5 AAC 32.170. Lawful gear for Registration Area D

(a) In Area D, no more than 400 Dungeness crab pots may be used by a vessel to take Dungeness crab.

(b) In Area D, no validly registered Dungeness crab fishing vessel may have, at any time, more than the legal limit of gear on the vessel, in the water in fishing condition, and in the water in nonfishing condition.

(c) In Area D, all Dungeness crab pots and ring nets operated under a single registration must be identically buoyed and marked. At least one buoy on each pot or ring net must be legibly marked with only the permanent department vessel license plate number of the single vessel operating the gear. The buoy, or multiple buoys attached to a Dungeness crab pot or ring net, may bear only one number. The number must be in symbols at least one and one-half inches high and with lines at least one-quarter inch wide that contrast with the background.

(d) In Area D, a person may not longline pots to take Dungeness crab; each pot in operation must be individually buoyed and marked.

History: Eff. 12/14/86, Register 100; am 4/15/94, Register 130; am 9/21/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 16.05.251

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