5 AAC 47.030 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Finfish

(a) Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47.021, 5 AAC 47.023, 5 AAC 47.055, or by emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions in this section apply to finfish sport fishing in the Southeast Alaska Area.

(b) Sport fishing may be conducted only by the use of a single line per angler, and not more than six lines may be fished from a vessel.

(c) Repealed 5/25/2000.

(d) Repealed 5/25/2000.

(e) Upon request by a representative of the department or a peace officer of the state, external tags on all salmon and trout and the tags and heads of all adipose-fin-clipped salmon and trout must be forfeited, and the date and location of their catch must be disclosed.

(f) Fishing within 300 feet of a fish ladder is allowed unless otherwise posted by department markers. No person may fish from, on, or in a fish ladder.

(g) Repealed 5/31/2009.

(h) Repealed 3/13/2004.

(i) Only unbaited, artificial lures may be used in fresh water from November 16 - September 14.

(j) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 75.026, in the Southeast Alaska Area, pink and chum salmon taken in a sport fishery may be used as bait in a sport, personal use, or subsistence fishery.

(k) Repealed 6/10/2010.

(l) A person sport fishing from a charter vessel when releasing a nonpelagic rockfish shall immediately use a deep water release mechanism to return the fish to the depth it was hooked or to a depth of at least 100 feet. A charter vessel must have at least one functional deep water release mechanism on board and readily available for use when sport fishing activities are taking place. Upon request, a person sport fishing from a charter vessel and the operator of the vessel must present a deep water release mechanism must be presented to a local representative of the department, or a peace officer of the state, or federal law enforcement officer changed with enforcing fish and game laws. In this subsection, "deep water release - "mechanism" means a device designed to return a rockfish back near the bottom where it was hooked, or to a specified depth, and to assist the fish in recompression and to improve the fish's chance of survival. Beginning January 1, 2020, a person sport fishing from a vcssel and the operator of the vessel must comply with the requirements of 5 AAC 75.020(f).

Notes

5 AAC 47.030

Eff. 4/15/94, Register 130; am 5/2/97, Register 142; am 5/9/98, Register 146; am 5/25/2000, Register 154; am 6/1/2003, Register 166; am 3/13/2004, Register 169; em am 4/13/2005 - 8/10/2005, Register 174; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 5/31/2009, Register 190; am 6/10/2010, Register 194; am 7/13/ 2012, Register 203; am 6/17/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 6/28/2019, Register 230, May 2019

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251