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 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern)
5 AAC 35.120 - BCS control measures
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 35.120
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The department shall manage Tanner crab stocks in Registration Area A to minimize the spread, and to reduce the incidence, of bitter crab syndrome (BCS). The department shall identify areas of significant infection by BCS, in which the following restrictions apply:
(1) a person shall contact a local
representative of the department before fishing for Tanner crab in an area of
significant infection by BCS and shall contact a local representative of the
department before leaving the area; all fishing vessels shall deliver all
Tanner crab harvested in an area of significant infection by BCS to a tender or
processor, and may not discard the crab overboard;
(2) an operator of a tender vessel shall
contact a local representative of the department before operating in an area of
significant infection by BCS; an operator of a tender vessel that takes crab on
board in such an area
(A) shall transport all
Tanner crab harvested in the BCS area directly to a processing
facility;
(B) may not accept Tanner
crab from fishing vessels after leaving the area;
(C) shall hold Tanner crab infected with BCS
in containers that do not contain circulating sea water.
(b) By emergency order, the department may open the commercial Tanner crab season after October 1 in areas of significant infection by BCS.
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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