00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 218(FSH)(efd fld)                                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to the maximum length of salmon seine vessels."                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.835 is amended to read:                                                                       
04  Sec. 16.05.835.  MAXIMUM LENGTH OF SALMON SEINE VESSELS.                                                              
05 Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Fisheries by regulation, a [A]                                           
06 salmon seine vessel may not be longer than  58 feet overall length except vessels that                                  
07 have fished for salmon with seines in waters of the state before January 1, 1962, as                                    
08 50-foot, official Coast Guard register length vessels.  In this section, "overall length"                               
09 means the straight line length between the extremities of the vessel excluding anchor                                   
10 rollers.                                                                                                                
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.835 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                           
12  Sec. 16.05.835.  MAXIMUM LENGTH OF SALMON SEINE VESSELS.  The                                                         
13 Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations for each salmon seine fishery specifying the                                   
14 maximum length of a vessel that may be used in the fishery.