Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 15 - Chignik Area
Article 3 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 15.332 - Seine specifications and operations

(a) In the Eastern, Central, Western and Perryville Districts, a purse seine may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 225 fathoms in length.

(b) In the Eastern, Central, Western and Perryville Districts, a hand purse seine may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 225 fathoms in length.

(c) In the Chignik Bay District, purse seines and hand purse seines may not be less than 100 fathoms or more than 125 fathoms in length.

(d) A seine may not be less than three fathoms or more than 375 meshes in depth, In addition, a maximum of 25 meshes of chafing gear with a maximum mesh size of seven inches may be used.

(e) A lead may not be more than 75 fathoms in length. In the Eastern, Central, Western, and Perryville Districts, the aggregate length of seine and lead may not be more than 225 fathoms in length.

(f) When a purse seine or hand purse seine is in the water for the purpose of taking fish, the seine shall be attached to the licensed vessel operating the gear.

(g) A purse seine is considered to have ceased fishing as specified in 5 AAC 39.260(c).