5 AAC 35.112. Permits for tanneri and angulatus Tanner crab in Registration Area A

(a) Male Tanner crab of the species Chionoecetes tanneri and Chionoecetes angulatus may be taken in Registration Area A only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

(b) C. tanneri and C. angulatus Tanner crab may be taken only with pots as follows:

(1) no more than 100 pots may be operated from a vessel;

(2) pots may be longlined.

(d) The permit required in (a) of this section

(1) may, notwithstanding (c) of this section, restrict the depth of fishing operations;

(2) may specify season dates; the season may be closed during periods before and after other shellfish fisheries;

(3) may specify areas of fishing operations by district, subdistrict, or registration subareas;

(4) may establish minimum legal size limits;

(5) may require an onboard observer during all operations;

(6) may specify the type, size, and configuration of pots; pots must include an escape mechanism designed to allow female and undersize male crab to exit the pot during fishing operations;

(7) may require mandatory completion of logbooks provided by the department and require that the logbooks be attached to the fish ticket at the time of landing; and

(8) may set other conditions deemed necessary by the commissioner for conservation and management purposes.

(e) Participants must hold a Registration Area A Tanner crab limited entry permit (either permanent or interim) and, except as provided in (f) of this section, may not have fished in any other superexclusive registration area for Tanner crab.

(f) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 35.005, participation in superexclusive Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio Tanner crab fisheries does not exclude a vessel or permit holder from participation in the permit fishery under this section in any area during periods when other Tanner crab fisheries in that area are closed.

History: Eff. 8/14/96, Register 139; am 11/6/96, Register 140

Authority: AS 16.05.251

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