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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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.175 - Logbooks for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An operator of
				  a vessel fishing for groundfish in the waters of Alaska in the Eastern Gulf of
				  Alaska Area or in a state-managed directed fishery in the waters of the
				  exclusive economic zone adjacent to the Eastern Gulf of Alaska 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
(1) for longline gear
				  must include, by set, the date, the specific location of harvest by latitude
				  and longitude, in degrees and decimal minutes, for start and ending positions,
				  hook spacing, the amount of gear (number of hooks) used, the depth of each set,
				  the estimated weight of all target species taken, an estimated weight of the
				  bycatch retained or discarded at sea, and the tag number of any tagged fish
				  landed; for the Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict and the Southern
				  Southeast Inside Subdistrict sablefish fisheries, a logbook must include a
				  record of the round weight delivered, the purchasing processor, and date of
				  each delivery during that season if multiple landings have been made;
(2) for dinglebar troll gear, mechanical
				  jigging machines, or hand troll gear must include the date, the specific
				  location of harvest by latitude and longitude, in degrees and decimal minutes,
				  and nearest headland, the number of lines and total number of hooks used, the
				  average depth fished, the hours fished, and the number of bycatch fish taken,
				  by species, for each unique geographic location fished; for the target species
				  the following is required:
(A) the number
				  retained;
(B) the number discarded;
				  and
(C) for lingcod only, their
				  estimated sex ratio;
(3)
				  must be updated, within 24 hours after midnight local time on the day of
				  operation;
(4) must be retained,
				  with its original pages, for a period of two years by the owner or operator of
				  the vessel; and
(5) must include
				  the tag number of any tagged fish landed, with the date and specific
				  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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.179 - Permits for miscellaneous groundfish in Eastern Gulf of Alaska 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 Eastern Gulf of Alaska
				  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 4 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area (Registration Area A) › 5 AAC 28.180 - Prohibitions for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel or a
				  person on board a vessel from which commercial, subsistence, or personal use
				  longline fishing gear was used to take fish in the Northern or Southern
				  Southeast Inside Subdistricts during the 72-hour period immediately before the
				  start of the commercial sablefish fishery in that subdistrict, or from which
				  that gear will be used during the 24-hour period immediately after the closure
				  of the commercial sablefish fishery in that subdistrict, may not participate in
				  the taking of sablefish in that subdistrict during that open sablefish fishing
				  period. A vessel or a person on board a vessel who has harvested and sold that
				  vessel or person's entire equal quota share before the final day of the
				  sablefish season in that subdistrict is exempt from the prohibition on fishing
				  longline gear during the 24-hour period immediately following the closure of
				  the sablefish fishery in that subdistrict.
(b) A vessel or a person on board a vessel
				  commercial fishing for sablefish in the Northern or Southern Southeast Inside
				  Subdistricts may not operate subsistence or personal use longline gear for
				  groundfish from that vessel until all commercial sablefish are offloaded from
				  the vessel.
(c) Unless authorized
				  by the terms of a scientific, propagative, or educational permit issued under
				  AS
				  16.05.340(b), a person may
				  not possess groundfish in a manner that indicates an intent to keep the
				  groundfish alive.
