reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 31.525 - Lawful gear for Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area J, shrimp may be
				  taken with pots, beam trawls, and otter trawls.
(b) A shrimp trawl must be equipped with a rigid finfish excluder
				  device (FED). The FED must consist of a rigid grate with parallel bars spaced
				  not more than two inches apart to exclude all fish and other objects, except
				  those that are small enough to pass between its bars into the cod end of the
				  trawl. The FED in a shrimp trawl must be secured forward of the cod end in a
				  manner that precludes the passage of fish or other objects into the cod end
				  without the fish or other objects having to pass between the bars of the FED.
				  The trawl must have an outlet to allow the escape of fish or other objects that
				  are too large to pass between the bars of the gate. The posterior edge of the
				  escape outlet must be at least as wide as the maximum width of the grate. The
				  escape outlet must extend forward of the grate toward the mouth of the
				  net.
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 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 31.590 - Kodiak District Pot Shrimp Fisheries Management Plan (Repealed)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 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 31.592 - Chignik District Pot Shrimp Fisheries Management Plan (Repealed)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 31 - Shrimp Fishery › Article 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 31.595 - Reporting requirements for shrimp catcher-processor vessels (Repealed)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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, the requirements set out in
					 this chapter apply only to commercial fishing for Dungeness crab. Subsistence,
					 personal use, and sport fishing regulations that affect commercial Dungeness
					 crab fishing vessels or activity are set out in the subsistence fishing
					 regulations in 5 AAC 02, personal use fishing regulations in 5 AAC 77, and
					 sport fishing regulations in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.005 - Registration areas established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Dungeness crab
				  registration areas and code letters are:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 32.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 32.155)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 32.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 32.300)
J - Westward Area (5 AAC 32.400)
(b) The board will designate each
				  registration area, or portion of a registration area, and each district of a
				  registration area identified in (a) of this section as one of the following:
(1) superexclusive registration area or
				  superexclusive registration district: a person who validly registers a vessel
				  to fish for Dungeness crab in a Dungeness crab superexclusive registration area
				  or district may not use the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in another
				  Dungeness crab registration area or district during the same registration year;
				  or
(2) nonexclusive registration
				  area or nonexclusive registration district: during the same registration year,
				  a person who validly registers a vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in a
				  nonexclusive registration area or nonexclusive registration district may
				  register the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in one or more of the Dungeness
				  crab nonexclusive registration areas or districts, but may not use that vessel
				  to fish for Dungeness crab in a superexclusive registration area or
				  district.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.010 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter that apply
				  to fishing for Dungeness crab in a registration area or registration district
				  also apply to fishing for Dungeness crab in the adjacent waters of the
				  exclusive economic zone.
(b) The
				  commissioner may suspend the application of the regulations in this chapter to
				  all or to a portion of the waters of the exclusive economic zone that are
				  adjacent to a Dungeness crab registration area or to a Dungeness crab
				  registration district if the commissioner finds that
(1) application of the regulations to the
				  zone will not facilitate the enforcement of regulations in the registration
				  area or district;
(2) application
				  of the regulations to the zone will not protect or conserve Dungeness crab
				  stocks inhabiting the registration area or district; or
(3) the state has an insufficient interest in
				  Dungeness crab that inhabit the waters of the adjacent exclusive economic zone
				  to warrant extending the state's jurisdiction to those waters.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.030 - Inspection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) and (c) of this section and unless otherwise specified in this
				  chapter, a person may not fish for Dungeness crab using a vessel that is
				  registered to fish in a Dungeness crab registration area unless that vessel has
				  been inspected by a local representative of the department. The local
				  representative shall make the inspection within 24 hours before a season
				  opening or during the season. The inspection must occur at an inspection point
				  specified in this chapter. Dungeness crab may not be on board the vessel at the
				  time of the inspection. Successful completion of the inspection validates the
				  registration for the registration area or district. If an inspection is not
				  required, completion of the registration form and submission of the completed
				  form to the department by the vessel owner or the owner's agent validates the
				  registration.
