Section 5.32.170. Lawful gear for Registration Area D.

	(a)  In Registration Area D, no more than 60 Dungeness crab pots may be used by a vessel to take Dungeness crab.  
	(b)  In Registration Area D, a validly registered Dungeness crab fishing vessel may not have, at any time, more than the legal limit of gear on the vessel, in the water in fishing condition, and in the water in nonfishing condition.  
	(c)  In Registration Area D, all Dungeness crab pots and ring nets operated under a single registration must be buoyed with buoys that are essentially the same in color, shape, size, and markings. At least one buoy on each pot or ring net must be legibly marked with only the permanent department vessel license plate number of the single vessel operating the gear. The buoy, or multiple buoys, attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring net may bear only one number. The number must be in symbols at least one and one-half inches high and with lines at least one-quarter inch wide that contrast with the background.  
	(d)  In Registration Area D, 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 32.171 and this section.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 32.171

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 12/14/86, Register 100; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 9/21/2003, Register 167; am 5/11/2012, Register 202; am 5/9/2015, Register 214