Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 31 - Shrimp Fishery
Article 2 - General Specifications and Restrictions
5 AAC 31.053 - Operation of other pot gear
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 31.053
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the provisions of this section apply to persons and vessels used in a commercial shrimp fishery.
(b) A person may not participate in a commercial shrimp fishery in a shrimp registration area if the person
(1) operated commercial, subsistence, sport,
or personal use shrimp gear during the 14 days immediately before the opening
of a commercial shrimp fishery in that shrimp registration area; or
(2) operates a vessel that was used or
operated by the person or by another person in a commercial, subsistence,
sport, or personal use shrimp fishery during the 14 days immediately before the
opening of the commercial shrimp fishery in that shrimp registration
area.
(c) A person who participated in a commercial shrimp fishery in a shrimp registration area
(1) may not operate shrimp gear for
commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use fishing in that registration
area during the 14 days immediately following the close of the shrimp fishery
unless
(A) the person removes all commercial
shrimp pots from the water or puts the pots in storage, as specified in
5
AAC 31.052, and contacts, in person, the local
representative of the department in the registration area and makes a request
that the vessel's shrimp registration be canceled, and the department cancels
the vessel's shrimp registration; or
(B) commercial shrimp pots are lawful gear
for another fishery, the person who operates the pots holds a valid ADF&G
or CFEC permit for the other fishery, and the person contacts, in person, the
local representative of the department and makes a request that the vessel's
shrimp registration be canceled and the department cancels the vessel's shrimp
registration; or
(2) may
not operate, for commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use fishing in
that registration area during the 14 days immediately following the close of
the shrimp fishery, a vessel that was used or operated by the person or by
another person in the commercial shrimp fishery in the shrimp registration area
unless
(A) the person who used or operated
the vessel in the commercial shrimp fishery removes all commercial shrimp pots
from the water or puts the pots in storage, as specified in
5
AAC 31.052, and contacts, in person, the local
representative of the department in the registration area and makes a request
that the vessel's shrimp registration be canceled, and the department cancels
the vessel's shrimp registration; or
(B) commercial shrimp pots are lawful gear
for another fishery, the person who operates the pots holds a valid ADF&G
or CFEC permit for the other fishery, and the person who used or operated the
vessel contacts, in person, the local representative of the department and
makes a request that the vessel's shrimp registration be canceled and the
department cancels the vessel's shrimp registration.
(d) A person
(1) may stop participating in a commercial
shrimp fishery and instead may operate commercial pots other than shrimp pots
if
(A) the person removes the shrimp pots
from the water or puts them in storage as specified in
5
AAC 31.052; and
(B) the vessel owner, or owner's agent,
contacts a local representative of the department, in person, and requests that
the department cancel the vessel's shrimp registration, and the department
cancels the vessel's shrimp registration; or
(2) may stop using a vessel to participate in
a commercial shrimp fishery and instead may use the vessel to operate
commercial pots other than shrimp pots if
(A)
the person removes the shrimp pots from the water or puts them in storage, as
specified in
5
AAC 31.052; and
(B) the vessel owner, or owner's agent,
contacts a local representative of the department, in person, and requests that
the department cancel the vessel's shrimp registration, and the department
cancels the vessel's shrimp registration.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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