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 28.190 - Harvest of bait by commercial permit holders in Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry
					 permit may take groundfish in the waters of Alaska in the Eastern Gulf of
					 Alaska Area for use as bait in the commercial fishery for which the permit is
					 held as follows:
(1) except for
				  sablefish, lingcod, thornyhead, shortraker, rougheye, and yelloweye rockfish,
				  groundfish may be taken at any time; sablefish, lingcod, thornyhead,
				  shortraker, rougheye, and yelloweye rockfish may not be taken for bait or used
				  for bait, except that the head, tail, fins, closely trimmed skeleton and
				  viscera of delivered and processed commercial sablefish, lingcod, and
				  thornyhead, shortraker, rougheye, and yelloweye rockfish may be used for
				  bait;
(2) unless use of a gear is
				  restricted in 5 AAC 27 - 5 AAC 39, groundfish may be taken by any gear
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 39.105 except trawls;
(3) repealed 5/26/2006;
(4) a person on board a vessel used to take
				  bait under the provisions of this section may not participate in the sablefish
				  fishery if restricted by
				  5 AAC 28.180;
(5) a person who takes groundfish for bait
				  during a fishing trip and uses the bait during that trip, must report the bait
				  taken by species and estimated weight on a fish ticket prepared for that
				  fishing trip; a person who makes a separate set to harvest groundfish for bait
				  must report that harvest to the department on a fish ticket using the gear card
				  for the species for which the bait was intended and must submit the fish ticket
				  within seven days after landing that species;
(6) groundfish taken under this section may
				  not be
(A) purchased or sold; or
(B) transported outside of the waters of
				  Alaska in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area;
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 28.195 - Application of regulations (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 139, 7/12/96, the substance of
						5 AAC 28.195 was moved to
						5 AAC 28.010 in order to apply to groundfish regulations
						on a statewide basis.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.200 - Description of Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Prince William Sound Area consists of the waters of
					 Alaska bounded on the west by a line running along the longitude of Cape
					 Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at
					 58° 51.10' N. lat., then west to 149° W. long., then south along
					 149° W. long., and on the east by the longitude of Cape Suckling at
					 144° 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.205 - Description of Prince William Sound Area districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Inside
				  District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area enclosed by lines from
				  Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Zaikof Point, and
				  from Cape Cleare to Cape Puget.
(b)
				  Outside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area that are seaward
				  of the Inside District and between a line running along the longitude of Cape
				  Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at
				  58° 51.10' N.lat., then west to 149° W. long., then south along
				  149° W. long., and the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long. The
				  Outside District sections are as follows:
(1)
				  Eastern Section: all waters of the Outside District between 147º W. long.
				  and the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.);
(2) Western Section: all waters of the
				  Outside District west of 147º 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.206 - Prince William Sound Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During a
				  state-waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.267, the Prince William Sound Area is
(1) an exclusive registration area for a
				  vessel validly registered to take Pacific cod with groundfish not gear or
				  longline gear; and
(2) a
				  nonexclusive registration area for a vessel validly registered to take Pacific
				  cod with mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.210 - Fishing seasons for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  5/11/2003.
(b) Sablefish may be
				  taken in the Inside District from April 15 through August 31. There is no open
				  season for commercial sablefish fishing in the Outside District.
(c) Lingcod may be taken only from July 1
				  through December 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order,
(1) in a directed fishery; and
(2) as bycatch up to 20 percent by round
				  weight of the directed finfish species on board a vessel, unless the
				  commissioner closes the season and opens another season in which the bycatch is
				  prohibited or further limited.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.220 - Permits for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  3/14/2009.
(b) Repealed
				  3/14/2009.
(c) Except when taken as
				  allowable bycatch in a directed fishery, a person may take miscellaneous
				  groundfish on an experimental basis in the Prince William Sound Area only under
				  the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner necessary for
				  conservation or management purposes. In consideration of whether to issue a
				  permit under this section, the commissioner may consider whether the harvested
				  fish can be fully utilized. In the permit, the commissioner may
(1) specify the depth of fishing
				  gear;
(2) specify the fishing
				  season and periods of fishing;
(3)
				  specify the area for 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 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.230 - Lawful gear for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  4/7/93.
(b) Groundfish taken
				  incidentally by drift gillnet gear operated for salmon consistent with
				  applicable state laws and regulations are legally taken and
				  possessed.
(c) A groundfish pot may
				  be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot. Groundfish pots may
				  be connected if each end of the buoy line is marked as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.050.
(d) Repealed 6/25/2023
(e) Repealed 4/4/97.
(f) In the Prince William Sound Area,
				  non-pelagic trawl gear may not be used to take groundfish, except that
				  sablefish may be taken with shrimp trawl gear operated as specified in
				  5 AAC 31.225(b).
(g) Notwithstanding (f) of this section, a
				  person operating a vessel that is validly registered to fish for shrimp with
				  trawls may retain a bycatch limit of groundfish taken during the shrimp fishing
				  season. The bycatch limit that may be retained under this subsection may not
				  exceed 10 percent of the gross weight of the shrimp landed.
