Title 5 . Fish and Game

Chapter 21 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming

Section 330. Gear

5 AAC 21.330. Gear

(a) Purse seines, hand purse seines, and beach seines may be used in the Southern, Kamishak Bay, Outer, and Eastern Districts, and in the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict east of a line from the crane on the south shore to the largest boulder on the landward end of Glacier Spit.

(b) Set gillnets may be used only in the following locations:

(1) Southern District: within 1,000 feet of beach areas that at mean low water are connected by exposed land to the shore, except as specified in (1)(E) of this section, and only in the following locations:

(A) on Ismailof Island east of 151ΓΈ 13.10' W. long., and the mainland south of Ismailof Island from 151ΓΈ 13.10' W. long., to 151ΓΈ 12.25' W. long.;

(B) between Barabara Point and a point on the north side of McDonald Spit at 59ΓΈ 28.49' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 36.12' W. long.;

(C) from the north side of McDonald Spit at 59ΓΈ 28.69' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 35.25' W. long., east along the outer shoreline of McDonald Spit, and including the entire shoreline of Kasitsna Bay to the headland at the west side of the entrance of Jakolof Bay;

(D) the west shore of Seldovia Bay from Point Nashowhak to a point at the latitude of an unnamed creek at 59ΓΈ 25.19' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 44.05' W. long.;

(E) from the old cannery site on the south shore of Port Graham along the beach to the point south of English Bay at 59ΓΈ 20.94' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 56.77' W. long.; set gillnets in these waters may be used within 2,500 feet of beach areas that at mean low water are connected by exposed land to the shore;

(2) Northern District: set gillnets may be used only in the following areas:

(A) those waters along the north and west coast from Point MacKenzie (61ΓΈ 14.33' N. lat., 149ΓΈ 59.17' W. long.) to the southern boundary of the district on the west shore at 60ΓΈ 46.39' N. lat., except for closed waters listed in 5 AAC 21.350.

(B) waters along the west coast of Fire Island from North Point to West Point;

(C) waters along the east coast in the Northern District

(i) from Point Possession to the latitude of Birch Hill at approximately 60ΓΈ 55.00' N. lat.;

(ii) from 60ΓΈ 52.67' N. lat. (one-half mile north of Otter Creek) to the southern boundary of the district (60ΓΈ 46.39' N. lat.);

(3) Central District: set gillnets may be used only in the following locations:

(A) waters along the west coast in the Central District

(i) from the northern boundary of the district to the Drift River terminal and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(ii) from 60ΓΈ 29.50' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 19.00' W. long., to 60ΓΈ 28.50' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 19.50' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(iii) from 60ΓΈ 27.50' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 19.74' W. long., to 60ΓΈ 22.75' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 16.50' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(iv) from 60ΓΈ 21.47' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 21.50' W. long., to 60ΓΈ 20.67' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 22.50' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(v) from 60ΓΈ 16.19' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 29.90' W. long., to 60ΓΈ 14.24' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 32.62' W. long. and from 60ΓΈ 13.42' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 34.65' W. long. to 60ΓΈ 05.25' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 34.92' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(vi) near Johnson River from 60ΓΈ 01.32' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 36.25' W. long., to 59ΓΈ 55.67' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 41.67' W. long. and only within five miles of the mean high tide mark;

(vii) along the north side of Chinitna Bay from 59ΓΈ 53.17' N. lat., 153ΓΈ W. long., to 59ΓΈ 51.52' N. lat., 153ΓΈ 08.17' W. long. and only within 2,500 feet of the mean high tide mark;

(B) waters along the coast of Kalgin Island within one mile of the mean lower low tide mark;

(C) waters along the east coast in the Central District

(i) within one mile of the mean high tide mark from the northern boundary of the district to the northern ADF&G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kenai River (60ΓΈ 34.09' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 19.30' W. long.) then offshore on a bearing of 235ΓΈ to a point one mile from the mean high tide mark;

(ii) from the latitude of the southern ADF&G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kenai River (60ΓΈ 30.32' N. lat., 151ΓΈ 17.05' W. long.) to the latitude of the northern ADF&G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kasilof River and only within one and one-half miles of the mean high tide mark;

(iii) from the southern ADF&G regulatory marker at the mouth of the Kasilof River to the latitude of the ADF&G regulatory marker at the northern limit of the closed area at the mouth of the Ninilchik River and only within one and one-half miles of the mean high tide mark.

(D) Waters around Chisik Island north of the latitude of Chisik Island Light within five miles of the mean high tide mark except those waters near the Crescent River described in 5 AAC 21.350(a) .

(c) Drift gillnets may be used only in the Central District, except that in the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict drift gillnets may be used only east of a line from the crane on the south shore at 59ΓΈ 50.07' N. lat., 153ΓΈ 05.10' W. long., to the ADF&G regulatory marker on Glacier Spit at 59ΓΈ 51.72' N. lat., 153ΓΈ 07.84' W. long.

(d) Repealed 3/8/74.

(e) Each fisherman shall operate or assist in operating only one type of gear at any one time.

(f) Repealed 4/18/86.

(g) Repealed 3/8/74.

(h) Repealed 3/8/74.

History: In effect before 1982; am 4/14/82, Register 82; am 5/11/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 3/29/87, Register 101; am 6/10/89, Register 110; em am 4/30/91 - 5/30/91, Register 118 [not printed]; am 7/21/91, Register 119; am 4/7/93, Register 126; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 5/31/96, Register 138; am 8/8/99, Register 151; am 3/11/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 16.05.251