Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery
Article 2 - General Specifications
5 AAC 28.050 - Lawful gear for groundfish

(1) king and Tanner crab pots as described in 5 AAC 34.050(2) and 5 AAC 35.050(2) may not be used to take groundfish;

(2) repealed 5/31/98.

(1) at least one buoy on each groundfish pot must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the vessel operating the gear on the top one-half of the buoy in numerals at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with the color of the buoy; the buoy markings must be visible on the buoy above the water surface when the buoy is attached to the groundfish pot;

(2) each end of a groundfish pot longline must have an attached buov marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel plate number of the vessel operating the groundfish longlined pot gear; the buoy must have the letters LP to designate the gear as longlined groundfish pot gear and the buov may bear only the number of the vessel operating the ear; the numbers and letters must be marked in the top one-half of the buov in numbers and letters that are at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with the color of the buov; the buov markings must be visible on the buov above the water's surface when the buoy is attached to the longlined pot gear: for the purposes of this subsection, "longlined" means more than one groundfish pot is attached to a stationary, buoyed, and anchored line.

(1) in a registration area or a portion of a registration area where a groundfish pot limit is in effect

(2) identification tags are issued before each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will be issued at the time of vessel registration for that vessel only; the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a department office designated to issue the tags; replacement of tags lost during the season is permitted if the vessel operator submits a sworn statement or affidavit, by mail, facsimile, or in person, to a department office designated to issue tags, describing how the tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost tags; tags shall be renewed annually before each fishing season.