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In the personal use taking of bottomfish
(1) bottomfish may be taken at any time;
(2) bottomfish may be taken for personal use only by longline or hand held line; unattended gear must be marked as described in 5 AAC 77.010(d) ;
(3) there are no daily bag or possession limits, except
(A) in the Sitka vicinity:
(i) in Sitka Sound Special Use Area, which is that area of Sitka Sound enclosed on the north by lines from Kruzof Island at 57ΓΈ 20.50' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 45.17' W. long. to Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.05' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 43' W. long., and from Chichagof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.58' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 41.30' W. long. to Baranof Island at 57ΓΈ 22.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 40.95' W. long., and on the south and west by a line running from the southernmost tip of Sitka Point at 56ΓΈ 59.38' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 49.57' W. long. to Hanus Point at 56ΓΈ 51.92' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 30.50' W. long. to the green day marker in Dorothy Narrows to Baranof Island at 56ΓΈ 49.28' N. lat., 135ΓΈ 22.60' W. long., the daily possession limit for rockfish is three fish, of which no more than one may be a yelloweye rockfish ( Sebastes ruberrimus );
(ii) the waters off Cape Edgecumbe enclosed by a box defined as 56ΓΈ 55.5' N. lat. and 56ΓΈ 57' N. lat., and 135ΓΈ 54' W. long. and 135ΓΈ 57' W. long., are closed to fishing for all species of bottomfish;
(B) in the Ketchikan vicinity: in all waters of Section 1-E south of the latitude of Bushy Point Light and in the waters of Section 1-F north of lines from Point Alava to the southernmost tip of Ham Island, from Cedar Point to Dall Head, and from Dall Head to a point on the District 1 boundary in Clarence Strait at the latitude of Dall Head, the bag and possession limit for rockfish is three fish, no more than one of which may be yelloweye rockfish ( Sebastes rubberrimus );
(4) a person on board a vessel from which a longline was used to take bottomfish for personal use in the Northern Southeast Inside or the Southern Southeast Inside sections is subject to the restrictions in 5 AAC 28.180;
(5) bottomfish taken under personal use regulations may not be used as bait in a commercial fishery.
History: Eff. 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/23/98, Register 146; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157
Authority: AS 16.05.251
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