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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.112 - Minimum legal size for clams in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no minimum legal size for razor clams in
					 Registration Area A.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.120 - Fishing seasons for scallops (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
At its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, and in accordance
						with 5 AAC 39.210, the Board of
						Fisheries reviewed the commissioner of fish and game's amendment of
						5 AAC 38.120, which took effect 6/27/93, and,
						additionally, repealed the entire section effective 7/23/94, Register
						131.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.130 - Fishing seasons for abalone in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Abalone may be taken or possessed from October 1 through
					 May 15.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.131 - Abalone size limit and landing requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Abalone four inches (102 mm) or larger in greatest diameter of shell may be
				  taken or possessed.
(b) The shells
				  of abalone may be removed only at locations specified on the permit issued
				  under 5 AAC 38.133. The vessel operator
				  shall notify a local representative of the department when changing locations
				  of abalone shucking operations.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.132 - Gear for abalone in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Abalone may be taken by diving gear and abalone
					 iron.
Authority:
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						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.133 - Abalone fishing permits for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Abalone fishing
				  may be conducted only under authority of a permit issued by the commissioner.
				  The permit may specify reporting requirements and additional harvest
				  restrictions.
(b) Before engaging
				  in the subsistence abalone fishery, a commercial abalone fisherman shall return
				  the commercial permit to the department and land the commercial catch in
				  possession. A person that returns a permit to the department during the open
				  commercial abalone fishing season may not obtain another permit until 30 days
				  after the closure of the commercial abalone fishing season.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.134 - Closed waters for abalone in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to commercial abalone
					 fishing:
(1) District 1, north of the
				  latitude of Kirk Point;
(2)
				  District 2, north of the latitude of Chasina Point;
(3) waters of Districts 3 and 4 enclosed by a
				  line beginning at a point on the western shore of Prince of Wales Island at the
				  latitude of Cape Lynch, then to Cape Lynch to Cape Ulitka to Point Santa
				  Gertrudis to Point Cangrejo to Bocas Point, then along the shoreline of Suemez
				  Island to Lantana Point to Divers Island Light to Divers Point, then along the
				  shoreline of Dall Island to Cape Muzon to Point Marsh, and then north along the
				  western shore of Prince of Wales Island to the beginning point;
(4) District 5, south of the latitude of Cape
				  Decision and west of 134º W. long.;
(5) District 9, south of the latitude of Cape
				  Decision;
(6) District 13, south of
				  the latitude of Neva Point Light and north of the latitude of Dorothy
				  Narrows.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.135 - Guideline harvest ranges for abalone in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
The guideline harvest ranges for the taking of abalone
					 are
(1) for District 13: 8,000 pounds;
				  and
(2) for all other districts:
				  25,000 to 50,000 pounds.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.140 - Southeastern Alaska Sea Cucumber Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A permit
				  described under
				  5 AAC 38.062 is not required for the taking of sea
				  cucumbers in Registration Area A.
(b) Sea cucumbers may be taken from the first
				  Monday in October through March 31 during the weekly fishing period established
				  by emergency order. The weekly fishing period will occur on Mondays from 8:00
				  a.m until 3:00 p.m. and on Tuesdays from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, except
				  that
(1) during the week of Thanksgiving, the
				  weekly fishing period will occur on Sunday from 8:00 a.m until 3:00 p.m. and on
				  Monday from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon;
(2) beginning in November, the commissioner
				  may, by emergency order, extend or shorten a weekly fishing period in an area
				  in order to obtain the guideline harvest level in that area;
(3) during the week of Christmas and New
				  Year's Day, the department may modify the days of the weekly fishing period by
				  emergency order so that the fishing period does not fall on the holiday and
				  does not add additional days to the weekly fishing period.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.146 - Registration requirements for red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and geoducks in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area A is a registration
				  area for red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and geoducks. The registration
				  management areas for geoducks are described as follows:
(1) Southern Management Area: Districts 1 -
				  8; and
(2) Northern Management
				  Area: Districts 9 - 16.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.147 - Dive gear restrictions for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 38.054, a person may use dive gear to fish
				  commercially for other shellfish and miscellaneous shellfish during the 14 days
				  immediately before the scheduled opening date of a commercial red sea urchin
				  fishery except that a person who participates in that fishery may not during
				  that period use dive gear for subsistence, personal use, or sport dive
				  fishing.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 38.054, a person who uses dive gear to fish in a
