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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.380 - District 13: Crawfish Inlet Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This management
				  plan provides for the harvest of hatchery-produced king and chum salmon in the
				  Crawfish Inlet Terminal Harvest Area by the troll, purse seine, and drift
				  gillnet fleet.
(b) The department,
				  in consultation with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
				  (NSRAA), shall, by emergency order, open and close the Crawfish Inlet Terminal
				  Harvest Area to provide for the harvest of hatchery-produced king and chum
				  salmon by troll, purse seine, and drift gillnet gear.
(c) The Crawfish Inlet Terminal Harvest Area
				  consists of the waters east of a line from 56° 44.16' N. lat., 135°
				  15.80' W. long., to 56° 43.30' N. lat., 135° 17.81' W. long., to
				  56° 41.93' N. lat., 135° 17.54' W. long., to 56° 41.14' N. lat.,
				  135° 13.80' W. long., including the waters of Jamboree Bay, Cedar Pass
				  south of 56° 47.14' N. lat., and Crawfish Inlet west of 135° 11.05' W.
				  long.
Authority:
AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.381 - District 6: Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This management plan distributes the
				  harvest of Crystal Lake Hatchery king and coho salmon returns to the terminal
				  waters of Wrangell Narrows in Section 6-A south of 56° 46' N. lat. and
				  north and east of the northern tip of Woewodski Island at 56° 36' N. lat.,
				  132° 59' W. long. and the fresh waters of Blind Slough upstream of a line
				  between Blind Point and Anchor Point, among fisheries while protecting hatchery
				  broodstock.
(b) The harvest of
				  Crystal Lake Hatchery king salmon in the terminal harvest area will be
				  distributed between the sport and commercial fisheries as follows when the
				  projected adult return of king salmon to the terminal harvest is
(1) below 1,000 fish, sport and commercial
				  salmon fisheries in the terminal harvest area will be closed from June 1
				  through July 31;
(2) at least
				  1,000, but less than 2,000 fish, the commissioner shall open, by emergency
				  order, the season for the terminal waters of Wrangell Narrows to sport fishing
				  for king salmon, with a daily bag and possession limit of two king salmon 28
				  inches or greater in length and two king salmon less than 28 inches in length,
				  from June 1 through July 31 during which time the terminal harvest area
				  commercial salmon fishery in Wrangell Narrows and the sport fishery in Blind
				  Slough will be closed;
(3) at least
				  2,000, but less than 4,000 fish, the commissioner shall open, by emergency
				  order, the season for the terminal harvest area to sport fishing for king
				  salmon, with a daily bag and possession limit of two king salmon 28 inches or
				  greater in length and two king salmon less than 28 inches in length, from June
				  1 through July 31 during which time the commercial salmon fishery in the
				  terminal waters of Wrangell Narrows will be closed;
(4) more than 4,000 fish, the commissioner
				  shall open, by emergency order, the season for the terminal waters of Wrangell
				  Narrows and Blind Slough to sport fishing for king salmon during which time a
				  daily bag and possession limit may be more than two king salmon 28 inches or
				  greater in length and more than two king salmon less than 28 inches in length
				  from June 1 through July 31 during which time the commercial fishery in the
				  terminal waters of Wrangell Narrows will be opened to harvest 50 percent of the
				  projected return over 4,000 fish.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.382 - District 3: Port Saint Nicholas Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This management plan distributes the
				  harvest of hatchery-produced king salmon in the Port Saint Nicholas Terminal
				  Harvest Area between the purse seine, troll, and drift gillnet
				  fleets.
(b) The department, in
				  consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
				  (SSRAA), shall manage the Port Saint Nicholas Terminal Harvest Area from May 1
				  through July 31 for troll, purse seine, and drift gillnet gear to provide for
				  the harvest of hatchery-produced king salmon, unless closed earlier by
				  emergency order. The Port Saint Nicholas Terminal Harvest Area consists of all
				  waters of Port Saint Nicholas east of the longitude of Point Miraballes at
				  133º 05.23' W. long., and west of the longitude at 132º 59.50' W.
				  long., located at the mouth of the Port Saint Nicholas head stream.
