5 Alaska Admin. Code § 38.327

Current through May 31, 2024
Section 5 AAC 38.327 - Kamishak Bay District scallop management plan
(a) In the Kamishak Bay District, an operator of a vessel fishing for scallops must complete logbook pages issued by the department immediately after each tow and return the completed pages to the department either by mail or facsimile as specified in the permit issued by the department at the time of registration.
(b) Catch reports must be submitted to the department as specified in the permit by the department at the time of registration.
(c) A vessel operator or an onboard observer must randomly select 100 scallop top valves collected from each trip or during each five-day fishing period and deliver the top valves to the department following each trip.
(d) Participants must check in with the department before fishing, and check out before departing the management area. Check in and check out contacts will be specified by the department at the time of registration.
(e) Unless an onboard observer is already required under 5 AAC 38.076, a participant must accommodate a department onboard observer upon request by the department.
(f) Live scallops may be delivered providing that:
(1) the department must be notified of the estimated weight of both live and shucked product 24 hours prior to deliver the vessel operator must record in the logbook the number oflive scallops delivered;
(2) when reporting the pounds of scallop meat harvested as specified in 5 AAC 38.076(p), an average weight of scallops sampled in (c) of this section will be applied to the scallop delivered live.

5 AAC 38.327

Eff. 8/23/2009, Register 191; am 8/10/2018,Register 227, October 2018

Authority:AS 16.05.251