Alaska Administrative Code

Registration Area J consists of the Pacific Ocean waters that are south of the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., and west of 149º W. long., and the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean waters that are east of the Maritime Boundary Agreement Line as that line is described in…

(a) Kodiak District: waters of Registration Area J that are east of a line extending south from the Alaska Peninsula (near Kilokak Rocks) along 156° 20.22' W. long. (1) Inner Marmot Bay Section: all waters of Marmot Bay and adjacent bays enclosed by a line between Inner Point and…

(a) Registration Area J is a nonexclusive registration area. (b) A vessel validly registered to fish for shrimp with trawl gear in Registration Area J may fish for shrimp with trawl gear in Registration Area G without registering for that registration area. (c) In Registration Ar…

In Registration Area J, shrimp may only be taken from June 1 through February 28 and only under the terms of a permit issued by the department. In the permit, the department may specify (1) fishing area; (2) logbook requirements; (3) biological sample collection requirements; (4)…

Notes 5 AAC 31.515 Repealed 7/25/82. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

(a) In Registration Area J, shrimp may be taken with pots, beam trawls, and otter trawls. (b) A shrimp trawl must be equipped with a rigid finfish excluder device (FED). The FED must consist of a rigid grate with parallel bars spaced not more than two inches apart to exclude all …

Notes 5 AAC 31.530 Eff. 7/25/82, Register 83; repealed 9/12/97, Register 143 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 5 AAC 31.535 Repealed 6/2/78. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare…

Notes 5 AAC 31.540 In effect before 1988; em am 8/27/91 - 12/24/91, Register 119; am 5/2/92, Register 122; am 5/8/98, Register 146; repealed 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a compari…

Notes 5 AAC 31.545 Repealed 6/30/79. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

Notes 5 AAC 31.550 Repealed 7/12/86. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

Notes 5 AAC 31.590 Eff. 9/12/97, Register 143; am 7/31/2003, Register 167; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; repealed 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent v…

Notes 5 AAC 31.592 Eff. 7/31/2003, Register 167; repealed 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 5 AAC 31.595 Eff. 7/31/2003, Register 167; repealed 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Unless otherwise specified, the requirements set out in this chapter apply only to commercial fishing for Dungeness crab. Subsistence, personal use, and sport fishing regulations that affect commercial Dungeness crab fishing vessels or activity are set out in the subsistence fish…

(a) Dungeness crab registration areas and code letters are: Code Letter A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 32.100) D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 32.155) E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 32.200) H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 32.300) J - Westward Area (5 AAC 32.400) (b) The board will …

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter that apply to fishing for Dungeness crab in a registration area or registration district also apply to fishing for Dungeness crab in the adjacent waters of the exclusive economic zone. (b) The commiss…

(a) In addition to the requirements of 5 AAC 39.120 and unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a vessel owner, or owner's agent, shall validly register a vessel to be used to fish for Dungeness crab in a Dungeness crab registration area or a Dungeness crab registration distr…

(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section and unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a person may not fish for Dungeness crab using a vessel that is registered to fish in a Dungeness crab registration area unless that vessel has been inspected by a local represen…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a Dungeness crab vessel may not land Dungeness crab at a location that is not within a registration area for which it is then validly registered. (b) The owner, or the owner's agent, of a vessel validly registered to fish for Dungene…

(a) A vessel used to tender Dungeness crab delivered by a vessel that is validly registered to take Dungeness crab (1) may not have Dungeness crab gear on board; and (2) may not be used to fish for Dungeness crab. (b) Before taking Dungeness crab on board the tendering vessel, th…

(a) The commissioner shall monitor the condition of Dungeness crab in all registration areas by using the data and information that are practically available. (b) When the commissioner finds that continued Dungeness crab fishing would jeopardize the health of the Dungeness crab s…

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a person may fish for Dungeness crab only with ring nets, diving gear, and Dungeness crab pots. (b) A Dungeness crab pot must have (1) permanent and rigid tunnel eye openings that individually do not exceed 30 inches (76 mm) in peri…

Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, each Dungeness crab pot or ring net must have at least one buoy. At least one buoy on each Dungeness crab pot and at least one buoy on each Dungeness crab ring net must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate num…

(a) Except as specifically provided in (b) and (c) of this section and unless otherwise specified in this chapter, during the closed season for fishing for Dungeness crab in any waters, Dungeness crab pots must be removed from the water. (b) Notwithstanding the requirement of (a)…

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the provisions of this section apply to persons and vessels used in a commercial Dungeness crab fishery. (b) Except as provided in (e) of this section, a person may not participate in a commercial Dungeness crab fishery in a Dungene…

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, only male Dungeness crab six and one-half inches or greater in shoulder width may be taken or possessed. (b) Shoulder width measurement of Dungeness crab shall be the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately anterior to…

Male Dungeness crab less than minimum size and female Dungeness crab may not be taken or possessed. Such Dungeness crab which have been taken must be immediately returned unharmed to the sea. Notes 5 AAC 32.057 In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78 Authority:AS 16.05.251…

Notes 5 AAC 32.070 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.071 Repealed 6/28/75. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

(a) Each Dungeness crab fisherman shall indicate on the fish ticket at the time of landing any Dungeness crab harvested which are not purchased by a processor or buyer, or which have been dumped at sea. (b) Each buyer of Dungeness crab shall indicate on the fish ticket any Dungen…

In this chapter, "rigid," as applied to Dungeness crab pot tunnel eye openings, means that after placing 20 pounds of pressure, in any direction, anywhere around the perimeter of the tunnel eye opening, the opening is no larger than a maximum dimension allowed under this chapter.…

Notes 5 AAC 32.085 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.090 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.091 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.096 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.097 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.098 In effect before 1988; repealed 5/8/98, Register 146 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added…

Notes 5 AAC 32.099 6/30/79. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No pri…

Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) has as its southern boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance and as its northern boundary a line extending seaward from the western tip of Cape Fairweather, at 58º 47.89' N. lat., 137º 56.68' W. long., to the intersection wit…

The districts for Registration Area A for Dungeness crab are the same as the districts that are described in 5 AAC 33.200. Notes 5 AAC 32.105 In effect before 1986; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 6/27/2025, Register 254, July 2025 Authority: AS 16.05.251 S…

(a) Registration Area A is a superexclusive registration area. (b) In Registration Area A, a registration, if not otherwise canceled by the department, remains valid throughout the Dungeness crab registration year described in 5 AAC 32.020(b). (c) In Registration Area A, a CFEC i…

In Registration Area A, male Dungeness crab may be taken or possessed only as follows: (1) from 8:00 a.m. June 15 through 11 :59 p.m. August 15 and from 8:00 a.m. October 1 through 11 :59 p.m. November 30, in all waters of Registration Area A other than those waters specified in …

(a) In Registration Area A, no more than 300 Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a single vessel to take Dungeness crab under any circumstances. A person may not operate more pots than allowed under the terms of that person's CFEC permit. If multiple CFEC permit holders are …

(a) In addition to the marking requirements of 5 AAC 32.051 and 5 AAC 32.125, each Dungeness crab pot must have one identification tag issued by the department attached to the main buoy or on the trailer buoy if more than one buoy is attached to the pot. (b) Identification tags a…

(a) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 32.053, a person or vessel that operates commercial king crab pots in waters deeper than 100 fathoms or operates commercial, personal use, or subsistence shrimp pots during the 14 days immediately before the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab fishe…

(a) Unless required under (b) of this section, a vessel fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration Area A is not required to undergo a vessel inspection, as specified in 5 AAC 32.030. (b) The commissioner, by announcement, may require that vessels fishing for Dungeness crab in Re…