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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.915 - Norton Sound Section red king crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)The department
				  shall manage the summer and winter commercial seasons of the Norton Sound
				  Section red king crab fishery in accordance with
				  5 AAC 34.080 and
				  5 AAC 34.910, as follows:
(1) the threshold level of abundance of legal
				  male red king crab biomass is 1.25 million pounds; the Norton Sound red king
				  crab winter and summer commercial seasons may open only if analysis of
				  preseason survey data indicates that the population of legal male red king crab
				  exceeds this level; if the winter and summer commercial seasons for red king
				  crab are opened under this paragraph,
(A)
				  eight percent of the guideline harvest level may be taken during the winter
				  season; and
(B) any remaining
				  guideline harvest level not taken during the winter season may be taken during
				  the summer commercial season;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.917 - Saint Matthew Island Section blue king crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Saint
				  Matthew Island Section, the conunissioner may, by emergency order, open the
				  blue king crab fishery only if the department's preseason survey estimate of
				  mature male blue king crab equals at least 50 percent of the 1978 - 2012
				  average survey estimate of mature males.
(b) If the conunercial blue king crab fishery
				  is open under (a) of this section, and the preseason survey estimate of mature
				  males is
(1) at least 50 percent but Jess
				  than 100 percent of the 1978-2012 average survey estimate of mature males, the
				  number of legal males available for harvest will be no more than 0.1 x M x
				  (M/M1978-2012), where M = the current year preseason
				  survey estimate of mature males, and M1978-2012=
				  the1978-2012 average survey estimate of mature males, or 25 percent of the
				  prescason survey estimate of legal males, whichever is less;
(2) equal to or greater than the 1978-2012
				  average survey estimate of mature males, the number of legal males available
				  for harvest will be no more than 10 percent of the preseason survey estimate of
				  mature males or 25 percent of the preseason survey estimate of legal males,
				  whichever is less.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.918 - Pribilof District blue king crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.910(b) (1), in the Pribilof
				  District, the commercial blue king crab fishery will open only if the
				  department's analysis of preseason survey data indicates that the population of
				  blue king crab
(1) contains an estimated
				  spawning biomass of at least 13.2 million pounds for two consecutive years;
				  and
(2) will result in a total
				  allowable catch for the fishery, established under (b) of this section, of at
				  least 0.5 million pounds, not including the community development quota (CDQ)
				  established under
				  5 AAC 39.690; neither the commercial blue king crab
				  fishery or the CDQ fishery will open if the minimum total allowable catch
				  threshold is not met.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.920 - Size limits for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Pribilof District, only male red
				  and blue king crab six and one-half inches or greater, and male golden king
				  crab five and one-half inches or greater, in width of shell, may be taken or
				  possessed.
(b) In the Saint Matthew
				  Island Section, only male blue and golden king crab five and one-half inches or
				  greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(c) In the Kotzebue Sound Section, only male
				  red king crab four and three-quarter inches or greater, and male blue and
				  golden king crab five and one-half inches or greater, in width of shell, may be
				  taken or possessed.
(d) In the
				  Norton Sound Section, only the following king crab may be taken or possessed:
(1) male red king crab four and three-quarter
				  inches or greater in width of shell;
(2) male blue king crab five inches or
				  greater in width of shell;
(3) male
				  Hanasaki king crab four and three-quarter inches or greater in width of
				  shell.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.925 - Lawful gear for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots, except that during the winter season for king crab in the Norton
				  Sound Section, king crab may be taken through the ice with jigging gear as
				  described in
				  5 AAC 02.010(a)(2). Jigging gear must
				  be marked as described in
				  5 AAC 02.010(e)(1). King crab taken by
				  other means must be returned to the water without further harm.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
				  5 AAC 39.145, in the Pribil of District and the Saint
				  Matthew Island Section and Norton Sound Section of the Northern District,
				  escape mechanism requirements for king crab pots are as follows:
(1) in the Pribil of District, each king crab
				  pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of
				  not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing;
(2) in the Saint Matthew Island Section, each
				  king crab pot must have eight escape rings with an inside diameter measme of
				  5.8 inches placed on a vertical plane within one mesh measurement from the
				  bottom of the pot, with four escape rings on two sides of a four sided pot, or
				  if the pot has no escape rings as specified in this paragraph, then one-half of
				  one vertical side of a four-sided pot must have a side panel composed of not
				  less than eight-inch stretched mesh webbing;
(3) in the Norton Sound Section, each king
				  crab pot must have at least four circular escape rings with a minimum inside
				  diameter of four and one-half inches installed on a vertical plane within one
				  mesh measurement from the bottom of the pot or have at least one half of one
				  vertical surface of a square pot, or sloping side-wall surface of a conical or
				  pyramid pot, composed of not less than six and one-half inch stretched mesh
				  webbing to permit the escapement of undersized crab.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.926 - King crab pot marking requirements for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except during
