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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 29 - Salmon Troll Fishery › Article 8 - Closed Waters › 5 AAC 29.150 - Closed waters

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, the waters listed in this section are closed to the taking of salmon
				  with troll gear, except as follows:
(1)
				  during the winter fishery, the waters listed in this section and within 500
				  yards of the terminus of any salmon stream are open to trolling, except as
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 29.080;
(2) during any spring fishery, the waters
				  listed in this section and within 500 yards of the terminus of any salmon
				  stream are open to trolling;
(3)
				  beginning July 1, the waters of District 8 listed in this section are open to
				  trolling during periods that the waters are open to commercial drift gillnet
				  fishing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 29 - Salmon Troll Fishery › Article 9 - Salmon Trolling in Hatchery Special Harvest Areas › 5 AAC 29.200 - Salmon trolling in hatchery special harvest areas

Current through May 31, 2024
Salmon trolling in special harvest areas near hatcheries
					 and release sites is permitted only as specified in the terminal harvest
					 management plans set out in
					 5 AAC 33.369 -
					 5 AAC 33.387, except as specified 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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 1 - Description of Area › 5 AAC 30.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Requirements set out in this chapter apply to commercial
					 fishing only, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence, personal use, and sport
					 fishing regulations affecting commercial fishing vessels or affecting any other
					 commercial 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 and 5 AAC 75.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 1 - Description of Area › 5 AAC 30.100 - Description of area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Yakutat Area consists of all waters of Alaska within an
					 area that has as its western boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º
					 W. long.), and as its southern boundary a line extending seaward from the
					 western tip of Cape Fairweather, at 58º 47.89' N. lat., 137º 56.68'
					 W. long., to the intersection with the seaward limit of the three-nautical-mile
					 territorial sea at 58º 45.91' N. lat., 138º 01.53' 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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 2 - Fishing Districts › 5 AAC 30.200 - Fishing districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Yakataga District: all waters of Alaska
				  between the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.) and the longitude
				  of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.).
(b) Yakutat District: all waters of Alaska
				  between the longitude of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.) and a line projected
				  southwest from the westernmost tip of Cape Fairweather.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.310 - Fishing seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be taken by set gillnets only
				  as follows:
(1) in the Yakataga District the
				  opening and closing dates will be established by emergency order;
(2) in the Yakutat District,
(A) in the Alsek River and waters
				  three-quarters of a mile on either side of the river mouth seaward to the
				  outermost bar at mean low tide, from the second Sunday in May until closed by
				  emergency order, except that from the second Sunday in May through the first
				  Saturday in June, the commissioner may open, by emergency order, set gillnet
				  fishing periods in the Alsek River subject to the following provisions:
(i) set gillnet fishing periods are subject
				  to the provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty specified in
				  5 AAC 33.361;
(ii) fishing periods will begin at 12:01 p.m.
				  from the second Sunday in May through the first Saturday in June;
(iii) notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 75.003(2) (A), if the set gillnet
				  fishery is opened under this paragraph, from the second Sunday in May through
				  the first Sunday in June, the commissioner may, by emergency order, increase
				  the sport fishery bag and possession limits and liberalize method and means for
				  harvest of salmon;
(B)
				  in the Dangerous River and in Yakutat Bay south of 59° 40' N. lat., from
				  the second Sunday in June until closed by emergency order;
(C) Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet, Lost River, and
				  Yakutat Bay north of 59° 40' N. lat., from the third Sunday in June until
				  closed by emergency order;
(D)
				  Italio River, the opening and closing dates will be established by emergency
				  order;
(E) in the East River and
				  waters two miles on either side of the river mouth seaward for a distance of
				  500 yards, and in the remainder of the district, from the fourth Sunday in June
				  until closed by emergency order.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.320 - Fishing periods

Current through May 31, 2024
Salmon may be taken by set gillnets during the open fishing
					 season only as follows:
(1) in the
				  Yakataga District, from 9:00 a.m. Sunday through 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, except
				  that in the Tsiu River, salmon may be taken only from 9:00 a.m. Sunday to 9:00
				  a.m. Monday and from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday;
(2) in the Yakutat District,
(A) from the season opening through the first
				  Sunday in August, salmon may be taken only from 6:00 a.m. Sunday through 6:00
				  p.m. Tuesday, except that
(i) in the Alsek
				  River and adjacent open ocean waters, salmon may be taken only from 12:01 p.m.
