Section 5 AAC 28.532 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Chignik Area(a) Except as specified in (c) of this section or during a state-waters season for Pacific cod, rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters not more than 25 fathoms deep.(b) Following the closure of a parallel season or state-waters season for Pacific cod, all groundfish pot gear used by a vessel registered to fish Pacific cod must be removed from the water, except that (1) groundfish pots may be stored as described in (a) of this section; or(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven days following the closure.(c) During the seven days before the opening of the state-waters season for Pacific cod in the Chignik Area, rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep.Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/1/2011, Register 198; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 2/28/2016, Register 217, April 2016