the
				  parallel season for the applicable gear type is closed. During a state-waters
				  season,
(1) mechanical jigging machine and
				  hand troll gear is allocated 10 percent of the annual Chignik Area guideline
				  harvest level; and
(2) pot gear is
				  allocated 90 percent of the annual Chignik Area guideline harvest
				  level.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.540 - Possession requirements for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
Lingcod that are retained must measure 35 inches or more
					 from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail, or 28 inches from the front
					 of the dorsal fin to the tip of the tail. Undersized lingcod shall be returned
					 to the water immediately without further injury. A person may not mutilate or
					 otherwise disfigure a lingcod in any manner that prevents determination of the
					 minimum size.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.541 - Landing requirements for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
After 48 hours following the closure of any directed
					 groundfish season within the Chignik Area, a vessel that participated in that
					 fishery may not have that species of groundfish on board unless
(1) that species has been designated as
				  bycatch for another directed fishery and the amount on board is permissible
				  under retained bycatch restrictions specified in regulation; or
(2) the vessel has been delayed due to
				  extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the vessel operator, and the
				  vessel operator has contacted a local representative of the department within
				  48 hours following the closure of the season and the representative has granted
				  a reasonable amount of time for the vessel to reach the port of delivery or
				  processing location; any amount of additional time shall be determined under
				  the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing grounds immediately after
				  the closure and proceeded directly to the port of delivery or processing
				  location.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.545 - Logbook requirements for Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An operator of
				  a vessel fishing for black rockfish in the Chignik Area shall maintain an
				  accurate logbook of all fishing operations for each type of gear
				  used.
(b) A logbook described in
				  (a) of this section must
(1) include the
				  date, the specific location of harvest by latitude and longitude the number of
				  hooks and lines used, the average depth of each set fished, and the hours
				  fished for each line;
(2) include,
				  for the target species, and for each bycatch species, the number of fish
(A) retained; and
(B) discarded;
(3) be updated not later than 11:59 p.m.
				  local time on the day after the day of operation;
(4) be retained, with its original pages, for
				  a period of two years by the owner or operator of the vessel;
(5) be kept on board the vessel while
				  operating gear, during transits to or from a port of landing, and for five days
				  after delivering groundfish;
(6) be
				  made available to a local representative of the department upon
				  request.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 8 - Chignik Area (Registration Area L) › 5 AAC 28.549 - Permit for miscellaneous groundfish in the Chignik Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  taken as allowable bycatch in another directed fishery, miscellaneous
				  groundfish may be taken on an experimental basis in the Chignik Area only under
				  the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner necessary for
				  conservation or management purposes. The permit may
(1) specify the depth of fishing gear;
(2) specify the fishing season and
				  periods of fishing;
(3) specify
				  the area of fishing;
(4) establish
				  the allowable size of harvested fish;
(5) specify the type and configuration of
				  gear;
(6) require the completion
				  of logbooks provided by the department and require that the logbooks be
				  attached to a fish ticket at the time of landing; and
(7) require other conditions that the
				  commissioner determines are necessary for conservation or management purposes.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.550 - Description of South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The South Alaska Peninsula Area consists of all waters of
					 Alaska in the Pacific Ocean between a line extending from Kupreanof Point at
					 55º 33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long.to a point offshore at
					 53° 40,46' N.. 156° 20.22' W. long, and 170º W. long., including
					 those waters south of the latitude of Nichols Point (54º 51.30' N. lat.)
					 near False Pass, and south of a line extending from Unimak Island (54º
					 23.74' N. lat., 164º 44.73' W. long.) to Akun Island (54º 11.71' N.
					 lat., 165º 23.09' W. long.), and from Akun Island (54º 08.40' N.
					 lat., 165º 38.29' W. long.) to Akutan Island (54º 07.69' N. lat.,
					 165º 39.74' W. long.), and from Akutan Island (54º 02.69' N. lat.,
					 166º 02.93' W. long.) to Unalaska Island (53º 58.97' N. lat.,
					 166º 16.50' W. long.), and from Unalaska Island (53º 18.95' N. lat.,
					 167º 51.06' W. long.) to Umnak Island (53º 23.13' N. lat., 167º
					 50.50' W. long.), and from Umnak Island (52º 49.24' N. lat., 169º
					 07.10' W. long.), to Chuginadak Island (52º 49.18' N. lat., 169º
					 40.47' W. long.)
