Section 5.27.832. Seine specifications and operations for Bristol Bay Area.

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	(a)  A herring purse seine or hand purse seine  
		(1) may not exceed 100 fathoms in length; and  
		(2) may not be more than 630 meshes in depth.  
	(b)  In the Togiak District, during the open herring fishing season described in 5 AAC 27.810, a herring fishing vessel may not have on board, or have on a vessel towed by it,  
		(1) more than a single herring purse seine as described in (a) of this section; or  
		(2) any other assembled purse seine gear as described in 5 AAC 39.105(d)(4).  
	(c)  Unless otherwise specified by the commissioner by emergency order, herring may not be retained in a purse seine for more than 36 hours after the closure of a herring fishing period.

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.251

Notes

Authority
 AS 16.05.060  
AS 16.05.251  
Editor's note: Before Register 146, July 1998, the substance of 5 AAC 27.832 appeared in 5 AAC 27.831.  
History Eff. 5/31/98, Register 146; am 3/30/2007, Register 181; am 4/16/2016, Register 218

References

5.27.832;5.27.831

                    
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