Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery
Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet)
5 AAC 38.360 - Cook Inlet Area Octopus Management Plan
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 38.360
Current through August 30, 2024
There is no open season for directed fishing for octopus, but retention as bycatch is allowed as follows:
(1) octopus may be retained as bycatch only, in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, by weight, of the directed catch on board a vessel;
(2) the annual guideline harvest level of octopus as bycatch may not exceed 35,000 pounds in round weight;
(3) when the guideline harvest level has been reached, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the Cook Inlet Area to the retention of octopus.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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