				  Sunday through 12:00 noon Thursday; and
(ii) in the East River and adjacent open
				  waters, salmon may be taken only from 12:01 p.m. Sunday through 12:00 noon
				  Wednesday;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.330 - Gear

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in 5 AAC 29, salmon may be taken only by
					 set gillnets.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.334 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
Each set gillnet in operation must be marked as required by
					 5 AAC 39.280.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.335 - Minimum distance between units of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
No part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 100
					 yards of any part of another set gillnet, except that in the Tsiu and East
					 Rivers, no part of a set gillnet may be set or operated within 75 yards of any
					 part of another gillnet.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.340 - Gillnet operation in surfline areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter, as applied
				  to each river fishery, also apply to the area within a radius of one-half mile
				  from the terminus of that river.
(b) In the East River, set gillnet pulley
				  systems may not be used within 100 yards of the river mouth as measured at the
				  river terminus at mean low tide.
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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.345 - Requirements and specifications for operation of two units of set gillnet gear in Yakutat Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A CFEC permit holder who holds two
				  Yakutat Area set gillnet permits may operate two units of set gillnet gear as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 30.331,
				  5 AAC 30.334,
				  5 AAC 30.335,
				  5 AAC 30.340, and this section.
(b) Before operating two units of set gillnet
				  gear under this section, the holder of two Yakutat Area set gillnet permits
				  shall register by contacting a local representative of the department at the
				  department's Yakutat office and providing the information required by the
				  department. Before terminating the operation of two units of set gillnet gear
				  under this section and operating only a single unit of set gillnet gear, the
				  permit holder shall contact a local representative of the department at the
				  department's Yakutat office and provide the information required by the
				  department.
(c) When a CFEC permit
				  holder operates two units of set gillnet gear under this section, the permit
				  holder
(1) is responsible for ensuring that
				  both units of set gillnet gear are operated in a lawful manner; and
(2) shall clearly mark the buoy on the outer
				  end of each set gillnet as described in
				  5 AAC 39.280, including both of the CFEC permit holders
				  five-digit permit serial numbers followed by the letter "D", in numbers and
				  letters that are displayed in a manner that is plainly visible, unobscured, and
				  in a color that contrasts with the background.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.350 - Closed waters

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may not be taken in the following
				  waters:
(1) Alsek River: upstream starting at
				  three miles below the southern end of "basin";
(2) Situk River: upstream of a line from the
				  ADF & G regulatory marker located on the western bank of the Situk River
				  mouth near the Yakutat Seafoods buying station, to an ADF & G regulatory
				  marker buoy anchored in the channel directlv off the mouth of the Situk River,
				  to an ADF & G regulatory marker on the cut bank on the eastern side of the
				  mouth of Johnson Slough;
(3) Ankau
				  Inlet: inside of a line from ADF&G regulatory markers located across the
				  terminus of Ankau Inlet at mean low water;
(4) Italio Rivers:
(A) upstream from the ADF&G regulatory
				  markers located one and one-half miles from the terminus of the Middle Italio
				  River at mean low water;
(B)
				  downstream from the ADF&G regulatory markers located 200 yards upstream
				  from the New Italio River's confluence with the Akwe River lagoon;
				  and
(C) upstream of the ADF&G
				  regulatory markers located 500 yards upstream from the New Italio River's
				  confluence with the Akwe River lagoon;
(5) East River: upstream from ADF&G
				  regulatory markers located approximately one mile downstream from the
				  westernmost tip of Steve's Island at 138º 25.25' W. long.;
(6) Akwe River: downstream from ADF&G
				  regulatory markers located approximately 500 yards above the confluence with
				  the New Italio River and upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located
				  approximately two and one-half miles downstream from the westernmost end of the
				  Sand Dunes;
(7) Lost River:
				  upstream from ADF&G regulatory markers located in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet
