Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery
Article 1 - Registration Areas
5 AAC 32.005 - Registration areas established
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 32.005
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Dungeness crab registration areas and code letters are:
Code Letter
A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 32.100)
D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 32.155)
E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 32.200)
H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 32.300)
J - Westward Area (5 AAC 32.400)
(b) The board will designate each registration area, or portion of a registration area, and each district of a registration area identified in (a) of this section as one of the following:
(1) superexclusive registration area or
superexclusive registration district: a person who validly registers a vessel
to fish for Dungeness crab in a Dungeness crab superexclusive registration area
or district may not use the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in another
Dungeness crab registration area or district during the same registration year;
or
(2) nonexclusive registration
area or nonexclusive registration district: during the same registration year,
a person who validly registers a vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in a
nonexclusive registration area or nonexclusive registration district may
register the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in one or more of the Dungeness
crab nonexclusive registration areas or districts, but may not use that vessel
to fish for Dungeness crab in a superexclusive registration area or
district.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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