5 Alaska Admin. Code § 34.906

Current through April 27, 2024
Section 5 AAC 34.906 - Area Q registration
(a) Registration Area Q is a nonexclusive registration area, except that the Norton Sound Section of the Northern District is a superexclusive registration area.
(b) In the Pribil of District and the St. Matthew Island Section of the Northern District,
(1) for the red and blue king crab fishery, the vessel preseason registration deadline for the registration year is 5:00 p.m. August 24;
(2) for the golden king crab fishery, the vessel registration deadline for the registration year is 21 days before the vessel begins fishing operations.
(c) Before a vessel may be registered under this section, the vessel operator must obtain a CFEC interim-use permit for Bering Sea 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 Pribil of District red and blue king crab fisheries or the Saint Matthew Island Section blue king crab fishery. The registration form must identify the vessel and vessel operator and must be received in person, by mail, electronic mail, or facsimile, at the department office in Dutch Harbor or Kodiak by the applicable deadline specified in (b) of this section.

5 AAC 34.906

Eff. 11/6/96, Register 140; am 7/21/99, Register 151; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 6/21/2020, Register 234, July 2020

The registration form specified in 5 AAC 34.906(c) may be sent by mail, facsimile, or email to the department office in Dutch Harbor at Department of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 920587, Dutch Harbor, Alaska 99692-0521; Fax: (907) 581- 1572; email: dfg.dutch harbor@alaska.gov 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