(c) For troll gear, the terminal harvest area
				  is expanded to the waters of Port Saint Nicholas and Bucareli Bay north and
				  east of a line from Cape Suspiro at 55º 27.48' N. lat., 133º 08.54' W
				  long., to the northernmost tip of Toti Island at 55º 24.90' N. lat.,
				  133º 07.34' W. long., to Point Miraballes at 55º 25.86' N. lat.,
				  133º 05.23' W. long.
(d) A
				  drift gillnet operated in the terminal harvest area may not exceed 200 fathoms
				  in length.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
AS 16.10.455
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.383 - District 7: Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Anita Bay
				  Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters of Anita Bay south and west of a
				  line from the tip of Anita Point at 56º 13.68' N. lat., 132º 22.48'
				  W. long., to a point on the northern shore at 56º 14.26' N. lat.,
				  132º 23.93' W. long.
(b) The
				  commissioner shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and
				  periods to manage the common property fisheries to harvest excess salmon
				  returning to the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area. The Terminal Harvest Area
				  will be opened and closed under this subsection to the harvest of salmon as
				  follows:
(1) the waters within one-quarter
				  mile of the northern shoreline of Anita Bay west of a line from 56º12.33'
				  N. lat, 132º 26.19' W. long., to 56º 12.06' N. lat, 132º 26.19'
				  W. long., and east of a line from 56º 11.96' N. lat, 132º 29.57' W.
				  long., to 56º 11.73' N. lat, 132º 29.36' W. long., will be open from
				  June 15 through July 10;
(2) the
				  waters south and west of the waters specified in (1) of the subsection, will be
				  closed as follows:
(A) from June 15 through
				  June 25, the waters of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of
				  132º 26.19' W. long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon;
(B) from June 26 through July 1, the waters
				  of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of 132º 26.98' W.
				  long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon;
(C) from July 2 through July 10, the waters
				  of the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area that are west of 132º 28.00' W.
				  long. will be closed to the harvest of salmon;
(3) the waters within the Anita Bay Terminal
				  Harvest not described in (1) and (2) of this subsection will be open for the
				  entire fishing season.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.384 - Lynn Canal and Chilkat River King Salmon Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose
				  of the management plan in this section is to provide for the biological
				  spawning escapement requirements of king salmon to the Chilkat River. It is the
				  intent of the Board of Fisheries (board) that Chilkat River king salmon be
				  harvested in the fisheries that have historically harvested them. The board,
				  through this management plan, recognizes that the commercial drift gillnet
				  fishery in Chilkat Inlet, and the subsistence fisheries in Chilkat Inlet and
				  the Chilkat River, are directed primarily toward sockeye salmon but
				  incidentally catch king salmon. A secondary goal of this management plan is to
				  provide a reasonable opportunity to harvest sockeye salmon in the Chilkat Inlet
				  and Chilkat River subsistence fisheries while minimizing the incidental harvest
				  of king salmon. This management plan provides the department guidelines to
				  preclude allocation conflicts between the various user groups of this resource.
				  The department shall manage the Chilkat River king salmon stocks in a
				  conservative manner consistent with sustained yield principles.
(b) The subsistence net fisheries in Chilkat
				  Inlet north of a line extending from an ADF&G regulatory marker located
				  approximately one mile south of Anchorage Point to an ADF&G regulatory
				  marker located directly north of the Letnikof Cove boat ramp are closed through
				  July 15. The subsistence net fisheries in the Chilkat River, excluding that
				  portion of the river from Haines Highway mile 19 upstream to Well's Bridge, are
				  closed from the third week of June through the fourth week of July.
(c) The department shall manage the
				  commercial and sport fisheries in Lynn Canal to achieve an inriver run goal of
				  1,850 - 3,600 king salmon in the Chilkat River upstream of the department fish
				  wheels located approximately adjacent to Haines Highway mile 9. The inriver run
				  goal includes the following:
(1) a biological
				  escapement goal of 1,750 - 3,500 three ocean age and older king salmon to the
				  Chilkat River; and
(2) the
				  incidental harvest of king salmon in the Chilkat River subsistence sockeye
				  fishery.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.385 - Mist Cove Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Mist Cove
				  Terminal Harvest Area for coho salmon using troll gear is established adjacent
				  to and exclusive of the Mist Cove Special Harvest Area specified in
				  5 AAC 40.042(a) (8). The Mist Cove
				  Terminal Harvest Area consists of the waters that are outside of the Mist Cove
				  Special Harvest Area and north of the latitude of 56° 28.00' N. lat., west
				  of a line from 56° 28.00' N. lat., 134° 37.00' W. long. to Patterson
				  Point Light to a point on the Baranof Island shore at 56° 32.52' N. lat.,
				  134° 40.18' W. long. and east of the longitude of 134° 41.00' W. long.
				  in Deep Cove.