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.555 - Description of South Alaska Peninsula Area districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
The districts and sections for the sablefish and rockfish
					 fisheries in the South Alaska Peninsula Area are described as follows:
(1) Eastern District: all waters of the South
				  Alaska Peninsula Area east of the longitude of Scotch Cap Light at 164º
				  44.72' W. long., which includes the following sections:
(A) Shumagin Islands Section: all waters of
				  the Eastern District west of a line extending from Kupreanof Point at 55º
				  33.98' N. lat., 159º 35.88' W. long, to a point offshore at 53° 40,46'
				  N.. 156° 20.22' W. long, and east of 161º W. long.;
(B) Pavlof Bay Section: all waters of the
				  Eastern District west of 161º W. long. and east of the 162º W.
				  long.;
(C) Sanak Island Section:
				  all waters of the Eastern District west of 162º W. long. and east of the
				  longitude of Scotch Cap Light at 164º 44.72' W. long.:
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.556 - South Alaska Peninsula Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The South
				  Alaska Peninsula Area is an exclusive registration area for Pacific cod during
				  a state waters season described in
				  5 AAC 28.577.
(b) A vessel that is registered for the South
				  Alaska Peninsula Area under
				  5 AAC 28.020 for a groundfish fishery, other than a
				  state waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.577, a sablefish fishery described in
				  5 AAC 28.640, or a directed black rockfish fishery shall
				  also be considered registered for that fishery in the Kodiak Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.400, the Chignik Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.500, the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area
				  described in
				  5 AAC 28.600, and the Chukchi-Beaufort Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.700.
(c) A vessel's salmon seine registration is
				  automatically invalidated during the time period described in
				  5 AAC 28.570(c) when the vessel owner,
				  or the owner's agent, has registered that vessel under
				  5 AAC 28.020 and this section to take groundfish with
				  seine gear. The vessel's salmon seine registration becomes valid again when the
				  prohibition described in
				  5 AAC 28.570(c) is not in effect or
				  when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, contacts a local representative of
				  the department within the registration area in person or in writing, by mail or
				  facsimile, and invalidates the vessel's groundfish registration.
(d) Before a person uses a vessel to operate
				  gear to take sablefish in the waters of the Western District, the vessel must
				  be validly registered as described in
				  5 AAC 28.640.
(e) In the Eastern and Western Districts,
				  before a person uses a vessel to operate fishing gear in a directed black
				  rockfish fishery, the vessel's owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the
				  vessel with the department. A vessel validly registered for the black rockfish
				  fishery under this subsection may be registered for other groundfish fisheries
				  in the South Alaska Peninsula Area at the same time.
(f) Before a vessel registered for the state
				  waters Pacific cod season in the South Alaska Peninsula Area participates in a
				  groundfish fishery outside of state waters from 170º W. long. to the
				  longitude of Castle Cape at 158º 20' W. long., the vessel operator must
				  invalidate the vessel registration for the state waters season and remove all
				  gear from, or validly store all gear in, state waters of the South Alaska
				  Peninsula Area.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.560 - Fishing seasons for South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken only during
				  seasons established by emergency order or under a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.
(b) In the Western
				  District, sablefish may be taken only as described in
				  5 AAC 28.640.
(c) In the Eastern District, there is no open
				  season for directed sablefish fishing.
(d) In the Eastern District, black rockfish
				  may be taken from January 1 through December 31, unless closed by emergency
				  order.
(e) In the Western District,
				  black rockfish may be taken from January 1 through December 31, unless closed
				  by emergency order.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.570 - Lawful gear for South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(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.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.571 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  specified in (c) of this section or during a state-waters season for Pacific
				  cod, rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and
				  with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all
				  bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored
				  in waters not more than 25 fathoms deep.
(b) Following the closure of a parallel season or state-waters
				  season for Pacific cod, all groundfish pot gear used by a vessel registered to
				  fish Pacific cod must be removed from the water, except that
(1) groundfish pots may be stored as
				  described in (a) of this section; or
(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers
				  removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish
				  pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed
				  may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven days following the
				  closure; however, groundfish pots may be stored longer than seven days until
				  the season is opened, if the season opening for the Pacific cod state-waters
				  season is delayed as described in
				  5 AAC 28.577(
l
).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.577 - South Alaska Peninsula Area Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the South Alaska
				  Peninsula Area.
(b) Each year the
				  commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, a parallel season in the
				  South Alaska Peninsula Area during which use of gear allowed in the federal
				  season for Pacific cod in the Western Gulf of Alaska Area is permitted, unless
				  that gear is prohibited under
				  5 AAC 28.050 or
				  5 AAC 28.570. A vessel participating in a parallel
				  season for Pacific cod may not be more than 58 feet in overall
				  length.
