5 AAC 32.170 - Lawful gear for Registration Area D
(a) In Registration Area D, no more than 60
Dungeness crab pots may be used by a vessel to take Dungeness crab.
(b) In Registration Area D, a validly
registered Dungeness crab fishing vessel may not have, at any time, more than
the legal limit of gear on the vessel, in the water in fishing condition, and
in the water in nonfishing condition.
(c) In Registration Area D, all Dungeness
crab pots and ring nets operated under a single registration must be buoyed
with buoys that are essentially the same in color, shape, size, and markings.
At least one buoy on each pot or ring net must be legibly marked with only the
permanent department vessel license plate number of the single vessel operating
the gear. The buoy, or multiple buoys, attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring
net may bear only one number. The number must be in symbols at least one and
one-half inches high and with lines at least one-quarter inch wide that
contrast with the background.
(d)
In Registration Area D, a person may not longline pots to take Dungeness crab.
Each pot in operation must be individually buoyed and marked as described in
5
AAC 32.171 and this section.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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