Section 5 AAC 34.109 - Area A registration(a) Registration Area A is an exclusive registration area.(b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.005(b) and 5 AAC 34.020(e), a vessel registered for Registration Area A may also be used to take king crab in Registration Area D if the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has had the registration for Registration Area A invalidated and has registered the vessel in Registration Area D. A vessel registered for Registration Area D may also be used to take king crab in Registration Area A if the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has had the registration for Registration Area D invalidated and has registered the vessel in Registration Area A.(c) In Registration Area A, a king crab registration remains valid throughout the registration year unless it is invalidated under (b) of this section or another provision of this chapter.(d) In Registration Area A, the vessel registration under 5 AAC 34.020 must be completed no later than 30 days before the scheduled opening date of the commercial king crab season.(e) Before a vessel that is registered to fish for both golden king crab and Tanner crab in Registration Area A may be used to fish for golden king crab in a portion of Registration Area A that is closed to commercial Tanner crab fishing, all Tanner crab must be removed from the vessel and the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, must have the vessel's Tanner crab registration invalidated by the department. Once the vessel's Tanner crab registration is invalidated, Tanner crab may not be retained on or sold from that vessel.(f) Before a vessel that is registered to fish for only golden king crab in Registration Area A may be registered to fish for Tanner crab in Registration Area A, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, must remove all gear operated from that vessel from the waters of that portion of Registration Area A that is closed to commercial Tanner crab fishing.Eff. 11/6/96, Register 140; am 8/8/99, Register 151; am 2/11/2004, Register 169; am 8/14/2005, Register 175