5 AAC 34.031 - Landing requirements
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
section, a king crab vessel must land all king crab in the registration area
for which it is validly registered at the time of the landing.
(b) The owner, or the owner's agent, of a
king crab vessel validly registered for a registration area that intends to
land king crab in another registration area shall contact by radio or telephone
a local representative of the department for authorization before leaving the
registration area for which that vessel is registered and shall submit to an
inspection at a location specified by the representative. The vessel owner, or
the owner's agent, shall contact the representative located in the registration
area for which that vessel is validly registered at the time of the contact. A
vessel landing king crab under an authorization granted under this subsection
may not, at the time of landing its catch, have more king crab on board than
were present at the time of the inspection. If the local representative of the
department does not require an inspection under this subsection, the vessel
owner, or the owner's agent, making radio or telephone contact shall state to
the representative the amount of king crab on board at the time of the contact.
A vessel authorized to land king crab in another registration area without an
inspection may not land 10 percent more or less king crab than the amount
stated at the time of the contact with the representative.
(c) When a king crab vessel lands king crab
in another registration area under an authorization granted under (b) of this
section, the registration under which the vessel is operating becomes invalid.
In order to again become validly registered for an area, the vessel must comply
with 5 AAC 34.030 or the inspection
requirements for a specific registration area otherwise specified in this
chapter.
(d) The commissioner may
suspend any or all of the requirements of (b) and (c) of this section for a
specific registration area if the commissioner determines that to do so would
be in the public interest.
(e)
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, after 24 hours following the
closure of any registration area for specified species of king crab, a king
crab vessel registered for that area may not have that species of king crab on
board in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state unless
(2) except in Registration Areas O, T, and Q,
the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has contacted, in person or by radio or
telephone, a local representative of the department at a landing port or
inspection point specified in this chapter or by the department, and the
representative has authorized the extended possession of king crab; contact
with the representative must be made within the 24-hour period following the
season closure for that species of king crab in the registration
area;
(3) the vessel owner, or the
owner's agent, who catches and processes king crab has complied with the pot
storage requirements in
5 AAC 34.052(a) (1), the landing
requirements specified in this subsection or for a specific registration area
otherwise specified in this chapter, and has contacted a local representative
of the department within the times specified in this subsection or for a
specific registration area otherwise specified in this chapter, and the
representative has authorized extended possession of king crab for purposes of
processing or transportation;
(4)
if the king crab are processed, no more than 90 days have passed since the
closure of the registration area, and the vessel is carrying a department
approved onboard observer for the entire period; during the 90-day period the
department may waive the requirement of
5 AAC 34.030 prohibiting the presence of king crab on
board a vessel during tank inspection.
(f) The owner, or the owner's agent, of a
king crab vessel that has sunk or upon which the death of a crew member has
occurred that prevents timely removal or storage of gear at the time of
closure, as specified in
5 AAC 34.052, may apply to the commissioner for a permit
to sell legal size male king crab taken when the pots are retrieved by the
owner, or the owner's agent, after the king crab season is closed in the
registration area. The application must be made within 14 days after the
sinking of the vessel or death of a crew member as described in this
subsection. A fish ticket for any delivery made under this subsection must
attribute the harvest of the king crab to the lost vessel or the vessel upon
which the death of a crew member has occurred.
(g) A catcher-processor vessel carrying
processed king crab out of state waters that had 100 percent onboard observer
coverage during the fishing season, is not required to carry an onboard
observer while transiting out of state waters if
(1) the vessel departs to the port where it
will off-load its king crab within 21 days after departing the registration
area;
(2) the vessel owner, or the
owner's agent, gives a check out/check in report by notifying the department at
least 24 hours in advance of the vessel's departure time and of its estimated
time of arrival at the port where the vessel will off-load king crab;
(3) the vessel has a pre-transit inspection
by the department before departing;
(4) the vessel proceeds immediately and
directly to the port where it will off-load king crab;
(5) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
notifies the department upon arrival at the port where the vessel will off-load
king crab;
(6) the vessel owner, or
the owner's agent, complies with any department request for copies of off-load
shipping documents; and
(7) the
vessel owner, or the owner's agent, cooperates with a department request for an
independent third party verification of an off-loading under this
section.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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