5 AAC 47.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish
(a) Unless otherwise provided in
5
AAC 47.021 or by emergency order issued under
AS
16.05.060, the provisions in this section
apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Southeast Alaska Area.
(b) Shellfish may be taken only as follows:
(1) shrimp may be taken by pots and ring
nets; pots operated to take shrimp may pot be longlined, and one buoy is
required for each pot:
(2) crab may
be taken by pots, ring nets, diving gear, dip nets, and hooked or hookless hand
lines, or by hand;
(3) clams may be
taken by rakes, shovels, or manually operated clam guns, or by hand;
(4) repealed 6/17/2018.
(5) scallops may be taken by diving gear, dip
nets, or by hand;
(6) shellfish not
otherwise specified in this chapter may be taken by hook and line in addition
to all gear specified in (b) of this section.
(c) No more than four pots, other than shrimp
pots, or 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 10 pots or 20 ring nets per
vessel, may be used in the taking of shellfish other than shrimp at any time,
except that no more than four pots or 10 ring nets per vessel may be used to
take Tanner crab. No more than five additional shrimp pots per person with a
maximum of 10 additional shrimp pots per vessel may be used in the taking of
shrimp at any time.
(d) Pot gear
must include an escape mechanism in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) repealed 8/14/2005;
(2) repealed 8/14/2005;
(3) a crab pot used to take Dungeness crab
under this chapter must have at least two escape rings that each are not less
than four and three-eighths inches, inside diameter; the escape rings must be
located on opposite sides of the pot and the upper half of the vertical plane
of the pot;
(4) a pot used to take
Tanner crab under this chapter must have at least two circular escape rings on
opposing vertical or sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than four
and three-quarter inches inside diameter.
(e) The pot limits for shellfish in this
chapter are not in addition to those allowed under subsistence fishing
regulations contained in 5 AAC 02, nor to those allowed under personal use
fishing regulations contained in 5 AAC 77.
(f) A sport fisherman using pots to take
shellfish shall plainly and legibly inscribe the fisherman's first initial,
last name, and home address on a keg or buoy attached to each pot. A keg or
buoy attached to a pot must also be inscribed with the name or the division of
motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, of the vessel
used to operate the pot.
(g) Until
a crab has been processed or prepared for human consumption, a person may not
mutilate or otherwise disfigure it in any manner that would prevent the
determination of whether it meets the minimum size limit.
(h) The bag and possession limits in this
chapter are not in addition to those allowed under subsistence fishing
regulations contained in 5 AAC 02, nor to those allowed under personal use
fishing regulations contained in 5 AAC 77.
(i) Male Tanner crab less than the minimum
legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be immediately
returned unharmed to the sea.
(j) A
person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple
bag limits.
(k) A pot used to take
shrimp under this chapter must have
(1) no
more than four tunnel eye openings; no tunnel eye opening may exceed 15 inches
in perimeter;
(2) a bottom
perimeter of no more than 153 inches; and
(3) a volume of no more than 25 cubic
feet.
(l) Male Dungeness
crab less than the minimum legal size and female Dungeness crab that have been
taken must be immediately returned unharmed to the sea.
(m) Repealed 7/1/2006.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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