Section 5.01.470. Lawful gear and gear specifications.

	(a)  Salmon may be taken by seines and gillnets, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit, except that in Chignik Lake salmon may not be taken with purse seines. A gillnet may not be set, staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in a stream while it obstructs more than one-half of the width of the waterway and any channel or side channel of the waterway.  
	(b)  Fish other than salmon may be taken by gear listed in 5 AAC 01.010(a), unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.  
	(c)  Halibut may be taken for subsistence purposes only by a single handheld line with no more than two hooks attached.  

Authorities

16.05.251;16.05.258

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258 Editor's note: At its January 5 - 11, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.470 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

History

In effect before 1985; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 6/2/88, Register 106; readopt 5/13/93, Register 126; am 2/16/2006, Register 177; am 3/29/2008, Register 185; am 8/23/2009, Register 191

References

5.01.470