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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.971 - Harvest of bait by commercial permit holders in Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry permit may take but may not
				  sell herring for use as bait in the commercial fishery for which the permit is
				  held as follows:
(1) except as provided in
				  (3) of this section, herring may be taken at any time;
(2) herring may be taken only by gillnet or
				  beach seine as described in
				  5 AAC 27.931 and
				  5 AAC 27.932;
(3) in the 72 hours before, during, and 72
				  hours after an open commercial herring fishing period in the Bering
				  Sea-Kotzebue Area, a vessel or crew member or permit holder that participates
				  in that commercial herring fishery opening may not take or possess herring
				  under this section in any subdistrict in the Bering Sea-Kotzebue
				  Area;
(4) a person or vessel may
				  not take more than one ton of herring under this section in a calendar year
				  unless that person or vessel first applies for and receives from the department
				  a permit authorizing the person or vessel to do so.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.980 - Possession of salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
Salmon taken incidentally in conjunction with commercial
					 herring fishing must be returned to the water.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery › Article 14 - Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area (Registration Area Q) › 5 AAC 27.987 - Superexclusive use areas in Bering Sea-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Cape
				  Romanzof and Norton Sound Districts are superexclusive use areas.
(b) A person who participates in the
				  commercial taking of herring as a CFEC permit holder in a superexclusive use
				  area at any time from February 1 through June 30 may not participate or have
				  participated in the commercial taking of herring, either as a CFEC permit
				  holder or a crew member aboard a vessel used to take herring, in another
				  superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from February 1 through
				  June 30 of that same year.
(c) A
				  person who participates in the commercial taking of herring as a crew member
				  aboard a vessel that is used to take herring in a superexclusive use area at
				  any time from February 1 through June 30 may not participate or have
				  participated in the commercial taking of herring as a CFEC permit holder in
				  another superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from February 1
				  through June 30 of that year.
(d) A
				  vessel used in the taking of herring in a superexclusive use area at any time
				  from February 1 through June 30 may not be used or have been used in the taking
				  of herring in another superexclusive or non-exclusive use area at any time from
				  February 1 through June 30 of that year.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 28.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Requirements set out in this chapter apply only to
					 commercial fishing for groundfish, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence,
					 personal use, and sport fishing regulations affecting commercial groundfish
					 fishing vessels or affecting any other commercial groundfish fishing activity
					 are set out in the subsistence fishing regulations in 5 AAC 01 and 5 AAC 02,
					 personal use fishing regulations in 5 AAC 77, and sport fishing regulations in
					 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 28.005 - Registration areas established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  are the groundfish registration areas and their code letters:
Code Letter
A - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (5 AAC 28.100)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 28.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 28.300)
K - Kodiak Area (5 AAC 28.400)
L - Chignik Area (5 AAC 28.500)
M - South Alaska Peninsula Area (5 AAC 28.550)
O - Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area (5 AAC 28.600)
Y - Chukchi-Beaufort Area (5 AAC 28.700).
(b) During a state-waters season defined in
				  5 AAC 28.081(c) (4), each registration
				  area identified in (a) of this section shall be designated as a superexclusive,
				  exclusive, or nonexclusive registration area for Pacific cod.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, a vessel that has been validly registered to take Pacific cod in an
				  exclusive registration area may not be used to take Pacific cod in any other
				  exclusive registration area during the same registration year.
(d) During a registration year, a vessel may
				  be registered to take Pacific cod in one or more nonexclusive registration
				  areas and may be registered to take Pacific cod in one exclusive registration
				  area.
