5 AAC 28.272 - Sablefish harvest, possession, and landing requirements for Prince William Sound Area
(a) Before commercial fishing for sablefish
in another registration area, the operator of a vessel registered to take
sablefish in the Prince William Sound Area must land all sablefish taken and
submit a copy of the completed fish ticket for the landed fish to the
department.
(b) The operator of a
fishing vessel may not take sablefish in the Prince William Sound Area while
sablefish taken in another registration area are on board the vessel.
(c) In the Prince William Sound Area, the
holder of a CFEC limited entry permit or interim-use permit to take sablefish
may not take more than the annual amount specified by the department. The
department will determine the annual amount as follows:
(1) the annual amount will be the sum of
one-half of the annual harvest objective divided by the number of permit
holders registered to fish in the commercial sablefish fishery and one-half of
the annual harvest objective multiplied by the average percentage of the
harvest taken by the vessel category for which the CFEC permit was issued, as
specified in
20 AAC 05.779, and divided by the number of permit
holders registered to fish sablefish with the permits of that vessel
category;
(2) the average
percentages of harvest for the vessel categories described in (1) of this
subsection are as follows:
(A) combined
categories A, vessels with a length of 90 feet, and B, vessels with a maximum
overall length of 60 feet: 18.53 percent;
(B) category C, vessels with a maximum
overall length of 50 feet: 70.33 percent;
(C) category D, vessels with a maximum
overall length of 35 feet: 11.14 percent.
(d) When participating in the commercial
sablefish fishery in the Prince William Sound Area, the holder of a CFEC
limited entry permit or interim-use permit must retain for inspection on board
the vessel a copy of each completed fish ticket issued to the permit holder
during the current annual season.
(e) At least six hours before landing
sablefish, a CFEC permit holder must notify the department by telephone, to a
telephone number specified in writing by the department on the registration
forms at the time of registration, the following information:
(1) location of landing, and estimated time
of arrival;
(2) name of buyer or
processor;
(3) estimated number of
pounds of sablefish on board the vessel;
(4) whether the catch is dressed fish or in
the round.
(f) An
operator of a vessel participating in the Prince William Sound Area commercial
sablefish fishery shall obtain sablefish log sheets provided by the department.
The vessel operator must have the log sheets on board the vessel at all times
and must submit to the department no later than seven days following delivery
completed log sheets that correspond with each ADF& G sablefish fish
ticket.
(1) A log sheet under this section
must:
(A) include the date, the specific
location of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of hooks fished or
the number of pots fished, the average depth, and the time gear is deployed and
hauled, for each set;
(B) include
for the target species, and for each bycatch species, the number of fish
retained and discarded for each set;
(C) be updated not later than 11 :59 p.m.
local time on the day after the day of operation; and
(D) be made available to a local
representative of the department upon request.
(2) A person may not make a false entry in a
log sheet described in this section.
(g) An operator of a vessel retaining
sablefish in federal waters may not operate gear in state waters of the Prince
William Sound Area during the same trip.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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