Section 5.28.556. South Alaska Peninsula Area registration.

	(a)  The South Alaska Peninsula Area is an exclusive registration area for Pacific cod during a state-waters season described in 5 AAC 28.577.  
	(b)  A vessel that is registered for the South Alaska Peninsula Area under 5 AAC 28.020 for a groundfish fishery, other than a state-waters season for Pacific cod described in 5 AAC 28.577, a sablefish fishery described in 5 AAC 28.640, or a directed black rockfish fishery, shall also be considered registered for that fishery in the Kodiak Area described in 5 AAC 28.400, the Chignik Area described in 5 AAC 28.500, the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area described in 5 AAC 28.600, and the Chukchi-Beaufort Area described in 5 AAC 28.700.  
	(c)  A vessel's salmon seine registration is automatically invalidated during the time period described in 5 AAC 28.570(c) when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered that vessel under 5 AAC 28.020 and this section to take groundfish with seine gear. The vessel's salmon seine registration becomes valid again when the prohibition described in 5 AAC 28.570(c) is not in effect or when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, contacts a local representative of the department within the registration area in person or in writing, by mail or facsimile, and invalidates the vessel's groundfish registration.  
	(d)  Before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the waters of the Western District, the vessel must be validly registered as described in 5 AAC 28.640.   
	(e)  In the Eastern and Western Districts, before a person uses a vessel to operate fishing gear in a directed black rockfish fishery, the vessel's owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the vessel with the department. A vessel validly registered for the black rockfish fishery under this subsection may be registered for other groundfish fisheries in the South Alaska Peninsula Area at the same time.   
	(f)  Before a vessel registered for the state-waters Pacific cod season in the South Alaska Peninsula Area participates in a groundfish fishery outside of state waters from 170_ W. long. to the longitude of Castle Cape at 158_ 20' W. long., the vessel operator must invalidate the vessel registration for the state-waters season and remove all gear from, or validly store all gear in, state waters of the South Alaska Peninsula Area.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 28.570

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 11/27/97, Register 144; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 5/30/2007, Register 182