5 AAC 35.031 - Tanner crab landing requirements
(a) Unless
otherwise specified in this chapter and except as provided in (b) of this
section, a Tanner crab vessel shall land all Tanner 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
Tanner crab vessel validly registered for a registration area that intends to
land Tanner crab in another registration area shall contact, by radio or
telephone, a local representative of the department for an 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 Tanner crab in another registration area under
an authorization granted under this subsection may not, at the time of landing,
have more Tanner 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 Tanner crab
on board the vessel at the time of the contact. A vessel authorized to land
Tanner crab in another registration area without an inspection may not land 10
percent more or less Tanner crab than the amount stated at the time of the
contact with the representative.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in this
chapter, after 24 hours following the closure of a Tanner crab registration
area, a Tanner crab vessel registered for that area may not have Tanner crab on
board while it is in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state
(2) unless 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 Tanner crab; contact with the representative must be
made within the 24-hour period following the season closure for the
registration area;
(3) unless the
vessel owner, or the owner's agent, that catches and processes Tanner crab has
complied with the gear storage requirements in
5 AAC 35.052(a) (1), and the landing
requirements specified in this section or specified for a specific registration
area, and has contacted a local representative of the department within the
times specified in this subsection, and the representative has authorized
extended possession of Tanner crab for purposes of processing or
transportation;
(4) unless, if the
Tanner crab are processed, no more than 90 days have passed since the closure
of the registration area or district, and the vessel is carrying a
department-approved onboard observer for the entire 90-day period.
(d) Except in Registration Area A,
the provisions of (a) - (c) of this section also apply to the closure of
districts, subdistricts, sections, or any other portion of a registration
area.
(e) The owner, or the owner's
agent, of a vessel landing Tanner crab under an authorization granted under (b)
of this section shall attach the inspection certificate issued under
5 AAC 35.020 to the back of the department copy of the
fish ticket at the time the Tanner crab are landed.
(f) The owner, or the owner's agent, of a
Tanner 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 35.052, may apply to the commissioner for a permit
to sell legal size male Tanner crab taken when the pots are retrieved by the
vessel owner, or the owner's agent, after the Tanner 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 a delivery made under this subsection must
attribute the harvest of the Tanner 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 Tanner 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 Tanner 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 Tanner
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 Tanner crab;
(5) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent,
notifies the department upon arrival at the port where the vessel will off-load
Tanner 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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