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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 34.340 - Registration Area H inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H initial inspection points are located
					 at Homer, Seldovia, and Seward. Reinspection points are located at Homer,
					 Seldovia, Seward, and Kodiak or at other locations specified by the
					 department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.400 - Description of Registration Area K

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area K consists of all Pacific Ocean waters
					 south of the latitude of Cape Douglas (58° 51.10' N. lat); west of 149°
					 W. long., and east of a line extending south from Cape Kumlik along 157°
					 27.00' W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.405 - Description of Registration Area K districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Northeast
				  District: all waters of Registration Area K northeast of a line extending from
				  Cape Barnabas at 57° 09.07' N. lat, 152° 52.20' W. long, to a point
				  offshore at 53° 26.20' N. lat., 151° 29,10' W. long., east of 153°
				  16.00' W. long, in Sitkalidak Strait, east of a line between Inner Point and
				  Afognak Point along 152° 47.75' W. long., east of 152° 30.00' W. long,
				  in Shuyak Strait, and east of a line extending north from Shuyak Island along
				  152° 20.00' W. long.
(b)
				  Southeast District: all waters of Registration Area K west of 153° 16.00'
				  W. long, in Sitkalidak Strait, west of a line extending from Cape Barnabas at
				  57° 09.07' N. lat., 152° 52.20' W. long, to a point offshore at 53°
				  26.20* N. lat., 151° 29.10' W. long., east of 156° 20.22' W. long.j and
				  south of a line extending from Cape Trinity at 56° 44.80' N. lat., 154°
				  08.90' W. long, to a point offshore at 55° 23.23* N. lat.. 156° 20.22'
				  W. long.
(c) Southwest District:
				  all waters of Registration Area K west of a line extending from Cape Trinity at
				  56° 44.80' N. lat., 154° 08.90' W. long, to a point offshore at 55°
				  23.23' N. lat., 156° 20.22' W. long., east of 156° 20.22' W. long., and
				  south of a line from Cape Ikolik at 57° 17.40' N. lat., 154° 47.40' W.
				  long, to the Alaska Peninsula, near Kilokak Rocks, at 57° 10.34' N. lat.,
				  156° 20.22' W. long.a including all of Alitak Bay and Olga Bay.
(d) Semidi Island District: all waters of
				  Registration Area K west of a line extending south from the Alaska Peninsula,
				  near Kilokak Rocks, along 156° 20.22' W. long. and east of a line extending
				  south from Cape Kumlik along 157° 27.00' W. long.
(e) Shelik of District: all waters of
				  Registration Area K north of a line from Cape Ikolik at 57° 17.40' N. lat.,
				  154° 47.40' W. long. to the Alaska Peninsula, near Kilokak Rocks, at
				  57° 10.34' N. lat., 156° 20.22' W. long., west of a line between Inner
				  Point and Afognak Point along 152° 47.75' W. long., west of 152° 30.00'
				  W. long. in Shuyak Strait, and west of a line extending north from Shuyak
				  Island along 152° 20.00' W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.406 - Area K registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area K is an exclusive
				  registration area for red and blue king crab and a nonexclusive registration
				  area for golden king crab.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.005(b),
				  5 AAC 34.020(e),
				  5 AAC 34.506, and (a) of this section, only a vessel
				  registered for the West Chignik District of Registration Area M may be used to
				  take king crab in the Semidi Island District of Registration Area K.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.410 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area K

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner may open and close, by
				  emergency order, a season for red and blue king crab beginning 12:00 noon
				  September 25.
(b) Repealed
				  8/14/2005.
(c) Male golden king
				  crab may be taken from January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a
				  permit issued by the commissioner.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.420 - Size limits for Registration Area K

Current through May 31, 2024
Only male red and blue king crab seven inches or greater,
					 and male golden king crab six and one-half inches or greater, in width of shell
					 may be taken or possessed, except that male king crab less than seven inches in
					 width of shell may be transported through or into the registration area for the
					 purpose of delivery to a processor. King crab may not be taken in the
					 registration area until after delivery of king crab taken in areas with minimum
					 sizes of less than seven inches.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.425 - Lawful gear for Registration Area K

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without
				  further harm.