(e) A vessel that has been
				  validly registered to take Pacific cod in
(1)
				  a superexclusive registration area may not be used to take Pacific cod in any
				  other registration area during the same registration year;
(2) an exclusive or nonexclusive registration
				  area may not be used to take Pacific cod in a superexclusive registration area
				  during the same registration year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.015 - Guiding policy on groundfish fisheries resource management

Current through May 31, 2024
The board of fisheries and the department, when taking
					 actions regarding the management of groundfish fisheries, should consider the
					 following principles and criteria:
(1)
				  conservation of the groundfish resource to ensure sustained yield, which
				  requires that the total allowable catch in any fishery be based upon the
				  biological abundance of the stock;
(2) minimization of bycatch of other
				  associated fish and shellfish and prevention of the localized depletion of
				  stocks;
(3) conservation of the
				  habitat and other associated fish and shellfish species from nonsustainable
				  fishing practices with consideration of ecosystem interactions;
(4) maintenance of slower harvest rates by
				  methods-and-means and time-and-area restrictions to ensure adequate reporting
				  and analysis necessary for management of the fishery and ensuring adherence to
				  annual and seasonal total allowable catch limits;
(5) extension of the length of fishing
				  seasons by methods-and-means and time-and-area restrictions to provide for the
				  maximum benefit to the state and local areas of the state;
(6) harvest of the resource in a manner that
				  emphasizes the quality and value of the fishery product;
(7) provision of opportunities for
				  subsistence, sport, commercial, and personal use fisheries;
(8) cooperation with federal agencies
				  associated with groundfish fisheries;
(9) management of the groundfish fisheries
				  based on information that, in the commissioner's discretion, will tend to
				  promote the purposes of state statutes pertaining to fisheries management.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.010 - Application of groundfish regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The regulations
				  in 5 AAC 28 also apply to the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic zone
				  for all
(1) groundfish species, or groundfish
				  species in an area, not included in the federal groundfish management plan;
				  or
(2) groundfish species for which
				  a federal management plan delegates authority to the state to manage a
				  groundfish fishery in the exclusive economic zone.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.020 - Groundfish area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before a person
				  uses a vessel to operate groundfish gear in the territorial waters of Alaska,
				  except for the Eastern Gulf of Alaska registration area, the vessel owner or
				  the owner's authorized agent shall register the vessel with the department.
				  However, the commissioner may waive this registration requirement for a
				  specific fishery or season if the commissioner considers waiver to be
				  necessary.
(b) Unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, a vessel may be registered to fish for groundfish in
				  one or more registration areas in a calendar year except that
(1) a vessel may not be validly registered
				  for more than one groundfish registration area at a time;
(2) a vessel validly registered in a Pacific
				  cod exclusive registration area during a state-waters season defined in
				  5 AAC 28.081(c) (4), may not be used to
				  take Pacific cod in any other exclusive registration area or a superexclusive
				  registration area during a state-waters season;
(3) a vessel validly registered in a Pacific
				  cod superexclusive registration area during a state-waters season defined in
				  5 AAC 28.081(c) (4), may not be used to
				  take Pacific cod in any other registration area during a state-waters
				  season;
(4) a vessel validly
				  registered to take black rockfish in a
(A)
				  superexclusive registration area may not be used to take black rockfish in any
				  other registration area in the same calendar year;
(B) nonexclusive registration area may not be
				  used to take black rockfish in a superexclusive registration area in the same
				  calendar year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.033 - Tenders for groundfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before engaging in a tendering operation
				  for groundfish, the operator of a tendering vessel shall register that vessel
				  with a local representative of the department who is located in the groundfish
				  registration area, district, or section in which the vessel will be
				  tendering.
(b) Before a vessel used
				  to tender groundfish leaves the groundfish registration area, district, or
				  section for which it is registered, the operator of the tendering vessel shall
				  contact, in person or by radio or telephone, a local representative of the
				  department who is located in the registration area, district, or section where
				  the vessel is operating. At the time of the contact with the representative,
				  the tendering vessel operator shall state the number and pounds of groundfish
				  on board the vessel and the vessel's unloading destination.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.050 - Lawful gear for groundfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided or restricted by specific groundfish regulations in this
				  chapter, groundfish may be taken only by trawls, hand troll gear, seines,
				  mechanical jigging machines, dinglebar troll gear, longlines, or pots, except
				  that
(1) king and Tanner crab pots as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 34.050(2) and
				  5 AAC 35.050(2) may not be used to take
				  groundfish;
(2) repealed
				  5/31/98.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.051 - Gear for halibut

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, halibut may be taken only by hand troll gear, mechanical jigging
				  machines, dinglebar troll gear, pots, and longlines.
