Section 5.34.841. Landing requirements for Registration Area T.

	(a)  Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.031(e)(3), following the closure of Registration Area T to the taking of a specified species of king crab, a vessel validly registered for that area may not have that species of king crab on board the vessel in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state, if delivery is made to  
		(1) Dutch Harbor, Akutan, or King Cove, after 30 hours following the closure;  
		(2) Adak, the Pribilof Islands, or a location east of King Cove,  
			(A) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall contact, by radio or telephone, a representative of the department in Dutch Harbor within 30 hours following the closure; and  
			(B) the representative of the department in Dutch Harbor shall grant a reasonable amount of additional time for the vessel to reach the port of delivery; the amount of additional time shall be determined under the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing grounds immediately following the closure and proceeded directly to the processing location.  
	(b)  For purposes of this section, a vessel validly registered for Registration Area T landing king crab at Dutch Harbor, Akutan, or King Cove will be deemed to have landed its catch in the area for which it is validly registered at the time of landing.  
	(c)  To comply with 5 AAC 34.031(b), the vessel owner, the owner's agent, or the operator of a tender vessel registered for Registration Area T that intends to land king crab in another registration area shall make the radio or telephone contact required under (a) of this section with a representative of the department at Dutch Harbor.  
	(d)  Repealed 8/8/99.  
	(e)  After the king crab fishing season is closed, a vessel with king crab on board may not be used for any purpose except to travel to the port of delivery to offload king crab, and the vessel may not pull any gear, baited or stored, or place any gear into storage, except that a vessel may stop en route and offload pots at a storage facility if the vessel operator first contacts a representative of the department in Dutch Harbor and provides information on the location of the storage facility, the expected time of gear placement at that facility, and the expected time the vessel will depart the storage facility en route to the port of delivery. After king crab have been delivered to the port of delivery, the vessel operator shall remove any pot gear remaining on the grounds, return any king crab in pot gear to the water immediately without further harm, and place the pot gear in an authorized storage area or on board the vessel within 10 days after the closure of the season.  
	(f)  After the season is closed and before delivery of king crab, a vessel may not have a line in the block on board that vessel.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 11/6/96, Register 140; am 10/3/97, Register 143; am 8/8/99, Register 151; am 8/24/2002, Register 163