				  commercial red sea urchin fishery may fish in other commercial shellfish and
				  miscellaneous shellfish dive fisheries within the 14-day period specified in
				  5 AAC 38.054.
(c) In Registration Area A, a person who or
				  vessel that operates dive gear during any time period specified in
				  5 AAC 38.054(a), except as provided in
				  5 AAC 38.054(b), may not participate in
				  any commercial, sport, personal use, or subsistence dive fishery for 28 days
				  following the use of dive gear.
At its January 21 - 31, 1997 meeting, and in accordance
						with 5 AAC 39.210, the Board of
						Fisheries approved the commissioner of fish and game's adoption of
						5 AAC 38.147, which took effect
						12/8/96.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.148 - Transporting red sea urchins in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area A, the commissioner may require a
					 person to obtain a transport permit from the department before transporting
					 unprocessed red sea urchins from Registration Area A, if the commissioner
					 determines that the call-in reporting process is inadequate. Before issuing a
					 transport permit, a local representative of the department shall inspect the
					 unprocessed urchins and the fish tickets, and take biological samples of the
					 urchins. The department shall conduct the inspections and sampling in Ketchikan
					 or at other locations specified by the department. A person shall request the
					 inspections and sampling by contacting the department office in Ketchikan in
					 person, by telephone, or by radio from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday
					 through Friday, excluding state holidays.
For the purposes of
						5 AAC 38.148, the department's Ketchikan office is
						located at 2030 Sea Level Drive, Suite 205, Ketchikan, Alaska and the telephone
						number for the office is (907) 225-5195. Before Register 183, October 2007, the
						substance of
						5 AAC 38.148 appeared in
						5 AAC 39.130(n).
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 38.150 - Octopus Bycatch Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Octopus may
				  only be taken as incidental bycatch in Registration Area A in pot and longline
				  gear fisheries.
(b) The guideline
				  harvest range for octopus in Registration Area A is 0 - 35,000
				  pounds.
(c) The maximum bycatch
				  allowance for octopus that may be on board a vessel operating
(1) pot gear is 35 percent by weight of the
				  whole weight of the targeted species on board the vessel; and
(2) longline gear is 15 percent by weight of
				  the round weight of groundfish or halibut on board the vessel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.160 - Description of Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area D (Yakutat) has as its western boundary
					 the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.) and as its southern
					 boundary a line extending seaward from the western tip of Cape Fairweather, at
					 58º 47.89' N. lat., 137º 56.68' W. long., to the intersection with
					 the seaward limit of the three-nautical-mile territorial sea at 58º 45.91'
					 N. lat., 138º 01.53' W. long.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.161 - Description of Registration Area D districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Yakataga
				  District: waters between the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.)
				  and the longitude of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.).
(b) Yakutat District: waters between the
				  longitude of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.) and a line running southwest
				  from the westernmost tip of Cape Fairweather.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.165 - Fishing seasons for clams in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no closed season on clams, except that clam
					 harvesting may be conducted only under the terms of a permit issued by the
					 commissioner. The permit may specify the species to be harvested, method of
					 fishing, area of operation, harvest levels and other related
					 information.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.167 - Fishing seasons for scallops in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
In Scallop Registration Area D, described in
					 5 AAC 38.076(b) (2), weathervane
					 scallops may be taken only from July 1 through February 15 unless the season is
					 closed by emergency order. When the season is closed under
					 5 AAC 38.168, a person may take weathervane scallops
					 only if the department issues the person a permit under
					 5 AAC 38.076(e) for exploratory fishing
					 for new scallop beds.