(b) All commercial buoys or kegs must be
				  marked with the permanent vessel license plate number of the vessel operating
				  the gear.
(c) A vessel registered
				  for another pot fishery that has a pot limit in effect may not have on board or
				  in the water more pots in the aggregate allowed in that fishery.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.055 - Seabird avoidance measures in groundfish fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
When commercial fishing for groundfish with a longline in
					 state waters, the operator of a vessel that is greater than 26 feet in overall
					 length shall comply with the seabird avoidance measures described in
					 50 C.F.R.
					 679.24, revised as of April 27, 2009 and
					 adopted by reference. For the purposes of this section, "overall length" means
					 the straight line length between the extremities of the vessel, excluding the
					 anchor rollers.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.070 - Groundfish possession and landing requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided in this chapter,
(1) in a
				  groundfish fishery, a CFEC permit holder may not have on board a vessel
				  operated by that permit holder, bycatch of any other species or species group
				  of groundfish;
(2) in a halibut
				  fishery, a CFEC permit holder may not have on board a vessel operated by that
				  permit holder, bycatch of any species or species group of groundfish.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.073 - Trip limits for commercial walleye pollock vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
In the state waters between 140° W. long. and 170°
					 W. long., a person may not harvest from, off-load from, or retain on board a
					 catcher vessel, during a calendar day, more than 300,000 pounds of unprocessed
					 walleye pollock, or retain on board a tender vessel, during a calendar day,
					 more than 600,000 pounds of unprocessed walleye pollock, harvested in the state
					 waters adjacent to the federal waters of the Western, Central, and a portion of
					 the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Areas described in  50 C.F.R. 679, Figure 3, revised
					 as of May 21, 2009, adopted by reference.
5 AAC 28.073 was
						originally filed as an emergency regulation effective 9/27/99 and was scheduled
						to appear in the emergency regulations appendix of the Alaska Administrative
						Code in Register 152 (January 2000). Since the emergency regulation was also
						made permanent in Register 152, it never appeared in print in the emergency
						regulations appendix of Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative
						Code.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.075 - Utilization of walleye pollock and Pacific cod taken in a commercial fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A processor or processor's agent that
				  accepts delivery of or purchases groundfish from a vessel shall accept delivery
				  of all walleye pollock and Pacific cod retained by the vessel under
				  5 AAC 28.070(e).
(b) A processor that accepts delivery of or
				  purchases walleye pollock and Pacific cod retained under
				  5 AAC 28.070(e) shall utilize a portion
				  of each fish in order to achieve at least 15 percent utilization of the flesh
				  by weight based on the total weight of the walleye pollock or Pacific cod
				  accepted or purchased.
(c) In this
				  section,
(1) "flesh" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  16.10.165(e), and does not
				  include roe;
(2) "utilization"
				  means use of the flesh of walleye pollock or Pacific cod by processing it for
				  human consumption, for reduction to meal, for production of food for domestic
				  animals or fish, for bait, or for scientific, display, or educational
				  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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.081 - State-Waters Pacific Cod Management Plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This section
