Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.031 - Landing requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, a Dungeness crab vessel may not land Dungeness crab at a location that
				  is not within a registration area for which it is then validly
				  registered.
(b) The owner, or the
				  owner's agent, of a vessel validly registered to fish for Dungeness crab in a
				  registration area or district leaving that area or district with the intention
				  of landing Dungeness crab in another registration area shall contact by radio
				  or telephone a local representative of the department. The contact must be made
				  to the local representative of the department located in the registration area
				  from which the vessel will move. Unless the local representative of the
				  department does not require an inspection of the vessel, the owner or agent
				  shall submit to a vessel inspection at a location specified by the
				  representative. When the vessel lands Dungeness crab in the new area or
				  district, the vessel may not have more Dungeness crab on board than when the
				  vessel was inspected. When the vessel owner or the owner's agent contacts the
				  local representative of the department, if the local representative of the
				  department does not require an inspection under this subsection, the vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, making radio or telephone contact shall state to
				  the representative the amount by weight or number of Dungeness crab then on
				  board. Thereafter, the vessel may not land in the new area an amount of
				  Dungeness crab that, by weight or number, exceeds by 10 percent, whether more
				  or less, the amount stated at the time of the contact with the department's
				  local representative.
(c) When,
				  under (b) of this section, a vessel lands Dungeness crab in another
				  registration area or district, the vessel's former registration expires. To
				  become validly registered to fish for Dungeness crab in an area, the owner of
				  the vessel or the owner's agent shall comply with
				  5 AAC 32.030 or with the inspection requirements for a
				  specific registration area or district otherwise specified in this
				  chapter.
(d) Unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, after 24 hours following the closure of Dungeness
				  crab fishing in a registration area, portion of a registration area, district,
				  subdistrict, or section, a vessel registered to fish for Dungeness crab in the
				  area may not have Dungeness crab on board unless
(1) the vessel is validly registered for
				  another registration area and the Dungeness crab fishing season is open in that
				  area;
(2) the vessel complies with
				  5 AAC 32.020 and
				  5 AAC 32.030; and
(3) within 24 hours after the closure of the
				  area, the vessel operator contacts in person or by radio a local representative
				  of the department who is located at a landing port or at an inspection point
				  that is specified in this chapter or by the department, and the representative
				  has authorized the vessel operator to possess the Dungeness crab for a longer
				  period of time.