5 AAC 28.530. Lawful gear for Chignik Area

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, groundfish may be taken with the gear specified in 5 AAC 28.050.

(b) A groundfish pot may not be attached to a line connected to another groundfish pot.

(c) At least one buoy on each groundfish pot must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the vessel operating the gear. The buoy may bear only the number of the vessel operating the gear. The number must be placed on the top one-third of the buoy in numerals at least four inches high, one-half inch wide, and in a color that contrasts with the color of the buoy. The buoy markings must be visible on the buoy above the water surface when the buoy is attached to the groundfish pot.

(d) Rockfish may be taken in a directed fishery for rockfish only by mechanical jigging machine and hand troll gear.

(e) A vessel registered as a salmon seine vessel under 5 AAC 39.120 may not be used to take groundfish with seine gear from June 1 through October 31 unless the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered the vessel as specified in 5 AAC 28.506(c) .

(f) In the Chignik Area, a mechanical jigging machine used to take groundfish must have

(1) no more than five lines, with no more than 30 hooks per line; or

(2) a single continuous line with no more than 150 hooks.

History: Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 3/31/2002, Register 161

Authority: AS 16.05.251

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