5 AAC 28.020 - Groundfish area registration
(a) Before a person
uses a vessel to operate groundfish gear in the territorial waters of Alaska,
except for the Eastern Gulf of Alaska registration area, the vessel owner or
the owner's authorized agent shall register the vessel with the department.
However, the commissioner may waive this registration requirement for a
specific fishery or season if the commissioner considers waiver to be
necessary.
(b) Unless otherwise
specified in this chapter, a vessel may be registered to fish for groundfish in
one or more registration areas in a calendar year except that
(1) a vessel may not be validly registered
for more than one groundfish registration area at a time;
(2) a vessel validly registered in a Pacific
cod exclusive registration area during a state-waters season defined in
5
AAC 28.081(c) (4), may not be used to
take Pacific cod in any other exclusive registration area or a superexclusive
registration area during a state-waters season;
(3) a vessel validly registered in a Pacific
cod superexclusive registration area during a state-waters season defined in
5
AAC 28.081(c) (4), may not be used to
take Pacific cod in any other registration area during a state-waters
season;
(4) a vessel validly
registered to take black rockfish in a
(A)
superexclusive registration area may not be used to take black rockfish in any
other registration area in the same calendar year;
(B) nonexclusive registration area may not be
used to take black rockfish in a superexclusive registration area in the same
calendar year.
(c) Before operating groundfish gear within a
registration area, the vessel owner, or the owner's authorized agent, shall
complete the registration requirements in person, or by mail, facsimile
transmission, or electronic mail, at a department office located within the
registration area, unless otherwise specified by the department. A completed
form validated by the department satisfies the registration requirements. In
the form, the department may require check-in and check-out procedures for
specified fishing periods or subsections within the registration area. A copy
of the completed form must be retained on board a vessel operating groundfish
gear in the registration area.
(d)
Before registering for another registration area, the vessel operator shall
check out of the current registration area by contacting in person, or by
telephone, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or radio, a department
representative at an office located within that registration area. Delay in
validation of subsequent registration forms in other areas may result if check
out has not been accomplished.
(e)
A valid registration becomes invalid
(1) 24
hours after the close of the groundfish season in a registration area;
or
(2) upon validation of
registration for another groundfish registration area.
(f) Groundfish legally taken in one
registration area may be landed in another registration area without check out
and re-registration if the vessel operator intends to return the vessel to the
registration area where validly registered to continue fishing for groundfish
and does not fish for groundfish in any other registration area.
(g) In registration areas where a permit
issued by the commissioner is required before operating gear to take
groundfish, the permit completes the registration, and the requirements of (d)
and (e) of this section do not apply.
(h) Repealed 4/4/97.
(i) Repealed 4/4/97.
Notes
As of Register 142, July 1997, the substance of 5 AAC 28.020(h) appears in 5 AAC 28.106 and the substance of 5 AAC 28.020(i) appears in 5 AAC 28.206.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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