				  approximately 100 yards downstream from the terminus of the river, except that,
				  after the closure of the fishing period for the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet during the
				  second week of July through the remainder of the season, upstream from
				  ADF&G regulatory markers located in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet approximately
				  500 yards downstream from the terminus of the river;
(8) Old Village Lagoon: upstream from the
				  road;
(9) salmon may not be taken
				  with set gillnets in those waters of the Yakutat District south of the latitude
				  of the Dangerous River (59º 20.83' N. lat.) that are seaward of mean
				  higher high tide except as indicated as open to commercial salmon fishing by
				  ADF&G regulatory markers;
(10)
				  Kaliakh River: upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately
				  500 yards downstream of the mouth of the Chiuki River (Stink Creek);
(11) Dangerous River: upstream of the
				  Dangerous River Bridge;
(12) Tsiu
				  River: upstream of ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately one-half
				  mile downstream from Duck Camp Island.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.365 - Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet and Lost River King Salmon Fisheries Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  purpose of the management plan in this section is to provide for the biological
				  escapement goal requirements of spawning king salmon to the Situk-Ahrnklin
				  River systems. This management plan provides guidelines to the department in an
				  effort to preclude allocation conflicts between the various user groups of the
				  king salmon resource. Action points and associated ranges within the plan are
				  intended to be based on the current king salmon escapement goal ranges for the
				  Situk River system.
(b) The
				  biological escapement goal for the Situk River king salmon is 730 three ocean
				  age and older fish, with a range of 450 - 1,050 fish.
(c) The department shall manage the
				  commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries as follows:
(1) if the projected escapement is less than
				  350 three ocean age and older fish, the commissioner shall close, by emergency
				  order, the king salmon
(A) sport fishery in
				  the Situk River;
(B) subsistence,
				  personal use, and commercial set gillnet fisheries in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet
				  and Lost River; and
(C) commercial
				  troll fishery in the waters of Alaska bounded on the west by the seaward limit
				  of the three-nautical-mile territorial sea and on the north by a line extending
				  seaward from 59° 30.49' N. lat., 139° 46.58' W. long. (Ocean Cape) and
				  intersecting the three-nautical-mile limit at 59° 28.65' N. lat., 139°
				  51.17' W. long. and on the south by a line extending seaward from 59°
				  20.30' N. lat., 139° 16.50' W. long. and intersecting the
				  three-nautical-mile limit at 59° 18.25' N. lat., 139° 21.94' W.
				  long.;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.392 - Possession and landing of king salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The heads of
				  all adipose-fin-clipped king salmon must remain attached to the fish until
				  sold.
(b) A CFEC setnet salmon
				  permit holder may take but may not sell king salmon during periods established
				  by emergency order. The caudal (tail) fin of all king salmon retained must be
				  removed immediately upon taking the king salmon.
As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former
						5 AAC 30.392(a) appears in
						5 AAC 29.140(a) and the substance of
						former 5 AAC 30.392(d)
						appears in 5 AAC 29.140(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 30 - Yakutat Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 30.393 - Landing of coho salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
The heads of all adipose-fin-clipped coho salmon must
					 remain attached to the fish until 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 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, the requirements set out in
					 this chapter apply only to commercial fishing for shrimp. Subsistence, personal
					 use, and sport fishing regulations that affect commercial shrimp fishing
					 vessels or activity are set out in the subsistence fishing regulations in 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 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.005 - Registration areas established; registration of vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Shrimp
				  registration areas and code letters are:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 31.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 31.150)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 31.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 31.300)
G - Outer Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 31.400)
J - Westward Area (5 AAC 31.500).
