Section 5 AAC 32.020 - Dungeness crab area registration(a) In addition to the requirements of 5 AAC 39.120 and unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a vessel owner, or owner's agent, shall validly register a vessel to be used to fish for Dungeness crab in a Dungeness crab registration area or a Dungeness crab registration district before using that vessel to take Dungeness crab in that registration area or registration district or in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to the registration area or registration district.(b) The Dungeness crab registration year is January 1 through December 31.(c) The department shall issue a registration certificate to a vessel that is to be used to fish for Dungeness crab if the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, completes and submits to the department a registration form obtained from the local representative of the department, and if the vessel is licensed and otherwise complies with AS 16 and with this title. The vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall sign the registration certificate when it is issued, shall keep it on board the vessel and immediately available at all times during fishing operations, and shall show it upon the request of a peace officer of the state.(d) In a Dungeness crab registration area or district, where a tank inspection is required, a vessel registration is not valid until the vessel has successfully completed a tank inspection. A tank inspection is not successfully completed unless, at the time of inspection, a holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry permit issued for the registration area or district for which the vessel is being registered is on board the vessel and the holder of the permit has the permit in possession. A successfully completed tank inspection validates the vessel's registration for a registration area or district. If a tank inspection is not required in a registration area or district, compliance with (c) of this section validates the vessel registration.(e) The department may cancel a vessel registration for a registration area or district for the purpose of allowing the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in another registration area or district, except that once a vessel has been inspected for (1) a superexclusive registration area or a superexclusive registration district, the department may not cancel the vessel registration in order to allow a person to use the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in another registration area or registration district;(2) a nonexclusive registration area or nonexclusive registration district, the department may not cancel the vessel registration in order to allow a person to use the vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in a superexclusive registration area or in a superexclusive registration district.(f) A vessel validly registered to fish for Dungeness crab in a Dungeness crab registration area or Dungeness crab registration district may not take another species of crab in another crab registration area or crab registration district. A person may not validly register a vessel to fish for Dungeness crab in more than one Dungeness crab registration area or Dungeness crab registration district at a time.(g) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a valid area or district registration to fish for Dungeness crab expires 24 hours after the closure of the Dungeness crab fishing season for the registration area or registration district.In effect before 1982; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 5/19/85, Register 94; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 7/30/89, Register 111; am 5/8/98, Register 146