Section 5 AAC 55.055 - Prince William Sound noncommercial shrimp fishery management plan(a) The department shall manage the sport and other noncommercial shrimp fisheries in the Prince William Sound Area as follows: (1) the guideline harvest level for shrimp taken by pot gear in noncommercial fisheries is calculated as 60 percent of the total allowable harvest for the area;(2) a harvest recording form is required as specified in 5 AAC 75.016; a person who fails to comply with the reporting requirements of this subsection or 5 AAC 75.016, including any requirement to return harvest and catch information to the department, is ineligible to obtain a shrimp harvest recording form during the following season in the fishery for which the form was required, unless the permit applicant demonstrates to the department that failure to report was due to unavoidable circumstances;(3) shrimp may be taken with pots as follows: (A) only from April 15 through September 15;(B) no bag, possession, or size limit;(C) no more than five pots per vessel may be used to take shrimp.Eff. 8/23/2009, Register 191; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022