Current through September 25, 2024
Section 5 AAC 28.570 - Lawful gear for South Alaska Peninsula Area(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken with the gear specified in 5 AAC 28.050.(b) Rockfish may be taken in a directed rockfish fishery only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.(c) A vessel registered as a salmon seine vessel under 5 AAC 39.120 may not be used to take groundfish with seine gear from June 1 through October 31 unless the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered the vessel as specified in 5 AAC 28.556(c).(d) In the South Alaska Peninsula Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than (f) Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear as described in 5 AAC 28.640Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/19/2001, Register 158; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 6/25/2023, Register 246, July 2023