(b) By public
				  announcement, the commissioner may require that vessels fishing for Dungeness
				  crab be inspected before the vessels may fish in areas that are exempt from the
				  vessel inspection requirements of this chapter.
(c) From 24 hours before a season opens in a
				  registration area until the season closure in the registration area, the
				  inspection requirements of this section do not apply to a vessel that is
				  registered to fish for Dungeness crab if the vessel does not have a saltwater
				  circulation system in its fish holds or crab tanks.
(d) The local representative of the
				  department may not begin an inspection of a vessel in a registration area
				  earlier than 24 hours before a Dungeness crab fishing season opens in that
				  registration area.
(e) The
				  commissioner may designate additional inspection points if the commissioner
				  finds that
(1) the existing inspection points
				  impose an unforeseen and significant hardship that persons fishing for
				  Dungeness crab cannot mitigate;
(2)
				  the department does not have a practical way to change existing inspection
				  points to alleviate the hardship; and
(3) designating additional inspection points
				  would not cause a significant likelihood that unauthorized fishing or other
				  management or enforcement problems will occur.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.033 - Tenders for Dungeness crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel used
				  to tender Dungeness crab delivered by a vessel that is validly registered to
				  take Dungeness crab
(1) may not have
				  Dungeness crab gear on board; and
(2) may not be used to fish for Dungeness
				  crab.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 32.035 - Closure of Dungeness crab registration areas and appeal procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  commissioner shall monitor the condition of Dungeness crab in all registration
				  areas by using the data and information that are practically
				  available.
(b) When the
				  commissioner finds that continued Dungeness crab fishing would jeopardize the
				  health of the Dungeness crab stock within a registration area or portion of a
				  registration area, the commissioner, by emergency order, shall close fishing
				  for Dungeness crab in that registration area or portion of the registration
				  area.
(c) In determining whether to
				  close a registration area, the commissioner shall consider all appropriate
				  factors to the extent there is information available on such factors. Factors
				  which may be considered include
(1) the
				  effect of overall fishing effort within the statistical area encompassing the
				  registration area;
(2) catch per
				  unit of effort and rate of harvest;
(3) such guideline harvest levels as may be
				  promulgated by regulation;
(4) the
				  proportion of immature or soft shell Dungeness crab being handled;
(5) general information on the condition of
				  Dungeness crab within the area;
(6)
				  information pertaining to the maximum sustainable yield level of Dungeness crab
				  within the registration area;
(7)
				  timeliness and accuracy of catch reporting by buyers, fishermen or vessel
				  operators within the registration area to the extent that such timeliness or
				  accuracy may reasonably be expected to affect proper management; and
(8) adequacy of subsistence harvests within
				  the registration area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.050 - Lawful gear for Dungeness crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, a person may fish for Dungeness crab only
				  with ring nets, diving gear, and Dungeness crab pots.
(b) A Dungeness crab pot must have
(1) permanent and rigid tunnel eye openings
				  that individually do not exceed 30 inches (76 mm) in perimeter; and
(2) two circular escape rings of four and
				  three-eighths inches (11 cm) minimum inside diameter; the rings must be on
				  opposite sides of the pot and must be on the upper half of the vertical plane
				  of the pot.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.051 - Dungeness crab gear marking requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, each Dungeness
					 crab pot or ring net must have at least one buoy. At least one buoy on each
					 Dungeness crab pot and at least one buoy on each Dungeness crab ring net must
					 be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of
					 the vessel operating the gear. The buoy must show only that number. The number
					 must be in symbols that are at least one and one-half inches high, and the
					 symbols must have lines that are at least one-quarter inch wide and that are in
					 a shade or color that contrasts with the background.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.052 - Dungeness crab pot gear storage requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  specifically provided in (b) and (c) of this section and unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, during the closed season for fishing for Dungeness
				  crab in any waters, Dungeness crab pots must be removed from the
				  water.
