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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 35.126 - Tanner crab gear marking requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 35.051, in Registration Area A, in locations where
				  a Tanner crab pot limit is in effect, each Tanner 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.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will
				  be issued to the CFEC permit holder at the time of vessel registration. The
				  permit holder, or the permit holder's agent, shall apply for identification
				  tags at a department office designated to issue the tags. Replacement of tags
				  lost during the season is pennitted if the permit holder and at least one
				  crewmember submit sworn statements or affidavits, in person1 at a department
				  office in Regi tration Area A, describing how the tags were lost and listing
				  the numbers of the lost tags.
(c)
				  Each Tanner crab ring net must have an identification tag, as specified in (a)
				  of this section.
(d) If multiple
				  CFEC permit holders are registered to fish from a vessel simultaneously for the
				  Tanner crab and golden king crab fisheries, the tags are issued to the vessel
				  for the duration of the fishing seasons.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
AS
						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 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.127 - Tanner crab gear storage requirements for Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rectangular
				  Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors not secured closed, may be stored in the water
				  only
(1) for seven days following the season
				  closure for Tanner crab in Registration Area A;
(2) for five days following the season
				  closure for Tanner crab in any portion of Registration Area A;
(3) during the 10 days before the opening of
				  the commercial king and Tanner crab seasons in Registration Area A only under
				  the following conditions:
(A) a pot may not
				  be stored in waters deeper than 10 fathoms at mean low tide; and
(B) buoys must be attached to stored pots and
				  must be marked as specified in
				  5 AAC 35.051, except that a stack of stored Tanner crab
				  pots or ring nets may be marked with a single buoy.
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 35.128 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person or
				  vessel that operates commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots or
				  ring nets, other than commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots, during the
				  30 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner
				  crab season in Registration Area A may not participate in that Tanner crab
				  fishery.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 31.053(d),
				  5 AAC 32.053(d), and
				  5 AAC 35.053(2), a person or vessel may
				  operate commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots during an open Tanner
				  crab season in Registration Area A if the commercial shrimp or Dungeness crab
				  season is open in Registration Area A at the same time as the commercial Tanner
				  crab season.
(c) Notvvithstanding
				  5 AAC 35.053(1), during the 14 days
				  after the close of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area A, a
				  person or vessel that participated in a commercial Tanner crab fishery may
				  operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots in Tanner crab
				  Registration Area A after putting Tanner crab pots in storage, as specified in
				  5 AAC 35.052, and, unless the registration is already
				  invalidated under
				  5 AAC 35.020(k), after invalidating the
				  vessel's Tanner crab registration by contacting, in person, a local
				  representative of the department.
Authority:
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						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 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.130 - Logbooks

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area A, an operator of a
				  vessel registered to fish using pot gear in the commercial Tanner crab fishery
				  shall complete logbooks provided by the department.
(b) Logbooks described in (a) of this section
				  shall be
(1) updated daily;
(2) sealed in envelopes provided by the
				  department to maintain confidentiality; and
(3) submitted to the primary processor or
				  buyer for attachment to the fish ticket; the processor or buyer shall forward
				  fish tickets with the attached, sealed envelopes containing logbooks to the
				  department in accordance with
				  5 AAC 39.130.
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 35.140 - Registration Area A inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area A inspection points are located at
					 Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Juneau or at other locations specified by
					 the department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern) › 5 AAC 35.143 - Reporting requirements for Tanner crab in Registration Area A

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the reporting requirements in
					 5 AAC 39.130 and
					 5 AAC 35.075, the commissioner may require an owner or
					 operator of a vessel registered to fish in the commercial Tanner crab fishery
					 in Registration Area A to report to a local representative of the department
					 the following information:
(1) the
				  number of legal male Tanner crab on board the vessel and the number of pot
				  lifts conducted during the fishing period in any fishing area, district, or
				  portion of a district; and
(2) any
				  other information that the commissioner determines is necessary for the
				  conservation and management of the resource; the board directs the commissioner
				  to consult with the fishing industry in developing reporting requirements under
				  this paragraph.
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 35.155 - Registration Area A closures

Current through May 31, 2024
Within 24 hours following closure of Registration Area A to
					 the taking of Tanner crab, all vessels with Tanner crab on board must arrive at
					 a processing facility and remain until offloading of crab is complete, unless
					 the vessel is otherwise in compliance with
					 5 AAC 35.031(c).
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.160 - Description of Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area D has as its western boundary the
					 longitude of Cape Suckling (144° W. long.), and as its southern 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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.165 - Description of Registration Area D districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area D districts are described in
					 5 AAC 30.200.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.166 - Area D registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area D is a nonexclusive
				  registration area.