(h) In the Prince William Sound 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.232 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Following
				  the closure of a parallel season, all groundfish pot gear must be removed from
				  the water, except as specified in (b) of this section.
(b) The owner or operator of a vessel that is
				  registered for a state-waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.267 may store groundfish pots as follows:
(1) rectangular groundfish pots must have all
				  bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open, and cone or
				  pyramid groundfish pots must have all bait and bait containers removed and all
				  doors not secured closed;
(2) pots
				  must be stored in waters not more than 25 fathoms deep and may be stored only
				  on the north side of Montague Island between 147º 25.00' W. long. and
				  147º 35.00' W. long.; and
(3)
				  pots may be stored only from 10 days before the scheduled opening of the
				  state-waters season until 10 days following the closure of that
				  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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.250 - Closed waters in Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Groundfish may
				  not be taken with pots in the waters enclosed by lines from Point Whitshed to
				  Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook Light to Seal Rocks Light to Zaikof
				  Point (60° 19' N. lat., 146° 55' W. long.), and from a point at 60°
				  18.48' N. lat., 146° 55.10' W. long. on the northwest side of Montague
				  Island, north to a point at 60° 30' N. lat., 147° 20' W. long., then
				  east to a point at 60° 41' N. lat, 146° 37.50' W. long., then northeast
				  to Knowles Head (60° 41' N. lat., 146° 37.50' W. long.), except that
				  groundfish may be taken with pots
(1) within
				  Orca Bay, east of 146º 37.50' W. long., excluding the waters of Port
				  Gravina north of a line from Gravina Point to Red Head at 60º 40.25' N.
				  lat., 146º 30.22' W. long.;
(2) in waters not more than 75 fathoms deep
				  within waters enclosed by a line from Johnstone Point Light to Montague Point
				  at 60º 23' N. lat., 147º 06' W. long., to Middle Point at 60º
				  20.50' N. lat., 147º W. long. to Schooner Rock Light (Zaikof Point) to
				  Cape Hinchinbrook Light.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.260 - Prince William Sound Pelagic Trawl Pollock Management Plan (Expired)

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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.263 - Prince William Sound Walleye Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For
				  directed walleye pollock fisheries, the Inside District of the Prince William
				  Sound Area is divided into the following three sections:
(1) Bainbridge Section: all waters of the
				  Inside District west of 148° W. long;
(2) Knight Island Section: all waters of the
				  Inside District between 148° W. long. and 147° 20' W. long;
(3) Hinchinbrook Section: all waters of the
				  Inside District east of 147° 20' 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.265 - Prince William Sound Rockfish Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel may
				  not land or have on board more than a combined total of 3,000 pounds (round
				  weight) of all rockfish species within five consecutive days.
(b) In the Prince William Sound Area, when
				  fishing in a directed fishery, other than for rockfish, a CFEC permit holder
				  must retain all rockfish, except that
(1)
				  unless otherwise specified in this section, all rockfish in excess of 10
				  percent, round weight, of all directed species on board the vessel must be
				  weighed and reported as bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket; any
				  proceeds from the sale of excess rockfish shall be surrendered to the
				  state;
(2) during the sablefish
				  fishery, all rockfish in excess of 20 percent, round weight, of all sablefish
				  on board the vessel must be weighed and reported as bycatch overage on an
				  ADF&G fish ticket; any proceeds from the sale of excess rockfish shall be
				  surrendered to the state;
(3)
				  during a season for Pacific cod, all rockfish in excess of five percent, round
				  weight, of all Pacific cod on board the vessel must be weighed and reported as
				  bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket; any proceeds from the sale of
				  excess rockfish shall be surrendered to the state;
(4) during the directed walleye pollock
				  pelagic trawl fishery, all rockfish in excess of one-half percent, round
				  weight, of all walleye pollock on board the vessel must be weighed and reported
				  as bycatch overage on an ADF&G fish ticket; any proceeds from the sale of
				  excess rockfish shall be surrendered to the state.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.267 - Prince William Sound Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the Prince William
				  Sound Area.
