Section 5.28.330. Lawful gear for Cook Inlet Area.

	(a)  Except as provided in (b) of this section, groundfish may be taken only by pelagic trawls, hand troll gear, longlines, pots, or mechanical jigging machines.  
	(b)  Groundfish taken incidentally by drift or set gillnet gear lawfully operated for salmon or herring may be retained.  
	(c)  A groundfish pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot.  
	(d)  At least one buoy on each groundfish pot must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy may bear only a single number - that of the vessel operating the gear. The number must be placed on the top one-third of the buoy in numerals at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with the color of the buoy. The buoy markings must be visible on the buoy above the surface when the buoy is attached to the groundfish pot.  
	(e)  Except as provided in (f) of this section, in a groundfish fishery for which more than one type of gear is legal gear, a person may have only one type of gear on board the vessel at any one time.  
	(f)  In a directed fishery for lingcod, rockfish, or Pacific cod during a state-waters season as specified in 5 AAC 28.367, those species may be taken by mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear at the same time. If mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear are being used under this subsection, only that gear may be on board the vessel.  
	(g)  Lingcod and rockfish may be taken only by mechanical jigging machines and hand troll gear.  
	(h)  Pacific cod may be taken only by groundfish pots, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear during a state-waters season, as specified in 5 AAC 28.367.  
	(i)  In the Cook Inlet Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish may not have more than  
		(1) five lines; and  
		(2) 30 hooks per line.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 28.367

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 7/30/89, Register 111; am 4/7/93, Register 126; am 4/4/97, Register 142; am 4/22/99, Register 150; am 6/24/99, Register 150; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 3/2/2011, Register 197; am 4/20/2012, Register 202