5 Alaska Admin. Code § 47.065

Current through September 25, 2024

Section 5 AAC 47.065 - Demersal shelf rockfish delegation of authority and provisions for management

Under 5 AAC 28.160, the Board of Fisheries has allocated 16 percent of the annual allowable catch of the demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside Subdistrict, described in 5 AAC 28.105(a) (4), to the sport fishery. If the commissioner determines that the demersal shelf rockfish sport fishing regulations must be modified to keep the sport fishery within its allocation, the commissioner may, by emergency order, require one or more of the following management measures:

(1) reduced bag and possession limits for nonresident anglers;

(2) repealed 6/17/2018;

(3) charter operators and crewmembers may not retain demersal shelf rockfish while clients are on board the vessel;

(4) annual limits for demersal shelf rockfish for nonresident anglers;

(5) reduce the bag and possession limits for resident anglers;

(6) repealed 6/17/2018;

(7) annual limits for demersal shelf rockfish for resident anglers;

(8) time and area closures.

5 AAC 47.065

Eff. 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 6/17/2018,Register 226, July 2018

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251