(b) Notwithstanding the
				  requirement of (a) of this section, in waters that are closed to fishing for
				  Dungeness crab, a person may store in the waters that are closed to Dungeness
				  crab fishing the person's Dungeness crab pots if all pot doors are secured
				  fully open and all bait and bait containers are removed. A person may store the
				  pots in the water
(1) for no more than seven
				  days after the closure to fishing for Dungeness crab in
(A) Registration Areas A, D, and H;
(B) a district in Registration Area J;
				  or
(C) the Copper River District of
				  Registration Area E; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.053 - Operation of other pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the provisions of this section apply to
				  persons and vessels used in a commercial Dungeness crab fishery.
(b) Except as provided in (e) of this
				  section, a person may not participate in a commercial Dungeness crab fishery in
				  a Dungeness crab registration area if the person
(1) operated commercial, subsistence, sport,
				  or personal use pots of any type during the 14 days immediately before the
				  opening of a commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the registration area where
				  the fishing with pots occurred; or
(2) operates a vessel that was used or
				  operated by the person or by another person operating pots of any type in a
				  commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use fishery during the 14 days
				  immediately before the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the
				  registration area where the fishing with pots occurred.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.055 - Size limits for Dungeness crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided in this chapter, only male Dungeness crab six and one-half
				  inches or greater in shoulder width may be taken or possessed.
(b) Shoulder width measurement of Dungeness
				  crab shall be the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately
				  anterior to the tenth anterolateral spine and shall not include the
				  spines.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.057 - Female and undersize Dungeness crab

Current through May 31, 2024
Male Dungeness crab less than minimum size and female
					 Dungeness crab may not be taken or possessed. Such Dungeness crab which have
					 been taken must be immediately returned unharmed to the sea.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.075 - Reporting of Dungeness crab catches lost or not purchased

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each Dungeness
				  crab fisherman shall indicate on the fish ticket at the time of landing any
				  Dungeness crab harvested which are not purchased by a processor or buyer, or
				  which have been dumped at sea.
(b)
				  Each buyer of Dungeness crab shall indicate on the fish ticket any Dungeness
				  crab from a delivery which were not purchased.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions › 5 AAC 32.081 - Definition of "rigid" as applied to tunnel eye openings

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, "rigid," as applied to Dungeness crab pot
					 tunnel eye openings, means that after placing 20 pounds of pressure, in any
					 direction, anywhere around the perimeter of the tunnel eye opening, the opening
					 is no larger than a maximum dimension allowed under this chapter.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 4 - Prohibitions › 5 AAC 32.090 - Unlawful possession of Dungeness crab or Dungeness crab gear (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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.100 - Description of Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) has as its
					 southern boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance and as its
					 northern 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:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.105 - Description of Registration Area A districts

Current through May 31, 2024
The districts for Registration Area A for Dungeness crab
					 are the same as the districts that are described in
					 5 AAC 31.105.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.106 - Area A registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area A is a superexclusive
				  registration area.
(b) In
				  Registration Area A, a registration, if not otherwise canceled by the
				  department, remains valid throughout the Dungeness crab registration year
				  described in
				  5 AAC 32.020(b).
(c) In Registration Area A, a CFEC interim
				  use or limited entry permit holder may fish for Dungeness crab from a vessel
				  only if the permit holder's name and permit number appear on the vessel
				  registration issued under
				  5 AAC 32.020.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.110 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area A, male Dungeness crab may be taken or
					 possessed only as follows:
(1) from
				  8:00 a.m. June 15 through 11 :59 p.m. August 15 and from 8:00 a.m. October 1
				  through 11 :59 p.m. November 30, in all waters of Registration Area A other
				  than those waters specified in (2) and (3) of this section;
(2) from 8:00 a.m. October 1 through 11 :59
				  p.m. November 30, in the waters of
(A)
				  Section 13-B that are in the Sitka Sound Special Use Area described in
				  5 AAC 32.150(10);
(B) Whale Passage north and west of a line
				  extending from 56° 05.65' N. lat., 133° 07.30' W. long. to 56°
				  05.85' N. lat., 133° 06.40' W. long.;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.125 - Lawful gear for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area A, no more than 300
				  Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a single vessel to take Dungeness crab
				  under any circumstances. A person may not operate more pots than allowed under
				  the terms of that person's CFEC permit. If multiple CFEC permit holders are
				  registered to fish from a vessel, the maximum number of pots that may be
				  operated from that vessel is the aggregate of the number of pots allowed under
				  the registered permit holders' permits, except that the number of pots operated
				  on board that vessel may not exceed 300 pots.
