Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.020 - Tanner crab area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  use a vessel to take Tanner crab in a Tanner crab registration area and the
				  exclusive economic zone adjacent to the registration area only if the vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, has validly registered the vessel with the
				  department for that Tanner crab registration area.
(b) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall validly register each
				  Tanner crab vessel for a Tanner crab registration area before using the vessel
				  to take Tanner crab in that registration area.
(c) The Tanner crab vessel registration year
				  is August 1 - July 31.
(d) The
				  department shall issue a registration certificate to a Tanner crab vessel if
				  the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, completes a registration form available
				  from the local representative of the department, and if the vessel is licensed
				  and otherwise in compliance with AS 16 and this title. The vessel owner, or the
				  owner's agent, shall sign the registration certificate when it is issued and
				  shall keep it on board the vessel and available at all times during fishing
				  operations. The registration certificate must be shown upon request to any
				  peace officer of the state.
(e) In
				  a Tanner crab registration area or district where tank inspections are
				  required, a vessel registration is not valid until the vessel has had a tank
				  inspection. A tank inspection is not complete unless, at the time of
				  inspection, there is on board the vessel the holder of a valid CFEC interim use
				  or limited entry permit, with the permit in possession, for the registration
				  area or district and the Tanner crab species for which the vessel is
				  registered. Successful completion of the inspection validates the vessel's
				  registration for a registration area. If an inspection is not required in a
				  registration area, compliance with (d) of this section validates the
				  registration.
(f) The department
				  may invalidate a vessel registration to permit the vessel to be used to take
				  crab in other Tanner crab registration areas, except that once a vessel has
				  been inspected for a superexclusive registration area, the department may not
				  invalidate a vessel registration in order to permit the vessel to be used to
				  take Tanner crab in another registration area.
(g) A vessel shall be issued an inspection
				  certificate upon successful completion of an inspection required by this
				  chapter or 5 AAC 35.030. An inspection is not
				  complete unless a current registration certificate for the Tanner crab
				  registration area is shown to the local representative of the department
				  conducting the inspection. The vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall sign
				  the inspection certificate and shall keep it on the vessel and available at all
				  times during fishing operations. The inspection certificate must be shown upon
				  request to any peace officer of the state.
(h) An operator of a Tanner crab vessel
				  validly registered for a superexclusive registration area may not operate any
				  other Tanner crab vessel registered for any other superexclusive registration
				  area in the same registration year.
(i) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, a vessel validly registered to take Tanner crab in any Tanner crab
				  registration area may not be used to take any other species of crab in any
				  other crab registration area. A vessel may not be validly registered for more
				  than one Tanner crab registration area at a time.
(j) The commissioner may authorize late
				  registration of a replacement Tanner crab vessel in the event of the loss of a
				  vessel registered for a specific Tanner crab registration area. A replacement
				  vessel authorized to register late shall be registered only for the Tanner crab
				  registration area in which the lost vessel was registered. In order to be
				  authorized to register a replacement vessel under this subsection, the vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall submit written documentation verifying the
				  loss of the vessel. For purposes of this subsection, "loss of a vessel" means
				  that due to sinking or destruction the vessel is incapable of being used to
				  take Tanner crab during the Tanner crab season in the registration area for
				  which the vessel is registered.
(k)
				  A Tanner crab vessel registration is invalid 24 hours after the closure of the
				  season for that Tanner crab registration area.
(l) If a deadline for a vessel registration
				  for a Tanner crab fishery falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, the
				  registration deadline is extended to 5:00 p.m. the next state working
				  day.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251