Alaska Administrative Code

Notes 5 AAC 33.650 Repealed 4/8/79. 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…

Notes 5 AAC 33.660 Repealed 4/8/79. 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…

Notes 5 AAC 33.670 Repealed 3/8/74. 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Notes 5 AAC 33.680 Repealed 4/8/79. 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…

Notes 5 AAC 33.690 Repealed 3/8/74. 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Notes 5 AAC 33.710 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…

Notes 5 AAC 33.730 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…

Notes 5 AAC 33.781 Repealed 10/12/74. 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 compa…

Notes 5 AAC 33.792 Repealed 6/15/74. 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…

Requirements set out in this chapter apply only to commercial fishing for king crab, unless otherwise specified. Subsistence, personal use, and sport fishing regulations affecting commercial king crab vessels or affecting any other commercial king crab fishing activity are set ou…

(a) The following are king crab registration areas and their code letters: Code Letter A - Southeastern Alaska Area (5 AAC 34.100) D - Yakutat Area (5 AAC 34.160) E - Prince William Sound Area (5 AAC 34.200) H - Cook Inlet Area (5 AAC 34.300) K - Kodiak Area (5 AAC 34.400) M - Al…

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the regulations in this chapter applicable to a king crab registration area also apply to the adjacent waters of the exclusive economic zone. (b) The commissioner may suspend the application of this section to all or a portion of th…

(a) In addition to the requirements of 5 AAC 39.120 and unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall validly register a king crab vessel for a king crab registration area before using that vessel to take king crab in that registration …

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter and (b) of this section, within 24 hours before a season opening or at any time during the open season before taking or processing king crab, a king crab vessel registered for a registration area must have its holds or live tanks ins…

(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 …

(a) A vessel used to tender king crab for a vessel validly registered to take king crab may not have king crab gear or equipment on board the tendering vessel and may not use that vessel to take king crab. (b) Before engaging in any tendering operation, the operator of a tenderin…

Within five days following the closure of a king crab registration area or portion of a registration area, the holder of a valid CFEC interim use or limited entry permit, or the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, of a king crab vessel that was validly registered for that area, m…

(a) Pursuant to the procedures set out in 5 AAC 34.035, the commissioner may close a registration area for certain species of king crab. (b) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 34, after 24 hours following the closure of any registration area for specified species of king crab, n…

In areas where the commissioner is authorized to open the season by emergency order, the commissioner may delay the opening beyond the earliest date specified in the regulations if he finds that such delay would affect preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general …

Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, (1) king crab may be taken only with king crab pots; king crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm; (2) a king crab pot is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high wit…

(a) At least one buoy on each king crab pot or ring net must be legibly marked with the permanent ADF&G vessel license plate number of the king crab vessel operating the gear. The buoy must bear only the number of the vessel used in operating the gear. The number shall be painted…

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, during the closed season for king crab in a registration area, king crab pots must be removed from the water, except rectangular king crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open, and cone or …

Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 31 - 5 AAC 38, (1) a person or vessel that operates commercial, subsistence, personal use, or sport pots, during the 14 days immediately before the opening of a commercial king crab season in a king crab registration area, may not participate i…

The owner or operator of a vessel used in the processing of king crab must obtain a permit from the department before starting processing operations. The permit must contain the following requirements: (1) reporting of vessel location to the department; (2) reporting of harvestin…

(a) The department may issue, under the provisions of this section, a permit for Registration Area O, Q, or T to a person or vessel to recover (1) lost king crab pot gear belonging to another vessel or person; or (2) king crab pot gear for a vessel that has experienced a major me…

(a) Male king crab seven inches (178 mm) or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed, unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 34. (b) Width measurement of king crab shall be the straight-line distance across the carapace at a right angle to a line midway between the eyes to…

Male king crab less than minimum size and female king crab may not be taken or possessed. Such king crab which have been taken must be immediately returned unharmed to the sea. Notes 5 AAC 34.065 In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78 Authority:AS 16.05.251(a) State regul…

Notes 5 AAC 34.070 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

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

The department shall establish an annual harvest strategy for each king crab stock which is consistent with the board's policy statement on king crab resource management, 90-04-FB, March 23, 1990, hereby adopted by reference. If adequate data are available, the department shall e…

In this chapter, "rigid," as applied to king 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. Note…

(a) Male king crab of the species Lithodes couesimay be taken in Registration Areas K, M, O, Q, and T only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner. (b) Lithodes couesimay be taken only with pots as follows: (1) in Registration Areas K and M, (A) pots may be lo…

Notes 5 AAC 34.085 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 5 AAC 34.090 In effect before 1988; am 9/3/93, Register 129; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 compari…

Notes 5 AAC 34.091 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

Notes 5 AAC 34.095 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

Notes 5 AAC 34.096 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

Notes 5 AAC 34.097 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

Notes 5 AAC 34.098 In effect before 1988; repealed 11/6/96, Register 140 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 adde…

Notes 5 AAC 34.099 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 has as its southern boundary the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance, and as its northern boundary a line extending seav.rard from the \vestern tip of Cape Fairweather at 58° 47.89' N. lat., 137° 56.68' W. long. to the intersection \Vi th the seaward limi…

Registration Area A districts are described in 5 AAC 33.200. Notes 5 AAC 34.105 In effect before 1986; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 11/6/96, Register 140 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparis…

(a) Upper Northern Area: all waters of Section 11-A, the waters of District 12 north of East Point at 57° 48.34' N. lat., 134° 57.01' W. long., to 57° 48.34' N. lat, 134° 48.65' W. long., and west of a line from 57° 48.34' N. lat., 134° 48.65' W. long., and north of a line at 57°…

(a) Repealed 2/22/2015. (b) The waters of District 11 in (1) Taku Inlet: all waters north of the latitude of Point Bishop at 58° 12.05' N. lat.; (2) Port Snettisham: all waters east of a line from Point Styleman at 57° 58.44' N. lat., 133° 53.88' W. long. to Point Anmer at 57° 56…

(a) Registration Area A is an exclusive registration area. (b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.005(b) and 5 AAC 34.020(e), a vessel registered for Registration Area A may also be used to take king crab in Registration Area D if the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has had the registr…

(a) Male red king crab may only, be taken from 10:00 a.m. November 1 through January 24. (b) Male golden king crab may only be taken from 10:00 a.m. on the date following the largest Juneau tidal range between February 10 and February 17, as announced by emergency order, through …

(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) find that there exists strong competing demands between the personal use and commercial user groups for red and blue king crab in Section 11-A of the Southeastern Alaska Area. The board finds that personal use of red and blue king crab in the Ju…