5 AAC 01.720 - Lawful gear and gear specifications
Fish may be taken by gear listed in 5 AAC 01.010(a) except as may be restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit and except as follows:
(1) in District 13, Redoubt
Bay, gillnet or seine gear may not be used to take salmon in any waters of the
bay closed to commercial salmon fishing;
(2) a set gillnet may not be used to take
salmon except in the mainstream and side channels, but not the tributaries, of
the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of Wells Bridge;
(A) the mainstream and side channels, but not
the tributaries, of the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of
Wells Bridge; and
(B) District 5 in
Shipley Bay, not more than 100 yards from the terminus of Shipley
Creek;
(3) halibut may be
taken only by a single line which is operated by hand with not more than two
hooks attached to it; no person may operate more than one line;
(4) repealed 7/18/2003;
(5) in the Northern Southeast Inside
Subdistrict and Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict, a sablefish permit
holder's pot gear must have at least two circular escape rings with a minimum
inside diameter of three and one-half inches installed on opposing vertical or
sloping walls and must have individual tunnel eye openings with perimeters of
36 inches or less;
(6) fishing gear
may not obstruct more than one-half the width of any salmon stream, side
channel, creek, river, bay, or waterway.
Notes
Authority: AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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Fish may be taken by gear listed in 5 AAC 01.010(a) except as may be restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit and except as follows:
(1) in District 13, Redoubt Bay, gillnet or seine gear may not be used to take salmon in any waters of the bay closed to commercial salmon fishing;
(2) a set gillnet may not be used to take salmon except in the mainstream and side channels, but not the tributaries, of the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of Wells Bridge;
(A) the mainstream and side channels, but not the tributaries, of the Chilkat River from the terminus to one mile upstream of Wells Bridge; and
(B) District 5 in Shipley Bay, not more than 100 yards from the terminus of Shipley Creek;
(3) halibut may be taken only by a single line which is operated by hand with not more than two hooks attached to it; no person may operate more than one line;
(4) repealed 7/18/2003.
(5) in the Northern Southeast Inside Subdistrict and Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict, a sablefish permit holder's pot gear must have at least two circular escape rings with a minimum inside diameter of three and three-fourths inches installed on opposing vertical or sloping walls and must have individual tunnel eye openings with perimeters of 36 inches or less.
(6) fishing gear may not obstruct more than one-half the width of any salmon stream, side channel, creek, river, bay, or waterway.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258