(b) Each year the
				  commissioner
(1) shall open and close, by
				  emergency order, a parallel season for mechanical jigging machine and hand
				  troll gear, groundfish pot gear, and longline gear in the Prince William Sound
				  Area to coincide with the initial federal season in the federal Central Gulf of
				  Alaska Area, as follows:
(A) the parallel
				  season for mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear will coincide with
				  the initial federal season for jig gear;
(B) the parallel season for groundfish pot
				  gear will coincide with the initial federal season for pot gear;
(C) the parallel season for longline gear
				  will coincide with the initial federal season for hook and line gear operated
				  from vessels less than 50 feet in overall length;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.270 - Possession requirements for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Lingcod
				  retained must measure at least 35 inches 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. No person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure a lingcod in a
				  manner that prevents determination of the minimum size before delivery for
				  sale.
(b) Walleye pollock taken
				  with mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear during a state-waters
				  season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.267 may be retained.
(c) If the commissioner determines it
				  necessary for biological sampling purposes, the commissioner may, by emergency
				  order, close a fishing season for lingcod and immediately reopen the season
				  with a requirement that all lingcod be delivered with the head on and with the
				  vent and external area one inch forward of the vent unmutilated, as evidence of
				  gender.
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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.271 - Landing requirements for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After 24 hours
				  following the closure of any directed groundfish season within the Prince
				  William Sound 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 24 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 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E) › 5 AAC 28.272 - Sablefish harvest, possession, and landing requirements for Prince William Sound Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before commercial fishing for sablefish
				  in another registration area, the operator of a vessel registered to take
				  sablefish in the Prince William Sound Area must land all sablefish taken and
				  submit a copy of the completed fish ticket for the landed fish to the
				  department.
(b) The operator of a
				  fishing vessel may not take sablefish in the Prince William Sound Area while
				  sablefish taken in another registration area are on board the vessel.
(c) In the Prince William Sound Area, the
				  holder of a CFEC limited entry permit or interim-use permit to take sablefish
				  may not take more than the annual amount specified by the department. The
				  department will determine the annual amount as follows:
(1) the annual amount will be the sum of
				  one-half of the annual harvest objective divided by the number of permit
				  holders registered to fish in the commercial sablefish fishery and one-half of
				  the annual harvest objective multiplied by the average percentage of the
				  harvest taken by the vessel category for which the CFEC permit was issued, as
				  specified in
				  20 AAC 05.779, and divided by the number of permit
				  holders registered to fish sablefish with the permits of that vessel
				  category;
(2) the average
				  percentages of harvest for the vessel categories described in (1) of this
				  subsection are as follows:
(A) combined
				  categories A, vessels with a length of 90 feet, and B, vessels with a maximum
				  overall length of 60 feet: 18.53 percent;
(B) category C, vessels with a maximum
				  overall length of 50 feet: 70.33 percent;
(C) category D, vessels with a maximum
				  overall length of 35 feet: 11.14 percent.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.300 - Description of Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Cook Inlet Area consists of all waters of Alaska
					 enclosed by a line extending east from Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.)
					 and a line extending south from Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' 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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.305 - Description of Cook Inlet Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Cook Inlet
				  District: all waters of Alaska in the Cook Inlet Area north of a line from Cape
				  Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.) to Point Adam (59º 15.27' N.
				  lat.).
(b) North Gulf District: all
				  waters of Alaska in the Cook Inlet Area north of Cape Douglas (58º 51.10'
				  N. lat.) and west of the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W.
				  long.), excluding the Cook Inlet District.
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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.306 - Cook Inlet Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
The Cook Inlet Area is an exclusive registration area for
					 Pacific cod during a state-waters season described in
					 5 AAC 28.367.
(b) In the Cook Inlet Area, before operating
				  a vessel in a directed fishery for lingcod, pelagic shelf rockfish, sablefish,
				  Pacific cod during a parallel season, or Pacific cod during a state-waters
				  season, the vessel operator or authorized agent must obtain a fishery-specific
				  registration for that vessel.