(b) The commissioner
				  shall open and close, by emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to manage
				  the harvest of excess salmon returning to the Mist Cove Terminal Harvest
				  Area.
(c) The Mist Cove Special
				  Harvest Area consisting of all waters south and west of a line from 56°
				  31.70' N. lat., 134° 39.97' W. long. to 56° 31.27' N. lat., 134°
				  39.85' W. long. is closed to commercial fishing, other than hatchery cost
				  recovery fishing, from 12:01 a.m. July 31 until 11 :59 p.m. September 30, and
				  the waters south of a line from ADF&G regulatory markers located at 56°
				  31.07' N. lat., 134° 40.20' W. long. to 56° 31.07' N. lat., 134°
				  40.12' W. long. are closed to commercial salmon fishing, other than hatchery
				  cost recovery fishing.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.386 - District 15: Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This
				  management plan provides for the harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon in
				  the Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area for the Southeastern Alaska drift gillnet
				  fleet in Section 15-C. The Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area includes those
				  waters within two nautical miles of the western shoreline of Lynn Canal from
				  the latitude of Lance Point at 58º 43.95' N. lat. south to the latitude of
				  a point located approximately 2.4 miles north of Point Whidbey at 58º
				  37.05' N. lat.
(b) The department
				  will, in consultation with Douglas Island Pink and Chum, manage the waters of
				  the Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area to harvest hatchery-produced chum salmon
				  from the third Sunday in June through September 15, as follows:
(1) unless modified by an emergency order,
				  fishing will be open continuously within the Boat Harbor Terminal Harvest Area
				  in the waters of Boat Harbor west of 135º 09.57' W. long.;
(2) the remainder of the Boat Harbor Terminal
				  Harvest Area will be managed by emergency order to provide access to
				  hatchery-produced chum salmon after managing for the adequate escapement of
				  wild salmon stocks.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.387 - District 9: Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose
				  of the management plan in this section is to distribute the harvest of
				  hatchery-produced salmon in the Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area.
(b) The Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area
				  consists of the waters of Keku Strait enclosed by a line from a rocky point on
				  the northern end of Kuiu Island located on the east side of Southeast Cove at
				  56° 52.95' N. lat., 134° 01.33' W. long. to the northwest corner of
				  Hound Island at 56° 53.12' N. lat., 133° 56.77' W. long., then
				  northwest connecting points along the northern shore of Keku Islands at 56°
				  53.98' N. lat., 133° 57.58' W. long. to 56° 54.90' N. lat., 133°
				  59.53' W. long. to 56° 55.93' N. lat., 134° 00.97' W. long. to 56°
				  55.95' N. lat., 134° 02.15' W. long. to 56° 55.22' N. lat., 134°
				  02.53' W. long. to 56° 56.37' N. lat., 134° 06.62' W. long., then to
				  the northwest corner of Payne Island at 56° 57.45' N. lat., 134° 08.75'
				  W. long., then south to a point on Kuiu Island at 56° 55.08' N. lat.,
				  134° 09.25' W. long.
(c) From
				  the third Sunday in June through the first Saturday in August, the
				  commissioner, in consultation with the hatchery operator may open and close, by
				  emergency order, fishing seasons and periods to harvest hatchery-produced
				  salmon returning to the Southeast Cove Terminal Harvest Area in excess of
				  broodstock and cost recovery needs.
(d) The management plan allows for the
				  harvest of hatchery-produced chum salmon the purse seine, gillnet, and troll
				  fisheries when there are excess fish not being harvested by the hatchery
				  operator. The gear and rotations, if any, shall be determined by the
				  commissioner, by emergencv order, in consultation with the hatchery
				  operator.