				  applies to the management plans for Pacific cod as set out for the Prince
				  William Sound Area (5 AAC 28.267), Cook Inlet Area
				  (5 AAC 28.367), Kodiak Area
				  (5 AAC 28.467), Chignik Area
				  (5 AAC 28.537), South Alaska
				  Peninsula Area (5 AAC 28.577), and Bering Sea -
				  Aleutian Islands Area (5 AAC 28.647 and
				  5 AAC 28.648).
(b) Annual guideline harvest levels set out
				  in these management plans depend on the Pacific cod stock assessments conducted
				  by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
(c) As used in this chapter, the term
(1) "estimated total allowable harvest" means
				  the annual acceptable biological catch (ABC) established by the North Pacific
				  Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) for Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and
				  Aleutian Islands Pacific cod stocks, including the harvest of Pacific cod in a
				  state-waters season defined in this subsection;
(2) "federal season" means a Pacific cod
				  fishing season set by the NPFMC and implemented in the federal waters by the
				  NMFS;
(3) "parallel season" means a
				  Pacific cod fishing season in state waters established by the commissioner,
				  under emergency order authority, to correspond with the times, and unless
				  otherwise specified, the gear of the federal season in adjacent federal
				  waters;
(4) "state-waters season"
				  mean a Pacific cod fishing season in the waters of Alaska that occurs under a
				  guideline harvest level;
(5)
				  "federal Eastern Gulf of Alaska" means the Eastern Gulf of Alaska regulatory
				  area as defined for the federal waters by the NPFMC;
(6) "federal Central Gulf of Alaska" means
				  the Central Gulf of Alaska regulatory area as defined for the federal waters by
				  the NPFMC;
(7) "federal Western
				  Gulf of Alaska" means the Western Gulf of Alaska regulatory area as defined for
				  the federal waters by the NPFMC;
(8) "federal Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands"
				  means the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands regulatory area as defined for the
				  federal waters by the NPFMC and includes the
(A) "Aleutian Islands Subarea" as defined for
				  the federal waters by the NPFMC; and
(B) "Bering Sea Subarea" as defined for the
				  federal waters by the NPFMC;
(9) "overall length" means the straight line
				  length between the extremities of the vessel, excluding anchor
				  rollers;
(10) "working day" means a
				  day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.083 - Permit requirements for skates and rays

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  otherwise specified in this chapter or when taken as allowable bycatch in
				  another directed fishery, skates and rays may be taken only under the
				  conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner. The permit may
(1) restrict the depth of fishing
				  operations;
(2) specify season
				  dates;
(3) specify areas of fishing
				  operations by district, subdistrict, or other portions of a registration
				  area;
(4) establish minimum size
				  limits;
(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 determined by
				  the commissioner to be necessary for conservation and 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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.084 - Fishing seasons, landing requirements, and utilization for sharks

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) There is no
				  open season for sharks, except sharks may be retained bycatch as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.070(b).
(b) For the purpose of this section, "sharks"
				  are species of the order
Lamniformes, Squaliformes,
and
Carcharhiniformes.
(c) A person that retains any species of
				  shark as bycatch and sells or retains any species of shark, must sell or
				  utilize the shark. All harvested sharks must have fins, head, and tail attached
				  at the time of sale. In this subsection, "utilize" means use of the flesh of
				  the shark for human consumption, for reduction to meal for production of food
				  for animals or fish, for bait, or for scientific, display, or educational
				  purposes.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.085 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in this chapter regarding lingcod fishing
					 also apply in the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic
					 zone.
5 AAC 28.085 took
						effect 7/25/95, Register 135, as an emergency regulation. In reviewing the
						"permanent" regulation, the regulations attorney made technical corrections to
						the wording of the regulation. The section's history note does not reflect the
						changes made by the regulations
						attorney.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.086 - Parallel groundfish fishery emergency order authority

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the provisions of this chapter and the reporting requirements specified in
				  5 AAC 39.130, and notwithstanding any contrary
				  provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may open and close, by emergency
				  order, a parallel groundfish fishery during which area closures, gear and
				  vessel size restrictions, and bycatch control measures may be imposed as the
				  commissioner determines are reasonably necessary to correspond with federal
				  groundfish fishery management measures in adjacent federal waters.