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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.310 - Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  3/8/2002.
(b) Lingcod may be taken
				  only from July 1 through December 31.
(c) Sablefish may only be taken from April 15
				  until closed by emergency order.
(d) Pelagic shelf rockfish may be taken only
				  in a directed fishery from July 1 until closed by emergency order, and as
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 28.365.
(e) Pacific cod may be taken only as
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 28.367.
(f) Miscellaneous groundfish may be taken
				  only under the conditions of a miscellaneous groundfish permit as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.379. For the purpose of this subsection,
				  "miscellaneous groundfish" has the meaning given in
				  5 AAC 28.379(c).
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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.330 - Lawful gear for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, groundfish may be taken only by pelagic
				  trawls, hand troll gear, longlines, pots, or mechanical jigging
				  machines.
(b) Groundfish taken
				  incidentally by drift or set gillnet gear lawfully operated for salmon or
				  herring may be retained.
(c)
				  groundfish pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish
				  pot, except that in the Cook Inlet Area sableflsh fishery, groundfish pots may
				  be connected by a line if at least one buoy is attached to each end of the line
				  and each buoy is marked as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.050; not more than 15 groundfish pots may be
				  attached to the same line.
(d)
				  Repealed 6/25/2023
(e) Except as
				  provided in (f) of this section, in a groundfish fishery for which more than
				  one type of gear is legal gear, a person may have only one type of gear on
				  board the vessel at any one time.
(f) In a directed fishery for lingcod,
				  rockfish, or Pacific cod during a state-waters season as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.367, those species may be taken by mechanical
				  jigging machines and hand troll gear at the same time. If mechanical jigging
				  machines and hand troll gear are being used under this subsection, only that
				  gear may be on board the vessel.
(g) Lingcod and rockfish may be taken only by
				  mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear.
(h) Pacific cod may be taken only by
				  groundfish pots, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear during a
				  state-waters season, as specified in
				  5 AAC 28.367.
(i) In the Cook Inlet 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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.332 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  specified in (b) of this section, following the closure of a groundfish season
				  to pot gear, ground fish pots must have all bait and bait containers removed,
				  and may be stored in the water as follows:
(1) rectangular groundfish pots must have all
				  doors secured fully open; and
(2)
				  cone or pyramid groundfish pots must have all doors not secured
				  closed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.334 - Groundfish reporting requirements for the Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Cook Inlet Area, a commercial fisherman shall
					 report, on an ADF&G fish ticket, at the time of landing, all groundfish
					 taken in a directed groundfish or halibut fishery and retained but not
					 sold.
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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.350 - Closed waters in Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  4/4/97.
(b) Groundfish may not be
				  taken by pot gear in the following locations:
(1) waters west of a line from Cape Douglas
				  to Chinitna Point (59º 41.6' N. lat., 153º 03.2' W. long.) that are
				  deeper than 15 fathoms;
(2) waters
				  of Kachemak Bay enclosed by a line from a point on the southern shore of
				  Kachemak Bay at 59° 34.68' N. lat., 151° 19.27' W. long., to the
				  southernmost point of Gull Island at 59° 35.05' N. lat., 151° 19.90' W.
				  long., southwest to 59° 32.20' N. lat., 151° 35.00' W. long., south to
				  59° 30.40' N. lat., 151° 35 .. 00' W. long., west to 59° 30.40' N.
				  lat., 151 45.00' W. long., northeast to 59° 33.00' N. lat., 151° 41.00'
				  W. long., northeast to 59° 34.70' N. lat., 151° 30.00' W. long., and
				  north along 151° 30.00' W. long. to the point that intersects the
				  mainland.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.360 - Cook Inlet Sablefish Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sablefish may
				  be retained only during an open directed sablefish fishery on board a vessel
				  that is registered to participate in the Cook Inlet sablefish
				  fishery.
