5 AAC 28.632 - Groundfish pot storage requirements for Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area

(a) Rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters not more than 25 fathoms deep.
(b) Following the closure of a parallel season or state-waters season for groundfish, all groundfish pot gear used by a vessel registered to fish for groundfish must be removed from the water, except that
(1) rectangular and cone or pyramid groundfish pots may be stored as described in (a) of this section; or
(2) rectangular groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid groundfish pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in waters more than 25 fathoms deep for seven days following the closure.

Notes

5 AAC 28.632
Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 5/16/2010, Register 194; am 4/20/2012, Register 202

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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