5 AAC 04.331 - Gillnet specifications and operations
(a) The aggregate
length of a gillnet may not exceed 100 fathoms, except that if the commissioner
determines that there is a harvestable surplus of pink salmon, the commissioner
may, by emergency order, close the fishing season and immediately reopen a
season during which a set gillnet may not exceed
(1) a mesh size of four and one-half inches;
and
(2) an aggregate length of set
gillnet established in the emergency order that is not more than 200 fathoms,
based on the department's ability to conduct an orderly fishery.
(b) No gillnet gear may be
operated in a manner to obstruct more than one-half the width of any waterway.
In the intertidal zone this restriction applies at all stages of the
tide.
(c) In the Norton Sound
District, no person may take salmon with a gillnet that has a mesh size larger
than
(1) four and one-half inches during
periods and in locations specified by emergency order;
(2) six inches after a date specified by an
emergency order issued between July 1 and July 15.
(d) In the Norton Sound District, no more
than 200 fathoms of gillnet in the aggregate may be operated from a
vessel.
(e) Notwithstanding (c) of
this section, during times when the commissioner determines it to be necessary
for the conservation of chum salmon, the commissioner, by emergency order, may
close the fishing season in any portion of the Norton Sound District and
immediately reopen the season in that portion during which a person may not
take salmon with a gillnet that has a mesh size smaller than seven and one-half
inches.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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