(e) Repealed 6/17/2018.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.388 - District 3: Port Asumcion Terminal Harvest Area Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This
				  management plan provides for the terminal area common property harvest of
				  hatchery-produced chum and coho salmon in the Port Asumcion Terminal Harvest
				  Area and distributes the harvest between the purse seine, gillnet, and troll
				  fleets.
(b) The department, in
				  consultation with the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
				  (SSRAA), shall manage the waters of Port Asumcion north and west of a line from
				  Point Cosinas at 55º 21.80' N. lat., 133º 30.64' W. long., to a point
				  west of Point Maria located at 55º 22.04' N. lat., 133º 30.26' W.
				  long.
(c) Openings will be by
				  emergency order once SSRAA cost recovery for the site has been
				  secured.
(d) Salmon may be taken
				  by purse seine, gillnet, and troll gear from June 15 to October
				  30.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.10.455
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.390 - Optimal escapement goal for sockeye salmon in Hugh Smith Lake in District 1 of the Southeastern Alaska Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Board of Fisheries (board) recognizes the uncertainty
					 in the stock assessment data used to develop the Hugh Smith Lake sockeye salmon
					 biological escapement goal, the contribution of rehabilitation efforts in
					 rebuilding the Hugh Smith Lake sockeye salmon stock, and the value and
					 importance of commercial fisheries in southern Southeastern Alaska that
					 incidentally harvest small numbers of Hugh Smith Lake sockeye salmon. The board
					 hereby adopts an optimal escapement goal of 8,000 - 18,000 sockeye salmon for
					 Hugh Smith Lake that includes spawning salmon of wild and hatchery
					 origin.
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 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.392 - Size limits and landing of king salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified, king salmon taken and retained must measure at least 28
				  inches from tip of snout to tip of tail (in its natural open position) or 23
				  inches from the midpoint of the cleithral arch to the tip of the tail.
				  Undersized king salmon which are taken must be returned to the water without
				  injury.
(b) A CFEC purse seine
				  salmon permit holder may take but may not sell king salmon less than the
				  minimum legal size requirement specified in (a) of this section. King salmon
				  taken in the purse seine fishery that are less than the minimum legal size
				  requirement will not be counted against the king harvest quota.
(c) the size requirements specified in this
				  section do not apply to gillnet fisheries.
(d) The heads of all adipose-fin-clipped king
				  salmon must remain attached to the fish until sold.
(e) Repealed 10/1/98.
(f) Repealed 10/1/98.
(g) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if
				  the department determines that it is necessary for the conservation of king
				  salmon or to meet obligations of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the commissioner
				  may, by emergency order, close the purse seine salmon fishery and immediately
				  reopen the fishery during which king salmon equal to or greater in length than
				  the requirements set forth in (a) of this section that are taken incidentally
				  in the purse seine salmon fishery must also be returned to the water
				  unharmed;
(h) A person may not
				  mutilate or otherwise disfigure king salmon in any manner that prevents
				  determining the size requirements set out in this section.
As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 33.392(e) appears in
						5 AAC 29.140(c), and the substance of 5 AAC 33.392(f) appears in
						5 AAC 29.140(d).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.393 - Landing of coho salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
The heads of all adipose-fin-clipped coho salmon must
					 remain attached to the fish until sold.
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 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.394 - Landing of steelhead

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a purse seine fishery, a CFEC purse
				  seine salmon permit holder may take but may not sell steelhead trout.
(b) In a drift gillnet fishery, a CFEC
				  gillnet salmon permit holder may take but may not sell steelhead.
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 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 3 - Salmon Fishery › 5 AAC 33.398 - Use of aircraft unlawful

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Southeastern Alaska Area
(a) during an open commercial salmon fishing
				  period, a person may not use an unmanned aircraft to locate salmon for the
				  commercial taking of salmon or to direct commercial salmon fishing
				  operations;
(b) during an open
				  commercial purse seine fishing period for an area other than a terminal harvest
				  area, a person may not use an aircraft to locate salmon for the commercial
				  taking of salmon or to direct commercial salmon fishing operations one hour
				  before, during, and one hour after an open commercial purse seine fishing
				  period.
