5 AAC 34.910 - Fishing seasons for Registration Area Q

(a) After an opening time and date for taking king crab set forth in (b) - (d) of this section, no person may possess or transport aboard any registered king crab vessel or any tender, any species of king crab until the vessel has complied with the inspection provisions of 5 AAC 34.030(b).

(b) In the Pribilof District,

(1) male red and blue king crab may be taken only from 12:00 noon October 15 through 11:59 p.m. January 15;

(2) repealed 8/24/2002;

(3) male golden king crab may be taken from January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

(c) In the Saint Matthew Island Section,

(1) male blue king crab may be taken only from 12:00 noon October 15 through 11:59 p.m. February 1;

(2) male golden king crab may be taken from January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

(d) In the Norton Sound Section of the Northern District, male red king crab, male blue king crab, and male Hanasaki king crab may be taken only as follows:

(1) during a fishing season established by emergency order to open on or after June 15 and close 12:00 noon September 3 (summer season); and

(2) through the ice only, during a fishing season to open February 1 and close April 30, unless extended by emergency order;

(3) the fishing season will be closed for the entirety of 2020 east of 167° W. long.

(e) Repealed 6/30/83.

(f) In the Kotzebue Sound Section,

(1) male red and blue king crab may be taken only as follows:

(A) during the summer season as follows:

(i) in the waters north of 66º N. lat., from 12:00 noon June 15 through August 1;

(ii) repealed 7/16/2006;

(B) through the ice only, from 12:00 noon November 15 through 12:00 noon May 15 (winter season);

(2) male golden king crab may be taken from January 1 through December 31 only under conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

(g) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.053, a person or vessel that operates commercial pots during the 7 days immediately before the opening of a commercial king crab season in the Norton Sound section of Registration Area Q may not participate in the commercial king crab fishery in that Registration Area.

Notes

5 AAC 34.910

In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 10/1/83, Register 87; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 6/24/93, Register 126; am 11/6/96, Register 140; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 7/16/2006, Register 179; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 2/14/2010, Register 193; am 5/18/2014, Register 210, July 2014; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 6/21/2020, Register 234, July 2020

Authority:AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251