Section 5 AAC 38.133 - Abalone fishing permits for Registration Area A(a) Abalone fishing may be conducted only under authority of a permit issued by the commissioner. The permit may specify reporting requirements and additional harvest restrictions.(b) Before engaging in the subsistence abalone fishery, a commercial abalone fisherman shall return the commercial permit to the department and land the commercial catch in possession. A person that returns a permit to the department during the open commercial abalone fishing season may not obtain another permit until 30 days after the closure of the commercial abalone fishing season.In effect before 1984; am 6/30/84, Register 90; em am 4/30/91 - 8/27/91, Register 118; am 5/9/2015, Register 214, July 2015