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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
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Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
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Chapter 5.31. Shrimp Fishery. |
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Article 5.31.7. Registration Area E (Prince William Sound). |
Section 5.31.245. Reporting requirements for Registration Area E.
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(a) A CFEC permit holder that participates in the Prince William Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery shall obtain and complete, daily, a logbook provided by the department. It is unlawful to falsify a logbook entry. The CFEC permit holder must (1) have the logbook on board the vessel at all times; (2) make the logbook available upon request to a local representative of the department or peace officer of the state; and (3) submit to the department the completed logbook pages with each corresponding ADF&G fish ticket. (b) Before landing shrimp, the operator of a shrimp pot vessel operating in Registration Area E shall contact the department's office in Cordova at a telephone number or other means specified by the department at the time of registration and provide the following information: (1) the CFEC permit holder's name; (2) the name of the vessel and the ADF&G number of the registered vessel; (3) the following information for each ADF&G fish ticket that pertains to that trip: (A) the preprinted fish ticket number, when available; (B) the date of landing; (C) the statistical areas fished; (D) the number of pot lifts in each statistical area; (E) the round weight of all shrimp taken by species and statistical area. (c) No earlier than 24 hours before fishing during each trip, the operator of a shrimp pot vessel operating in Registration Area E shall contact the department's office in Cordova at a telephone number or other means specified by the department at the time of registration and provide the following information: (1) the CFEC permit holder's name; (2) the name of the vessel and the ADF&G license number of the registered vessel; (3) the following information for each trip: (A) the number of pots intended to be operated from the vessel; (B) the statistical area the vessel is intending to fish; and (C) the intended length of the trip. (d) The operator of a catcher-seller vessel or a catcher-processor vessel used to take shrimp in Registration Area E shall complete an ADF&G fish ticket before any shrimp are removed from the vessel. (e) During periods of high fishing effort, if the commissioner determines that it is necessary for management and conservation purposes, the commissioner may require an operator of a shrimp pot vessel operating in Registration Area E to report information required in this section at additional times other than the times specified in this section.
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16.05.251