Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery
Article 1 - Registration Areas
5 AAC 35.035 - Closure of Tanner crab registration areas and appeal procedure

Within five days after the closure of a Tanner crab registration area or portion of a registration area, the owner, or the owner's agent, of a Tanner crab vessel that was validly registered for that area may formally request, in writing, that the commissioner reopen the area. The commissioner shall consider all relevant information concerning the condition of Tanner crab stocks within the closed registration area. Within 14 days after the receipt of the request, the commissioner shall publicly announce a decision to retain the closure or reopen the area by emergency order.

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.270