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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 77 . Personal Use Fishery
Section 670. Personal use abalone fishery

5 AAC 77.670. Personal use abalone fishery

In the personal use taking of abalone

(1) there is no closed season;

(2) the daily bag and possession limit is 50 abalone, except in Section 13-B north of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows the daily bag and possession limit is 20 abalone;

(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.

History: Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 8/16/97, Register 143

Authority: AS 16.05.251


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