(b) The board will designate each
				  registration area, or portion of a registration area, or fishery by gear type
				  in a registration area, or fishery by gear type in a portion of a registration
				  area, as one of the following:
(1) exclusive
				  registration area: unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a vessel used to
				  fish for shrimp that has been validly registered to take shrimp in a shrimp
				  exclusive registration area may not be used to take shrimp in another shrimp
				  exclusive registration area during the same registration year; or
(2) nonexclusive registration area: during
				  the same registration year, a vessel used to fish for shrimp may be registered
				  to take shrimp in one or more of the shrimp nonexclusive registration areas and
				  registered to take shrimp for one shrimp exclusive registration area, but may
				  not be used to take shrimp in more than one shrimp exclusive registration
				  area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.010 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter that apply
				  to a shrimp registration area also apply to the waters of the exclusive
				  economic zone that are adjacent to the shrimp registration area.
(b) The commissioner may suspend the
				  application of the regulations of this chapter that apply to a shrimp
				  registration area to all or a portion of the waters of the exclusive economic
				  zone that are adjacent to the area if the commissioner finds that
(1) application of the regulations fails to
				  facilitate the enforcement of regulations that apply to the registration
				  area;
(2) application of the
				  regulations fails to protect or conserve shrimp inhabiting territorial waters
				  of Alaska; or
(3) the state has an
				  insufficient interest in the shrimp that inhabit the waters of the adjacent
				  exclusive economic zone to warrant extending the state's jurisdiction to those
				  waters.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.020 - Shrimp area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.120 and unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, a vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall
(1) validly register all fishing gear to be
				  used to take shrimp; and
(2)
				  register a vessel to fish for shrimp
(A) for
				  a nonexclusive registration area before using the vessel to fish for shrimp in
				  the area; or
(B) for an exclusive
				  registration area before using the vessel to fish for shrimp in that area by
				  registering the vessel before the first scheduled season opening date during
				  the registration year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.030 - Inspection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section and unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
				  a person may not fish for shrimp with a trawl using a vessel that is registered
				  to fish in a shrimp registration area, district, or section unless that vessel
				  has been inspected by a local representative of the department. The local
				  representative shall make the inspection within 72 hours before a season
				  opening or during the season. The inspection must be made at one of the
				  inspection points specified in this chapter. Shrimp may not be on board the
				  vessel at the time of the inspection. Successful completion of the inspection
				  validates the vessel's registration for the registration area, district, or
				  section. If an inspection is not required, completion of the registration form
				  and submission of the completed form to the department by the vessel owner or
				  the owner's agent validates the registration.
(b) By public announcement, the commissioner
				  may require the inspection of vessels that will fish for shrimp with trawls in
				  a registration area that otherwise does not have inspection requirements of
				  this section.
(c) The local
				  representative of the department may begin a vessel inspection no earlier than
				  72 hours before a fishing season opens in the registration area, district, or
				  section in which the vessel will fish.
(d) The commissioner may designate additional
				  inspection points for inspections required by this chapter if the commissioner
				  finds that
(1) the existing inspection points
				  impose an unforeseen and significant hardship that persons fishing for shrimp
				  with trawls cannot mitigate;
(2)
				  the department does not have a practical way to change existing inspection
				  points to alleviate the hardship; and
(3) designating additional inspection points
				  would not cause a significant likelihood that unauthorized fishing or other
				  management or enforcement problems will occur.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.031 - Landing requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, a shrimp vessel may not land shrimp at a location that is not within
				  the registration area, district, or section for which it is then validly
				  registered.
