Section 5.47.065. Demersal shelf rockfish delegation of authority and provisions for management.  


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  • Under 5 AAC 28.160, the Board of Fisheries has allocated 16 percent of the annual allowable catch of the demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside Subdistrict, described in 5 AAC 28.105(a)(4), to the sport fishery. If the commissioner determines that the demersal shelf rockfish sport fishing regulations must be modified to keep the sport fishery within its allocation, the commissioner may, by emergency order, require one or more of the following management measures:  
    		(1) reduced bag and possession limits for nonresident anglers;  
    		(2) retention of all demersal shelf rockfish caught by a nonresident angler is required until the nonresident bag limit is reached;  
    		(3) charter operators and crewmembers may not retain demersal shelf rockfish while clients are on board the vessel;  
    		(4) annual limits for demersal shelf rockfish for nonresident anglers;  
    		(5) reduce the bag and possession limits for resident anglers;  
    		(6) retention of all demersal shelf rockfish caught by a resident angler is required until the resident angler's bag limit is reached;  
    		(7) annual limits for demersal shelf rockfish for resident anglers;  
    		(8) time and area closures.  
    

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.251

Notes


Authority
AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.251
History
Eff. 5/26/2006, Register 178