(b) An operator of a
				  vessel participating in the Cook Inlet Area sablefish fishery shall obtain
				  sablefish log sheets provided by the department. The vessel operator must have
				  the log sheets on board the vessel at all times and must submit to the
				  department no later than seven days following delivery completed log sheets
				  that correspond with each ADF&G sablefish fish ticket.
(1) A log sheet described in this section
				  must:
(A) include the date, the specific
				  location of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of hooks fished or
				  the number of pots fished, the average depth, and the time gear is deployed and
				  hauled, for each set;
(B) include
				  for the target species, and for each bycatch species, the number of fish
				  retained and discarded for each set;
(C) be updated not later than 11 :59 p.m.
				  local time on the day after the day of operation; and
(D) 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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.365 - Cook Inlet Rockfish Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel
				  fishing in the Cook Inlet District may not land or have on board more than a
				  combined total of 1,000 pounds (round weight) of all rockfish species within
				  five consecutive days.
(b) A vessel
				  fishing in the North Gulf District may not land or have on board more than
				  4,000 pounds (round weight) of all rockfish species within five consecutive
				  days.
(c) If the commissioner
				  determines a closure is necessary to ensure that the guideline harvest level
				  for rockfish is not exceeded, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order,
				  the directed rockfish fishery and may adjust rockfish bycatch allowances in
				  other directed groundfish and halibut fisheries.
(d) The guideline harvest level for the Cook
				  Inlet Area is 150,000 pounds (round weight) for all rockfish species
				  combined.
(e) An operator of a
				  vessel participating in the Cook Inlet Area directed rockfish fishery shall
				  obtain rockfish log sheets provided by the department. The vessel operator must
				  have the log sheets on board the vessel at all times and must submit to the
				  department no later than seven days following delivery completed log sheets
				  that correspond with each ADF&G directed rock.fish fish ticket.
(1) A log sheet described in this section
				  must:
(A) include the date, the specific
				  location of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of hooks fished, the
				  average depth, and the time gear is deployed and hauled, for each
				  set;
(B) include for the target
				  species, and for each bycatch species, the number of fish retained and
				  discarded for each set;
(C) be
				  updated not later than 11:59 p.m. local time on the day after the day of
				  operation; and
(D) 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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.367 - Cook Inlet Pacific Cod Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The management
				  plan in this section governs the harvest of Pacific cod in the Cook Inlet
				  Area.
(b) Each year the
				  commissioner
(1) shall open and close, by
				  emergency order, a parallel season in the Cook Inlet Area to coincide with the
				  initial federal season in the federal Central Gulf of Alaska Area during which
				  the use of the gear allowed in the federal season for Pacific cod is permitted,
				  unless use of that gear is prohibited under
				  5 AAC 28.050,
				  5 AAC 28.330, or
				  5 AAC 28.350;
(2) may open and close, by emergency order, a
				  parallel season to coincide with the federal Central Gulf of Alaska Area "B"
				  season, during which the use of the gear allowed in the federal season for
				  Pacific cod is permitted, unless use of that gear is prohibited under
				  5 AAC 28.050,
				  5 AAC 28.330, or
				  5 AAC 28.350.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.370 - Possession requirements for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Lingcod
				  retained must measure at least 35 inches 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. No person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure a lingcod in any
				  manner that prevents determination of the minimum size before delivery for
				  sale.
(b) If the commissioner
				  determines it necessary for biological sampling purposes, the commissioner may
				  close, by emergency order, a fishing season for lingcod and immediately reopen
				  the season with a requirement that all lingcod be delivered with the head on
				  and with the vent and external area one inch forward of the vent unmutilated,
				  as evidence of gender.
(c) Walleye
				  pollock taken with mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear during a
				  state-waters season for Pacific cod described in
				  5 AAC 28.367 may be retained.
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 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.371 - Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area

Current through May 31, 2024
After 24 hours following the closure of any directed
					 groundfish season within the Cook Inlet 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 by
				  catch for another directed fishery and the amount on board is permissible under
				  retained bycatch restrictions specified in regulation;
(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
				  24 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; or
(3) the vessel is in
				  port at the vessel's delivery location no later than 24 hours following the
				  closure of the season and available and scheduled for off loading, with the
				  permit holder on board the vessel.