(b) Each king crab
				  pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of
				  not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing.
(c) The following king crab pot limits are in
				  effect in Registration Area K:
(1) if the
				  projected guideline harvest level is more than 6,000,000 pounds, no more than
				  75 pots may be operated;
(2) if the
				  projected guideline harvest level is at least 3,000,000 but not more than
				  6,000,000 pounds, no more than 50 pots may be operated;
(3) if the projected guideline harvest level
				  is less than 3,000,000 pounds, no more than 25 pots may be operated.
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.427 - King crab pot storage requirements for Registration Area K

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 5 AAC 34.052, cone or pyramid king crab pots with all
					 bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored
					 in the water only from 30 days before the scheduled opening date of the
					 commercial king crab season in Registration Area K, until 30 days following the
					 closure of that season.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.440 - Registration Area K inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area K inspection points are located at Kodiak
					 or at other locations specified by the department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak) › 5 AAC 34.460 - Kodiak King Crab Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Kodiak king
				  crab fishery must be managed according to the guidelines set forth in this
				  section.
(b) To the extent possible
				  individual king crab stocks must be managed as a single unit throughout their
				  range. The department should avoid as much as possible small area closures that
				  will leave a portion of a stock open to fishing.
(c) Repealed 6/30/83.
(d) The department shall manage the harvest
				  during the season described in
				  5 AAC 34.410(a) (early season) so that
				  approximately 10 percent of the estimated harvest for each stock will be
				  retained to provide for a harvest during the season described in
				  5 AAC 34.410(b) (late
				  season).
(e) The late season will
				  open between November 15 and December 15, if a significant portion of the early
				  season harvest goals have been attained in the Northeast, Southeast, and
				  Southwest districts. The late season must open no later than December
				  15.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.500 - Description of Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area M consists of waters west of a line
					 extending south from Cape Kumlik along 157° 27.00' W. long. and east of a
					 line extending south from Scotch Cap Light along 164° 44.72' W. long.
					 Registration Area M also includes all waters of Bechevin Bay and Isanotski
					 Strait south of a line from the easternmost tip of Chunak Point to the
					 westernmost tip of Cape Krenitzen.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.505 - Description of Registration Area M districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unimak Bight
				  District: all waters of Registration Area M west of a line from Cape Pankofat
				  54° 39.60' N. lat., 163° 03.70' W. long. to Point Petraf at 54°
				  28.75' N. lat., 162° 49.42' W. long. and extending south from Point Petraf
				  along 162° 49.42' W. long.
(b)
				  Central District: all waters of Registration Area M east of a line from Cape
				  Pankof at 54° 39.60' N. lat, 163° 03.70' W. long, to Point Petrof at
				  54° 28.75' N. lat., 162° 49.42' W. long, and extending south from Point
				  Petrof along 162° 49.42' W. long., and west of a line from Kupreanof Point
				  at 55° 33.98' N. lat., 159° 35.88' W. long, to Castle Rock at 55°
				  16.80' N. lat., 159° 29.11' W. long, and extending to a point offshore at
				  54° 06.07' N. lat, 157° 27.00' W. long
(c) West Chignik District: all waters of
				  Registration Area M east of a line from Kupreanof Point at 55° 33.98' N.
				  lat., 159° 35.88' W. long, to Castle Rock at 55° 16.80' N. lat.,
				  159° 29.11' W. long, and extending to a point offshore at 54° 06.07' N.
				  lat., 157° 27.00' W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.506 - Area M registration

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area M is a superexclusive registration area.
					 A vessel registered to take king crab in the West Chignik District may not be
					 used to take king crab in any other king crab registration district in
					 Registration Area M during the same registration year.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.510 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner may open and close, by
				  emergency order, a season for red and blue king crab beginning 12:00 noon
				  September 25.
(b) Male golden king
				  crab may be taken from January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a
				  permit issued by the commissioner.
(c) Repealed 8/14/2005.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.520 - Size limits for Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Only male king crab six and one-half
				  inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(b) Repealed 8/14/2005.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.525 - Lawful gear for Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without
				  further harm.
(b) Each king crab
				  pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of
				  not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing.