(b) A Tanner
				  crab vessel may not be registered in Registration Area D simultaneously as both
				  a pot and ring net vessel. A vessel's registration may be changed during the
				  open Tanner crab season if the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, submits a
				  written request for a change in registration to the department for
				  validation.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.170 - Fishing season for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
Male Tanner crab may be taken only from 12:00 noon January
					 15 through May 1.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.171 - Permits for tanneri and angulatus Tanner crab in Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Male Tanner
				  crab of the species
Chionoecetes tanneri
and
Chionoecetes angulatus
may be taken in Registration Area D 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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.175 - Maximum harvest level for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
The maximum annual allowable harvest for Tanner crab is
					 1,000,000 pounds.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.180 - Lawful gear for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) 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.
(b) The following Tanner crab gear limits are
				  in effect in Registration Area D:
(1) no
				  more than 40 Tanner crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to fish
				  for Tanner crab with pot gear;
(2)
				  no more than 40 Tanner crab ring nets may be operated from a vessel registered
				  to fish for Tanner crab with ring net gear;
(3) when both the commercial king and Tanner crab seasons are open
				  in Registration Area D at the same time, an aggregate of no more than 40 king
				  or Tanner crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to fish for both
				  king and Tanner crab;
(4)
											 Tanner crab may not be taken with pots
				  that have tunnel eye openings located on the vertical plane of the
				  pot;
(5)
											 Tanner crab ring nets may not 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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.181 - Tanner crab gear marking requirements for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 35.051, in Registration Area D, in locations where
				  a Tanner crab pot limit is in effect, each Tanner 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.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will
				  be issued at the time of vessel registration for that vessel only. The vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a
				  department office designated to issue the tags. Replacement of tags lost during
				  the season is permitted if the vessel operator and at least one crew member
				  submit sworn statements or affidavits, in person at the department office that
				  issued the tags, describing how the tags were lost and listing the numbers of
				  the lost tags. Tags shall be renewed annually before each fishing
				  season.
(c) Each Tanner crab ring
				  net must have an identification tag, as specified in (a) of this
				  section.
Authority:
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						16.05.251
AS
						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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.182 - Tanner crab gear storage requirements for Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rectangular
				  Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors not secured closed, may be stored in the water
				  only for
(1) seven days following the season
				  closure for Tanner crab in Registration Area D;
(2) 72 hours following the season closure for
				  Tanner crab in any portion of Registration Area D.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.183 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person or
				  vessel that operates commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots or
				  ring nets, other than commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots, during the
				  14 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner
				  crab season in Registration Area D may not participate in that Tanner crab
				  fishery.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  5 AAC 31.053(d),
				  5 AAC 32.053(d), and
				  5 AAC 35.053(2), a person or vessel may
				  operate commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots during an open Tanner
				  crab season in Registration Area D if the commercial shrimp or Dungeness crab
				  season is open in Registration Area D at the same time as the commercial Tanner
				  crab 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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.185 - Registration Area D inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area D inspection points are located at
					 Yakutat or at other locations specified by the department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.190 - Logbooks

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area D, during a Tanner
				  crab season, an operator of a vessel registered to fish using pot gear in the
				  commercial Tanner crab fishery shall complete logbooks provided by the
				  department.
(b) Logbooks described
				  in (a) of this section shall be
(1) updated
				  daily;
(2) sealed in envelopes
				  provided by the department to maintain confidentiality; and
(3) submitted to the primary processor or
				  buyer for attachment to the fish ticket; the processor or buyer shall forward
				  fish tickets with the attached, sealed envelopes containing logbooks to the
				  department in accordance with
				  5 AAC 39.130.
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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat) › 5 AAC 35.193 - Reporting requirements for Tanner crab in Registration Area D

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the reporting requirements in
					 5 AAC 35.075,
					 5 AAC 35.190, and
					 5 AAC 39.130, the commissioner may require an owner or
					 operator of a vessel registered to fish in the commercial Tanner crab fishery
					 in Registration Area D to report to a local representative of the department
					 the following information:
(1) the
				  number of legal male Tanner crab on board the vessel and the number of pot
				  lifts conducted during the fishing period in any fishing area, district, or
				  portion of a district; and
(2) any
				  other information that the commissioner determines is necessary for the
				  conservation and management of the resource; the board directs the commissioner
				  to consult with the fishing industry in developing reporting requirements under
				  this paragraph.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.300 - Description of Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area E has as its western boundary a line
					 running along the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long.,
					 south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58° 51.10' N. lat., then west to
					 149° W. long., then south along 149° W. long., and as its eastern
					 boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long.
