Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery
Article 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area
5 AAC 77.670 - Personal use abalone fishery

(1) there is no closed season;

(2) the daily bag and possession limit is five abalone per person;

(3) the minimum legal size is three and one-half inches (89 mm) in greatest diameter of shell;

(4) personal use fishing is prohibited while engaged in commercial abalone fishing; before engaging in the personal use fishery, commercial abalone fishermen must land the commercial catch in possession and return the commercial permit required under 5 AAC 38.133 to the Department of Fish and Game;

(5) a diver using a compressed air system, such as scuba or hookah, may not take abalone.