(c) During the commercial king crab season in
				  Registration Area M, an aggregate of no more than 75 pots may be operated from
				  a vessel registered to fish for king crab, except that if the projected
				  guideline harvest level is less than 600,000 pounds, no more than 40 pots may
				  be operated.
(d) A vessel engaged
				  in taking or transporting king crab may not have on board an otter trawl with a
				  ground line or headline longer than 60 feet.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.527 - King crab pot storage requirements for Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 5 AAC 34.052, king crab pots may not be stored in the
					 water starting seven days following the closure of the South Peninsula and
					 Chignik District commercial Tanner crab seasons until the scheduled opening
					 date of the commercial king crab season in Registration Area
					 M.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.540 - Registration Area M inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area M inspection points are located at Kodiak
					 and Dutch Harbor or at other locations specified by the
					 department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 10 - Registration Area M (Alaska Peninsula) › 5 AAC 34.590 - Vessel length restrictions for Registration Area M

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the West
				  Chignik District, a vessel engaged in the commercial king crab fishery may not
				  be longer than 58 feet overall length.
(b) For the purposes of this section,
				  "overall length" means the straight line length between the extremities of the
				  vessel, excluding anchor rollers.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.600 - Description of Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area O has as its eastern boundary the
					 longitude of Scotch Cap Light (164° 44.72' W. long.), its western boundary
					 the Maritime Boundary Agreement Line as that line is described in the text of
					 and depicted in the annex to the Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United
					 States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Washington, June
					 1, 1990, and as that Maritime Boundary Agreement Line is depicted on
NOAA Chart #513
(7th Edition. June 2004) and
NOAA Chart
					 #514
(7th Edition, January 2004), adopted by reference, and its
					 northern boundary a line from the latitude of Cape Sarichef (54° 36' N.
					 lat.) to 171° W. long., north to 55° 30' N. lat., and west to the
					 Maritime Boundary Agreement Line.
Copies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
						Administration (NOAA) charts adopted by reference in
						5 AAC 34.600 can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased at
						NOAA's website at
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.html
.
						In addition, the charts are available for inspection at the Lieutenant
						Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.604 - Description of red king crab districts

Current through May 31, 2024
The districts for the commercial red king crab fishery in
					 Registration Area O are as follows:
(1) Dutch Harbor District: all waters of
				  Registration O between the longitude of Scotch Cap Light (164° 44.72' W.
				  long.) and 171° W. long.;
(2)
				  Adak District: all waters of Registration Area O between 171° W. long. and
				  179° W. long.;
(3) Petrel
				  District: all waters of Registration Area O west of 179° W. long.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.606 - Area O registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area O is a nonexclusive
				  registration area for all king crab.
(b) For the commercial red king crab fishery,
				  the vessel registration deadline for the registration year is 21 days before
				  that vessel begins fishing operations. Before a vessel may be registered under
				  this subsection, the vessel operator must obtain a CFEC interim-use permit for
				  Aleutian Islands king crab that references the vessel's ADF&G license
				  number and file a registration form with the department, except that a vessel
				  operator is not required to obtain a CFEC interim-use permit before filing a
				  registration form for the red king crab fishery in the Petrel District. The
				  registration form must identify the vessel and vessel operator and must be
				  received in person, or by mail or facsimile, at the department office in Dutch
				  Harbor or Kodiak by the deadline specified in this
				  subsection.
The registration form specified in
						5 AAC 34.606(b) may be sent by mail or
						facsimile to the department office in Dutch Harbor at Department of Fish and
						Game, P.O. Box 920587, Dutch Harbor, Alaska 99692-0587; Fax (907) 581-1572; or
						the department office in Kodiak at Department of Fish and Game, Division of
						Commercial Fisheries, 351 Research Court, Kodiak, Alaska 99615-7400; Fax: (907)
						486-1824.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.610 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner may open and close, by
				  emergency order, a season for male red king crab in the
(1) Adak District under
				  5 AAC 34.616, beginning 12:00 noon August 1 and ending
				  no later than 11:59 p.m. February 15:
(2) Petrel District and Dutch Harbor
				  District, beginning 12:00 noon October 15 and ending no later than 11:59 p.m.
				  February 15.
