Section 5 AAC 28.571 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for South Alaska Peninsula 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; however, groundfish pots may be stored longer than seven days until the season is opened, if the season opening for the Pacific cod state-waters season is delayed as described in 5 AAC 28.577(l).(c) During the seven days before the opening of the state-waters season for Pacific cod in the South Alaska Peninsula 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, except that pots may be stored longer than seven days if the season opening is delayed due to weather as described in 5 AAC 28 .577(l); Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 5/30/2007, Register 182; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 2/23/2014, Register 209, April 2014; am 2/28/2016, Register 217, April 2016