Authority:
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.305 - Description of Registration Area E districts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Northeastern
				  District: all waters north of a line at 60" 30' N. lat., from a point on
				  Hawkins Island at 146° 19.50' W. long., west to 147° 40' W. long., and
				  east of 147° 40' W. long., and south of 60° 48.50' N. lat., and
				  including waters south of a line from the southeastern point of Bligh Island at
				  60° 48.80' N. lat.. 146° 43.30' W. long., to Bidarka Point at 60°
				  49.14' N. lat., 146° 38.45' W. long., and waters west of Salmo Point at
				  145° 45.70' W. long., north of Hawkins Island.
(b) Central District; all waters north of a
				  line from the west side of Montague Island to the east side of Latouche Island
				  at 60° N. lat., and east of a line from Point Grace at the northernmost tip
				  of Latouche Island at 60° 04.80' N lat., 147° 51' W long., to Point
				  Helen at the southernmost tip of Knight Island at 60° 09.30' N. lat.,
				  147° 46' W. long., and including waters on the east side of Knight Island,
				  and south of a line at 60° 30' N. lat., from Knight Island at 147° 42'
				  W. long., to Hawkins Island at 146° 19.50' W. long., and west of a line
				  from that point on Hawkins Island to a point on Hinchinbrook Island at 60°
				  28.80' N. lat., and 146° 23' W. long., and north of a line at 60°
				  20.60' N. lat., from Bear Cape on Hinchinbrook Island to Middle Point on
				  Montague Island.
(c) Southwestern
				  District: all waters east of a line from Cape Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W.
				  long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58° 51.10' N. lat., then
				  west to 149° W. long., then south along 149° W. long., and west of a
				  line drawn south from Cape Cleare at 147° 54' W. long., and those waters
				  southwest of a line running from Point Countess at 60° 12.90' N. lat.,
				  148° 05.30' W. long., to Bainbridge Point at 60° 12' N. lat., 148°
				  03' W. long., to Evans Point at 60° 07.90' N. lat., 147° 54.80' W.
				  long., and to Point Grace at 60° 04.80' N. lat., 147° 51' W long., and
				  including those waters south of the Central District at 60° N.
				  lat.
(d) Southeastern District: all
				  waters west of the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long., south of
				  the Northeastern and Central districts, and east of the Southwestern
				  District.
(e) Northwestern
				  District: all waters north and west of the Northeastern, Central, and
				  Southwestern Districts.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.306 - Area E registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area E is an exclusive
				  registration area.
(b) A Tanner
				  crab vessel must be registered under
				  5 AAC 35.020 no later than 15 days before the scheduled
				  opening date of the commercial Tanner crab 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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.308 - Registration Area E Tanner crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Prince
				  William Sound Area an estimate of the abundance of mature male Tanner crab
				  (TM) for each district will be used to establish a
				  guideline harvest level (GHL) for legal size male Tanner crab
				  (TL), if the current estimated abundance of
				  TM is above the minimum stock threshold for opening a
				  fishery, as follows:
(1) the commercial
				  fishery may open in the Northeastern District only if TM
				  is greater than or equal to 217,800 crab; the GHL will be determined as
				  follows:
(A) the GHL for
				  TL may not exceed 10 percent of the estimated abundance
				  of TM if TM abundance is greater
				  than or equal to 217,800 but less than 326,700 crab;
(B) the GHL for TL may
				  not exceed 15 percent of the estimated abundance of TM
				  if TM abundance is greater than or equal to 326,700 but
				  less than 435,700 crab;
(C) the GHL
				  for TL may not exceed 20 percent of the estimated
				  abundance of TM if TM abundance
				  is greater than or equal to 435,700 crab;
(D) the GHL for TL may
				  not exceed 20 percent of TL abundance;
(E) the GHL for TL may
				  be reduced, or the commercial fishery closed, if the estimated commercial
				  harvest would cause the estimated abundance of TM to
				  fall below the minimum threshold;
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.310 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In Registration Area E, male Tanner crab
				  may be taken only from January 15 until April 15, during periods established by
				  emergency order.