At its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, and in accordance
						with 5 AAC 39.210, the Board of
						Fisheries reviewed the commissioner of fish and game's amendment of
						5 AAC 38.167, which took effect 6/27/93, and,
						additionally, amended that regulation effective 7/23/94, Register
						131.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.168 - Guideline harvest range for the taking of scallops in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
In Scallop Registration Area D, described in
					 5 AAC 38.076(b) (2), the guideline
					 harvest range for the taking of weathervane scallops is 0 - 285,000 pounds of
					 shucked meat.
At its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, and in accordance
						with 5 AAC 39.210, the Board of
						Fisheries approved the commissioner of fish and game's adoption of 5 AAC 38.168, which took effect 6/27/93, and, additionally, amended that regulation
						effective 7/23/94, Register 131.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 38.180 - Closed waters for scallops in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
The waters of Yakutat Bay east of a line from the
					 easternmost tip of Ocean Cape at 59º 32.05' N. lat., 139º 52.03' W.
					 long. to the southernmost tip of Point Manby at 59º 41.07' N. lat.,
					 140º 18.06' W. long. are closed to the taking of scallops.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.200 - Description of Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area E has as its western boundary a line
					 running along the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long.,
					 south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58° 51.10' N.lat., then west to
					 149° W. long., then south along 149° W. long., and as its eastern
					 boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.205 - Description of Registration Area E districts and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Inside
				  District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area enclosed by lines from
				  Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Zaikof Point, and
				  from Cape Cleare to Cape Puget.
(b)
				  Outside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area that are seaward
				  of the Inside District and between a line running along the longitude of Cape
				  Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at
				  58° 51.10' N.lat., then west to 149° W. long., then south along
				  149° W. long., and the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long. The
				  Outside District sections are as follows:
(1)
				  Eastern Section: all waters of the Outside District east of 147° W. long.,
				  with the following subsections:
(A) East
				  Kayak Subsection: waters between 144° W. long. and the longitude of the
				  Cape Saint Elias lighthouse at 144° 35.90' W. long., and south of Kayak
				  Island;
(B) West Kayak Subsection:
				  waters between 146° W. long. and the longitude of the Cape Saint Elias
				  lighthouse at 144° 35.90' W. long., and north of Kayak Island;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.206 - Area E registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 38.020(a) (1), Registration Area
				  E is a separate registration area for all miscellaneous shellfish.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 38.062(a), a commercial clam
				  fishery in Registration Area E may only be conducted under a commissioner's
				  permit as specified in
				  5 AAC 38.062.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.210 - Fishing seasons for clams and mussels in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no closed season for clams and
					 mussels.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.211 - Gear for clams in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Razor clams may be taken by shovels and
				  forks.
(b) Butter clams
(Saxidomus giganteus)
and littleneck clams
(Protothaca
				  staminea)
may be taken by shovels, forks, or floating hydraulic clam
				  diggers.
(c) Hydraulic or
				  mechanical clam diggers may be used to take razor clams only in the western
				  Copper River Delta and Orca Inlet under a commissioner's permit issued under
				  5 AAC 38.050(b).
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.214 - Closed waters for clams in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
Razor clams may not be taken from Kanak Island for any
					 purposes other than for human consumption as food.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.215 - Guideline harvest levels for clams in Registration Area E (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.217 - Registration Area E Octopus Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration
				  Area E, octopus may only be taken as bycatch in pot, trawl, and longline gear
				  fisheries as described in this section.
(b) The guideline harvest range for octopus
				  in Registration Area E is 0 - 35,000 pounds; when the guideline harvest level
				  has been reached, the commissioner shall close, by emergency order,
				  Registration Area E to the retention of octopus.
(c) Octopus may be retained as bycatch only
				  in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, by weight, of the directed harvest on
				  board the vessel, except that in a directed fishery for shrimp, octopus may be
				  retained in an amount not to exceed 35 percent, by weight, of the shrimp on
				  board the vessel.
