Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The owner or operator of a catcher-seller vessel registered to take Dungeness crab in Registration Area A shall complete an ADF&G fish ticket indicating the estimated number and weight of crab by species on board the vessel before any crab are removed from that vessel. The AD…

Notes 5 AAC 32.145 Repealed 6/30/79.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…

In the absence of adequate stock assessment, the department shall manage the Dungeness crab fishery in Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) using a precautionary approach. When stocks are assessed to be low, the department shall, subject to the commissioner's authority under…

In Registration Area A, the following waters are closed to the taking of Dungeness crab: (1) waters of Section 11-A that are (A) north of a line from Marmion Island Light to the easternmost tip of Point Salisbury and east of a line extending from the northernmost tip of Outer Poi…

Registration Area D (Yakutat) has as its western boundary the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.) and as its southern 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 with the seawa…

(a) Yakataga District: waters between the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.) and the longitude of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.). (b) Yakutat District: waters between the longitude of Icy Cape (141º 42' W. long.) and a line running southwest from the westernmost tip of Cape…

(a) Registration Area D is a superexclusive registration area. (b) In Registration Area D, a registration, if not otherwise canceled by the department, remains valid throughout the registration year. Notes 5 AAC 32.161 Eff. 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regula…

In Registration Area D, male Dungeness crab may be taken or possessed only from 12:00 noon May 15 through July 14 and from 12:00 noon November 1 through February 28. Notes 5 AAC 32.165 Eff. 12/14/86, Register 100; am 5/9/2015, Register 214, July 2015 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State …

(a) In Registration Area D, no more than 60 Dungeness crab pots may be used by a vessel to take Dungeness crab. (b) In Registration Area D, a validly registered Dungeness crab fishing vessel may not have, at any time, more than the legal limit of gear on the vessel, in the water …

(a) In addition to the marking requirements of 5 AAC 32.051 and 5 AAC 32.170, 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) Unless required under (b) of this section, a vessel fishing for Dungeness crab in Registration Area D is not required to undergo an inspection, as specified in 5 AAC 32.030. (b) The commissioner, by announcement, may require that vessels fishing for Dungeness crab in Registra…

Registration Area E has as its western boundary a line running along the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148º 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., then west to 149º W. long., then south along 149º W. long., and as its eastern boundary the l…

(a) Inside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area enclosed by lines from Point Whitshed to Point Bentnick, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Zaikof Point, and from Cape Cleare to Cape Puget. (b) Outside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area that are seaward…

Registration Area E is a superexclusive registration area. Notes 5 AAC 32.206 Eff. 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior qu…

In Registration Area E, in the Eastern Section of the Outer District, a commercial fishing season for Dungeness crab may be opened by emergency order from 12:00 p.m. March 20 through May 20 and from 12:00 p.m. August 25 through December 31. Notes 5 AAC 32.210 In effect before 198…

In Registration Area E not more than 250 Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab, except that in the Inside District, not more than 100 Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab. Notes 5 AAC 32.…

In the taking of Dungeness crab, (1) all floats and buoys fished under a single registration number must be identically marked, and the colors and design used must be registered with the department before fishing commences; (2) when fishing for or taking crab, no individual or ve…

The inspection points for Registration Area E are at Cordova and Valdez, and at other locations that may be specified by the commissioner. Notes 5 AAC 32.240 In effect before 1988; am 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currentl…

Notes 5 AAC 32.290 Eff. 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 7/31/2003, Register 167; repealed 8/23/2009, Register 191 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. M…

Registration Area H has as its eastern boundary the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148º 50.25' W. long.) and as its southern boundary the latitude of Cape Douglas (58º 51.10' N. lat.). Notes 5 AAC 32.300 In effect before 1988; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 3/11/2001, Register 157 Aut…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, districts are as described in 5 AAC 21.200. (b) The subdistricts of the Southern District are described as follows: (1) Subdistrict 1: all waters of the Southern District east of a line from Coal Point to 60-foot Rock to Anisom Point…

Registration Area H is a nonexclusive registration area. Notes 5 AAC 32.306 Eff. 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quar…

There is no open fishing season for Dungeness crab in the Cook Inlet Area. Notes 5 AAC 32.310 In effect before 1984; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 9/19/90, Register 115; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 9/12/97, Register 143 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulat…

(a) In the Southern District, (1) no more than an aggregate of 150 Dungeness crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to take Dungeness crab; (2) no more than 50 of the 150 pots described in (1) of this subsection may be operated in Subdistrict 1 from a vessel registere…

All Dungeness crab pot and ring net buoys operated under a single registration must be consecutively numbered starting with the number one, and they must be legibly marked with the permanent vessel license plate (ADF&G) number of the vessel operating that gear. Notes 5 AAC 32.330…

Notes 5 AAC 32.335 Eff. 7/12/86, Register 99; repealed 7/23/94, Register 131 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 …