(b) If the opening
				  day National Weather Service forecast for the following 48 hours for Prince
				  William Sound, as defined by the National Weather Service as PKZ125, contains a
				  gale warning, the season opening in all districts shall be delayed 24 hours. If
				  after the initial weather delay, the 4:00 a.m. National Weather Service
				  forecast for the current day and night or the following day and night again
				  contains a gale warning, the season opening in all districts shall be delaved
				  an additional 24 hours. The season opening delays may continue for seven days,
				  after which time the season shall be opened regardless of any gale warning in
				  the National Weather Service forecasts.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.312 - Closed waters in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
The following waters are closed to the taking of Tanner
					 crab:
(1) Port Valdez: north of
				  61° 01.00' N. lat.;
(2) Galena
				  Bay: east of a line from 60° 57.63' N. lat., 146° 45.17' W. long., to
				  60° 58.41' N. lat., 146° 43.34' W. long.;
(3) Port Fidalgo: north of a line from
				  Porcupine Point at 60° 44.62' N. lat., 146° 42.08' w. long., to Bidarka
				  Point at 60° 49.14' N. lat., 146° 38.45' W. long.;
(4) Port Gravina: north of a line from
				  Gravina Point at 60° 37.37' N. lat., 146° 15.22' W. long., to Red Head
				  at 60° 40.25' N. lat., 146° 30.22' 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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.320 - Size limits for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
Only male Tanner crab five inches or greater in width of
					 shell may be taken or possessed.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.325 - Lawful gear for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner
				  crab pots as specified in
				  5 AAC 35.050 Tanner crab taken by other means must be
				  returned to the water without further harm.
(b) Repealed 7/22/2017.
(c) Each Tanner crab pot must have no less
				  than four escape rings of no less than four and three-quarters inches (121 mm)
				  inside diameter installed on the vertical plane to permit escapement of
				  undersize Tanner crab.
(d) The
				  number of Tanner crab pots that may be operated from a vessel will be
				  established by emergency order before the opening of each commercial Tanner
				  crab season, not to exceed 30 Tanner crab pots per vessel. ln determining the
				  annual pot limit, the department will consider the.
(1) total number of registered
				  vessels;
(2) estimated catch per
				  unit effort; and
(3) the guideline
				  harvest level.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.326 - Tanner crab pot marking requirements for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 35.051, in Registration Area E, in locations where
				  a Tanner crab pot limit is in effect, each Tanner 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.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will
				  be issued at the time of vessel registration for that vessel only. The vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a
				  department office designated to issue the tags. Replacement of tags lost during
				  the season is permitted if the vessel operator submits a sworn statement or
				  affidavit to the department office that issued the tags, describing how the
				  tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost tags. Tags shall be renewed
				  annually before each fishing season.
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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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.327 - Tanner crab pot storage for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Cone or pyramid
				  Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not
				  secured closed, and rectangular Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors secured fully open, may be stored in the water
				  only from 30 days before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner
				  crab season in Registration Area E until 30 days after the closure of that
				  season.
(b) The Tanner crab pot
				  storage provisions in
				  5 AAC 35.052(a) (2)(A) apply to the
				  Eastern and Western Districts of Registration Area E.
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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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.328 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
A person or vessel that operates subsistence, sport, or
					 personal use pots during the 30 days immediately before the scheduled opening
					 date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area E may not
					 participate in that commercial Tanner crab fishery.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.345 - Inspection requirements for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner may, by emergency order, require that
					 vessels fishing for Tanner crab in Registration Area E be inspected within 24
					 hours before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in
					 Registration Area E or at any time during the open season by a local
					 representative of the department at an inspection point specified by the
					 department.
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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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.350 - Log sheet requirments for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An operator of
				  a vessel registered for the commercial Tanner crab fishery shall complete log
				  sheets provided by the department.
(b) Log sheets described in this section
				  shall be
(1) updated daily; and
(2) submitted to the primary processor or
				  buyer after each trip with the corresponding fish ticket; the processor or
				  buyer shall submit the fish ticket and corresponding log sheets to the
				  department in accordance with
				  5 AAC 39.130.
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 7 - Registration Area E (Prince William Sound) › 5 AAC 35.358 - Reporting requirements for Registration Area E

Current through May 31, 2024
An owner or operator of a vessel registered to fish in the
					 commercial Tanner crab fishery must report each day to the department as
					 specified on registration:
(1) the
				  number of pot lifts;
(2) the number
				  of crab retained for the 24-hour fishing period preceding the report;
				  and
(3) any other information that
				  the commissioner determines is necessary for the conservation and management of
				  the fishery.