(d) Octopus
				  retained for sale or for personal use shall be reported on a fish ticket as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 39.130.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.220 - Fishing seasons for scallops in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
In Scallop Registration Area E, weathervane scallops may be
					 taken only in the Eastern Section of the Outside District from July 1 through
					 February 15, unless the season is closed by emergency order.
At its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, and in accordance
						with 5 AAC 39.210, the Board of
						Fisheries reviewed the commissioner of fish and game's amendment of
						5 AAC 38.220, which took effect 6/27/93, and,
						additionally, amended that regulation effective 7/23/94, Register
						131.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.221 - Guideline harvest range for the taking of scallops in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
In Scallop Registration Area E, the guideline harvest range
					 for weathervane scallops is 0 - 50,000 pounds of shucked scallop
					 meat.
In accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board of
						Fisheries in
						5 AAC 39.210, the board, at its March 14 - 28, 1994
						meeting, approved without change, the commissioner of fish and game's adoption
						of 5 AAC 38.221, which took effect
						6/27/93.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 38.224 - Closed waters for scallops in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
Scallops may not be taken in the waters enclosed by a line
					 running along the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long. to a point at
					 60° N. lat., then west along 60° N. lat. to a point at 146° W.
					 long., then north along 146° W. long. until it intersects a line drawn
					 between Point Bentinck and Point Whitshed.
Authority:
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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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.300 - Description of Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H has as its eastern boundary the
					 longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W. long.) and as its southern
					 boundary the latitude of Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N.
					 lat.).
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.305 - Description of Registration Area H districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, districts are as described in
				  5 AAC 21.200.
(b) For clams and mussels, the subdistricts
				  in the Southern District (Kachemak Bay) are described as follows:
(1) Subdistrict 1: All waters of Kachemak Bay
				  east of a line from the mouth of Fritz Creek at 59º 40.75' N. lat.,
				  151º 22.30' W. long. to the west end of Glacier Spit at 59º 38.50' N.
				  lat., 151º 12.30' W. long., including Chugachik Island;
(2) Subdistrict 2: All waters of Kachemak Bay
				  enclosed by a line from the west end of Glacier Spit at 59º 38.50' N.
				  lat., 151º 12.30' W. long. to 60-Foot Rock to Anisom Point, including
				  China Poot Bay and Halibut Cove;
(3) Subdistrict 3-A: All waters of Kachemak
				  Bay enclosed by a line from Anisom Point to 60-Foot Rock and west to 59º
				  33' N. lat., 151º 32' W. long. and south to the west end of Hesketh Island
				  at 59º 30.30' N. lat. to 151º 32' W. long. and from the east end of
				  Hesketh Island east along 59º 30.50' N. lat., 151º 23' W. long. and
				  south to the head of Sadie Cove at 59º 27.70' N. lat., 151º 20.60' W.
				  long., including Yukon Island and the northern and eastern beaches of Sadie
				  Cove;
(4) Subdistrict 3-B: All
				  waters of Kachemak Bay enclosed by a line from the head of Sadie Cove at
				  59º 27.70' N. lat., 151º 20.60' W. long. north to 59º 30.50' N.
				  lat., 151º 23' W. long. and west along 59º 30.50' N. lat. to the east
				  end of Hesketh Island and south to 59º 27.20' N. lat., 151º 24.75' W.
				  long. and south to the head of Tutka Bay at 59º 24.80' N. lat., 151º
				  17.20' W. long., including the southern and western beaches of Sadie Cove and
				  the eastern and southern beaches of Tutka Bay;
(5) Subdistrict 4: All waters of Kachemak Bay
				  enclosed by a line from the head of Tutka Bay at 59º 24.80' N. lat.,
				  151º 17.20' W. long. north to 59º 27.20' N. lat., 151º 24.75' W.
				  long. and north to the east end of Hesketh Island at 59º 30.50' N. lat.,
				  151º 30' W. long. and from the west end of Hesketh Island at 59º
				  30.30' N. lat., 151º 32' W. long. to Barabara Point, including the Herring
				  Islands, Jakolof and Kasitsna Bays, and the northern and western beaches of
				  Tutka Bay.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.306 - Area H registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 38.020(a) (1), Registration Area
				  H is a separate registration area for all miscellaneous shellfish.