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 33 - Southeastern Alaska Area › Article 5 - Smelt Fishery › 5 AAC 33.520 - Southeastern Alaska Area Eulachon Smelt Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Eulachon smelt
				  (thaleichthys pacificus) may be taken in the Southeastern Alaska Area only by a
				  CFEC permit holder. Before taking eulachon smelt, a CFEC permit holder must
				  register with the department no later than March 1 of each calendar
				  year.
(b) Eulachon smelt may be
				  taken only from 12:01 a.m. March 2 through 11:59 p.m. May 15.
(c) Eulachon smelt may only be taken in the
				  following areas in the Southeastern Alaska Area:
(1) Unuk River and Klahini River: north of
				  56º 02' N. lat.;
(2) Chickamin
				  River: east of a line from Fish Point to Trap Point;
(3) Stikine River: inside of a line from
				  Babbler Point to Hour Point along the shore of Wrangell Island to Point
				  Highfield to the southern end of Liesnoi Island to the southern end of Greys
				  Island to the small island near the eastern entrance of Blind Slough to the
				  nearest point of Mitkof Island to the prominent point of Mitkof Island nearest
				  Coney Island to the northern end of Coney Island to a point 500 yards north of
				  Japanese Creek on the mainland shore;
(4) Bradfield Canal: east of the longitude of
				  Duck Point.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.001 - Application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
Requirements set out in this chapter apply only to
					 commercial fishing for king crab, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence,
					 personal use, and sport fishing regulations affecting commercial king crab
					 vessels or affecting any other commercial king 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:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.005 - Registration areas established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  are king crab registration areas and their code letters:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 34.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 34.160)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 34.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 34.300)
K - Kodiak Area (5 AAC 34.400)
M - Alaska Peninsula Area (5 AAC 34.500)
O - Aleutian Islands Area (5 AAC 34.600)
T - Bristol Bay Area (5 AAC 34.800)
Q - Bering Sea Area (5 AAC 34.900)
(b) Each registration area identified in (a)
				  of this section shall be designated as one of the following:
(1) superexclusive registration area: a king
				  crab vessel that has been validly registered to take king crab in a king crab
				  superexclusive registration area may not be used to take the same species of
				  king crab in any other king crab registration area during the same registration
				  year;
(2) exclusive registration
				  area: unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a king crab vessel that has
				  been validly registered to take king crab in a king crab exclusive registration
				  area may not be used to take the same species of king crab in any king crab
				  superexclusive registration area or in any other king crab exclusive
				  registration area during the same registration year;
(3) nonexclusive registration area: during
				  the same registration year, a king crab vessel may be registered to take the
				  same species of king crab in one or more of the king crab nonexclusive
				  registration areas and registered to take the species of king crab for one king
				  crab exclusive registration area, but may not be used to take the same species
				  of king crab in any king crab superexclusive registration area or in more than
				  one king crab exclusive registration area.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.010 - Application of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter applicable
				  to a king 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 king 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 king crab inhabiting territorial waters of Alaska;
				  or
(3) the state has an
				  insufficient interest in the king 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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.030 - Inspection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter and
(b) of this section, within 24 hours before a
				  season opening or at any time during the open season before taking or
				  processing king crab, a king crab vessel registered for a registration area
				  must have its holds or live tanks inspected by a local representative of the
				  department at inspection points specified in this chapter. Unless otherwise
				  specified in this chapter, king crab may not be on board the vessel at the time
				  of inspection. Successful completion of the inspection validates the vessel's
				  registration for the registration area. During the period 24 hours before the
				  season opening in a registration area until the season closure in that area,
				  the inspection requirements of this section do not apply to a registered king
				  crab vessel that does not have a saltwater circulation system in its holds or
				  live tanks. If an inspection is not required, completion of the registration
				  form validates the registration.
(b) By announcement, the commissioner may
				  require vessel inspection for a registration area that is exempt from the
				  requirements of this section.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.033 - Tenders for king crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vessel used to tender king crab for a
				  vessel validly registered to take king crab may not have king crab gear or
				  equipment on board the tendering vessel and may not use that vessel to take
				  king crab.