(b) The owner, or the
				  owner's agent, of a vessel validly registered to fish for shrimp in a
				  registration area, district, or section leaving that area, district, or section
				  with the intention of landing shrimp in another registration area, district, or
				  section shall contact by radio or telephone a local representative of the
				  department. The contact must be made to the local representative of the
				  department located in the registration area, district, or section from which
				  the vessel will move. Unless the local representative of the department does
				  not require inspection of the vessel, the owner or agent shall submit to a
				  vessel inspection at a location specified by the representative. When the
				  vessel lands shrimp in the new registration area, district, or section, the
				  vessel may not have more shrimp on board than when the vessel was inspected.
				  When the vessel owner or the owner's agent contacts the local representative of
				  the department, if the local representative of the department does not require
				  an inspection under this subsection, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  making radio or telephone contact shall state to the representative the amount
				  by weight of shrimp then on board. Thereafter, the vessel may not land in the
				  new registration area, district, or section an amount of shrimp that, by
				  weight, exceeds by 10 percent, whether more or less, the amount stated at the
				  time of the contact with the department's local representative.
(c) When, under (b) of this section, a vessel
				  lands shrimp in another registration area, district, or section, the vessel's
				  former registration expires. To again become validly registered to fish for
				  shrimp in the new registration area, district, or section, the vessel owner or
				  the owner's agent shall comply with
				  5 AAC 31.030 or with the inspection requirements for
				  that registration area, district, or section that are specified in this
				  chapter.
(d) Unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, after 72 hours following the closure of shrimp
				  fishing in a registration area or portion of a registration area, a vessel
				  registered to fish for shrimp in that area may not have shrimp on board unless
				  the vessel is validly registered to fish for shrimp in another registration
				  area or portion of a registration area and the shrimp fishing season is open in
				  the area or portion of the area.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.033 - Tenders for shrimp

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel used to tender shrimp for a
				  vessel that is validly registered to take shrimp
(1) may not have shrimp gear or equipment on
				  board; and
(2) may not be used to
				  fish for shrimp.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 31.035 - Closure of shrimp registration areas and appeal procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  commissioner shall monitor the condition of shrimp in all registration areas by
				  using the data and information that are practically available.
(b) When the commissioner finds that
				  continued shrimp fishing would jeopardize the health of shrimp stock within a
				  registration area or portion of a registration area, the commissioner, by
				  emergency order, shall close the registration area or portion of the
				  registration area.
(c) In
				  determining whether to close a registration area, the commissioner shall
				  consider all appropriate factors to the extent there is information available.
				  Factors which may be considered include
(1)
				  the effect of overall fishing effort within the statistical area encompassing
				  the registration area;
(2) catch
				  per unit of effort and rate of harvest;
(3) relative abundance of shrimp within the
				  area in comparison with preseason expectations of the department;
(4) such guideline harvest levels as may be
				  promulgated by regulation;
(5)
				  general information on the condition of shrimp within the area;
(6) information pertaining to the maximum
				  sustainable yield level of shrimp within the registration area;
(7) timeliness and accuracy of catch
				  reporting by buyers, fishermen or vessel operators within the registration area
				  to the extent that such timeliness or accuracy may reasonably be expected to
				  affect proper management; and
(8)
				  adequacy of subsistence harvests within the registration area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.050 - Lawful gear for shrimp; operating requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, shrimp may be taken by pots and
				  trawls.
(b) Each tunnel eye opening
				  of a shrimp pot may not be larger than 15 inches (38 cm) in
				  perimeter.
