Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 39 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Salmon Fishery
5 AAC 39.250 - Gillnet specifications and operations

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 39.250

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The trailing of gillnet web is prohibited at any time or place where fishing is not permitted.

(b) Set gillnets shall be removed from the water during any closed period.

(c) The gillnet web in a gillnet must contain

(1) at least 30 filaments, each of which must be of equal diameter; or

(2) at least six filaments, each of which must be at least 0.20 millimeters in diameter.

(d) The float line and floats of gillnets must be floating on the surface of the water while the net is fishing, unless natural conditions cause the net to temporarily sink. The restriction of this subsection does not apply in the Arctic-Kotzebue Area (5 AAC 03.100), the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area (5 AAC 04.100), Districts 1 and 2 of the Yukon Area (5 AAC 05.100) when fishing under the ice, Districts 3-6 of the Yukon Area (5 AAC 05.100) all yeiar, the Kuskokwim Area (5 AAC 07.100), and the Kodiak Area (5 AAC 18.100).

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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