Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 05 - Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission › Article 2 - Fishery Identification System, Administrative Areas and Annual Fees › 20 AAC 05.220 - Gear codes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A number code
				from the following schedule is used to indicate the specific type of gear for
				which an interim-use or entry permit is issued:
Code
01
purse seine (hand or power)
1 (A - D)
herring gillnet and seine, combined fishery, with
								vessel restrictions++
02
beach seine
03
drift gillnet
04
set gillnet*
05
hand troll
06
longline (registered vessel length under 60
								feet)
07
otter trawl
7 (A - D)
trawl with vessel restrictions++
7 (F -1)
trawl gear for miscellaneous saltwater finfish
								fishery+++
08
fish wheel
9
pot gear (Area A king and Tanner crab
								fisheries)
09
pot gear (registered vessel length under 60
								feet)
9 (A - D)
pot gear with permit restrictions++
10
ring nets
11
diving gear
12
hand picking**
15
power troll
17
beam trawl
18
shovel
21
pound***
2 (A - B)
scallop dredge (A is for vessels with an overall
								length of more than 80 feet, and B is for vessels with an overall length of 80
								feet or less)
23
mechanical or hydraulic digger
25
dinglebar troll gear
26
power-driven mechanical jigging machine
31
herring gillnet and purse seine, combined
								permit
34
herring gillnet
37
pair trawl
4 (A - D)
net gear with vessel restrictions (includes trawl
								or any other gear authorized by the Board of Fisheries that catches fish with
								nets and, as specified under
								5 AAC 28.230, pot gear)++
5 (A - D)
fixed gear with permit restrictions (includes
								longline or any other gear authorized by the Board of Fisheries that catches
								fish with fishing hooks and, as specified under
								5 AAC 28.230, pot gear)++
50
longline and pot gear (registered vessel length
								under 60 feet)
51
longline and pot gear (registered vessel length 60
								feet or over)
61
longline (required for vessels with registered
								vessel length 60 feet or over, but may be used aboard smaller
								vessels)++++
6 (A - B)
longline gear for miscellaneous saltwater finfish
								fishery (A is for vessels with an overall length of 90 feet or over and B is
								for vessels with an overall length of at least 60 feet but less than 90
								feet)
77
institutional (all legal gear types used in a
								special harvest area or by the holder of an educational entry permit)
80
Fishing derby (as authorized under
								AS
								16.05.662)
91
pot gear (required for vessels with registered
								vessel length 60 feet or over, but may be used aboard smaller vessels)
97
aquatic farming (required to harvest, from an
								aquatic farm under
								5 AAC 41.200 -
								5 AAC 41.400, wild
								stock of a species identified for culture in the operation permit)
99
other
* A set gillnet permit in the Cook Inlet Area allows the use
				  of a dip net under 5 AAC 21.382. A set gillnet permit in the Yukon Area allows
				  the use of a dip net under 5 AAC 05.362.
*** A herring pound permit allows the incidental use of other
				  gear when operated in compliance with a pound permit issued by the commissioner
				  of fish and game.
** A hand picking permit in the Prince William Sound herring
				  wild spawn-on-kelp fishery includes and authorizes use of diving gear.
++ A permit issued with this gear code restricts the fishing
				  capacity that a permit holder can use, as set out in
				  20 AAC 05.764,
				  20 AAC 05.779,
				  20 AAC 05.823, or
				  20 AAC 05.831.
+++ For miscellaneous saltwater finfish trawl permits, F-I
				  corresponds to the overall length of the vessel indicated on the permit as
				  follows: F is for an overall length less than 60 feet; G is for an overall
				  length at least 60 feet but less than 90 feet; H is for an overall length 90
				  feet to 125 feet; and 1 is for an overall length more than 125 feet. A permit
				  with G, H, or 1 may be used on a vessel that is smaller than the vessel that
				  corresponds with the permit.
++++ A permit with this gear code issued for the Northern
				  Southeast Inside sablefish longline fishery or Southern Southeast Inside
				  sablefish longline fishery includes pot gear.
(b) Holders of gear code 61 and 91 permits
				shall notify the commission of any change of vessel used by the permit
				holder.
Authority:
AS
					 16.43.100
AS
					 16.43.110
AS
					 16.43.140
AS
					 16.43.990