(b) Before engaging in
				  any tendering operation, the operator of a tendering vessel shall register that
				  vessel with a local representative of the department within the king crab
				  registration area, district, or section in which the operator intends to
				  operate that vessel.
(c) Before
				  leaving a king 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 king crab on board the vessel and the vessel's unloading destination. To
				  comply with the requirements of this subsection, the operator of a tendering
				  vessel in Registration Area O, Q, or T must contact a local representative of
				  the department in Dutch Harbor.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.035 - Closure of king crab registration areas and appeal procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
Within five days following the closure of a king crab
					 registration area or portion of a registration area, the holder of a valid CFEC
					 interim use or limited entry permit, or the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
					 of a king 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 king 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 registration area or portion of the registration area by
					 emergency order.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.040 - Partial closure of registration areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Pursuant to the
				  procedures set out in
				  5 AAC 34.035, the commissioner may close a registration
				  area for certain species of king crab.
(b) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 34,
				  after 24 hours following the closure of any registration area for specified
				  species of king crab, no vessel registered for that area may have that species
				  of king crab on board in waters subject to jurisdiction of the state unless the
(1) vessel is validly registered for another
				  registration area and the area is open for that species of king crab;
(2) vessel is otherwise in compliance with
				  5 AAC 34.020 and
				  5 AAC 34.030;
(3) vessel operator has contacted, in person
				  or by radio, a local representative of the department at a landing port or
				  inspection point specified in 5 AAC 34 or by the department, and the
				  representative has authorized the extended possession of crab; contact must be
				  made within the 24-hour period following the season closure for that species of
				  king crab in the registration area, or any district in Area Q.
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 1 - Registration Areas › 5 AAC 34.045 - Discretionary openings

Current through May 31, 2024
In areas where the commissioner is authorized to open the
					 season by emergency order, the commissioner may delay the opening beyond the
					 earliest date specified in the regulations if he finds that such delay would
					 affect preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general
					 welfare.
Authority:
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						16.05.020
AS 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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.050 - Lawful gear for king crab

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
(1) king crab may be taken only with king
				  crab pots; king crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without
				  further harm;
(2) a king 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 no less than five inches
				  (13 cm) in any 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 consisting of one horizontal opening of any size;
(3) during the open season for king crab, all
				  shellfish pots, other than those described as Dungeness crab, Tanner crab, or
				  shrimp pots, must conform to the specifications in (2) of this
				  section.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.051 - King crab gear marking requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At least one
				  buoy on each king crab pot or ring net must be legibly marked with the
				  permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the king 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, one-half inch wide, and 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.
(b) In registration areas where a king crab
				  pot limit is in effect, each king crab pot must have one identification tag
				  issued by the department placed on the main buoy or on the trailer buoy if more
				  than one buoy is attached to the pot.
(c) 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 the tags. Replacement of tags lost during
				  the 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 before each fishing season.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.052 - King crab gear storage requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this chapter, during the closed season for king crab in
				  a registration area, king crab pots must be removed from the water, except
				  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
(1) of 25 fathoms or less in depth;
				  or
(2) deeper than 25 fathoms for
				  only
(A) seven days following the season
				  closure for king crab in a registration area; or
(B) 72 hours following the closure of any
				  district, portion of a district, or portion of the registration area.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.053 - Operation of other pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 31 - 5 AAC 38,
(1) a person or vessel that operates
				  commercial, subsistence, personal use, or sport pots, during the 14 days
				  immediately before the opening of a commercial king crab season in a king crab
				  registration area, may not participate in the commercial king crab fishery in
				  the king crab registration area or, with respect to Registration Area Q, in
				  that district or section of Registration Area Q, where the fishing with pots
				  occurred, except that a person or vessel is not disqualified from the
				  commercial king crab fishery by placing king crab pots with bait and bait
				  containers removed and with the doors secured open in waters that are 25
				  fathoms or less in depth or as otherwise specified in 5 AAC 34; a person or
				  vessel that participates in a commercial king crab fishery in a king crab
				  registration area or, with respect to Registration Area Q, in that district or
				  section of Registration Area Q where the fishing with pots occurred, may not
				  operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots in that
				  registration area during the 14 days after the close of the commercial king
				  crab season; a vessel or person may operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or