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.612 - Harvest levels for golden king crab in Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
In accordance with 5 AAC 34.080, the Aleutian Islands Area
					 golden king crab fishery shall be managed based on the following harvest
					 strategy:
(a) In that portion of the
				  Registration Area O east of 174° W. long., the total allowable catch level
				  shall be established as follows:
(1) if
				  MMAE is less than 25 percent of
				  MMAE(1985-2017), the fishery will not open;
(2) if MMAE is at
				  least 25 percent but not greater than 100 percent of
				  MMAE(1985-2017), the number of legal male golden king
				  crab available for harvest will be computed as (0.15) X
				  (MMAE/MMAE(1985-2017))X
				  (MMAE) or 25 percent of LMAE,
				  whichever is less; and
(3) if
				  MMAE is greater than 100 percent of
				  MMAE(1985-2017), the number of legal male golden king
				  crab available for harvest will be computed as (0.15) x
				  (MMAE) or 25 percent of LMAE,
				  whichever is less.
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.616 - Adak District red king crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Adak
				  District, based on the best scientific information available, if the department
				  determines that there is a harvestable surplus of
(1) red king crab available in the waters of
				  Alaska in the Adak District, the commissioner may, open, by emergency order, a
				  commercial red king crab lishery only in the waters of Alaska in the Adak
				  District under
				  5 AAC 34.610(a)(1);
(2) at least 250,000 pounds of red king crab
				  in the Adak District, the commissioner may open, by emergency order, a
				  commercial red king crab fishery in the entire Adak District under
				  5 AAC 34.610(a)(1).
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.620 - Size limits for Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male red king crab six and one-half
				  inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(b) Only male golden king crab six inches or
				  greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(c) Repealed 8/24/2002.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.625 - Lawful gear for Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without
				  further harm.
(b) Pots used to take
				  golden king crab
(1) must have at least four
				  circular escape rings of five and one-half inches minimum inside diameter
				  installed on the vertical plane or have at least one-third of one vertical
				  surface of the pot composed of not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing
				  to permit the escapement of undersized golden king crab;
(2) may be operated only from a shellfish
				  longline; a buoy is not required for each pot, but each end of the longline
				  must be marked by a cluster of four buoys; one buoy in the cluster must be
				  marked in accordance with
				  5 AAC 34.051 and have the initials "SL" to identify it
				  as a shellfish longline; for purposes of this subsection "a shellfish longline"
				  is a stationary, buoyed, and anchored line with at least 10 shellfish pots
				  attached; and
(3) notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 39.145, may have an opening that is laced, sewn,
				  or secured together by a single length of untreated, 100 percent cotton twine
				  no larger than 60 thread; the cotton twine may be knotted at each end only; the
				  opening must be within six inches of, and parallel with, the bottom of the pot;
				  the cotton twine may not be tied or looped around web bars.
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.627 - King crab gear storage requirements for Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.052, and except as described in (b) of this
				  section, during the closed season for king crab in Registration Area O, king
				  crab pots must be removed from the water except, with all doors fully open and
				  with all bait containers removed,
(1) single
				  line king crab pots may be stored in waters 25 fathoms or less in depth;
				  and
(2) longline king crab pots may
				  be stored in waters 75 fathoms or less in depth.
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.628 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.053, and except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, a person or vessel that operates longline, trawl, or pot gear in
				  waters less than 125 fathoms in depth in a commercial, subsistence, personal
				  use, or sport fishery in that portion of Registration Area O open to commercial
				  red king crab fishing 30 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of
				  the commercial red king crab fishery may not participate in the commercial red
				  king crab fishery.
(b) The
				  provisions of
				  5 AAC 34.053(1),
				  5 AAC 35.053(1), and (a) of this
				  section do not apply to a person or vessel participating in the Adak District
				  commercial red king crab fishery, except that a vessel may not participate in
				  the Adak commercial red king crab fishery if pot, trawl, or longline is
				  operated from that vessel during the seven days before the scheduled opening of
				  the fishery.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.640 - Registration Area O inspections and inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Inspection
				  points in Registration Area O are located at Dutch Harbor and at additional
				  locations if specified by the department.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.030(a), for Registration Area
				  O a registered king crab vessel must, when required by the department. have its
				  holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the
				  department at Dutch Harbor or additional locations specified by the department
				  within 72 hours before taking or processing king crab.
