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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 31 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 125. Lawful shrimp trawl gear for Registration Area A

5 AAC 31.125. Lawful shrimp trawl gear for Registration Area A

(a) Shrimp may be taken with beam trawls in Registration Area A only as specified in this section.

(b) The minimum mesh size for a beam trawl shall be determined by measuring a series of 10 consecutive meshes when the web is wet, from selvage to selvage, with the knots pulled together. The distance covered by 10 meshes, measured from the inside of the first knot in the series to the outside of the last knot in the series, may not be less than 13.5 inches. The method for measuring mesh size is described in this subsection applies equally to synthetic and cotton mesh, but allowance for shrinkage shall be made if preshrunk web is not used.

(c) A registered shrimp vessel may not have, at any time in the aggregate, more than the legal limit of trawl gear on board the vessel, in the water in fishing condition, and in the water in non-fishing condition.

History: In effect before 1982; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 7/14/84, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 6/15/95, Register 134; am 9/28/97, Register 143; am 5/8/98, Register 146

Authority: AS 16.05.251

Editor's note: As of Register 143, Oct 1997, the substance of former 5 AAC 31.125(3), (4), and (6) appears in 5 AAC 31.124, and the substance of former 5 AAC 31.125(5) appears in 5 AAC 31.136.

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