Section 5 AAC 35.128 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area A(a) A person or vessel that operates commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots or ring nets, other than commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots, during the 30 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area A may not participate in that Tanner crab fishery.(b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 31.053(d), 5 AAC 32.053(d), and 5 AAC 35.053(2), a person or vessel may operate commercial shrimp pots or Dungeness crab pots during an open Tanner crab season in Registration Area A if the commercial shrimp or Dungeness crab season is open in Registration Area A at the same time as the commercial Tanner crab season.(c) Notvvithstanding 5 AAC 35.053(1), during the 14 days after the close of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area A, a person or vessel that participated in a commercial Tanner crab fishery may operate commercial, subsistence, sport, or personal use pots in Tanner crab Registration Area A after putting Tanner crab pots in storage, as specified in 5 AAC 35.052, and, unless the registration is already invalidated under 5 AAC 35.020(k), after invalidating the vessel's Tanner crab registration by contacting, in person, a local representative of the department.Eff. 9/29/96, Register 139; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 8/8/99, Register 151; am 6/17/2018,Register 226, July 2018Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258