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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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.641 - Landing requirements for Registration Area O

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  11/6/96.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.031(e), in waters subject to
				  the jurisdiction of the state, following the closure of Registration Area O to
				  the taking of a specified species of king crab, a king crab vessel validly
				  registered for Registration Area O may not have that species of king crab on
				  board after 72 hours following the closure if delivery is made to Dutch Harbor,
				  Akutan, or King Cove, except that a vessel delivering to King Cove may request
				  additional time to deliver king crab using the procedure described in (c)(1) of
				  this section.
(c) If a vessel is
				  delivering king crab to a location east of King Cove, or if the vessel owner,
				  or the owner's agent, wishes to request additional time to deliver king crab to
				  King Cove under (b) of this section, the
(1)
				  vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall contact, by radio or telephone, a
				  representative of the department in Dutch Harbor within 72 hours following the
				  closure described in (b) of this section;
(2) representative of the department in Dutch
				  Harbor shall grant a reasonable amount of additional time for the vessel to
				  reach the port of delivery; the amount of additional time shall be determined
				  under the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing grounds immediately
				  after the closure and proceeded directly to the processing location, except
				  that additional time may be allowed for a vessel to stop en route and offload
				  the vessel's crab pots at a storage facility if the vessel operator first
				  contacts a representative of the department in Dutch Harbor and provides
				  information on the location of the storage facility, the expected time of gear
				  placement at that facility, and the expected time the vessel will depart the
				  storage facility en route to the port of delivery.
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 11 - Registration Area O (Aleutian Islands Area) › 5 AAC 34.690 - Vessel length restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may
				  not be taken from the waters of Unalaska Bay enclosed by a line from Cape
				  Cheerful (54º N. lat., 166º 40.33' W. long.) to Priest Rock (54º
				  N. lat., 166º 22.50' W. long.) by vessels over 50 feet, U.S. Coast Guard
				  registered length or 58 feet overall length.
(b) In the remaining waters of Registration
				  Area O east of 171º W. long., not specified in (a) of this section, king
				  crab may not be taken by vessels over 58 feet overall length when the guideline
				  harvest level is 1,000,000 pounds or less.
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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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.800 - Description of Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area T has as its northern boundary the
					 latitude of Cape Newenham (58º 39' N. lat.), as its southern boundary the
					 latitude of Cape Sarichef (54º 36' N. lat.), and as its western boundary
					 168º W. long., and includes all waters of Bristol Bay.
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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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.806 - Area T registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area T is an exclusive
				  registration area.
(b) For the red
				  king crab fishery, the preseason vessel registration deadline for the
				  registration year is 5:00 p.m. September 24. Before a vessel may be preseason
				  registered under this subsection, the vessel operator must file a preseason
				  registration form with the department. The preseason registration form must
				  identify the vessel and vessel operator, and must be received in person, by
				  mail, electronic mail, or facsimile, at the department office in Dutch Harbor
				  or Kodiak by the deadline specified in this subsection.
The registration form specified in 5 AAC 34.806(b) may be
						sent by mail or facsimile to the department office in Dutch Harbor at
						Department of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 920587, Dutch Harbor, Alaska 99692-0521 ;
						Fax: (907) 581-1572; or email: dfg.dutchharbour@alaska.gov or the department
						office in Kodiak at Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial
						Fisheries, 351 Research Court, Kodiak, Alaska 99615-7400; Fax: (907)
						486-1824.
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						16.05.251
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.810 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male red king crab may be taken only from
				  12:00 noon October 15 through 11:59 p.m. January 15.
(b) Male golden king crab may be taken from
				  January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.
