Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery
Article 8 - Alaska Peninsula Area
5 AAC 01.420 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

(a) Salmon may be taken only by seine and gillnet, or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit.

(b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by gear specified in 5 AAC 01.010(a) unless restricted under the terms of a subsistence fishing permit.

(c) In waters open to commercial salmon fishing, salmon may be taken only with a set or drift gillnet that does not exceed 50 fathoms in total length.

(d) Except as specified in (a) and (c) of this section, a permit holder may not operate a

(e) A purse seine or hand purse seine may not exceed 250 fathoms in length or 375 meshes in depth. Seine mesh size may not exceed three and one-half inches stretched measure, except that the first 25 meshes above the leadline may not exceed seven inches stretched measure.

(f) A person may not operate subsistence fishing gear within 100 feet of a set gillnet.

(g) Halibut may be taken for subsistence purposes only by a single handheld line with no more than two hooks attached.