Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery
Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat)
5 AAC 31.170 - Lawful gear for Registration Area D

(1) the maximum number of pots in the aggregate that may be operated from a registered shrimp fishing vessel operating in the waters of Yakutat Bay east of a line from the westernmost tip of Ocean Cape to the westernmost tip of Point Manby is 30 pots; a person or vessel registered to fish shrimp may not fish both shrimp pots and any other type of commercial, sport, or personal use pots at the same time;

(2) all shrimp pots left unattended in saltwater longer than a two-week period must have all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open;

(3) each shrimp pot operated in the waters of Yakutat Bay east of a line from the southernmost tip of Ocean Cape to the westernmost tip of Point Manby must be entirely covered with net webbing or rigid mesh; at least two opposing sides of the pot must have a webbed panel of a minimum stretch mesh of one and one-half inches; the net webbing must be hung to allow the passage of a wooden dowel that is three-quarter inch in diameter and 12 inches; upon insertion in the web or rigid mesh, the dowel must drop completely through by its own weight, without force, except that

(4) during periods announced by emergency order, all shrimp trawl webbing in the cod end must be at least one and seven-eighths inch stretched measure, hung so the bars of the webbing are horizontal and perpendicular to the mouth of the trawl; during such periods the incidental cumulative catch of species of pandalid shrimp, other than sidestripe shrimp, may not exceed 10 percent, by weight, of all shrimp aboard the vessel.