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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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.816 - Bristol Bay red king crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In accordance
				  with 5 AAC 34.080, the Bristol Bay red
				  king crab fishery shall be managed based on the following harvest strategy:
(1) the threshold level of abundance is
				  8,400,000 mature female red king crab and 14,500,000 pounds of effective
				  spawning biomass; the Bristol Bay red king crab season may open only if
				  analysis of preseason survey data indicates that the population of red king
				  crab exceeds both of these indices of stock reproductive potential; the Bristol
				  Bay red king crab season will not open if preseason survey data indicates that
				  the population is at or below either of these two indices;
(2) if the Bristol Bay red king crab season
				  is open under (1) of this subsection and the effective spawning biomass is at
				  least 14,500,000 pounds, but less than 34,750,000 pounds, the number of legal
				  male red king crab available for harvest will be no more than 10 percent of the
				  mature male red king crab abundance or no more than 50 percent of the
				  legal-sized male red king crab abundance, whichever is less;
(3) if the Bristol Bay red king crab season
				  is open under (1) of this subsection and the effective spawning biomass is at
				  least 34,750,000 pounds, but less than 55,000,000 pounds, the number of legal
				  male red king crab available for harvest will be no more than 12.5 percent of
				  the mature male red king crab abundance or no more than 50 percent of the
				  legal-sized male red king crab abundance, whichever is less;
(4) if the Bristol Bay red king crab season
				  is open under (1) of this subsection and the effective spawning biomass is
				  55,000,000 pounds or more, the number of legal male red king crab available for
				  harvest will be no more than 15 percent of the mature male red king crab
				  abundance or no more than 50 percent of the legal-sized male red king crab
				  abundance, whichever is less;
(5)
				  when applying this harvest strategy, the department shall consider the
				  reliability of the estimates of abundance of red king crab, other factors
				  necessary to be consistent with sustained yield principles, and the best
				  scientific information available.
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.820 - Size limits for Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male red king crab six and one-half
				  inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(b) Repealed 8/24/2002.
(c) Only male golden king crab five and
				  one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or
				  possessed.
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						16.05.251
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.825 - Lawful gear for Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without
				  further harm.
(b) Each king crab
				  pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of
				  not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing.
(c) Each pot used to take golden king crab
				  must have at least four circular escape rings of not less than five and
				  one-half inches inside diameter installed on the vertical plane or have at
				  least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of not less than
				  nine-inch stretched mesh webbing to permit the escapement of undersize golden
				  king crab.
(d) Repealed
				  8/8/99.
(e) Repealed
				  8/8/99.
(f) At the time of tank
				  inspection required under
				  5 AAC 34.030, the gear must meet all specifications
				  required by this chapter and 5 AAC 39, including identification, escape
				  mechanisms, and mesh size requirements.
(g) A vessel engaged in taking or
				  transporting king crab may not have on board an otter trawl with a ground line
				  or headline longer than 60 feet.
(h) Repealed 8/15/2008.
(i) Repealed 8/14/2005.
(j) Repealed 8/14/2005.
(k) In Registration Area T, the operator of a
				  vessel that is registered for the red king crab fishery may have on board the
				  vessel no more than 10 groundfish pots, as defined in
				  5 AAC 28.050(e). Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.050(1), red king crab taken
				  from these pots may be legally retained.
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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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.827 - King crab pot storage requirements for Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the provisions of
				  5 AAC 34.052, in Registration Area T, king crab pots may
				  be stored in waters north of 57º N. lat., south of 58º N. lat., east
				  of 166º W. long., and west of 164º W. long. during the closed
				  commercial king crab season.
(b)
				  Repealed 8/14/2005.
(c) Repealed
				  8/14/2005.
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						16.05.251
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.840 - Registration Area T inspection points and requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration
				  Area T inspection points are located at Dutch Harbor or at other locations
				  specified by the department.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.030, in Registration Area T within 30 hours
				  before a season opening or at any time during the open season before taking or
				  processing king crab, a king crab vessel registered for Registration Area T
				  must, when required by the department, have all holds or live tanks inspected
				  by a local representative of the department at inspection points specified in
				  this section. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, king crab may not be
				  on board the vessel at the time of inspection. Successful completion of the
				  inspection validates the vessel's registration for Registration Area T. During
				  the period 30 hours before the season opening in Registration Area T until the
				  season closure, the inspection requirements of this section do not apply to a
				  registered king crab vessel that does not have a saltwater circulation system
				  in its holds or live tanks. If an inspection is not required, completion of the
				  registration form validates the registration
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						16.05.251
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.841 - Landing requirements for Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.031(e) (3), following the
				  closure of Registration Area T to the taking of a specified species of king
				  crab, a vessel validly registered for that area may not have that species of
				  king crab on board the vessel in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  state, if delivery is made to
(1) Dutch
				  Harbor, Akutan, or King Cove, after 30 hours following the closure;
(2) Adak, the Pribilof Islands, or a location
				  east of King Cove,
(A) the vessel owner, or
				  the owner's agent, shall contact, by radio or telephone, a representative of
				  the department in Dutch Harbor within 30 hours following the closure;
				  and
(B) the representative of the
				  department in Dutch Harbor shall grant a reasonable amount of additional time
				  for the vessel to reach the port of delivery; the amount of additional time
				  shall be determined under the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing
				  grounds immediately following the closure and proceeded directly to the
				  processing location.
