Section 5.35.053. Operation of other pot gear.

Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 31 - 5 AAC 38,  
		(1) a person or vessel that operates commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots, during the 14 days immediately before the opening of the commercial Tanner crab season in a Tanner crab registration area or, with respect to Registration Area J, in that district of Registration Area J where the fishing with pots occurred, may not participate in the commercial Tanner crab fishery in the Tanner crab registration area where the fishing with pots occurred, except that a person or vessel is not disqualified from the commercial Tanner crab fishery by placing Tanner crab pots with bait and bait containers removed and with the doors secured open in waters that are 25 fathoms or less in depth or as otherwise specified in 5 AAC 35; a person or vessel that participates in a commercial Tanner crab fishery in a Tanner crab registration area or, with respect to Registration Area J, in that district of Registration Area J where the fishing with pots occurred may not operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots in that registration area during the 14 days after the close of the commercial Tanner crab season; a vessel or person may operate other commercial pots in a Tanner crab registration area after putting Tanner crab pots in storage, as specified in 5 AAC 35.052, and, unless the registration is already invalidated under 5 AAC 35.020(k), after invalidating the vessel's Tanner crab registration by contacting, in person, a local representative of the department;  
		(2) during a commercial Tanner crab fishery, a person or vessel validly registered for that fishery may not operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots other than commercial Tanner crab pots, except that a person or vessel may stop participating in the commercial Tanner crab fishery and instead operate commercial pots other than Tanner crab pots if  
			(A) the Tanner crab pots are put in storage as specified in 5 AAC 35.052; and  
			(B) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, contacts a representative of the department, in person, and requests that the Tanner crab registration be invalidated.  

Authorities

16.05.251;16.05.258

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 31.128
5 AAC 32.128
5 AAC 34.628
5 AAC 35.128
5 AAC 35.183
5 AAC 39.685

Authority

AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258

History

Eff. 9/29/96, Register 139; am 9/30/99, Register 151; am 8/24/2002, Register 163