				  the winter through-the-ice commercial king crab season described in
				  5 AAC 34.910(d)(2), in Registration
				  Area Q, the main buoy or trailer buoy must display one current identification
				  tag and no other tags issued under
				  5 AAC 34.051.
(b) In Registration Area Q, except in the
				  Norton Sound Section of the Northern District, replacement of identification
				  tags lost during the season is permitted if the vessel operator and three crew
				  members submit sworn statements or affidavits, in person, at the department
				  office in Dutch Harbor, describing how the tags were lost and listing the
				  numbers of the lost tags.
(c) In
				  the winter through-the-ice commercial king crab season described in
				  5 AAC 34.910(d)(2), each king crab pot
				  must have one current identification tag and no other tags issued by the
				  department attached above the ice on the line attached to the pot or on the
				  stake attached to the ice that secures the pot in a manner so that the tag is
				  clearly visible. Current identification tags will be issued at the designated
				  department office at the time the permit holder registers for the winter
				  through-the-ice season. Replacement of identification tags lost during the
				  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.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
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						16.05.632
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.927 - King crab pot storage requirements for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.052, in the Norton Sound Section of
				  Registration Area Q, rectangular king crab pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid king
				  crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured
				  closed, may be stored in waters deeper than 25 fathoms only for 72 hours
				  following the closure of the commercial king crab season in the Norton Sound
				  Section.
(b) In the Northern
				  District of Registration Area Q, king crab pots may be stored only in waters
				  north of 59º N. lat., south of 59º 30' N. lat., west of 169º 31'
				  W. long., and east of 171º W. long., or by removal from the
				  water.
(c) From June 1 through
				  August 31, king crab pots may not be stored in the waters around the Pribilof
				  Islands shoreward of the 25-fathom isobath.
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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.935 - Closed waters in Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in
				  5 AAC 34.915(a)(6), all waters of the
				  Norton Sound Section enclosed by a line from 64° 24.00' N. lat., 166°
				  15.00' W. long., to 64° 15.00' N. lat., 166° 15.00' W. long., to
				  64° 15.00' N. lat., 163° 30.00' W. long., to 64° 10.00' N. lat.,
				  163° 30.00' W. long., to 64° 10.00' N. lat., 162° 00.00' W. long.,
				  to 64° 15.00' N. lat., 162° 00.00' W. long., to 64° 15.00' N. lat.,
				  161° 30.00' W. long., to 64° 00.00' N. lat., 161° 30.00' W. long.,
				  to 64° 00.00' N. lat., 161° 15.00' W. long., to 63° 32.00' N. lat.,
				  161° 15.00' W. long. are closed to the taking of king crab during the
				  summer season.
(b) King crab may
				  not be taken in waters within 10 miles of mean lower low water around St.
				  Lawrence, King, and Little Diomede Islands.
(c) From November 15 through May 15, the
				  waters of the Norton Sound Section enclosed by a line from 64° 30.17' N.
				  lat., 165° 28.07' W. long., to 64° 27.13' N. lat., 165° 28.07' W.
				  long., to 64° 25.50' N. lat., 165° 17.45' W. long., to 64° 28.55'
				  N. lat., 165° 17.45' W. long., are closed to the taking of king
				  crab.
(d) The waters of Alaska
				  surrounding St. Matthew Island, Hall Island, and Pinnacle Island are closed to
				  the taking of king crab.
