5 AAC 38.416 - Kodiak District Sea Cucumber Management Plan in Registration Area J
(a) A permit described in
5 AAC 38.062 is not required for the taking of sea
cucumbers in the Kodiak District, as specified in this section.
(b) Before harvesting sea cucumbers, a person
shall validly register with the department.
(c) Sea cucumbers may be taken from October 1
through April 30 during fishing periods established by emergency
order.
(d) Sea cucumbers may only
be taken with diving gear operated in accordance with
5 AAC 38.054.
(e) A person harvesting sea cucumbers shall
maintain an accurate logbook of all diving operations,
(1) a logbook must:
(A) include the date, the specific location
of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of individual sea cucumbers
harvested, the number of pounds of sea cucumbers harvested, the minimum and
maximum depth of each dive, the bottom time duration of each dive, and any
other information required by the department for conservation and management;
(B) be delivered to a local
representative of the department within 48 hours following the closure of a
fishing period, unless the permit holder has been delayed due to extraordinary
circumstances beyond their control and contacted a local representative of the
department within 48 hours following the closure of a fishing period, and the
representative has granted additional time;
(2) a person shall not make a false entry in
the logbook.
(f) Opening
of a sea cucumber fishing period will be delayed for 24 hours if the National
Weather Service marine forecast for Shelikof Strait (PKZ138) or Shuyak Island
to Sitkinak Island (PKZ132) issued at 4:00 a.m. on the day before the scheduled
opening date contains gale warnings for that day. If, after the initial delay,
the following day's 4:00 a.m. forecast contains a gale warning for that day,
the fishing period will be delayed for an additional 24 hours. The period
opening delays may continue on a rolling 24-hour basis until gale warnings are
not forecasted.
(g) Notwithstanding
(f) of this section,
(1) if a fishing period
is not scheduled for the Westside Section of the Kodiak District, gale warnings
for Shelikof Strait (PKZ138) will not delay the fishing period;
(2) if fishing periods are not scheduled for
the Eastside or Southeast Sections of the Kodiak District, gale warnings for
Shuyak Island to Sitkinak Island (PKZ132) will not delay the fishing
period.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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