(b) The registration deadline for the
				  registration year for the clam and mussel fishery in the Southern District of
				  Registration Area H is April 1.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.310 - Fishing seasons for clams in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding
					 5 AAC 38.062(a), and unless otherwise
					 provided for in this chapter, all hardshell clam and razor clam species may be
					 taken only under the terms of a permit issued by the commissioner. In the
					 permit the commissioner may
(1)
				  specify the depth of fishing gear used;
(2) specify the area for fishing;
(3) require the use of logbooks provided for
				  by the department and that the logbooks be attached to a fish ticket when the
				  fish are landed; and
(4) set out
				  any other conditions that the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion,
				  determines are necessary for the conservation or management of this
				  fishery.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.311 - Gear for clams in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Razor and hardshell clams may be taken
				  with shovels and forks.
(b) Permits
				  may be issued by the commissioner under
				  5 AAC 38.050(b) authorizing the taking
				  of hardshell clams by mechanical or hydraulic clam diggers in specific
				  locations.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.314 - Closed waters for clams and mussels in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Razor clams may
				  not be taken on the east side of Cook Inlet from the Kenai River to the end of
				  the Homer Spit.
(b) Razor clams may
				  not be taken from the Polly Creek certified beach (from Redoubt Point at
				  60º 17.25' N. lat., 152º 25' W. long., south to 60º 13' N. lat.,
				  152º 34' W. long.) for any purpose other than for human
				  consumption.
(c)
(1) The following waters are closed to the
				  commercial harvest of all calm and mussel species:
(A) Mallard Bay, enclosed by a line from
				  59º 40.10' N. lat., 151º 08.10' W. long. to 59º 40.70' N. lat.,
				  151º 07.20' W. long.;
(B)
				  Rusty's Lagoon, enclosed by a line from 59º 36.30' N. lat., 151º
				  11.30' W. long. to 59º 37.30' N. lat., 151º 11.70' W.
				  long.;
(C) Halibut Cove Lagoon,
				  enclosed by a line from 59º 35.10' N. lat., 151º 10.80' W. long. to
				  59º 35.10' N. lat., 151º 11.40' W. long.;
(D) the head of Sadie Cove, enclosed by a
				  line from 59º 27.90' N. lat., 151º 20.30' W. long. to 59º 27.90'
				  N. lat., 151º 21.30' W. long.;
(E) the head of Tutka Bay, enclosed by a line
				  from 59º 24.60' N. lat., 151º 17.80' W. long. to 59º 25.10' N.
				  lat., 151º 17.80' W. long.;
(F) waters of China Poot Bay east of a line
				  from 59º 33.90' N. lat., 151º 17.50' W. long. to 59º 33.40' N.
				  lat., 151º 17.50' W. long.;
(G) the intertidal beach along Shipwreck Cove
				  in China Poot Bay enclosed by a line from 59º 34.34' N. lat., 151º
				  18.11' W. long., to 59º 34.26' N. lat., 151º 17.96' W. long., to
				  59º 34.20' N. lat., 151º 17.94' W. long., to 59º 34.19' N. lat.,
				  151º 17.81' W. long., to 59º 34.13' N. lat., 151º 17.75' W.
				  long., to 59º 34.13' N. lat., 151º 17.77' W. long., to 59º
				  34.19' N. lat., 151º 17.96' W. long., to 59º 34.26' N. lat.,
				  151º 17.98' W. long., to 59º 34.33' N. lat., 151º 18.14' W.
				  long., as marked by ADF&G regulatory markers located in the upper
				  intertidal area;
(H) the intertidal
				  beach by Otter Rock in Peterson Bay enclosed by a line from 59º 34.78' N.
				  lat., 151º 17.84' W. long., to 59º 34.70' N. lat., 151º 17.68'
				  W. long., to 59º 34.79' N. lat., 151º 17.68' W. long., as marked by
				  ADF&G regulatory markers located in the upper intertidal area;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.318 - Southern District Hardshell Clam and Mussel Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the
				  Southern District described in
				  5 AAC 38.305(b), clams and mussels may
				  be taken from March 16 through May 14 and September 16 through October 31 at
				  any time. From May 15 through September 15, clams and mussels may be taken only
				  from 1:00 a.m. Monday through 11:00 p.m. Friday.
