Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery
Article 1 - Registration Areas
5 AAC 31.005 - Registration areas established; registration of vessels
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 31.005
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) Shrimp registration areas and code letters are:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 31.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 31.150)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 31.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 31.300)
G - Outer Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 31.400)
J - Westward Area (5 AAC 31.500).
(b) The board will designate each registration area, or portion of a registration area, or fishery by gear type in a registration area, or fishery by gear type in a portion of a registration area, as one of the following:
(1) exclusive
registration area: unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a vessel used to
fish for shrimp that has been validly registered to take shrimp in a shrimp
exclusive registration area may not be used to take shrimp in another shrimp
exclusive registration area during the same registration year; or
(2) nonexclusive registration area: during
the same registration year, a vessel used to fish for shrimp may be registered
to take shrimp in one or more of the shrimp nonexclusive registration areas and
registered to take shrimp for one shrimp exclusive registration area, but may
not be used to take shrimp in more than one shrimp exclusive registration
area.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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