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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.940 - Registration Area Q inspections and inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration
				  Area Q inspection points are located at Dutch Harbor, or at other locations
				  specified by the department.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.030, for the Saint Matthew Island Section of
				  Registration Area Q, a registered king crab vessel must, when required by the
				  department, have its holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local
				  representative of the department at Dutch Harbor or additional locations
				  specified by the department within 72 hours before taking or processing king
				  crab.
(c) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.030, for the Pribilof District of Registration
				  Area Q, a registered king crab vessel must, when required by the department,
				  have its holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of
				  the department at Dutch Harbor or additional locations specified by the
				  department within 30 hours before taking or processing king crab.
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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.941 - Landing requirements for Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 34.031(e), following the closure
				  of any district in Registration Area Q to the taking of a specified species of
				  king crab, a vessel validly registered for that district may not have that
				  species of king crab on board the vessel in waters subject to the jurisdiction
				  of the state, if delivery is made
(1) in the
				  district or registration area in which the king crab were taken, after 30 hours
				  following the closure;
(2) to Dutch
				  Harbor, Akutan, or King Cove from the
(A)
				  Pribilof District of Registration Area Q, after 30 hours following the closure,
				  except that a vessel delivering to King Cove may request additional time to
				  deliver crab under (b) of this section;
(B) Northern District of Registration Area Q
				  in the
(i) Norton Sound Section, after the
				  time specified at check out with a representative of the department in
				  Nome;
(ii) Saint Matthew Island
				  Section, after 72 hours following the closure;
(iii) Kotzebue Sound Section, after 72 hours
				  following the closure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.950 - District registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Vessel and gear registered for
				  Registration Area Q must also be registered for the Northern District before
				  fishing in that district. Vessels and gear registered for the Northern District
				  may not be used to fish in any other district. The registration district shall
				  be indicated on the registration certificate.
(b) Vessel and gear district registration may
				  be voided or changed by the vessel owner or operator by completing a form
				  provided by a local representative of the department. In addition, the
				  representative at Dutch Harbor may authorize changes of district registration
				  over the radio if radio contact is made by the vessel operator, provided the
				  local representative determines that to do so would be consistent with sound
				  enforcement policy.
(c) No vessel
				  licensed as a commercial fishing vessel may have any unprocessed king crab on
				  board within the Northern District in Registration Area Q unless the vessel is
				  registered for that district.
(d) A
				  vessel may be used for the taking of king crab within the Northern District
				  only if it is currently registered for the district and is validly registered
				  for Area Q.
(e) The commissioner
				  may suspend and reinstate any of the requirements of this section if he finds
				  that to do so would be in the public interest.
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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 14 - Registration Area Q (Bering Sea) › 5 AAC 34.960 - Application of regulations in Registration Area Q

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) From November
				  15 through May 15, the following regulations in this chapter do not apply in
				  the Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound Sections:
(1)5 AAC 34.020;
(2)5 AAC 34.030;
(3)5 AAC 34.031;
(4)5 AAC 34.033;
(5)5 AAC 34.040(b) and (c);
(6)5 AAC 34.052;
(7)5 AAC 34.910(a);
(8)5 AAC 34.935(a) and (b);
(9)5 AAC 34.940.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Requirements set out in this chapter apply only to
					 commercial fishing for Tanner crab, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence,
					 personal use, and sport fishing regulations affecting commercial Tanner crab
					 fishing vessels or affecting any other commercial Tanner crab fishing 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:
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						16.05.251
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						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.005 - Registration areas established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  are Tanner crab registration areas and their code letters:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 35.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 35.160)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 35.300)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 35.400)
J - Westward Area (5 AAC 35.500)
(b) Each registration area identified in (a)
				  of this section shall be designated as superexclusive or
				  nonexclusive.
(c) A vessel validly
				  registered for a superexclusive registration area may not be used to take
				  Tanner crab in any other registration area during that registration year.
				  Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a Tanner crab vessel validly
				  registered for a nonexclusive registration area may not be used to take Tanner
				  crab in a superexclusive registration area during that registration year. A
				  vessel may register for more than one nonexclusive registration area.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.010 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter applicable
				  to a Tanner crab registration area also apply to the adjacent waters of the
				  exclusive economic zone.
