Section 5 AAC 07.331 - Gillnet specifications and operations(a) A gillnet must have a mesh size of six inches or less, and may not be more than 45 meshes in depth. The aggregate length of a set gillnet or drift gillnet may not exceed 50 fathoms, except that if the commissioner determines that there is a harvestable surplus of salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the fishing season and immediately reopen a season during which the aggregate length of a set gillnet or drift gillnet may not exceed 100 fathoms.(e) No gillnet gear may be operated in a manner to obstruct more than one-half the width of any waterway. In the intertidal zone this restriction applies at all stages of the tide.(f) In District 4, between June 1 and July 15, only one gillnet may be operated per vessel.In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 5/19/2004, Register 170; am 6/7/2007, Register 182; am 4/13/2013, Register 206; am 5/22/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 6/25/2023, Register 246, July 2023Before Register 218, Julv 2016, a portion of the substance of 5 AAC 07.331(a) was contained in former 5 AAC 07.331(b) - (d).
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AS 16.05.251