The inspection points for Registration Area H are at Homer, Seldovia, and Seward, and at other locations that may be specified by the commissioner. Notes 5 AAC 32.340 In effect before 1988; am 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we…

Notes 5 AAC 32.390 Eff. 9/12/97, Register 143; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 7/31/2003, Register 167; repealed 8/23/2009, Register 191 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the …

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 south of the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58º 51.10' N. lat., west of 149º W. long., and east of a line extending south from the Alaska Peninsula (near Kilokak Rocks) along 156º 20.22' W. long. (b) Chignik District: water…

(a) As required under 5 AAC 32.005(b), the districts of Registration Area J are designated as follows: (1) Kodiak District: superexclusive registration district; (2) Chignik District: superexclusive registration district; (3) Alaska Peninsula District: superexclusive registration…

(a) In the Kodiak, Chignik, Alaska Peninsula, and Aleutian Districts, male Dungeness crab may be taken or possessed only from 12:00 noon May 1 until 11:59 p.m. October 31, except that in the waters of the Kodiak District south of the latitude of Boot Point at 56° 49.98' N. lat., …

(a) All pot gear used for commercial Dungeness crab fishing in Registration Area J shall: (1) be removed from the water at least once within a 21-day period; or (2) have all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open. Notes 5 AAC 32.415 Eff. 8/10/2018, Regi…

Notes 5 AAC 32.420 Repealed 7/17/77. 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) Dungeness crab may be taken only with Dungeness crab pots or ring nets. (b) The following Dungeness crab pot limits are in effect for Registration Area J: (1) in the Kodiak District, an aggregate of no more than 700 pots may be operated from a validly registered Dungeness cra…

The initial inspection points and reinspection points for Registration Area J are at Kodiak, Sand Point, and Dutch Harbor, and at other locations that may be specified by the commissioner. Notes 5 AAC 32.440 In effect before 1988; am 5/8/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 St…

Dungeness crab may not be taken from waters of Iliuliuk Bay south of 53º 53' N. lat. Notes 5 AAC 32.450 Eff. 7/12/86, Register 99 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recen…

Notwithstanding 5 AAC 32.033(d) (2), in the Kodiak District, a vessel registered to fish for Dungeness crab may tender Dungeness crab from other registered Dungeness crab vessels. A tender operator must be an authorized agent of a processor. Before using a vessel as a tender unde…

Requirements set out in this chapter apply to commercial fishing only, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence, personal use, and sport :fishing regulations affecting commercial fishing vessels or affecting any other commercial fishing activity are set out in the subsistence fish…

The Southeastern Alaska Area consists of all waters of Alaska within an area that 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 …

(a) District 1: all waters east and north of a line from the southernmost tip of Caamano Point at 55° 29.85' N. lat., 131° 58.21' W. long., south to a point in Dixon Entrance District at 54° 40.00' N. lat., 131° 45.00' W. long., and waters north of a line from 54° 40,00' N. lat, …

(a) Salmon may be taken with purse seines in the following locations only during fishing periods established by emergency order that will generally begin on Sundays: (1) District 1, Sections 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, and 1-F only; (2) District 2; (3) District 3; (4) District 4, from the fir…

Notes 5 AAC 33.311 Eff. 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/16/86, Register 98; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 6/10/87, Register 102; am 6/19/88, Register 106; am 6/25/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 6/13/92, Register 122; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; re…

Notes 5 AAC 33.312 In effect before 1988; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/23/94, Register 130; am 6/28/97, Register 142; repealed 10/1/98, Register 147 As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 33.312 appears in 5 AAC 29.001, 5 AAC 29.020, and 5 AAC 29.025. Stat…

Notes 5 AAC 33.313 In effect before 1988; repealed 10/1/98, Register 147 As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 33.313 appears in 5 AAC 29.001. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between o…

Notes 5 AAC 33.314 Eff. 6/13/92, Register 122; repealed 10/1/98, Register 147 As of Register 147, Oct. 1998, the substance of former 5 AAC 33.314 appears in 5 AAC 29.130. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison betw…

(a) Except as provided in 5 AAC 29, salmon may be taken only by drift gillnets and purse seines. (b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 39.240, a permit holder may use a registered salmon fishing vessel, when it has fishing gear on board, to tow another registered salmon fishing vessel with f…

(a) A person may not operate a drift gillnet vessel that has on the reel or in the water more than one legal limit of drift gillnet gear. Extra gillnet gear may be on board the vessel. Any gear in excess of one legal limit of drift gillnet gear must be sacked or bagged. The sack …

(a) No purse seine may be less than 150 meshes or more than 450 meshes in depth, or less than 150 fathoms or more than 250 fathoms in length, hung measure. (b) Seine mesh may not be more than four and one-half inches, except the first 25 meshes above the lead line may not be more…

Notes 5 AAC 33.335 Repealed 2/18/73. 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…