11 AAC 64.070 - Size of lease tracts

(a) If an applicant has more than one set gillnet site, and the area between individual sites is not claimed by another person for set gillnet purposes, the applicant may include all such set gillnet sites in one lease tract if

(1) the maximum number of set gillnet sites included in one tract does not exceed that number allowed by 11 AAC 64.080;

(2) the maximum distance between set gillnet sites does not exceed twice the minimum distance, minus one foot, allowed between nets by Department of Fish and Game commercial finfish regulations, set out in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39, for the local area, unless otherwise determined by the director;

(3) the maximum distance of the tract side line from the nearest set gillnet site within the tract does not exceed one-half the distance allowed between set gillnet sites by Department of Fish and Game Commercial Finfish regulations set out in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39; and

(4) the maximum distance between the seaward end line of a tract and the landward end line of an offshore tract is not greater than one-half the distance from the seaward end of the nearest set gillnet as determined by Department of Fish and Game Commercial Finfish regulations set out in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39.

(b) In establishing the size and proper location of a tract, the director will, in his or her discretion, require the applicant to survey the tract.

Notes

11 AAC 64.070

Eff. 4/18/64, Register 16; am 3/30/85, Register 93

Authority:AS 38.05.020

AS 38.05.082