Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 55 - Prince William Sound Area
5 AAC 55.055 - Prince William Sound noncommercial shrimp fishery management plan
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 5 AAC 55.055
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The department shall manage the sport and other noncommercial shrimp fisheries in the Prince William Sound Area as follows:
(1)
the guideline harvest level for shrimp taken by pot gear in noncommercial
fisheries is calculated as 60 percent of the total allowable harvest for the
area;
(2) a harvest recording form
is required as specified in
5
AAC 75.016; a person who fails to comply with the
reporting requirements of this subsection or
5
AAC 75.016, including any requirement to return
harvest and catch information to the department, is ineligible to obtain a
shrimp harvest recording form during the following season in the fishery for
which the form was required, unless the permit applicant demonstrates to the
department that failure to report was due to unavoidable
circumstances;
(3) shrimp may be
taken with pots as follows:
(A) only from
April 15 through September 15;
(B)
no bag, possession, or size limit;
(C) no more than five pots per vessel may be
used to take shrimp.
(b) Repealed 7/13/2012.
(c) Repealed 7/13/2012.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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