Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery
Article 11 - Cook Inlet Area
5 AAC 77.531 - Personal use herring fishery
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 77.531
Current through August 30, 2024
In the personal use taking of herring
(1) there are no bag or possession limits;
(2) herring may be taken
(A) in the Northern and Central Districts
from April 1 through May 31;
(B) in
the Southern, Kamishak Bay, Barren Island, Outer, and Eastern Districts from
January 1 through December 31; and
(C) only with the following gear:
(i) gillnets or dip nets may be
used;
(ii) gillnets may not be used
in Turnagain Arm east of a line from Point Possession to Point
Campbell;
(iii) no gillnet may
exceed 20 feet in length and two inches in mesh size, except in the Southern
District no gillnet may exceed 50 feet in length and two inches in mesh
size;
(iv) cast nets may be used
only in the Southern, Kamishak Bay, Barren Islands, Outer, and Eastern
Districts;
(3) each gillnet must be attended by the fisherman at all times when it is being used to take fish.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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