(b) Repealed 7/1/2006.
(c) The subdistricts of the Southern District
				  will be open to commercial fishing in alternate years as follows:
(1) Subdistricts 1 and 3-B: odd-numbered
				  calendar years;
(2) Subdistricts 2,
				  3-A, and 4: even-numbered calendar years;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.320 - Fishing seasons for scallops in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
In Scallop Registration Area H, weathervane scallops may be
					 taken or possessed in the Kamishak District from August 15 through October 31.
					 In all other districts, from January 1 through December 31, a person may
					 harvest weathervane scallops if the department issues the person a permit under
					 5 AAC 38.076(e) for exploratory fishing
					 for new scallop beds.
In accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board of
						Fisheries in
						5 AAC 39.210, the board, at its March 14 - 28, 1994
						meeting, approved, without change, the commissioner of fish and game's
						amendment of
						5 AAC 38.320, which took effect
						6/27/93.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.322 - Gear for scallops in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Kamishak, Southern, and Central Districts, scallops
					 may be taken only with a single dredge. The opening of a dredge may not be more
					 than six feet in width.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.324 - Closed waters for scallops in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Scallops may not be taken in the following waters:
(1) Cook Inlet north of a line from Cape
				  Douglas to Point Adam, except for the Kamishak District;
(2) inshore from a line from Point Adam to
				  Cape Elizabeth then to the southwestern point of Perl Island then to the
				  southern point of East Chugach Island then to Gore Point;
(3) Nuka Bay inside a line from Yalik Point
				  to 59º 27.50' N. lat., 150º 22.83' W. long.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.327 - Kamishak Bay District scallop management plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Kamishak
				  Bay District, an operator of a vessel fishing for scallops must complete
				  logbook pages issued by the department immediately after each tow and return
				  the completed pages to the department either by mail or facsimile as specified
				  in the permit issued by the department at the time of registration.
(b) Catch reports must be submitted to the
				  department as specified in the permit by the department at the time of
				  registration.
(c) A vessel operator
				  or an onboard observer must randomly select 100 scallop top valves collected
				  from each trip or during each five-day fishing period and deliver the top
				  valves to the department following each trip.
(d) Participants must check in with the
				  department before fishing, and check out before departing the management area.
				  Check in and check out contacts will be specified by the department at the time
				  of registration.
(e) Unless an
				  onboard observer is already required under
				  5 AAC 38.076, a participant must accommodate a
				  department onboard observer upon request by the department.
(f) Live scallops may be delivered providing
				  that:
(1) the department must be notified of
				  the estimated weight of both live and shucked product 24 hours prior to deliver
				  the vessel operator must record in the logbook the number oflive scallops
				  delivered;
(2) when reporting the
				  pounds of scallop meat harvested as specified in
				  5 AAC 38.076(p), an average weight of
				  scallops sampled in (c) of this section will be applied to the scallop
				  delivered live.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.330 - Guideline harvest range for the taking of scallops in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
The guideline harvest range for the taking of scallops from
					 the Kamishak District is 10,000 - 20,000 pounds of shucked
					 meat.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.360 - Cook Inlet Area Octopus Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no open season for directed fishing for octopus,
					 but retention as bycatch is allowed as follows:
(1) octopus may be retained as bycatch only,
				  in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, by weight, of the directed catch on
				  board a vessel;
(2) the annual
				  guideline harvest level of octopus as bycatch may not exceed 35,000 pounds in
				  round weight;
(3) when the
				  guideline harvest level has been reached, the commissioner shall close, by
				  emergency order, the Cook Inlet Area to the retention of octopus.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 38.390 - Cook Inlet Area Miscellaneous Shellfish Fisheries Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
The commercial fisheries for miscellaneous shellfish
					 species, except for mussels in the Southern District, and clams, scallops, and
					 octopus, are closed until the board has adopted by regulations a management
					 plan regarding a specific miscellaneous shellfish species.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.400 - Description of Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area J consists of all Pacific Ocean waters
					 that are south of the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat. and
					 west of 149º W. long., and the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean waters that
					 are east of 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 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 38.400 can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased at
						NOAA's website at
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.htm
.
