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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 39 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 165. Trawl gear unlawful

5 AAC 39.165. Trawl gear unlawful

A person may not use any type of trawl gear for any commercial fishing purposes in the following locations:

(1) waters of Prince William Sound enclosed by lines from Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook (60ø 13.96' N. lat., 146ø 39.12' W. long.) to Seal Rocks (60ø 09.96' N. lat., 146ø 50.12' W. long.) to Zaikof Point (60ø 18.96' N. lat., 146ø 55.12' W. long.), and from a point at 60ø 10.96' N. lat., 147ø 20.12' W. long. on the northwest side of Montague Island, north to a point at 60ø 29.96' N. lat., 147ø 20.12' W. long., then east to a point at 60ø 29.96' N. lat., 147ø 00.12' W. long., then northeast to Knowles Head (60ø 40.96' N. lat., 146ø 37.62' W. long.), except that trawls may be used to take herring during the open commercial herring food and bait season;

(2) the waters east of a line from Porcupine Point at 60ø 44.60' N. lat., 146ø 42.10' W. long. in Port Fidalgo to the southernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60ø 48.30' N. lat., 146ø 47.90' W. long. to the northernmost tip of Bligh Island at 60ø 52.90' N. lat., 146ø 46.00' W. long. to Rocky Point at 60ø 57.00' N. lat., 146ø 46.20' W. long.;

(3) the state waters of Bristol Bay, described in 5 AAC 06.100.

History: In effect before 1985; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/19/92, Register 122; am 5/22/94, Register 130; am 5/24/97, Register 142; am 9/4/97, Register 143

Authority: AS 16.05.251

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