(b) For a vessel registered for more than one
				  permit holder to operate gear, each registered CFEC permit holder must be on
				  board the vessel when more than one CFEC permit holder's Dungeness crab pot
				  gear is in the water and
(1) gear is on board
				  the vessel;
(2) gear is being set
				  or retrieved; or
(3) Dungeness crab
				  is on board the vessel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.126 - Dungeness crab pot marking requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  addition to the marking requirements of
				  5 AAC 32.051 and
				  5 AAC 32.125, each Dungeness crab pot must have one
				  identification tag issued by the department attached to the main buoy or on the
				  trailer buoy if more than one buoy is attached to the pot.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and
				  \Nill be issued to the CFEC permit holder at the time of vessel registration.
				  The permit holder, or the permit holder's agent, shall apply for identification
				  tags at a department office designated to issue tags. Replacement oflost tags
				  during a season is permitted if the permit holder submits a sworn statement or
				  affidavit describing how the tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost
				  tags. Tags shall be renewed annually at the time of registration before each
				  fishing 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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.128 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 32.053, a person or vessel that operates
				  commercial king crab pots in waters deeper than 100 fathoms during the 14 days
				  immediately before the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in
				  Registration Area A, may participate in the commercial Dungeness crab
				  fishery.
(b) A vessel owner, or the
				  owner's agent, may not register a vessel for the commercial Dungeness crab
				  fishery and the commercial beam trawl shrimp fishery at the same time. A vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, may cancel a vessel's registration for the
				  commercial Dungeness crab fishery and register a vessel for the commercial beam
				  trawl shrimp fishery if
(1) the person
				  removes from the water the pots that are used and marked for the commercial
				  Dungeness crab fishery, or stores the pots as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.052; and
(2) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  contacts a local representative of the department, in person, and requests that
				  the department cancel the vessel's commercial Dungeness crab
				  registration.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.140 - Registration Area A inspection and inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless required
				  under (b) of this section, a vessel fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration
				  Area A is not required to undergo a vessel inspection, as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.030.
(b) The commissioner, by announcement, may
				  require that vessels fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration Area A be
				  inspected as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.030.
(c) If the commissioner requires a vessel
				  inspection under (b) of this section, the inspection points for Registration
				  Area A are at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, and Juneau, and at other
				  locations that may be specified by the commissioner.
(d) A vessel delivering Dungeness crab in
				  accordance with
				  5 AAC 32.031(b) may be reinspected at
				  Cordova.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.143 - Reporting requirements for the Dungeness crab fishery in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The owner or operator of a catcher-seller
				  vessel registered to take Dungeness crab in Registration Area A shall complete
				  an ADF&G fish ticket indicating the estimated number and weight of crab by
				  species on board the vessel before any crab are removed from that vessel. The
				  ADF&G fish ticket must be updated with the correct number and weight of
				  crab by species when the crab are sold.
