Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.020 - King crab area registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.120 and unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall validly register a king
				  crab vessel for a king crab registration area before using that vessel to take
				  king crab in that registration area and the exclusive economic zone adjacent to
				  the registration area.
(b) The king
				  crab vessel registration year is June 28 - June 27.
(c) The department shall issue a registration
				  certificate to a king 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 immediately available at all times during fishing operations. The
				  registration certificate must be shown upon request to any peace officer of the
				  state.
(d) In a king crab
				  registration area, district, or section 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 king 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 (c) of this section validates the registration.
(e) A vessel shall be issued an inspection
				  certificate upon successful completion of an inspection required by this
				  chapter or 5 AAC 34.030. An inspection is not
				  complete unless a current registration certificate for the king 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.
(f) The department may invalidate a vessel
				  registration to permit the vessel to be used to take crab in other king crab
				  registration areas, except that once a vessel has been inspected for a
				  superexclusive or exclusive registration area, the department may not
				  invalidate a vessel registration in order to permit the vessel to be used to
				  take king crab in another superexclusive or exclusive registration
				  area.
(g) Unless otherwise
				  specified in this title, a vessel validly registered to take king crab in a
				  king crab registration area may not be used to take any other species of crab
				  in any other king crab registration area at the same time. A vessel may not be
				  validly registered for more than one king crab registration area at a
				  time.
(h) A vessel owner, or the
				  owner's agent, may register to take one or more species of king crab within a
				  king crab registration area. A vessel registered for a specific species of king
				  crab in a king crab registration area shall comply with all of the registration
				  requirements in this section for that registration area.
(i) The owner, or the owner's agent, of a
				  vessel landing king crab in a registration area other than the area in which
				  the vessel is validly registered at the time under this section shall attach
				  the inspection certificate issued under (c) of this section to the back of the
				  department copy of the fish ticket at the time the king crab are
				  landed.
(j) The commissioner may
				  authorize late registration of a replacement king crab vessel in the event of
				  the loss of a vessel registered for a specific king crab registration area. A
				  replacement vessel authorized to register late shall be registered only for the
				  king 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 king crab during the king crab season in the registration
				  area for which the vessel is registered.
(k) Unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, a king crab vessel registration is invalid 24 hours following the
				  closure of the season for that king crab registration area.
(l) If a deadline for vessel registration for
				  a king 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
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