Section 20.05.724. General provisions relating to point systems for the Norton Sound herring gillnet fishery, the Norton Sound herring beach seine fishery, the Cape Romanzof herring gillnet fishery, the Nelson Island herring gillnet fishery, and the Nunivak Island herring gillnet fishery.

	(a)  Participation Points Restrictions. An applicant will not receive  
		(1) both crewmember participation points and captain participation points in the same fishery for the same season;  
		(2) both crewmember participation points and extraordinary circumstances points in the same fishery for the same season;  
		(3) any participation points in any year in which the applicant violated herring superexclusive use regulations specified in 5 AAC 27.899 or 5 AAC 27.987.  
	(b)  Extraordinary Circumstances. If extraordinary circumstances prevented an applicant from participating in the fishery in a given season, the commission will, in its discretion, award the applicant those points the applicant could reasonably have claimed but for the extraordinary circumstance. Extraordinary circumstances include temporary illness or disability, the loss of vessel or equipment through sinking, destruction, or extensive mechanical breakdown, and other similar objectively verifiable causes of non-participation. Extraordinary circumstances do not include, for example, voluntary or involuntary retirement from the fishery, permanent illness, permanent disability, inadequate financial means to enter or to continue participation in the fishery, or ordinary weather conditions.  

Authorities

16.43.100;16.43.110;16.43.250;16.43.260

Notes

Authority

AS 16.43.100 AS 16.43.110(a) AS 16.43.250(a) AS 16.43.260(e)

History

Eff. 10/25/89, Register 112