(b) For the purposes of this section,
				  "catcher-seller vessel" means a vessel from which Dungeness crab are caught if
				  there is any attempt to sell unprocessed Dungeness crab by the vessel to a
				  person not licensed to process crab.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.146 - Southeastern Alaska Area Dungeness Crab Fisheries Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
In the absence of adequate stock assessment, the department
					 shall manage the Dungeness crab fishery in Registration Area A (Southeastern
					 Alaska) using a precautionary approach. When stocks are assessed to be low, the
					 department shall, subject to the commissioner's authority under
					 5 AAC 32.035, reduce the harvest of legal Dungeness crab
					 and reduce the handling of non-legal, light, and soft-shell Dungeness crab by
					 complying with the following:
(1) no
				  later than 14 days after the start of the summer Dungeness crab fishing season
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 32.110, the department shall establish a
				  projection of harvest thresholds for the season;
(2) if the department projects that the
				  entire season's catch of legal Dungeness crab will be
(A) 1.5 million pounds or less, the
				  department will close the summer Dungeness crab fishing season no sooner than
				  21 days after the season opened, and the fall Dungeness crab fishing season
				  specified in
				  5 AAC 32.110 will not open;
(B) more than 1.5 million pounds, but less
				  than 2.25 million pounds, the department will close the summer Dungeness crab
				  fishing season no sooner than 28 days after the season opened, and the fall
				  Dungeness crab fishing season will be open for 30 days;
(C) more than 2.25 million pounds, the summer
				  and fall Dungeness crab fishing seasons will occur as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.110;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) › 5 AAC 32.150 - Closed waters in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area A, the following waters are closed to
					 the taking of Dungeness crab:
(1)
				  waters of Section 11-A that are
(A) north of
				  a line from Marmion Island Light to the easternmost tip of Point Salisbury and
				  east of a line extending from the northernmost tip of Outer Point to the
				  southernmost tip of Portland Island to the northernmost tip of Portland Island
				  to the southernmost tip of Point Louisa; and
(B) off the mainland shore enclosed by a line
				  from the northernmost tip of the peninsula at the Shrine of St. Terese to Gull
				  Island, extending to the Sentinel Island Light, and east to the mainland at the
				  latitude of the Sentinel Island Light;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.155 - 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:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.160 - 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:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.161 - Area D registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area D is a superexclusive
				  registration area.
(b) In
				  Registration Area D, a registration, if not otherwise canceled by the
				  department, remains valid throughout the 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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.165 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area D, male Dungeness crab may be taken or
					 possessed only from 12:00 noon May 15 through July 14 and from 12:00 noon
					 November 1 through February 28.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.170 - Lawful gear for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area D, no more than 60
				  Dungeness crab pots may be used by a vessel to take Dungeness crab.
(b) In Registration Area D, a validly
				  registered Dungeness crab fishing vessel may not have, at any time, more than
				  the legal limit of gear on the vessel, in the water in fishing condition, and
				  in the water in nonfishing condition.
(c) In Registration Area D, all Dungeness
				  crab pots and ring nets operated under a single registration must be buoyed
				  with buoys that are essentially the same in color, shape, size, and markings.
				  At least one buoy on each pot or ring net must be legibly marked with only the
				  permanent department vessel license plate number of the single vessel operating
				  the gear. The buoy, or multiple buoys, attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring
				  net may bear only one number. The number must be in symbols at least one and
				  one-half inches high and with lines at least one-quarter inch wide that
				  contrast with the background.
(d)
				  In Registration Area D, a person may not longline pots to take Dungeness crab.
				  Each pot in operation must be individually buoyed and marked as described in
				  5 AAC 32.171 and this section.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.171 - Dungeness crab pot marking requirements for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  addition to the marking requirements of
				  5 AAC 32.051 and
				  5 AAC 32.170, each Dungeness crab pot must have one
				  identification tag issued by the department attached to the main buoy or on the
				  trailer buoy if more than one buoy is attached to the pot.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will
				  be issued at the time of vessel registration for that vessel only. The vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a
				  department office designated to issue tags. Replacement of lost tags during a
				  season is permitted if the vessel operator submits a sworn statement or
				  affidavit describing how the tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost
				  tags. Tags shall be renewed annually at the time of registration before each
				  fishing 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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 32.175 - Registration Area D inspection and inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless required
				  under (b) of this section, a vessel fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration
				  Area D is not required to undergo an inspection, as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.030.
(b) The commissioner, by announcement, may
				  require that vessels fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration Area D be
				  inspected as specified in
				  5 AAC 32.030.
(c) If the commissioner requires a vessel
				  inspection under (b) of this section, the inspection points for Registration
				  Area D are at Yakutat and at other locations that may be specified by the
				  commissioner.
