Section 5 AAC 32.150 - Closed waters in Registration Area AIn Registration Area A, the following waters are closed to the taking of Dungeness crab:
(1) waters of Section 11-A that are (A) north of a line from Marmion Island Light to the easternmost tip of Point Salisbury and east of a line extending from the northernmost tip of Outer Point to the southernmost tip of Portland Island to the northernmost tip of Portland Island to the southernmost tip of Point Louisa; and(B) off the mainland shore enclosed by a line from the northernmost tip of the peninsula at the Shrine of St. Terese to Gull Island, extending to the Sentinel Island Light, and east to the mainland at the latitude of the Sentinel Island Light;(2) waters of Tenakee Inlet west of Corner Bay Point at 135º 06.50' W. long. and east of the Crab Bay log transfer facility at 135º 18.18' W. long.;(3) waters of Port Althorp enclosed by a line from Point Lucan to 58º 09.71' N. lat., 136º 19.67' W. long.;(4) waters of Merrifield Bay and Port Protection enclosed by a line extending west from Protection Head (56º 18.83' N. lat., 133º 39.77' W. long.) to 133º 40' W. long., then north to 56º 22' N. lat., then east to 133º 34' W. long., then south to a point on Prince of Wales Island at 56º 21.05' N. lat., 133º 34' W. long.;(5) waters of Thorne Bay west of the longitude of the easternmost tip of Thorne Head;(6) waters of Icy Passage enclosed by a line starting from the northernmost end of the Gustavus Dock to the southernmost end of the Gustavus Dock to the navigational buoy off the mouth of the Salmon River to an (ADF&G) marker on the shoreline directly north of the buoy and then along the shoreline to the starting point;(7) waters of Blank Inlet north and west of a line from Blank Point to Blank Island Light to the easternmost point tip of Gravina Point;(8) waters of Bostwick Inlet north and west of a line from Bostwick Point to an unnamed point at 55º 12.83' N. lat., 131º 43.92' W. long.;(9) waters of Mud (Flat) Bay west of the longitude of a point at 59º 09.03' N. lat., 135º 19.97' W. long.;(10) from December 1 through September 30, the waters of District 13-B that are in the Sitka Sound Special Use Area, which is that area of Sitka Sound enclosed on the north by lines from Kruzof Island at 57º 20.50' N. lat., 135º 45.17' W. long. to Chichagof Island at 57º 22.05' N. lat., 135º 43' W. long., and from Chichagof Island at 57º 22.58' N. lat., 135º 41.30' W. long. to Baranof Island at 57º 22.28' N. lat., 135º 40.95' W. long., and on the south and west by a line running from the southernmost tip of Sitka Point at 56º 59.38' N. lat., 135º 49.57' W. long. to Hanus Point at 56º 51.92' N. lat., 135º 30.50' W. long. to the green day marker in Dorothy Narrows to Baranof Island at 56º 49.28' N. lat., 135º 22.60' W. long.;(11) waters of Twelve-mile Arm west of a line from 55° 30.01' N. lat., 132° 35.22' W. long, to 55° 28.61' N. lat., 132° 34.62' W. long., and north and east of a line from 55° 26.41' N. lat., 132° 40.05' W. long., to 55° 26.33' N. lat., 132° 39.53' W. long;(12) waters east of a line from Indian Point at 55° 36.85' N. lat., 131° 42.02' W. long., to the northeasternmost tip of Betton Island at 55° 31.95' N. lat., 131° 46.37' W. long. to the southeasternmost tip of Betton Island at 55° 29.90' N. lat., 131° 48.18' W. long., to Survey Point at 55° 28.07' N. lat., 131° 49.87' W. long.;(13) waters east of a line from Point Lena at 58º 23.73' N. lat., 134º 46.67' W. long., north to 58º 25.05' N. lat., 134º 46.25' W. long., north to 58º 25.65' N. lat., 134º 46' W. long. (a point in upper Tee Harbor);(14) waters east of a line in Bridget Cove from 58º 37.05' N. lat., 134º 56.60' W. long., north to 58º 38.20' N. lat., 134º 57.10' W. long.;(17) waters of Port Frederick enclosed by a line from a point on Chichagoflsland at 58° 05.18' N. lat., 135° 28.15' W. long. to the westernmost tip of Long Island at 58° 05.81 ' N. lat., 135° 28.56' W. long. to a point south of Hoonah Point at 58° 07.13' N. lat., 135° 27.52' W. long.;(18) waters of Favorite Bay enclosed by a line from a point at 57° 28.91' N. lat., 134 ° 32.21' W. long. to a point at 57° 29.05' N. lat., 134 ° 3 1.17' W. Jong.;(19) the waters near and surrounding Klawock enclosed by a line from a point east of Entrance Point at 55° 31.20' N. lat., 133° 07.63' W. long., extending to a point in Shinaku Inlet at 55° 34.72' N. lat., 133° 13.38' W. long.;(20) in the waters of Whale Pass north and west of a line extending from a point at 56° 05.81' N. lat., 133° 06.52' W. long., to a point located at 56° 05.62' N. lat., 133° 07.33' W. long.;(21) Sukwaan Strait from Saltery Point at 55° 10.95' N. lat., 132° 48.02' W. long., to a point on Sukkwan Island at 55° 10.40' N. lat., 132° 48.62' W. long., north to the head of Natzuhini Bay, extending west to the openings of North Pass from a point on Prince of Wales Island at 55° 12.61' N. lat., 132° 57.68' W. long., to a point on Goat Island at 55° 12.43' N. lat., 132° 56.30' W. long., and South Pass from a point on Goat Island at 55° 10.11' N. lat., 132° 53.60' W. long., to a point on Sukkwan Island at 55° 09.78' N. lat., 132° 53.43' W. long.In effect before 1984; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 6/11/2000, Register 154; am 8/12/2000, Register 155; am 10/12/2000, Register 156; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/18/2003, Register 167; am 8/8/2003, Register 167; am 8/23/2003, Register 167; am 9/21/2003, Register 167; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/9/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 6/17/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022