Section 5 AAC 35.183 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area D(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 14 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area D 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 D if the commercial shrimp or Dungeness crab season is open in Registration Area D at the same time as the commercial Tanner crab season.Eff. 9/29/96, Register 139; am 5/8/98, Register 146