(c) Unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, shrimp pots may be longlined. If shrimp pots are
				  longlined, a buoy is not required for each pot, but at least one buoy must be
				  attached to the longline, and the buoy must be marked as required in
				  5 AAC 31.051.
(d) A vessel fishing for shrimp with trawl
				  gear is considered to have ceased fishing when either the trawl's net opening
				  control device commonly referred to as otter doors or its trawl beam is visible
				  at the surface of the water. When the vessel's trawl net opening control
				  device, or otter doors, or its trawl beam is not visible at the surface or is
				  not aboard the vessel, the vessel is considered to be fishing.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.051 - Shrimp pot gear marking requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
Each shrimp pot must have at least one buoy. At least one
					 buoy on a shrimp pot must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel
					 license plate number of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy must show only
					 that number. The number must be in symbols at least one and one-half inches
					 high and have lines that are at least one-quarter inch wide and that are in a
					 shade or color that contrasts with the background.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.052 - Shrimp pot gear storage requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
				  during the closed season for fishing for shrimp with pots in a shrimp
				  registration area, a person may not allow the person's shrimp pots to remain in
				  the water in the registration area.
(b) A person may store a shrimp pot in an
				  area closed to pot shrimp fishing for not more than seven days following the
				  closure of shrimp pot fishing in the area if, for each pot that is stored,
(1) all doors are secured fully open;
				  and
(2) all bait and bait
				  containers have been removed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.053 - Operation of other pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the provisions of this section apply to
				  persons and vessels used in a commercial shrimp fishery.
(b) A person may not participate in a
				  commercial shrimp fishery in a shrimp registration area if the person
(1) operated commercial, subsistence, sport,
				  or personal use shrimp gear during the 14 days immediately before the opening
				  of a commercial shrimp fishery in that shrimp registration area; or
(2) operates a vessel that was used or
				  operated by the person or by another person in a commercial, subsistence,
				  sport, or personal use shrimp fishery during the 14 days immediately before the
				  opening of the commercial shrimp fishery in that shrimp registration
				  area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.055 - Permits for shrimp processing vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
The owner or operator of a vessel used in the processing of
					 shrimp must obtain a permit from the department before starting processing
					 operations. The permit must contain the following requirements:
(1) reporting of vessel location to the
				  department;
(2) reporting of
				  harvesting or processing operations to the department;
(3) reporting of unloading and transport
				  operations to the department;
(4)
				  permission for local representatives of the department to inspect, at any time,
				  the vessel's holds, live tanks, freezers, processing areas, and processed and
				  unprocessed shrimp; and
(5)
				  reporting of any other information required by the department for the
				  conservation and development of the shrimp resources.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 31.075 - Reporting of shrimp catches lost or not purchased

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each shrimp
				  fisherman shall indicate on the fish ticket at the time of landing any shrimp
				  harvested which are not purchased by the processor or buyer, or which have been
				  dumped at sea.
(b) Each buyer of
				  shrimp shall indicate on the fish ticket the gross weight of shrimp not
				  purchased from a load.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.100 - Description of Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) has as its
					 southern boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance and as its
					 northern boundary a line running southwest from the westernmost tip of Cape
					 Fairweather.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.106 - Area A registration

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A is a nonexclusive registration
					 area.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.110 - Shrimp pot fishing seasons and periods for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in
					 5 AAC 31.145(d), in Registration Area
					 A, shrimp may be taken by pots only from May 15 through July 31, unless closed
					 earlier by emergency order.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.111 - Shrimp beam trawl fishing seasons and logbook requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area A, a person may take
				  shrimp by beam trawls only after contacting the department and obtaining a
				  logbool ; the logbook must be completed and attached to the corre ponding hrimp
				  fish tickets; a person may not knowinglv make a fa! c entry in the logbook.
				  Shrimp may be taken by beam trawls only as follovvs:
(1) in District 8 from
(A) May 1 through June 30;
(B) July 1 through August 31;
(C) September 1 through October 31;
				  and
(D) November 1 through February
				  28;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.112 - Sidestripe shrimp beam trawl fishing in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sidestripe
				  shrimp may be taken by beam trawl in Registration Area A only during fishing
				  seasons and periods and in areas established by the commissioner by emergency
				  order.
