5 Alaska Admin. Code § 38.360

Current through September 25, 2024

Section 5 AAC 38.360 - Cook Inlet Area Octopus Management Plan

There is no open season for directed fishing for octopus, but retention as bycatch is allowed as follows:

(1) octopus may be retained as bycatch only, in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, by weight, of the directed catch on board a vessel;

(2) the annual guideline harvest level of octopus as bycatch may not exceed 35,000 pounds in round weight;

(3) when the guideline harvest level has been reached, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order, the Cook Inlet Area to the retention of octopus.

5 AAC 38.360

Eff. 7/5/2000, Register 155

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251