(d) A vessel
				  delivering Dungeness crab in accordance with
				  5 AAC 32.031(b) may be reinspected at
				  Cordova.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.200 - 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 148º 50.25' W. long.,
					 south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., then west to
					 149º W. long., then south along 149º W. long., and as its eastern
					 boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144º 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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.205 - 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 Bentnick, 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 along the longitude of Cape Fairfield
				  at 148º 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º
				  51.10' N. lat., then west to 149º W. long., then south along 149º W.
				  long. and the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144º W. long. The Outside
				  District sections are as follows:
(1) Eastern
				  Section: all waters of the Outside District east of 147º W.
				  long.;
(2) Western Section: all
				  waters of the Outside District west of 147º W. long.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.206 - Area E registration

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area E is a superexclusive registration
					 area.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.210 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no open fishing season for Dungeness crab in the
					 Prince William Sound Area.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.225 - Lawful gear for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
In Registration Area E not more than 250 Dungeness crab
					 pots may be operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab, except
					 that in the Inside District, not more than 100 Dungeness crab pots may be
					 operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.230 - Identification of gear for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
In the taking of Dungeness crab,
(1) all floats and buoys fished under a
				  single registration number must be identically marked, and the colors and
				  design used must be registered with the department before fishing
				  commences;
(2) when fishing for or
				  taking crab, no individual or vessel may operate or assist in operating crab
				  pots with buoys of more than one color design registered with the department or
				  more than one legal limit of gear in the aggregate.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.240 - Registration Area E inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
The inspection points for Registration Area E are at
					 Cordova and Valdez, and at other locations that may be specified by the
					 commissioner.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 32.290 - Prince William Sound Area Dungeness Crab Fisheries Management Plan (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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.300 - 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:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.305 - 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) The subdistricts of the Southern District
				  are described as follows:
(1) Subdistrict 1:
				  all waters of the Southern District east of a line from Coal Point to 60-foot
				  Rock to Anisom Point;
(2)
				  Subdistrict 2: all waters of the Southern District west of a line from Coal
				  Point to 60-foot Rock to Anisom Point.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.306 - Area H registration

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H is a nonexclusive registration
					 area.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.310 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
There is no open fishing season for Dungeness crab in the
					 Cook Inlet Area.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.325 - Lawful gear for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Southern District,
(1) no more than an aggregate of 150
				  Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness
				  crab;
(2) no more than 50 of the
				  150 pots described in (1) of this subsection may be operated in Subdistrict 1
				  from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab; only a pot with a buoy tag
				  number of 1 - 50 may be operated in Subdistrict 1;
(3) the buoy for each Dungeness crab pot must
				  have an identification tag issued by the department, as follows:
(A) the identification tag must be placed on
				  a buoy that is marked with the ADF&G number of the vessel operating the
				  gear, as required by
				  5 AAC 32.051;
(B) new identification tags must be obtained
				  annually, before each fishing season;
(C) the department shall issue identification
				  tags before each fishing season; the tags must be uniquely numbered for each
				  registration year;
(D) except as
				  provided in (E) of this paragraph, the department may issue identification tags
				  only to a person who is registering a vessel under
				  5 AAC 32.020 and only at the time of vessel
				  registration; a person registering a vessel shall apply for identification tags
				  at the department office designated to issue tags; a person who wishes to apply
				  for identification tags may register only one vessel;
(E) the department may issue replacement tags
				  for identification tags lost during the season if the vessel operator submits a
				  sworn statement or affidavit describing how the tags were lost and listing the
				  number of the lost tags;
(4) all crab pot buoys operated under a
				  single ADF&G number must be identically marked and the color and design
				  must be registered with the department before fishing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.330 - Identification of gear for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
All Dungeness crab pot and ring net buoys operated under a
					 single registration must be consecutively numbered starting with the number
					 one, and they must be legibly marked with the permanent vessel license plate
					 (ADF&G) number of the vessel operating that gear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.340 - Registration Area H inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
The inspection points for Registration Area H are at Homer,
					 Seldovia, and Seward, and at other locations that may be specified by the
					 commissioner.
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 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 32.390 - Cook Inlet Area Dungeness Crab Fisheries Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024