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 13 - Registration Area T (Bristol Bay) › 5 AAC 34.842 - Catch information reporting in Registration Area T

Current through May 31, 2024
If requested by the department, the operator of a vessel
					 registered to take king crab in Registration Area T may report up to every 12
					 hours to a local representative of the department information that the
					 department has determined is useful for the purpose of managing the harvest of
					 king crab.
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						16.05.251
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 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.900 - Description of Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area Q has as its southern boundary a line
					 from 54° 36' N. lat., 168° W. long., to 54° 36' N. lat., 171°
					 W. long., to 55° 30' N. lat., 171° W. long., to 55° 30' N. lat.,
					 173° 30' E. long., as its northern boundary the latitude of Point Hope
					 (68° 21' N. lat.), as its eastern boundary a line from 54° 36' N. lat.,
					 168° W. long., to 58° 39' N. lat., 168° W. long., to Cape Newenham
					 (58° 39' N. lat.), and as its western boundary the Maritime Boundary
					 Agreement Line as that line is described in the text of and depicted in the
					 annex to the Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United States and the
					 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Washington, June 1, 1990, and as
					 that Maritime Boundary Agreement Line is depicted on
NOAA Chart
					 #513
(7th Edition, June 2004) and
NOAA Chart #514
(7th
					 Edition, January 2004), adopted by reference.
Copies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
						Administration (NOAA) charts adopted by reference in
						5 AAC 34.900 can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased at
						NOAA's website at
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.html
.
						In addition, the charts are available for inspection at the Lieutenant
						Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska.
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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 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.905 - Description of Registration Area Q districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/14/80.
(b) Pribilof District:
				  waters of Registration Area Q south of the latitude of Cape Newenham (58º
				  39' N. lat.).
(c) Northern
				  District: waters of Registration Area Q north of the latitude of Cape Newenham
				  (58º 39' N. lat.).
(1) Norton Sound
				  Section: waters, north of the latitude of Cape Romanzof (61º 49' N. lat.)
				  and south of 66º N. lat.);
(2)
				  Saint Matthew Island Section: waters north of the latitude of Cape Newenham
				  (58º 39' N. lat.) and south of the latitude of Cape Romanzof (61º 49'
				  N. lat.);
(3) Kotzebue Sound
				  Section: all remaining waters of the district.
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 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.906 - Area Q registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area Q is a nonexclusive
				  registration area, except that the Norton Sound Section of the Northern
				  District is a superexclusive registration area.
(b) In the Pribil of District and the St.
				  Matthew Island Section of the Northern District,
(1) for the red and blue king crab fishery,
				  the vessel preseason registration deadline for the registration year is 5:00
				  p.m. August 24;
(2) for the golden
				  king crab fishery, the vessel registration deadline for the registration year
				  is 21 days before the vessel begins fishing operations.
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 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.910 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After an opening time and date for taking
				  king crab set forth in (b) - (d) of this section, no person may possess or
				  transport aboard any registered king crab vessel or any tender, any species of
				  king crab until the vessel has complied with the inspection provisions of
				  5 AAC 34.030(b).
(b) In the Pribilof District,
(1) male red and blue king crab may be taken
				  only from 12:00 noon October 15 through 11:59 p.m. January 15;
(2) repealed 8/24/2002;
(3) male golden king crab may be taken from
				  January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.