Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions
Article 2 - Methods and Means
5 AAC 75.035 - Sport fishing gear for shellfish

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 75.035

Current through August 30, 2024

Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, shellfish may be taken only as follows:

(1) on a keg or buoy attached to each pot or ring net, the sport fisherman shall plainly and legibly inscribe the fisherman's first initial, last name, home address, and the name or the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, of the vessel used to operate the pot or ring net;

(2) an escape mechanism, as described in 5 AAC 39.145, must be provided for each pot;

(3) no more than five pots per person, regardless of type, with a maximum of 10 pots per vessel, regardless of type, may be used to take shellfish at any given time;

(4) crab may be taken only with pots, ring nets, diving gear, dip nets, hooked or hookless lines either operated by hand or attached to a pole or rod, or by hand;

(5) shrimp may be taken only with pots and ring nets;

(6) clams may be taken only by hand, or with rakes, shovels, or manually operated clam guns;

(7) octopus may also be taken by the use of hook and line.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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