(b) The
				  commissioner may suspend the application of this section to all or a portion of
				  the waters of the exclusive economic zone adjacent to a Tanner crab
				  registration area if the commissioner finds that
(1) application of this section fails to
				  facilitate enforcement of regulations applicable to a registration
				  area;
(2) application of this
				  section fails to protect or conserve Tanner crab inhabiting territorial waters
				  of Alaska; or
(3) the state has an
				  insufficient interest in the Tanner crab inhabiting the waters of the exclusive
				  economic zone to warrant extension of the jurisdiction of the state to the
				  exclusive economic zone.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.030 - Inspection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
By announcement, the commissioner may require a registered
					 Tanner crab vessel to have all holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected before
					 or during an open Tanner crab 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.033 - Tenders for Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel used
				  to tender Tanner crab for a vessel validly registered to take Tanner crab may
				  not have Tanner crab gear or equipment on board the tendering vessel and may
				  not use that vessel to take Tanner crab.
(b) Before engaging in a tendering operation,
				  the operator of a tendering vessel shall register that vessel with a local
				  representative of the department within the Tanner crab registration area,
				  district, or section in which the operator intends to operate that
				  vessel.
(c) Before leaving a Tanner
				  crab registration area, district, or section for which it is registered, the
				  operator of a tendering vessel shall contact, in person or by radio or
				  telephone, a local representative of the department in the registration area
				  where the vessel is operating. At the time of the contact with the
				  representative, the tendering vessel operator shall state the number of Tanner
				  crab on board the vessel and the vessel's unloading destination.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 35.035 - Closure of Tanner crab registration areas and appeal procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
Within five days after the closure of a Tanner crab
					 registration area or portion of a registration area, the owner, or the owner's
					 agent, of a Tanner crab vessel that was validly registered for that area may
					 formally request, in writing, that the commissioner reopen the area. The
					 commissioner shall consider all relevant information concerning the condition
					 of Tanner crab stocks within the closed registration area. Within 14 days after
					 the receipt of the request, the commissioner shall publicly announce a decision
					 to retain the closure or reopen the area by emergency order.
Authority:
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						16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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						16.05.270
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.050 - Lawful gear for Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
(1) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner
				  crab pots and ring nets; Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to
				  the water without further harm;
(2)
				  a Tanner crab pot is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by
				  42 inches high with rigid tunnel eye openings that individually are less than
				  five inches (13 cm) in one dimension with tunnel eye opening perimeters that
				  individually are more than 36 inches (91.4 cm) or a pot that is no more than 10
				  feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high and that tapers inward from its
				  base to a top that consists of one horizontal opening of any size;
(3) Tanner crab pots with tunnel eye openings
				  on the vertical plane of the pot that are used to take Tanner crab during the
				  closed king crab season in any area may not have tunnel eye openings more than
				  five inches (13 cm) in height.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.051 - Tanner crab gear marking requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
At least one buoy on each Tanner crab pot or ring net must
					 be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of
					 the Tanner crab vessel operating the gear. The buoy must bear only the number
					 of the vessel used in operating the gear. The number shall be painted on the
					 top one-third of the buoy in numerals at least four inches high and one-half
					 inch wide, in a color contrasting to that of the buoy. The buoy markings must
					 be visible on the buoy above the water surface when the buoy is attached to the
					 crab pot.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
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						16.05.632
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.052 - Tanner crab gear storage requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, during the closed season for Tanner crab
				  in a registration area, Tanner crab pots must be removed from the water, except
				  rectangular Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with
				  all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all
				  bait and bait containers removed and with all doors not secured closed, may be
				  stored in waters
(1) of 25 fathoms or less in
				  depth; or
(2) deeper than 25
				  fathoms only for
(A) seven days following the
				  season closure for Tanner crab in that registration area;
(B) 72 hours following the closure of any
				  portion of that registration area;
(3) if the vessel owner, or the owner's
				  agent, has contacted, in person or by radio or telephone, the local
				  representative of the department at a landing port or inspection port specified
				  in this chapter for a specific registration area or a port specified by the
				  department and has requested and been granted an extension of time to remove
				  and store pots due to a major vessel breakdown or extreme weather
				  conditions.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.053 - Operation of other pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 31 - 5 AAC 38,
(a) in a Tanner crab registration area, or
				  with respect to Registration Area J, in a district of Registration Area J,
(1) a person or vessel that operates
				  commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots, during the 14 days
				  immediately before the opening of the commercial Tanner crab season may not
				  participate in the commercial Tanner crab fishery in the Tanner crab
				  registration area where the fishing with pots occurred, except that a person or
				  vessel is not disqualified from the commercial Tanner crab fishery by placing
				  the vessel's Tanner crab pots in storage, as specified in 5 AAC 35.052;
(2)  a person or vessel
				  that participates in a commercial Tanner crab fishery may not operate
				  commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots in that registration area
				  during the 14 days after the close of the commercial Tanner crab season, except
				  a vessel or person may operate other commercial pots in that registration area
				  after
(A) placing the vessel's Tanner crab
				  pots in storage, as specified in 5 AAC 35.052: and
(B) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  contacts a representative of the department, in person, and requests that the
				  Tanner crab registration be invalidated; unless the registration is already
				  invalidated under 5 AAC 35.020(k).
