Notice of adopted changes to Alaska Board of Fisheries regulations; Statewide Shellfish; Supplemental Finfish Issues (Part 2)

During its March 17–20, 2015 Statewide Shrimp, Dungeness Crab, Misc. Shellfish and Supplemental Issues meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, the Alaska Board of Fisheries adopted regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with certain shrimp, Dungeness crab, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries, the red king crab fishery in Norton Sound, the Tanner crab fishery in the Bering Sea District, and the definition of anchor roller as it applies to salmon seine fishing vessels in the state. 

The regulation changes were reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, filed by the Lieutenant Governor on June 1, 2015, and will go into effect on July 1, 2015.  The new regulation changes will be printed in Register 214, July 2015 of the Alaska Administrative Code. 

For further information or for a copy of the permanent regulations (a read-only copy is also attached below), please contact: 

Kevin J. Messing
Fishery Regulations Program Coordinator
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
P.O. Box 115526
Juneau, AK 99811-5526
phone: 907.465.6124
fax: 907.465.2604
email: kevin.messing@alaska.gov