Section 5.27.330. Lawful gear for Prince William Sound Area.

	(a)  From March 1 through June 30, herring may be taken only by purse seines and gillnets.  
	(b)  For the wild herring spawn-on-kelp (not in pounds) fishery, herring spawn on kelp may be taken by hand cutting as specified in 5 AAC 27.333.  
	(c)  Repealed 9/17/94.  
	(d)  A pound for the herring spawn-on-kelp pound fishery may be either a closed pound or an open pound.  
	(e)  In 5 AAC 27.300 - 5 AAC 27.390,  
		(1) a closed pound consists of a single, floating, rectangular frame structure, with webbing and suspended kelp, that is used to enclose herring for a period of time in order to produce spawn on kelp; the opening of a closed pound at the water surface may not exceed 2,000 square feet in area; neither the sewn vertical wall nor the near-vertical wall of a closed pound may exceed a depth of 30 feet below the water surface when the pound contains herring; webbing of a closed pound may not be part of the webbing of another pound structure; to prevent suffocation of impounded herring, a closed pound must include a minimum of five feet of surplus webbing gathered at the surface that may be lowered into the water when submerged webbing becomes saturated with eggs;  
		(2) an open pound consists of a single, floating, rectangular frame structure with suspended kelp and no webbing that is used for the production of spawn on kelp, or is a closed pound as described in (1) of this subsection with all webbing, on at least one side of the pound, not less than one fathom below the water surface.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

In effect before 1984; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 9/17/94, Register 131; am 4/6/97, Register 142