(c) Each year the
				  commissioner shall open and close by emergency order, a state-waters season in
				  the South Alaska Peninsula Area for mechanical jigging machine and hand troll
				  gear and for pot gear. For the purposes of this section, when a state-waters
				  season for Pacific cod is opened to mechanical jigging machine and hand troll
				  gear or pot gear, the parallel season for the applicable gear type is closed.
				  During a state-waters season,
(1) mechanical
				  jigging machine and hand troll gear is allocated 15 percent of the annual South
				  Alaska Peninsula Area guideline harvest level; and
(2) pot gear is allocated 85 percent of the
				  annual South Alaska Peninsula Area guideline harvest level.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.581 - Landing requirements for South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After 48 hours
				  following the closure of any directed groundfish season within the South Alaska
				  Peninsula Area, a vessel that participated in that fishery may not have that
				  species of groundfish on board unless
(1)
				  that species has been designated as bycatch for another directed fishery and
				  the amount on board is permissible under retained bycatch restrictions
				  specified in regulation; or
(2) the
				  vessel has been delayed due to extraordinary circumstances beyond the control
				  of the vessel operator, and the vessel operator has contacted a local
				  representative of the department within 48 hours following the closure of the
				  season and the representative has granted a reasonable amount of time for the
				  vessel to reach the port of delivery or processing location; any amount of
				  additional time shall be determined under the assumption that the vessel
				  departed the fishing grounds immediately after the closure and proceeded
				  directly to the port of delivery or processing location.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.585 - Logbook requirements for South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An operator of
				  a vessel fishing for black rockfish in the South Alaska Peninsula Area shall
				  maintain an accurate logbook of all fishing operations for each type of gear
				  used.
(b) A logbook described in
				  (a) of this section must
(1) include the
				  date, the specific location of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of
				  hooks and lines used, the average depth of each set fished, and the hours
				  fished for each line;
(2) include,
				  for the target species, and for each bycatch species, the number of fish
(A) retained; and
(B) discarded;
(3) be updated not later than 11:59 p.m.
				  local time on the day after the day of operation;
(4) be retained, with its original pages, for
				  a period of two years by the owner or operator of the vessel;
(5) be kept on board the vessel while
				  operating gear, during transits to or from a port of landing, and for five days
				  after delivering groundfish;
(6) be
				  made available to a local representative of the department upon
				  request.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 9 - South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) › 5 AAC 28.589 - Permit for miscellaneous groundfish in the South Alaska Peninsula Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  taken as allowable bycatch in another directed fishery, miscellaneous
				  groundfish may be taken on an experimental basis in the South Alaska Peninsula
				  Area only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner necessary
				  for conservation or management purposes. The permit may
(1) specify the depth of fishing gear;
(2) specify the fishing season and
				  periods of fishing;
(3) specify
				  the area of fishing;
(4) establish
				  the allowable size of harvested fish;
(5) specify the type and configuration of
				  gear;
(6) require the completion of
				  logbooks provided by the department and require that the logbooks be attached
				  to a fish ticket at the time of landing; and
(7) require other conditions that the
				  commissioner determines are necessary for conservation or management
				  purposes.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.600 - Description of Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area consists of all
					 territorial waters of Alaska in the Bering Sea, and in that portion of the
					 North Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Aleutian Islands and west of 170º W.
					 long., including those waters north of the latitude of Nichols Point (54º
					 51.30' N. lat.) near False Pass, and north of a line extending from Unimak
					 Island (54º 23.74' N. lat., 164º 44.73' W. long.) to Akun Island
					 (54º 11.71' N. lat., 165º 23.09' W. long.), and from Akun Island
					 (54º 08.40' N. lat., 165º 38.29' W. long.) to Akutan Island (54º
					 07.69' N. lat., 165º 39.74' W. long.), and from Akutan Island (54º
					 02.69' N. lat., 166º 02.93' W. long.) to Unalaska Island (53º 58.97'
					 N. lat., 166º 16.50' W. long.), and from Unalaska Island (53º 18.95'
					 N. lat., 167º 51.06' W. long.) to Umnak Island (53º 23.13' N. lat.,
					 167º 50.50' W. long.), and from Umnak Island (52º 49.24' N. lat.,
					 169º 07.10' W. long.), to Chuginadak Island (52º 49.18' N. lat.,
					 169º 40.47' W. long.).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.605 - Description of Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Aleutian
				  Islands District: all waters of Alaska in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area
				  south of the latitude of Cape Sarichef (54º 36' N. lat.).
