Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 28 - Groundfish Fishery
Article 5 - Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E)
5 AAC 28.210 - Fishing seasons for Prince William Sound Area

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 28.210

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Repealed 5/11/2003.

(b) Sablefish may be taken in the Inside District from April 15 through August 31. There is no open season for commercial sablefish fishing in the Outside District.

(c) Lingcod may be taken only from July 1 through December 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order,

(1) in a directed fishery; and

(2) as bycatch up to 20 percent by round weight of the directed finfish species on board a vessel, unless the commissioner closes the season and opens another season in which the bycatch is prohibited or further limited.

(d) Rockfish may be taken in the Prince William Sound Area only as bycatch as described in 5 AAC 28.265.

(e) Walleye pollock may be taken from 12:00 noon January 20 until 11:59 p.m. March 31, unless closed earlier by emergency order.

(f) Miscellaneous groundfish may be taken only as specified in 5 AAC 28.220(c) and (d).

(g) Pacific cod may be taken only as specified in 5 AAC 28.267.

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

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