				  personal use pots in a king crab registration area after putting king crab pots
				  in storage, as specified in
				  5 AAC 34.052, and, unless the registration is already
				  invalidated under
				  5 AAC 34.020(k), after invalidating the
				  vessel's king crab registration by contacting, in person, a local
				  representative of the department;
(2) during a commercial king crab fishery, a
				  person or vessel validly registered for that fishery may not operate
				  commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots other than commercial king
				  crab pots, except that a person or vessel may stop participating in the
				  commercial king crab fishery and instead operate commercial pots other than
				  king crab pots if
(A) the king crab pots are
				  put in storage as specified in
				  5 AAC 34.052; and
(B) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
				  contacts a representative of the department, in person, and requests that the
				  king crab registration be invalidated.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.055 - Permits for processing vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
The owner or operator of a vessel used in the processing of
					 king crab must 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 king crab; and
(5)
				  reporting of any other information required by the department for the
				  conservation and development of king crab resources.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
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						16.05.685
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.057 - Postseason king crab pot recovery permit

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  may issue, under the provisions of this section, a permit for Registration Area
				  O, Q, or T to a person or vessel to recover
(1) lost king crab pot gear belonging to
				  another vessel or person; or
(2)
				  king 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 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.060 - Size limit for king crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male king crab
				  seven inches (178 mm) or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed,
				  unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 34.
(b) Width measurement of king crab shall be
				  the 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:
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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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.065 - Female and undersize king crab

Current through May 31, 2024
Male king crab less than minimum size and female king crab
					 may not be taken or possessed. Such king crab which have been taken must be
					 immediately returned unharmed to the sea.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.075 - Reporting of king crab catches lost or not purchased

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each king crab
				  fisherman shall indicate on the fish ticket at the time of landing any king
				  crab harvested which are not purchased by the processor or buyer, or which have
				  been dumped at sea.
(b) Each buyer
				  of king crab shall indicate on the fish ticket any king crab which was not
				  purchased from a load.
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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.080 - Harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
The department shall establish an annual harvest strategy
					 for each king crab stock which is consistent with the board's policy statement
					 on king crab resource management, 90-04-FB, March 23, 1990, hereby adopted by
					 reference. If adequate data are available, the department shall establish a
					 threshold level of abundance and shall close the fishery during the entire
					 fishing season 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, estimates of accepted biological catch,
					 historical fishery performance data, estimates of reproductive potential, and
					 market or other economic considerations. The department may not change current
					 harvest strategies without review by the board, except for those changes
					 already permitted by
					 5 AAC 34.035.
Copies of the policy statement adopted by reference in
						5 AAC 34.080 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:
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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 2 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 34.081 - Definition of "rigid" as applied to tunnel eye openings

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, "rigid," as applied to king 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:
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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 3 - Conditions for License and Permits › 5 AAC 34.082 - Permits for Lithodes couesi king crab

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male king crab
				  of the species
Lithodes couesi
may be taken in Registration
				  Areas K, M, O, Q, and T only under the conditions of a permit issued by the
				  commissioner.
(b)
Lithodes
				  couesi
may be taken only with pots as follows:
(1) in Registration Areas K and M,
(A) pots may be longlined;
(B) no more than 150 large pots or 300 small
				  pots may be operated from a vessel, except that in Registration Area K no more
				  than 75 large pots or 150 small pots may be operated from a vessel;
(C) for purposes of this paragraph, a small
				  pot is a pot that is no more than 20 feet in perimeter and no more than 42
				  inches high, and a large pot is a pot that is more than 20 feet in perimeter
				  and no more than 42 inches high;
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 3 - Conditions for License and Permits › 5 AAC 34.085 - Agreements for use privilege (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
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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 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 34.100 - 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 seav.rard from the \vestern tip of Cape Fairweather at 58° 47.89'
					 N. lat., 137° 56.68' W. long. to the intersection \Vi th the seaward limit
					 of the exclusive economic zone at 56° 07.31' N. lat., 141° 44.74' W.
					 long.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 34.105 - Description of Registration Area A districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A districts are described in
					 5 AAC 33.200.
Authority:
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						16.05.251