(b) during a commercial Tanner crab fishery,
				  a person or vessel validly registered for that fishery may not operate
				  commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots other than commercial
				  Tanner crab pots, except that a person or vessel may stop participating in the
				  commercial Tanner crab fishery and instead operate commercial pots other than
				  Tanner crab pots if
(1)  the vessel's Tanner
				  crab pots are put in storage as specified in
				  5 AAC 35.052; and
(2) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  contacts a representative of the department, in person, and requests that the
				  Tanner crab registration be invalidated.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.055 - Permits for processing vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
The owner or operator of a vessel used in the processing of
					 Tanner crab shall obtain a permit from the department before starting
					 processing operations. The permit must contain the following
					 requirements:
(1) reporting of vessel
				  location to the department;
(2)
				  reporting of harvesting or processing operations to the department;
(3) reporting of unloading and transport
				  operations to the department;
(4)
				  permission for local representatives of the department to inspect at any time
				  the vessel's holds, live tanks, freezers, processing areas, and processed and
				  unprocessed Tanner crab; and
(5)
				  reporting of any other information required by the department for the
				  conservation and development of Tanner crab resources.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.685
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.057 - Postseason Tanner crab pot recovery permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  may issue, under the provisions of this section, a permit for the Bering Sea,
				  Eastern Aleutian, and Western Aleutian Districts of Registration Area J to a
				  person or vessel to recover
(1) lost Tanner
				  crab pot gear belonging to another vessel or person; or
(2) Tanner crab pot gear for a vessel that
				  has experienced a major mechanical breakdown.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.060 - Size limit for Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided in this chapter, male Tanner crab of the species
Chionoecetes bairdi
five and one-half inches or greater in
				  width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(b) Width measurement of Tanner crab shall be
				  the greatest straight-line distance across the carapace at a right angle to a
				  line midway between the eyes to the midpoint of the posterior portion of the
				  carapace and shall 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.065 - Female and undersize Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
Male Tanner crab less than minimum size and female Tanner
					 crab may not be taken or possessed. Such Tanner 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.070 - Registration (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  9/29/96.
(b) Repealed
				  4/13/80.
(c) Repealed
				  4/13/80.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.075 - Reporting of Tanner crab catches lost or not purchased

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each Tanner
				  crab fisherman shall indicate on the fish ticket at the time of landing any
				  Tanner crab harvested which are not purchased by the processor or buyer, or
				  which have been dumped at sea.
(b)
				  Each buyer of Tanner crab shall indicate on the fish ticket any Tanner crab
				  which was not purchased from a load.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.080 - Harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
The department shall establish an annual harvest strategy
					 for each Tanner crab stock that is consistent with the board's
Policy
					 on King and Tanner Crab Resource Management
(90-04-FB, March 23, 1990),
					 adopted by this reference. If adequate data are available, the department shall
					 establish a threshold level of abundance for each stock and may not allow
					 fishing on any stock that is below its threshold level of abundance. Data used
					 to determine guideline harvest levels and, if appropriate, exploitation rates,
					 may include estimates of exploitable biomass, estimates of recruitment,
					 estimates of threshold level of abundance, estimates of acceptable biological
					 catch, historical fishery performance data, estimates of reproductive
					 potential, and market or other economic considerations. Except for those
					 closures authorized by
					 5 AAC 35.035, the department may not change established
					 harvest strategies unless the board has reviewed the change.