(b) For the purposes of this section,
				  "parallel groundfish fishery" means a groundfish fishery in state waters opened
				  by the commissioner, by emergency order, to correspond with a federal
				  groundfish fishery in adjacent federal waters.
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 2 - General Specifications › 5 AAC 28.087 - Management measures in parallel groundfish fisheries for protection of Steller sea lions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
				  chapter, in managing the parallel groundfish fisheries, the commissioner may
				  open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons during which area closures,
				  gear restrictions, vessel size limits, reporting, monitoring, and enforcement
				  requirements may be imposed to match federal fishery management measures for
				  the protection of Steller sea lions.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section,
				  during a parallel season for Pacific cod
(1)
				  in the Kodiak Area, the waters within three nautical miles of the Steller sea
				  lion haul out at Cape Barnabas (57º 10.20' N. lat., 152º 53.05' W.
				  long.) shall be open to pot and mechanical jigging machine gear;
(2) in the South Alaska Peninsula Area, the
				  waters within three nautical miles of the Steller sea lion haul out at Caton
				  Island (54º 22.70' N. lat., 162º 21.30' W. long.) shall be open to
				  pot and mechanical jigging machine gear; and
(3) in the Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands
				  Area, the state waters between 175º W. long. and 178º W. long. shall
				  be open to fishing with trawl, pot, mechanical jigging machine, and hand troll
				  gear by vessels that are no more than 60 feet in overall length, and to fishing
				  with longline gear by vessels that are no more than 58 feet in overall length,
				  of which the Steller sea lion protection measures found in Table 5 to  50 C.F.R.
				  679, (69 Federal Register 75865, December 20, 2004) apply, except that all
				  waters within three nautical miles of the Steller sea lion site at Kanaga
				  Island/Ship Rock at 51º 46.70' N. lat., 177º 20.72' W. long. are
				  closed to the taking of Pacific cod; for the purposes of this paragraph,
				  "overall length" means the straight line length between extremities of the
				  vessel, excluding anchor rollers.
(4) in the Chignik Area, the state waters
				  within 20 nautical miles of the Steller sea lion haul out at Sutwik Island
				  (56° 31.05' N. lat., 157° 20.47' W. long.) shall be open to pot gear,
				  except for waters within three nautical miles of the Steller sea lion haul out
				  at Sutwik Island (56° 31.05' N. lat., 157° 20.47' 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 3 - Prohibitions › 5 AAC 28.090 - Limitations while fishing for shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A validly
				  registered king crab fishing vessel may not be used to take groundfish with
				  pots in an area closed to the taking of king crab.
(b) A validly registered shrimp trawl vessel
				  may not be used to take groundfish with trawls in an area closed to the taking
				  of shrimp with trawls.
(c) A
				  validly registered Tanner crab fishing vessel may not be used to take
				  groundfish with pots in an area closed to the taking of Tanner crab.
(d) A validly registered Dungeness crab
				  fishing vessel may not be used to take groundfish with pots in an area closed
				  to the taking of Dungeness crab.
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 3 - Prohibitions › 5 AAC 28.092 - Limitations for halibut

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may take or possess for commercial purposes any
					 species of halibut (genus Hippoglossus) in a manner inconsistent with the
					 regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.100 - Description of Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area consists of all waters of
