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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
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Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
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Chapter 5.38. Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery. |
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Article 5.38.8. Registration Area H (Cook Inlet). |
Section 5.38.360. Cook Inlet Area Octopus Management Plan.
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There is no open season for directed fishing for octopus, but retention as bycatch is allowed as follows: (1) octopus may be retained as bycatch only, in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, by weight, of the directed catch on board a vessel; (2) the annual guideline harvest level of octopus as bycatch may not exceed 35,000 pounds in round weight; (3) when the guideline harvest level has been reached, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the Cook Inlet Area to the retention of octopus.
Authorities
16.05.060;16.05.251