Copies of the policy statement adopted by reference in
						5 AAC 35.080 are available at regional offices of the
						Department of Fish and Game and from the department's Juneau office, P.O. Box
						115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 35.081 - Definition of "rigid" as applied to tunnel eye openings

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, "rigid," as applied to Tanner 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 3 - Conditions for License and Permits (Repealed) › 5 AAC 35.082 - Permits for tanneri and angulatus Tanner crab (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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 4 - (Repealed) › 5 AAC 35.090 - Unlawful possession of Tanner crab or Tanner 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 4 - (Repealed) › 5 AAC 35.091 - Unlawful acts within an adjacent seaward biological influence zone (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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.100 - Description of Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A 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 58° 47.89' N.
					 lat., 137° 56.68' W. long., to the intersection with the seaward limit of
					 the exclusive economic zone at 56° 07.31' N. lat., 141° 44.74' 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.105 - Description of Registration Area A districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A districts are described in
					 5 AAC 33.200.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.106 - Area A registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area A is a superexclusive
				  registration area.
(b) A Tanner
				  crab vessel may not be registered in Registration Area A simultaneously as both
				  a pot and ring net vessel. A vessel's registration may be changed during the
				  open Tanner crab season if the owner, or the owner's agent, submits a written
				  request for a change in registration to the department for
				  validation.
(c) In Registration
				  Area A, the vessel registration under
				  5 AAC 35.020 must be completed no later than 30 days
				  before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab
				  season.
(d) Before a vessel that is
				  registered to fish for both golden king crab and Tanner crab in Registration
				  Area A may be used to fish for golden king crab in a portion of Registration
				  Area A that is closed to commercial Tanner crab fishing, all Tanner crab must
				  be removed from the vessel and the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, must
				  have the vessel's Tanner crab registration invalidated by the department. Once
				  the vessel's Tanner crab registration is invalidated, Tanner crab may not be
				  retained on or sold from that vessel.
(e) Before a vessel that is registered to
				  fish for only golden king crab in Registration Area A may be registered to fish
				  for Tanner crab in Registration Area A, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  must remove all gear operated from that vessel from the waters of that portion
				  of Registration Area A that is closed to commercial Tanner crab
				  fishing.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.110 - Fishing season for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male Tanner crab may be taken only from
				  12:00 noon on the date with the smallest Juneau tidal range between February 10
				  and February 17, as announced by emergency order, through May 1.
(b) A season opening may be delayed if the
				  National Weather Service forecast for the major fishing areas in the Southeast
				  Region contains gale force wind warnings of 35 knots and higher on the 4:00
				  a.m. forecast for the day preceding the start date and the following day, in
				  which case the season opening in all sections of Registration Area A eligible
				  for a season opening will be delayed 24 hours and announcement of this delay
				  will be issued 24 hours before the start of the fishery. If after the initial
				  delay gale warnings continue regionwide, the season opening in all eligible
				  sections may be delayed an additional 24 hours. A season opening delay may
				  continue on a rolling 24-hour basis. For the purposes of this subsection, the
				  corresponding National Weather Service forecast areas considered within the
				  Southeast Region are as follows:
(1) Southern
				  Lynn Canal;
(2) Northern Chatham
				  Strait;
(3) Stephens
				  Passage;
(4) Frederick
				  Sound.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.111 - District 15 Tanner Crab 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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.112 - Permits for tanneri and angulatus Tanner crab in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male
				  Tanner crab of the species
Chionoecetes tanneri
and
Chionoecetes angulatus
may be taken in Registration Area A only
				  under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.
(b)
C. tanneri
and
C.
				  angulatus
Tanner crab may be taken only with pots as follows:
(1) no more than 100 pots may be operated
				  from a vessel;
(2) pots may be
				  longlined.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.113 - Registration Area A Tanner crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration
				  Area A, the minimum stock threshold for a commercial Tanner crab fishery is 2,
				  300,000 pounds of mature male Tanner crab, measured by one-half of the
				  long-term average (1997 - 2007) of mature male abundance. If the estimated
				  abundance of mature male Tanner crab is below 2,300,000 pounds, the commercial
				  Tanner crab fishery will remain closed.