					 Alaska described in
					 5 AAC 39.975(13) east of 144º W.
					 long., and to the extent provided in
					 5 AAC 28.010, waters of the adjacent exclusive economic
					 zone east of 144º W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.10.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.106 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Eastern
				  Gulf of Alaska Area is a nonexclusive registration area for Pacific cod:
				  notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a
				  vessel to operate gear to take Pacific cod in a directed Pacific cod fishery in
				  the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the vessel owner or the owner's agent shall
				  register the vessel with the department by completing a registration form with
				  the vessel's name, management areas the vessel will be fishing in, contact
				  number, and the signature of the owner or owner's agent.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a
				  vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the Northern Southeast Inside
				  (NSEI) Subdistrict or the Southern Southeast Inside (SSEI) Subdistrict, the
				  vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the vessel with the
				  department as follows:
(1) the vessel must be
				  registered before fishing in the sablefish fishery;
(2) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  shall include on the registration form the vessel's name and the full name and
				  CFEC permit number or interim use permit number of each sablefish permit holder
				  who will be on board the vessel during the open fishing period;
(3) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  shall sign the registration form;
(4) a person who holds a CFEC sablefish
				  permit or interim use sablefish permit for the NSEI Subdistrict or for the SSEI
				  Subdistrict may not register to fish on more than one vessel at a
				  time;
(5) a separate registration
				  is required for each subdistrict.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.110 - Sablefish fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Eastern
				  Gulf of Alaska Area, sablefish may be taken only as follows:
(1) in the Northern Southeast Inside
				  Subdistrict, from 8:00 a.m. August 15 until 12:00 noon November 15;
(2) in the Southern Southeast Inside
				  Subdistrict, from 8:00 a.m. June 1 until 12:00 noon November 15.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.111 - Demersal shelf rockfish fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Southeast District, demersal shelf
				  rockfish may be taken in a management area and in the directed fishery only as
				  follows:
(1) in the Southeast Outside
				  Subdistrict, from January 5 until the day before the start of the commercial
				  halibut season, or until the annual directed harvest limit for the management
				  area is taken, whichever occurs first;
(2) in the Northern Southeast Inside and
				  Southern Southeast Inside Subdistricts,
(A)
				  from January 5 until the day before the start of the commercial halibut season,
				  or until 67 percent of the annual directed harvest limit for the management
				  area is taken, whichever occurs first; and
(B) from the day following the end of the
				  commercial halibut season through December 31, or until the remainder of the
				  annual directed harvest limit for the management area is taken, whichever
				  occurs first.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.112 - Flatfish (flounder and sole) fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the waters of Alaska in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area,
					 flatfish (flounder and sole) may be taken by trawl only as follows:
(1) in waters of Sumner Strait north and east
				  of a line from Mitchell Point to Point St. John, west of a line from the tip of
				  Low Point to the tip of Point Alexander, south of a line from Point Alexander
				  to the southernmost tip of Woewodski Island, and south of the latitude of the
				  northernmost tip of Butterworth Island in Duncan Canal, from October 1 through
				  November 15 and from February 15 through April 15;
(2) in waters of Zimovia Strait and Anita Bay
				  south of the latitude of Nemo Point and north of the latitude of Village
				  Island, from October 1 through April 15;
(3) in waters of Sumner Strait, Stikine
				  Strait, and Eastern Passage north and east of a line from Point Howe to Neal
				  Point to Woronkofski Point to Point Highfield, north and west of a line from
				  Babbler Point to Hour Point, and south of the latitude of Blaquiere Point, from
				  October 1 through April 15;
(4) in
				  waters of Keku Strait and Port Camden south and east of a line from Point
				  Macartney to Cornwallis Point and west of a line from Point Camden to Salt
				  Point, from October 1 through November 15 and from February 15 through April
				  15.
Before Register 130, 4/15/94, the substance of
						5 AAC 28.112 was contained in
						5 AAC 28.110. The history note for
						5 AAC 28.112 does not reflect the history of the
						provision before Register 130, 4/15/94.
Authority:
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						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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.113 - Lingcod fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Eastern
				  Gulf of Alaska Area, lingcod may be taken at any time except as otherwise
				  provided in this chapter or when closed by emergency order.
(b) Lingcod may be taken in a directed
				  lingcod fishery only from May 16 through November 30.
(c) Lingcod may be taken as bycatch in the
				  commercial salmon troll gear fishery only from May 16 through November
				  30.
(d) Lingcod may be taken as
				  bycatch in a commercial groundfish fishery operating mechanical jigging
				  machines or hand troll gear only from May 16 through November 30.