(b)At least six hours before landing lingcod,
				  an operator of a vessel participating in the Cook Inlet Area lingcod fishery
				  must notify the department by telephone, at a telephone number specified in
				  writing by the department on the registration forms at the time of
				  registration, of the following information:
(1) vessel name and ADF & G number;
(2) date and location of landing,
				  and estimated time of arrival;
(3)
				  name offish buyer or processor;
(4) estimated number of pounds of lingcod on
				  board the vessel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery › Article 6 - Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H) › 5 AAC 28.379 - Permit for miscellaneous groundfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  taken as allowable bycatch in a directed fishery, and notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 28.084, a person may take miscellaneous
				  groundfish, including spiny dogfish
(Squalus acanthias),
on an
				  experimental basis in the Cook Inlet Area only under the conditions of a permit
				  issued by the commissioner under this section necessary for conservation or
				  management purposes. In the permit, the commissioner 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 tbe 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 28.400 - Description of Kodiak Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Kodiak Area consists of all waters of Alaska south of
					 line extending east from Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., west of
					 149º W. long., and east of line extending south from the Alaska Peninsula
					 near Kilokak Rocks at 156º 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 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.404 - Description of Kodiak Area districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Afognak
				  District: all waters of the Kodiak Area south of the latitude of Cape Douglas
				  (58º 51.10' N. lat.), north of 58º N. lat., and east of a line
				  extending through Shelikof Strait from a point at 58º 51.10' N. lat.,
				  152º 50.00' W. long., to a point at 56º 37.00' N. lat., 156º
				  20.22' W. long.
(b) Northeast
				  District: all waters of the Kodiak Area south of 58º N. lat., north of
				  57º 30.00' N. lat., and east of 153º W. long.
(c) Eastside District: all waters of Ugak and
				  Kiliuda Bays, all waters of the Kodiak Area on the east side of Kodiak Island
				  that are south of 57º 30.00' N. lat. and east of 153º W. long., and
				  all waters of Sitkalidak Strait east of 153º 16.00' W. long.
(d) Southeast District: all waters of
				  Sitkalidak Strait west of 153º 16.00' W. long., and all waters of the
				  Kodiak Area south of Kodiak and Sitkalidak Islands, west of 153º W. long.,
				  and east of 154º W. long.
(e)
				  Southwest District: all waters of Olga and Alitak Bays and all waters of the
				  Kodiak Area southwest of Kodiak Island, south of 57º N. lat., and west of
				  154º W. long., excluding the waters of the Mainland District.
(f) Westside District: all waters of the
				  Kodiak Area on the west side of Kodiak Island, south of 58º N. lat., north
				  of 57º N. lat., west of 153º W. long., and east of a line extending
				  through Shelikof Strait from a point at 58º 51.10' N. lat., 152º
				  50.00' W. long., to a point at 56º 37.00' N. lat., 156º 20.22' W.
				  long.
(g) Mainland District: all
				  waters of the Kodiak Area south of the Alaska Peninsula, including Wide and
				  Imuya Bays, and all waters south of 58º 51.10' N. lat., east of 156º
				  20.22' W. long., and west of a line extending through Shelikof Strait from a
				  point at 58º 51.10' N. lat., 152º 50.00' W. long., to a point at
				  56º 37.00' N. lat., 156º 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 7 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K) › 5 AAC 28.406 - Kodiak Area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Kodiak Area
				  is
(1) an exclusive registration area for
				  Pacific cod during a state-waters season described in
				  5 AAC 28.467; and
(2) a nonexclusive registration area for
				  black rockfish.
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 28.410 - Fishing seasons for Kodiak 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) Repealed 5/1/2014.
(d) There is no open fishing season for a
				  directed fishery for sablefish in the Kodiak Area.
(e) 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