(b) The department shall manage the
				  commercial Tanner crab fishery under a harvest strategy in which the
				  commissioner, by emergency order, opens and closes fishing periods as follows:
(1) the initial period of the commercial
				  Tanner crab fishing season in the core areas noncore areas, inside exploratory
				  areas, and outside exploratory area will be at least five days in length, and
				  may be increased with additional fishing days allowed based on the estimated
				  biomass of mature male crab and the number of registered pots at the start of
				  the fishery, as follows:
Pots registered
Additional fishing days
If the mature biomass is at least 2, 300,000
								  pounds, but less than 5, 500,000 pounds
If the mature biomass is 5, 500,000 pounds or
								  greater
1, 600 - 2, 399
4 additional days
5 additional days
2, 400 - 3, 199
3 additional days
4 additional days
3, 200 - 3, 999
2 additional days
3 additional days
4,000 - 5, 599
1 additional day
2 additional days
5, 600 - 7,000
0 additional days
1 additional day
(2)
				  at the end of the initial period, the core areas will close to fishing, and the
				  noncore, inside exploratory areas, and outside exploratory areas will remain
				  open for an additional five days; after the noncore areas close to fishing, the
				  inside exploratory areas and outside exploratory areas will remain open for an
				  additional fourteen days; after the inside exploratory areas close to fishing,
				  the outside exploratory areas will remain open through March
				  31.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.116 - Tanner crab ring net harvest management policy for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
The Registration Area A Tanner crab fishery is to be
					 regulated in a manner that will result in no less than 96 percent of the Tanner
					 crab catch being taken by the pot fishery and no more than four percent by the
					 ring net fishery. This is a long-term management goal and does not require the
					 department to use emergency order authority to achieve the goal within any one
					 season. Based upon the percent of the total harvest taken by ring net fishermen
					 during the general fishing season, the department may restrict the time allowed
					 in the subsequent year's general season to restrain the harvest by ring net
					 fishermen so as not to exceed the four percent guidelines.
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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.120 - BCS control measures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department shall manage Tanner crab
				  stocks in Registration Area A to minimize the spread, and to reduce the
				  incidence, of bitter crab syndrome (BCS). The department shall identify areas
				  of significant infection by BCS, in which the following restrictions apply:
(1) a person shall contact a local
				  representative of the department before fishing for Tanner crab in an area of
				  significant infection by BCS and shall contact a local representative of the
				  department before leaving the area; all fishing vessels shall deliver all
				  Tanner crab harvested in an area of significant infection by BCS to a tender or
				  processor, and may not discard the crab overboard;
(2) an operator of a tender vessel shall
				  contact a local representative of the department before operating in an area of
				  significant infection by BCS; an operator of a tender vessel that takes crab on
				  board in such an area
(A) shall transport all
				  Tanner crab harvested in the BCS area directly to a processing
				  facility;
(B) may not accept Tanner
				  crab from fishing vessels after leaving the area;
(C) shall hold Tanner crab infected with BCS
				  in containers that do not contain circulating sea water.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.125 - Lawful gear for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner
				  crab pots or ring nets. Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to
				  the water without further harm.
(b)
				  The following Tanner crab gear limits are in effect in Registration Area A:
(1) no more than 80 Tanner crab pots may be
				  operated from a vessel registered to fish for Tanner crab;
(2) no more than 20 Tanner crab ring nets may
				  be operated from a vessel registered to fish for Tanner crab;
(3) when the commercial golden king crab and
				  Tanner crab seasons are open in Registration Area A at the same time, an
				  aggregate of no more than 80 king and Tanner crab pots may be operated from a
				  vessel registered to fish for both king and Tanner crab;
(4) when the commercial red king crab and
				  Tanner crab seasons are open in Registration Area A at the same time, no more
				  than the number of pots allowed under
				  5 AAC 34.125 may be operated from a vessel registered to
				  fish for both king and Tanner crab;
(5) Tanner crab ring nets may not be
				  longlined.