5 AAC 34.606 - Area O registration

(a) Registration Area O is a nonexclusive registration area for all king crab.

(b) For the commercial red king crab fishery, the vessel registration deadline for the registration year is 21 days before that vessel begins fishing operations. Before a vessel may be registered under this subsection, the vessel operator must obtain a CFEC interim-use permit for Aleutian Islands king crab that references the vessel's ADF&G license number and file a registration form with the department, except that a vessel operator is not required to obtain a CFEC interim-use permit before filing a registration form for the red king crab fishery in the Petrel District. The registration form must identify the vessel and vessel operator and must be received in person, or by mail or facsimile, at the department office in Dutch Harbor or Kodiak by the deadline specified in this subsection.

Notes

5 AAC 34.606

Eff. 9/1/96, Register 139; am 7/21/99, Register 151; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 6/27/2014, Register 210, July 2014

The registration form specified in 5 AAC 34.606(b) may be sent by mail or facsimile to the department office in Dutch Harbor at Department of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 920587, Dutch Harbor, Alaska 99692-0587; Fax (907) 581-1572; or the department office in Kodiak at Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, 351 Research Court, Kodiak, Alaska 99615-7400; Fax: (907) 486-1824.

Authority:AS 16.05.251