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 6 - Registration Area D (Yakutat)
5 AAC 35.171 - Permits for tanneri and angulatus Tanner crab in Area D

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 35.171

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Male Tanner crab of the species Chionoecetes tanneriand Chionoecetes angulatusmay be taken in Registration Area D only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

(b) C. tanneriand C. angulatusTanner crab may be taken only with pots as follows:

(1) no more than 100 pots may be operated from a vessel;

(2) pots may be longlined.

(c) Fishing operations are restricted to waters 200 fathoms or greater in depth.

(d) The permit required in (a) of this section

(1) may, notwithstanding (c) of this section, restrict the depths of fishing operations;

(2) may specify season dates; the season may be closed during periods before and after other shellfish fisheries;

(3) may specify areas of fishing operations by district, subdistrict, or registration subareas;

(4) may establish minimum legal size limits;

(5) may require an onboard observer during all operations;

(6) may specify the type, size, and configuration of pots; pots must include an escape mechanism designed to allow female and undersize male crab to exit the pot during fishing operations;

(7) may require mandatory completion of logbooks provided by the department and require that the logbooks be attached to the fish ticket at the time of landing; and

(8) may set other conditions deemed necessary by the commissioner for conservation and management purposes.

(e) Participation in superexclusive Tanner crab fisheries does not exclude a vessel or permit holder from participation in this permit fishery in any area during periods when other Tanner crab fisheries in that area closed.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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