(b) If the commissioner
				  opens a beam trawl fishery under (a) of this section, the following conditions
				  will apply:
(1) all shrimp trawl webbing must
				  be at least one and seven-eighths inch measure, and must be hung with no more
				  than 13 meshes per foot; the head rope may not be longer than the length of the
				  beam plus 10 percent;
(2) except as
				  provided in
				  5 AAC 31.116(c) and (d), the incidental
				  cumulative catch of the other species of pandalid shrimp may not exceed 10
				  percent, by weight, of all shrimp taken and landed;
(3) a person may take shrimp only after
				  contacting the department and obtaining a logbook; the logbook must be
				  completed, including the record of bycatch of fish and shellfish, other than
				  shrimp, and attached to the corresponding fish ticket;
(4) a vessel participating in the fishery may
				  not participate, at the same time, in a directed pink shrimp fishery;
(5) a permit holder shall notify a local
				  representative of the department at least two hours before landing shrimp to
				  provide an opportunity for the department to obtain biological samples from the
				  landing;
(6) no more than a total
				  of 50,000 pounds of sidestripe shrimp may be taken by beam trawl from any
				  district or section during a season;
(7) the commissioner may require an onboard
				  observer on a vessel during fishing operations.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.115 - Shrimp pot guideline harvest ranges for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  are the guideline harvest ranges for the taking of shrimp by pots in
				  Registration Area A:
(1) District 1: 0 -
				  164,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(2)
				  District 2: 0 - 120,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(3) District 3:
(A) Section 3-A: 0 - 264,000 pounds of spot
				  shrimp;
(B) Sections 3-B and 3-C,
				  combined: 0 - 70,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(4) District 4: 0 - 28,000 pounds of spot
				  shrimp;
(5) District 5: 0 - 20,000
				  pounds of spot shrimp;
(6) District
				  6: Sections 6-B, 6-C, and 6-D, combined: 0 - 60,000 pounds of spot
				  shrimp;
(7) District 7: 0 - 104,000
				  pounds of spot shrimp;
(8) District
				  8:
(A) Sections 8-A and 10-C. combined: 0 -
				  20.000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(B)
				  Section · 8-B and 6-A, combined: 0 - 25,000 pounds of spot
				  brimp:
(9) District 9: 0
				  - 18,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(10) District 10: Sections 10-A and 10-B,
				  combined: 0 -50,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(11) District 11:
(A) Sections 11-A, 11-B, and 11-C, combined:
				  0 - 15,000 pounds of spot and coonstripe shrimp;
(B) Section 11-D: 0 - 30,000 pounds of spot
				  shrimp;
(12) District
				  12:
(A) Tenakee Inlet: 0 - 34,000 pounds of
				  spot shrimp;
(B) remainder of
				  District 12: 0 - 15,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(13) District 13:
(A) Sections 13-A and 13-B, combined 0 -
				  15,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(B)
				  Section 13-C: 0 - 50,000 pounds of spot shrimp;
(14) District 14: 0 - 20,000 pounds of spot
				  shrimp;
(15) District 15:
(A) Chilkoot. Lutak, and Taiya Inlets: 0 -
				  10,000 pounds of coonstripe shrimp;
(B) remainder of District 15: 0 - 10,000
				  pounds of coonstripe shrimp;
(16) District 16: 0 - 20,000 pounds of
				  coonstripe shrimp.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.116 - Shrimp beam trawl guideline harvest ranges and bycatch limits for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following are guideline harvest
				  ranges for the taking of shrimp by beam trawls in Registration Area A:
(1) District 3: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
				  the entire fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(2) District 5: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
				  the entire fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(3) District 6, that portion north of a line
				  from Mitchell Point to Point St. John: 80,000 - 400,000 pounds for each open
				  period specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(4) District 6, that portion south of a line
				  from Mitchell Point to Point St. John: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire
				  fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4);
(5) District 7, in Eastern Channel west of
				  132º 06.50' W. long.: 15,000 - 50,000 pounds for each open period
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(6) District 7, except in Eastern Channel
				  west of 132º 06.50' W. long.: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire
				  fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(7) District 8: 25,000 - 250,000 pounds for
				  each open period specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (1);
(8) District 9: 25,000 - 100,000 pounds for
				  the entire fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3);
(9) District 10, that portion east of the
				  longitude and south of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Fanshaw:
				  5,000 - 75,000 pounds for each open period specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (2);
(10) District 10, that portion west of the
				  longitude and north of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Fanshaw:
				  25,000 - 100,000 pounds for the entire fishing season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4);
(11) District 11, for the entire fishing
				  season specified in
				  5 AAC 31.111(a) (3) and (4) for each
				  section as follows:
(A) Section 11-A: 25,000
				  - 75,000 pounds;
(B) Section 11-B:
				  25,000 - 75,000 pounds;
(C) Section
				  11-C: 25,000 - 75,000 pounds;
(D)
				  Section 11-D: 50,000 - 150,000 pounds.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.120 - Size limit for beam trawl shrimp in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration
				  Area A, shrimp taken by beam trawl gear must be at least 150 count per
				  pound.