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.400 - Description of Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H has as its eastern boundary the
					 longitude of Cape Fairfield 148° 50.25' W. long.; and as its southern
					 boundary the latitude of Cape Douglas (58° 51.10' N.
					 lat.).
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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.405 - Description of Registration Area H districts

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H districts are described in
					 5 AAC 21.200.
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.406 - Area H registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area H is a superexclusive
				  registration area.
(b) In
				  Registration Area H, for the Tanner crab fishery, the vessel registration
				  deadline for the registration year is 5:00 p.m. January 10.
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.408 - Registration Area H Tanner crab harvest strategy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of this section establish abundance thresholds for the Tanner crab fisheries in
				  the Southern, Kamishak, and Barren Island Districts of Cook Inlet.
(b) In the Southern District, the minimum
				  stock threshold for the commercial fishery is 1,000,000 legal male Tanner crab.
				  If the commercial fishery has been closed for three or more consecutive years,
				  then the estimated abundance of legal male Tanner crab from the Kacliemak Bay
				  trawl survey must be greater than or equal to 1,000,000 crab for two or more
				  years before the commercial fishery may reopen. The commercial Tanner crab
				  fishery will open only under the following conditions:
(1) if the estimated abundance level of legal
				  male Tanner crab is 2,000,000 crab or greater, the commercial fishery will open
				  to harvest Tanner crab at a rate, in combination with the noncommercial
				  fisheries, not to exceed 25 percent of the estimated abundance level of legal
				  male Tanner crab;
(2) if the
				  estimated abundance level of legal male Tanner crab is 1,000,000, but less than
				  2,000,000 crab, the commercial Tanner crab fishery will open to harvest Tanner
				  crab at a rate, in combination with the noncommercial fisheries, not to exceed
				  15 percent of the estimated abundance level of legal male Tanner
				  crab;
(3) the commercial fishery
				  may not open if
(A) the estimated abundance
				  level of legal male Tanner crab is below 1,000,000 crab;
(B) attainment of the guideline harvest level
				  would cause legal male Tanner crab abundance to fall below 1,000,000 crab;
				  or
(C) the estimated harvest
				  capacity, calculated by the number of registered vessels multiplied by the
				  legal pot limit, and the estimated catch rate exceeds the guideline harvest
				  level during a commercial fishery of a minimum 12-hour duration;
(4) repealed 9/12/2008;
(5) repealed 9/12/2008.
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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.410 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Southern District, male Tanner
				  crab may be taken only during periods established by emergency order within the
				  period of January 15 through March 31. The orders must be based on weather
				  factors that affect crab mortality, such as forecasted wind speed and air
				  temperature.
(b) In all other
				  districts, male Tanner crab may be taken only from 12:00 noon January 15
				  through March 31.
(c)
				  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the commercial harvest of Tanner crab in
				  the Outer, Eastern, and Central Districts is closed until the Tanner crab
				  stocks have recovered and a harvest strategy for those districts is developed
				  by the department and adopted in a regulation by the Board of
				  Fisheries.
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.420 - Size limits for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Only male Tanner crab four and one-half inches or greater
					 in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
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						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.425 - Lawful gear for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) 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.
(b)
				  Each Tanner crab pot must have no less than four escape rings of no less than
				  four and three-quarters inches inside diameter installed on the vertical plane
				  to permit escapement of undersize Tanner crab.
(c) During a commercial Tanner crab season in
				  Registration Area H, an aggregate of no more than 75 king and Tanner crab pots
				  may be operated from a vessel registered to fish Tanner crab, except that in
				  the Southern District,
(1) an aggregate of no
				  more than 40 pots may be operated from a vessel if the guideline harvest level
				  for Tanner crab in the Southern District is greater than 400,000 pounds, but
				  not more than 800,000 pounds;
(2)
				  an aggregate of no more than 20 pots may be operated from a vessel if the
				  guideline harvest level for Tanner crab is less than 400,000 pounds.
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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.426 - Tanner crab gear marking requirements for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  5 AAC 35.051, in Registration Area H, in locations where
				  a Tanner crab pot limit is in effect, each Tanner 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.
(b) Identification tags are issued before
				  each fishing season, are uniquely numbered for each registration year, and will
				  be issued at the time of vessel registration for that vessel only. The vessel
				  owner, or the owner's agent, shall apply for identification tags at a
				  department office designated to issue the tags. Replacement of tags lost during
				  the season is permitted if the vessel operator submits a sworn statement or
				  affidavit to the department office that issued the tags, describing how the
				  tags were lost and listing the numbers of the lost tags. Tags shall be renewed
				  annually before each fishing season.