						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 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.405 - Description of Registration Arca J districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Except for scallop fisheries, Registration Area J fishing
					 districts are as described in
					 5 AAC 35.505.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.407 - Closed waters

Current through May 31, 2024
All territorial waters surrounding St. Matthew Island, Hall
					 Island, and Pinnacle Island are closed to the taking of miscellaneous
					 shellfish.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.409 - Gear for clams for Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may take razor clams by shovels
				  and forks.
(b) A person may take
				  hardshell clams by shovels and forks. In the portion of Registration Area J
				  west of the longitude of Kilokak Rocks, a person may also take hardshell clams
				  by hydraulic or mechanical clam diggers.
(c) A person who has obtained a permit from
				  the commissioner under
				  5 AAC 38.050(b) may use a hydraulic or
				  mechanical clam digger to take razor clams. A person may take razor claims
				  under this subsection only west of the longitude of Kilokak Rocks.
(d) A person may take horse clams with dive
				  gear while using a hand held manually operated water jet device that has a
				  manual shut off valve and a nozzle with an inside diameter of seven-eighths
				  inches or less. If the commissioner determines that the gear is being operated
				  in a manner that wastes the resource, is destroying the resource, or causes
				  damage to horse clams or other fishery resources, the commissioner may, by
				  emergency order, close the fishing season and reopen a season in which the dive
				  gear is modified or prohibited. For the purposes of this subsection, "horse
				  clam" means the species
tresus capax.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.410 - Fishing seasons for clams in Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no closed season on clams.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.411 - Fishing seasons for sea cucumbers in the Cbignik, South Peninsula, Eastern Aleutian. Western Aleutian, and Bering Sea districts of Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Chignik, South Pcnjnsula, Eastern Aleutian, Western
					 Aleutian, and Bering Sea districts of Registration Area J, a person may take
					 sea cucumbers only under the authority of a permit issued by the commissioner
					 under 5 AAC 38.062, only during fishing
					 periods established by emergency order and only from:
(1) September 15 through April 30 in the
				  Chignik District;
(2) October 1
				  through April 30 in the South Peninsula, Eastern Aleutian, Western Aleutian,
				  and Bering Sea districts
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.412 - Fishing seasons for sea urchins in Registration Arca J

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area J, a person may take sea urchins only
					 from October I through January 31, during fishing periods established by
					 emergency order, and only under the authority of a permit issued by the
					 commissioner under
					 5 AAC 38.062.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous Shellfish Fishery › Article 9 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 38.415 - Fishing seasons for hair crab in Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration
				  Area J west of the longitude of Cape Kumlik at 157° 27' W. long., a person
				  may take hair crab from January I through December 3 ll during fishing periods
				  established by emergency order, and only under the authority of a permit issued
				  by the commissioner under
				  5 AAC 38.062.
(b) In the Bering Sea, Western Aleutians, and
				  Eastern Aleutians Districts, the vessel registration deadline is 21 days before
				  that vessel begins fishing operations. Before a vessel may be registered under
				  this section, the vessel operator must first obtain a valid CFEC interim-use
				  permit for hair crab that references the vessel's ADF&G license number. The
				  registration form must include the vessel's operator's CFEC permit number 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 section.
The registration form specified in
						5 AAC 38.415(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 99602-0587; 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.
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