(b) Bering Sea District: all waters of Alaska
				  in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area north of the latitude of Cape Sarichef
				  (54º 36' N. lat.).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.606 - Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  1/18/2020.
(b) A vessel that is
				  registered for the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area under
				  5 AAC 28.020 for a groundfish fishery, other than a
				  state-waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.647 or a sablefish fishery described in
				  5 AAC 28.640, also shall be considered registered for
				  that fishery in the Kodiak Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.400, the Chignik Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.500, the South Alaska Peninsula Area described
				  in 5 AAC 28.550, and the
				  Chukchi-Beaufort Area described in
				  5 AAC 28.700.
(c) Before a person uses a vessel to operate
				  gear to take deacon and black rockfish in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area,
				  the vessel owner, the owner's authorized agent, or the vessel operator shall
				  validly register the vessel with the department office in Dutch
				  Harbor.
(d) Before a person uses a
				  vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the Aleutian Islands District, the
				  vessel must be validly registered as described in
				  5 AAC 28.640.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.610 - Fishing seasons for Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken only during
				  seasons established by emergency order or under a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.
(b) In the Aleutian
				  Islands District, sablefish may be taken only as described in
				  5 AAC 28.640.
(c) In the Bering Sea District, there is no
				  open season for directed sablefish fishing.
(d) In the Aleutian Islands District, black
				  rockfish may be taken from January 1 through December 31, unless closed by
				  emergency order.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.629 - Lawful gear for Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this section, groundfish may be taken with the gear
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 28.050.
(b) Rockfish may not be taken with seine
				  gear.
(c) Only five mechanical
				  jigging machines may be operated from a vessel.
(d) In the Sitkin Sound waters described in
				  5 AAC 28.690(a), rockfish may be taken
				  only with pot, longline, mechanical jigging machine, and hand troll
				  gear.
(e) Repealed
				  6/1/2013.
(f) Notwithstanding (d)
				  of this section, in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area, deacon and black
				  rockfish may be taken in a directed fishery only with mechanical jigging
				  machines and handlines.
(g)
				  Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines
				  and hand troll gear as described in
				  5 AAC 28.640.
(h) At least one buoy on each groundfish pot
				  must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number
				  of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy may bear only the number of the
				  vessel operating the gear. The number must be placed on the top one-half of the
				  buoy in numerals at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color
				  that contrasts with the color of each buoy. The buoy markings must be visible
				  on the buoy above the water's surface when the buoy is attached to the
				  groundfish pot.
(i) A groundfish
				  pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot, except
				  that, in the Aleutian Islands-Western District sablefish fishery, groundfish
				  pots may be connected if each end of the buoy line is marked as specified in
				  (j) of this section.
(j) Each end
				  of a groundfish pot longline must have a buoy attached and each buoy must be
				  marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the vessel
				  operating the longlined groundfish pot gear; each buoy must have the letters LP
				  to designate the gear as longlined groundfish pot gear and each buoy may bear
				  only the number of the vessel operating the gear. The numbers and letters must
				  be marked on the top one-half of each buoy in numbers and letters that are at
				  least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with
				  the color of each buoy; all buoy markings must be visible on the buoys above
				  the water's surface when the buoys are attached to the longlined groundfish pot
				  gear. For the purposes of this section, "longlined" means more than one
				  groundfish pot is attached to a stationary, buoyed, and anchored
				  line.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.632 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with
				  all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait
				  and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in
				  waters not more than 25 fathoms deep.
(b) Following the closure of a parallel
				  season or state-waters season for groundfish, all groundfish pot gear used by a
				  vessel registered to fish for groundfish must be removed from the water, except
				  that
(1) rectangular and cone or pyramid
				  groundfish pots may be stored as described in (a) of this section; or
(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait
				  and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or
				  pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven
				  days following the closure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.645 - Aleutian Islands District Walleye Pollock Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 10 - Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands Area (Registration Area O) › 5 AAC 28.647 - Aleutian Islands Subdistrict Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This management
				  plan governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the Aleutian Islands Subdistrict,
				  including the Adak Section. For the purposes of this section, the
(1) Aleutian Islands Subdistrict is comprised
				  of the state waters in the Aleutian Islands District west of 170° W. long.;
				  and
(2) Adak Section is comprised
				  of the state waters of the Aleutian Islands Subdistrict between 175° W.
				  long. and 178° W. long.