Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery
Article 8 - Kodiak Area (Registration Area K)
5 AAC 27.545 - Harvest of bait by commercial permit holders in Kodiak Area
Current through August 30, 2024
The holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry permit may take but may not sell herring for use as bait in the commercial fishery for which the permit is held as follows:
(1) herring may only be taken under the authority of a herring bait fishing permit issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee;
(2) herring may only be taken by gillnet, mechanical jigging machine, hand troll, and purse seine gear;
(3) from April 12 through July 3, a vessel, crew member, or permit holder that participates in the Kodiak commercial herring sac roe fishery may not take herring under this section in the Kodiak Area;
(4) person may not take more than 1,000 pounds of herring in a calendar year.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
