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 10 - Registration Area J (Westward)
5 AAC 35.555 - Inspection requirements for Registration Area J

(a) Except in the Kodiak, Chignik, and South Peninsula Districts, during the 24 hours before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area J, or a portion of Registration Area J, must, when required by the department or at any time during the open season before taking crab, a Tanner crab vessel registered for Registration Area J must have all holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the department at an inspection point specified in 5 AAC 35.540. Tanner crab may not be on board the vessel at the time of inspection. The requirements of this section do not apply to a registered Tanner crab vessel that does not have a saltwater circulation system in its holds or live tanks. In the Bering Sea District only, the requirements of this section do not apply to catcher-processor vessels, if the commercial C. bairdiTanner crab season remains open through the opening of the commercial C. opilioTanner crab season.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, for the Bering Sea District commercial Chionoecetes opiliofishery, a registered Tanner crab vessel may have its holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the department at Dutch Harbor, or additional locations specified by the department within 48 hours before taking or processing Tanner crab.