Section 5.38.146. Registration requirements for red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and geoducks in Registration Area A.

	(a)  Registration Area A is a registration area for red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and geoducks. The registration management areas for geoducks are described as follows:  
		(1) Southern Management Area: Districts 1 - 8; and  
		(2) Northern Management Area: Districts 9 - 16.  
	(b)  For red sea urchins and geoducks, the registration year is October 1 through September 30. For sea cucumbers, the registration year is October 1 through March 31.  
	(c)  The department may require holders of CFEC permits for red sea urchins or sea cucumbers to register with the department before harvesting those resources. Before harvesting geoducks, a holder of a CFEC permit to harvest geoducks must register with the department. The department may require registration conditions that allow for geoduck fishing in only one registration management area or in one defined harvest area with a specified guideline harvest level. If a CFEC permit holder is allowed by the department to fish for geoducks in a different registration management area, the permit holder shall contact the department during business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at least two business days before the weekly opening, before fishing for geoducks in a different registration management area. For the purpose of this subsection, "business days" means days other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.  
	(d)  The owner or operator of a vessel that is used to transport, house, quarter, or domicile a person who is licensed or registered to harvest red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, or geoducks, or that is used to transport unprocessed red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, or geoducks, must register that vessel with the department before using the vessel in Registration Area A for either purpose.  

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251

History

Eff. 12/8/96, Register 140; am 9/28/97, Register 143; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 10/12/2000, Register 156; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/11/2012, Register 202