Section 5.77.511. Personal use shrimp fishery.

In the personal use taking of shrimp,  
		(1) shrimp may be taken only from April 15 through September 15 in the waters of Cook Inlet between the longitude of Gore Point and the longitude of Cape Fairfield, including the waters of Resurrection Bay;  
		(2) a person may only take shrimp under this section under a permit issued by the department under 5 AAC 77.015;  
		(3) notwithstanding 5 AAC 77.010(i) and 5 AAC 77.509(a), no more than five pots per person, and no more than five pots per vessel, may be used to take shrimp;  
		(4) all shrimp pots must have tunnel eye openings that individually are not larger than 15 inches in perimeter and at least two adjacent vertical sides, or near-vertical sides, excluding tunnels, completely composed of uncovered net webbing or rigid mesh; pots that do not have a definable side, including round pots, must have net webbing or rigid mesh panels covering a minimum of 50 percent of the vertical, or near-vertical, surface area of the pot; the net webbing or rigid mesh on all pots must be large enough to allow the unaided passage of a maximum 12-inch long, seven-eighths inch diameter, round wooden peg without deforming the opening, except for the selvage.   

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 77.509

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 9/12/97, Register 143; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 8/27/2016, Register 219