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 30.331 - Gillnet specifications and operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A set gillnet
				  with a mesh size smaller than eight inches may not be more than 45 meshes in
				  depth and a set gillnet with a mesh size eight inches or larger may not be more
				  than 35 meshes in depth, except that after July 1, in the waters of Yakutat
				  Bay, a set gillnet of all mesh sizes may not be more than 60 meshes in depth.
				  The individual and aggregate lengths of any and all set gillnets on board a
				  vessel or operated by a person may not be more than one of the following in
				  hung measure:
(1) in the Yakutat District
(A) in the waters of Yakutat Bay, Monti Bay,
				  and Disenchantment Bay, east and north of a line from the southernmost point of
				  Ocean Cape to Point Manby at 59° 41.60' N. lat., 140° 18.30' W. long.,
				  only one set gillnet that does not exceed 75 fathoms in length;
(B) in Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet and Lost River,
				  only one set gillnet that does not exceed 20 fathoms in length, except that in
				  the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet, two set gillnets, neither of which may exceed 20
				  fathoms in length, may be operated during periods established by emergency
				  order;
(C) in the Yahtze River, the
				  Yana River, and the Malaspina Lake drainage, only one set gillnet that does not
				  exceed 25 fathoms in length;
(D) in
				  the Dangerous River, a single set gillnet may not be less than 10 fathoms or
				  more than 25 fathoms in length; a salmon interim-use or entry permit holder may
				  not operate more than 75 fathoms of set gillnet in aggregate length;
(E) in the Akwe River, only one set gillnet
				  that does not exceed 15 fathoms in length;
(F) in the East River, only one set gillnet
				  that does not exceed 20 fathoms in length, except that starting the first
				  Sunday in September, two set gillnets that do not each exceed 20 fathoms in
				  length and an aggregate length not to exceed 40 fathoms;
(G) repealed 4/8/79;
(H) in other waters of the district,
				  including the surf line beyond the outermost bars at mean low tide, only one
				  set gillnet that does not exceed 15 fathoms in length;
(I) in the Alsek River, a single gillnct may
				  not be less than 10 fathoms or more than 25 fathoms in length, and
(i) before the third Sunday in July, a CFEC
				  salmon permit holder may not operate more than three set gillnets, and the
				  aggregate length of set gillnets may not exceed 50 fathoms;
(ii) from the third Sunday in July, a CFEC
				  salmon permit holder may not operate more than 75 fathoms of set gillnet in the
				  aggregate;
(J) in the
				  Sudden River, only one set gillnet that does not exceed 25 fathoms in length,
				  except that starting the first Sunday in August, two set gillnets that do not
				  each exceed 25 fathoms in length and an aggregate length not to exceed 50
				  fathoms;
(K) notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 39.240(a), a person may assist in
				  the operation or transportation of additional set gillnet gear when the CFEC
				  interim-use or entry permit card holder of the additional gear is present in
				  compliance with
				  5 AAC 39.107;