(b) To determine the average
				  count per pound required in (a) of this section, one sample must be taken from
				  each 500 to 1,000 pounds of shrimp, up to a maximum of 20 samples. The sampling
				  unit must consist of at least one pound of whole, unbroken shrimp. In this
				  subsection, for the purpose of determining average count per pound "whole
				  unbroken shrimp" are shrimp with the body substantially intact including an
				  identifiable carapace, abdomen, and telson (tail). Shrimp with a broken
				  rostrum, or an incomplete set of legs, antennae, or other appendage will
				  considered unbroken for the purpose of this subsection.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.124 - Lawful shrimp pot gear for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Shrimp may be
				  taken with pots in Registration Area A only as specified in this
				  section.
(b) A shrimp pot may not
				  have
(1) more than one bottom;
(2) a vertical height of more than 24
				  inches;
(3) more than four tunnel
				  eye openings which individually do not exceed 15 inches in perimeter;
				  or
(4) a bottom perimeter exceeding
				  a perimeter specified in (e) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.125 - Lawful shrimp trawl gear for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Shrimp may be
				  taken with beam trawls in Registration Area A only as specified in this
				  section.
(b) The minimum mesh size
				  for a beam trawl shall be determined by measuring a series of 10 consecutive
				  meshes when the web is wet, from selvage to selvage, with the knots pulled
				  together. The distance covered by 10 meshes, measured from the inside of the
				  first knot in the series to the outside of the last knot in the series, may not
				  be less than 13.5 inches. The method for measuring mesh size is described in
				  this subsection applies equally to synthetic and cotton mesh, but allowance for
				  shrinkage shall be made if preshrunk web is not used.
(c) Repealed 5/9/2015.
(d) A person may operate more than one beam
				  trawl at the same time only if the aggregate width of all beam trawl gear being
				  operated does not exceed 60 feet.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 31.126 - Shrimp pot marking requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If required by
				  the department, in addition to the requirements of
				  5 AAC 31.051, each shrimp pot must have one
				  identification tag issued by the department attached to the pot. If required by
				  the department under this section, identification tags will be issued before
				  the fishing season, uniquely numbered for that registration year, and issued at
				  the time of vessel registration for that vessel only. The vessel owner, or the
				  owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a department office
				  designated to issue tags. Replacement of tags lost during the season is
				  permitted if the vessel operator submits a sworn statement or affidavit
				  describing how the tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost
				  tags.
(b) All shrimp pots on board
				  a registered shrimp vessel must be marked as specified in (a) of this
				  section.
(c) Shrimp pots deployed
				  on a longline, consisting of more than five pots, must have at least one buoy
				  attached to each end of the longline. The buoys must be properly marked as
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 31.051 and the pots must be marked as required
				  under (a) of this section.
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