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.427 - Tanner crab pot storage for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) 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 all doors not secured closed, may be stored in the
				  Kamishak District and in those waters of the Southern District west of a line
				  from Coal Point to 60 Foot Rock to Anisom Point only in waters of not more than
				  15 fathoms deep. In all remaining waters of the Southern District, rectangular
				  Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors
				  secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait
				  containers removed and all doors not secured closed, may be stored only in
				  waters of not more than 10 fathoms deep.
(b) Cone or pyramid pots with all bait and
				  bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in the
				  water only from 30 days before the scheduled opening date of the commercial
				  Tanner crab season in Registration Area H until 30 days after the closure of
				  that season.
Authority:
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery › Article 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.428 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
A person or vessel that operates commercial, subsistence,
					 sport, or personal use pots or ring nets, other than shrimp pots or Dungeness
					 crab pots, during the 14 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of
					 the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H may not participate in
					 that Tanner crab fishery, except that in the Southern District, a person or
					 vessel operating groundfish pots during the 14 days before the scheduled
					 opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H may
					 participate in that fishery after the groundfish pot gear is removed from the
					 water.
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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.440 - Registration Area H inspection points

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area H initial inspection points are located
					 at Homer, Seldovia, and Seward. Reinspection points are located at Homer,
					 Seldovia, Seward, and Kodiak or at other locations specified by the
					 department.
Authority:
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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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet) › 5 AAC 35.445 - Inspection requirements for Registration Area H

Current through May 31, 2024
Within 24 hours before the scheduled opening date of the
					 commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H or at any time during the
					 open season, a Tanner crab vessel registered for Registration Area H must have
					 all holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the
					 department at an inspection point specified in
					 5 AAC 35.440. Tanner crab may not be on board the vessel
					 at the time of inspection. The requirements of this section do not apply to a
					 registered Tanner crab vessel that does not have a saltwater circulation system
					 in its holds or live tanks.
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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 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 35.500 - Description of Registration Area J

Current through May 31, 2024
Registration Area J includes all Pacific Ocean waters south
					 of the latitude of Cape Douglas (58° 51.10' N. lat.), and west of 149°
					 W. long., and all Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean waters east of the Maritime
					 Boundary Agreement Line as that line is described in the text of and depicted
					 in the annex to the Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United States and
					 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Washington, June 1, 1990, and
					 as that Maritime Boundary Agreement Line is depicted on
NOAA Chart
					 #513
(7th Edition, June 2004) and
NOAA Chart #514
(7th
					 Edition, January 2004), adopted by reference.
Copies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
						Administration (NOAA) charts adopted by reference in
						5 AAC 35.500 can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased at
						NOAA's website at
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.html
.
						In addition, the charts are available for inspection at the Lieutenant
						Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska.
Authority:
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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 10 - Registration Area J (Westward) › 5 AAC 35.506 - Area J registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Registration Area J is a nonexclusive
				  registration area, except the Kodiak and Chignik Districts are super exclusive
				  registration districts.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding (c) and (g) of this section, a Chignik Tanner crab permit
				  holder may register a vessel to take Tanner crab in the Semidi Island Overlap
				  Section of the Kodiak District, as specified in
				  5 AAC 35.507.
(c) A Tanner crab vessel may not be
				  registered to take Tanner crab in more than one district of Registration Area J
				  at a time.
(d) A Tanner crab vessel
				  from which pots having identification tags required by
				  5 AAC 35.526 are fished may not be, at the same time,
				  validly registered to fish any other fishery with pot gear.
(e) For the Chignik, Eastern Aleutian,
				  Western Aleutian, and Bering Sea Districts, the registration deadlines for the
				  registration year are as follows:
(1) for the
				  Bering Sea District C. opilio Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration
				  deadline is 5:00 p.m. September 24;
(2) for the Bering Sea District, C. bairdi
				  Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. September
				  24;
(3) repealed
				  8/14/2005;
(4) for the Eastern
				  Aleutian District
C. bairdi
Tanner crab fishery, the preseason
				  egistration deadline is 5:00 p.m. December 24;
(5) for the Western Aleutian District
C. bairdi
Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration
				  deadline is 5:00 p.m. October 10;
(6) for the Chignik District
C.
				  bairdi
Tanner crab fishery, if the guideline harvest level exceeds
				  2,000,000 pounds, the registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. December 24.