Before Register 130, 4/15/94, the substance of
						5 AAC 28.113 was contained in
						5 AAC 28.110. The history note for
						5 AAC 28.113 does not reflect the history of the
						provision before Register 130, 4/15/94.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
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						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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.115 - Pacific cod fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, Pacific cod may be
					 taken from January 1 through December 31, unless otherwise provided in this
					 chapter or 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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.116 - Black rockfish fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, black rockfish may be
					 taken from January 1 through December 31, unless otherwise provided in this
					 chapter or 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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.130 - Lawful gear for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Northern
				  Southeast Inside Subdistrict and Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict,
				  sablefish may be taken only with longlines and pots.
(b) In the Southeast District, a longline
				  vessel may have aboard or use for taking bait a gillnet with mesh size of not
				  over two and one-half inches and made of not greater than Number 20 gillnet
				  thread.
(c) In the Northern and
				  Southern Southeast Inside Subdistricts, flatfish (flounder and sole) may be
				  taken in a directed trawl fishery only by beam trawl gear, and only under the
				  authority of a permit issued by the commissioner under (
l
) of
				  this section. In the permit the commissioner may specify open areas, fishing
				  periods, gear and operating specifications, observer requirements, and
				  completion of logbooks, available from the department, by the vessel
				  operator.
(d) In the Southeast
				  District,
(1) lingcod may be taken only by
				  longline, dinglebar troll gear, power troll gear, hand troll gear, and
				  mechanical jigging machines, except that in a directed fishery for lingcod,
				  lingcod may be taken only by dinglebar troll gear, hand troll gear, and
				  mechanical jigging machines;
(2)
				  repealed 7/18/2003;
(3) Pacific
				  cod, rockfish, shortspine thornyhead rockfish, and longspine thornyhead
				  rockfish may be taken only by longline, dinglebar troll gear, power troll gear,
				  hand troll gear, mechanical jigging machines, and pots, except that
(A) in a directed fishery for pelagic shelf
				  rockfish, pelagic shelf rockfish may be taken only by dinglebar troll gear,
				  hand troll gear, and mechanical jigging machines:
(B) in a directed fishery for demersal shelf
				  rockfish, demersal shelf rockfish may be taken only by longline, dinglebar
				  troll gear, hand troll gear, and mechanical jigging
				  machines;
(4) repealed
				  7/18/2003.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.133 - Groundfish and halibut taken with salmon troll fishing gear in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Groundfish incidentally taken by hand and
				  power troll gear operated to take salmon consistent with applicable state laws
				  and regulations are legally taken and possessed, except that lingcod may be
				  taken under this subsection only from May 16 through November 30.
				  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the commissioner may
				  establish groundfish bycatch limits for the salmon fishery described in this
				  subsection, if the commissioner determines it is necessary to manage the
				  groundfish bycatch harvest within total catch limits established in this
				  chapter.
(b) Repealed
				  5/26/2006.
(c) Halibut incidentally
				  taken during an open commercial halibut season by power and hand troll gear
				  being operated for salmon consistent with applicable state laws and regulations
				  are legally taken and possessed.
Authority:
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						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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.135 - Vessel identification for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Eastern
				  Gulf of Alaska Area, a vessel fishing for groundfish with dinglebar troll gear
				  must display the letter "D" and a vessel fishing for groundfish with mechanical
				  jigging machines must display the letter "M"
(1) on both sides of the hull, cabin, or
				  mast;
(2) in symbols at least 12
				  inches high and one inch wide that contrast with the background;
(3) in a manner that leaves the letter
				  plainly visible and unobscured; and
(4) at all times when fishing with or
				  transporting fish taken with dinglebar troll gear or mechanical jigging
				  machines.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.160 - Harvest guidelines and ranges for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Northern
				  Southeast Inside Subdistrict, the department will set the annual guideline
				  harvest limit for the taking of sablefish based on information available to the
				  department, including estimates of sablefish biomass.
