Section 5.32.125. Lawful gear for Registration Area A.

	(a)  In Registration Area A, no more than 300 Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a single vessel to take Dungeness crab under any circumstances. A person may not operate more pots than allowed under the terms of that person's CFEC permit. If multiple CFEC permit holders are registered to fish from a vessel, the maximum number of pots that may be operated from that vessel is the aggregate of the number of pots allowed under the registered permit holders' permits, except that the number of pots operated on board that vessel may not exceed 300 pots.  
	(b)  For a vessel registered for more than one permit holder to operate gear, each registered CFEC permit holder must be on board the vessel when more than one CFEC permit holder's Dungeness crab pot gear is in the water and   
		(1) gear is on board the vessel;  
		(2) gear is being set or retrieved; or  
		(3) Dungeness crab is on board the vessel.  
	(c)  In Registration Area A, a person may not longline pots to take Dungeness crab. Each pot in operation must be individually buoyed and marked as described in 5 AAC 32.126 and this section.  
	(d)  In Registration Area A, all Dungeness crab pots and ring nets operated by a CFEC limited entry or interim-use permit holder must be buoyed with buoys that are essentially the same in color, shape, size, and markings. At least one buoy on each Dungeness crab pot or ring net must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the Dungeness crab vessel operating the gear. The buoy, or multiple buoys attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring net, may not bear more than one vessel license number. The vessel license number must be in symbols at least one and one-half inches high and at least one-quarter inch wide in a color that contrasts with the background of the buoy.  
	(e)  In Registration Area A, in addition to the requirements in (d) of this section, when more than one permit holder is fishing from a single vessel, at least one buoy or tag attached to a buoy on each pot or ring net must be legibly marked with the last five numeric digits of the permit holder's CFEC limited entry or interim use permit number. The buoy, multiple buoys, or tags attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring net may bear the numeric digits from only one CFEC limited entry or interim use permit.  
	(f)  In addition to the requirements specified in 5 AAC 32.050, a commercial Dungeness crab pot is a pot that has an outside diameter that is not more than 50 inches and is not more than 18 inches high.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Reference

20 AAC 05.766
5 AAC 32.126

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

In effect before 1983; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 6/3/97, Register 143; am 6/12/97, Register 143; am 10/29/97, Register 144; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/11/2012, Register 202; am 5/9/2015, Register 214