(b) In the Southern Southeast Inside
				  Subdistrict, the department will set the annual guideline harvest limit for the
				  taking of sablefish based on information available to the department, including
				  estimates of sablefish biomass.
(c)
				  The guideline harvest levels for the taking of rockfish are as follows:
(1) in the Southeast Outside Subdistrict,
(A) the annual allowable catch of demersal
				  shelf rockfish is calculated based on the federal total allowable catch (TAC)
				  of demersal shelf rockfish, with 84 percent allocated to the commercial
				  fisheries and 16 percent allocated to the sport fisheries after the estimated
				  subsistence harvest has been subtracted from the TAC;
(B) the directed commercial demersal shelf
				  rockfish quota is calculated based on the commercial allocation of the TAC
				  after estimated bycatch mortality is deducted;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.165 - Lingcod allocation guidelines for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the department shall
					 annually allocate the harvest in the lingcod commercial and sport fisheries as
					 follows:
(1) Icy Bay Subdistrict:
(A) 46 percent to the directed commercial
				  lingcod fishery;
(B) 12.67 percent
				  to the commercial longline fisheries;
(C) eight percent to the commercial salmon
				  troll fishery; and
(D) 33.33
				  percent to the sport fishery;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.172 - Flatfish (flounder and sole) possession and landing requirements for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Northern and Southern Southeast Inside Subdistricts,
					 a trawl vessel may not land or have on board more than 20,000 pounds (round
					 weight) of flatfish (flounder and sole) in any seven-day
					 period.
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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.173 - Lingcod possession and landing requirements for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Southeast District, a vessel
				  fishing for
(1) halibut with longline gear
				  may not land or have on board lingcod in excess of the bycatch percentage,
				  specified in the first emergency order of the season, by round weight, of all
				  halibut on board the vessel; based on harvest, the commissioner may, by
				  emergency order, close the bycatch season and immediately reopen a bycatch
				  season during which a different lingcod bycatch level is allowed;
(2) sablefish may not land or have on board
				  lingcod, except as specified in (3) of this subsection;
(3) halibut and sablefish at the same time
				  may not land or have on board lingcod in excess of the bycatch percentage,
				  specified in the first emergency order of the season, by round weight, of all
				  halibut on board the vessel; based on harvest data, the commissioner may, by
				  emergency order, close the bycatch fishing season and immediately reopen a
				  bycatch season during which a different lingcod bycatch level is
				  allowed;
(4) salmon with troll gear
				  in the waters of Sitka Sound described in
				  5 AAC 28.150(a) may retain and have on
				  board no more than two lingcod only from May 16 through November 30, or until
				  closed by emergency order, and only if the permit holder
(A) immediately removes the dorsal fin of the
				  Iingcod retained; the head of a ling cod retained under this paragraph must
				  remain attached to determine if the lingcod meets the legal size requirement of
				  (e) of this section;
(B) weighs
				  and reports the Iingcod retained for the permit holder's personal use on an
				  ADF&G fish ticket as required in
				  5 AAC 39.130; a Iingcod retained under this paragraph
				  may not be sold.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.174 - Spiny dogfish ( Squalus acanthias) possession and landing requirements for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, spiny dogfish may be
					 taken and retained only as follows:
(1) in the Southeast District, a longline
				  vessel may retain spiny dogfish as bycatch that is not more than 35 percent, by
				  round weight, of all target species taken in the directed fishery on board the
				  vessel;
(2) in the Southeast
				  District, a power troll or hand troll vessel may retain spiny dogfish as
				  bycatch that is not more than 35 percent, by round weight, of all salmon on
				  board the vessel;
(3) in the East
				  Yakutat Section and the Icy Bay Subdistrict, a salmon set gillnet CFEC permit
				  holder may retain all spiny dogfish taken as bycatch during salmon set gillnet
				  operations; all spiny dogfish taken must be recorded on an ADF&G salmon
				  fish ticket.
Authority:
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						16.05.251