Section 5 AAC 28.106 - Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area registration(a) The Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area is a nonexclusive registration area for Pacific cod: notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take Pacific cod in a directed Pacific cod fishery in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the vessel owner or the owner's agent shall register the vessel with the department by completing a registration form with the vessel's name, management areas the vessel will be fishing in, contact number, and the signature of the owner or owner's agent.(b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) Subdistrict or the Southern Southeast Inside (SSEI) Subdistrict, the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the vessel with the department as follows: (1) the vessel must be registered before fishing in the sablefish fishery;(2) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall include on the registration form the vessel's name and the full name and CFEC permit number or interim use permit number of each sablefish permit holder who will be on board the vessel during the open fishing period;(3) the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, shall sign the registration form;(4) a person who holds a CFEC sablefish permit or interim use sablefish permit for the NSEI Subdistrict or for the SSEI Subdistrict may not register to fish on more than one vessel at a time;(5) a separate registration is required for each subdistrict.(c) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take lingcod in a directed lingcod fishery in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the vessel owner or the owner's agent shall register the vessel with the department by completing a registration form with the vessel's name, management areas the vessel will be fishing in, and the signature of the owner or owner's agent.(d) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take demersal shelf rockfish in a directed fishery in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the vessel owner or owner's agent shall register the vessel with the department by completing a registration from with the vessel's name, management areas the vessel will be fishing, contact number, and the signature of the owner or owner's agent. A separate registration is required for the winter and fall fisheries described in 5 AAC 28.111(a).(e) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take black rockfish in a directed black rockfish fishery in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area, the vessel owner or owner's agent shall register the vessel with the department by completing a registration form with the vessel's name, management areas the vessel will be fishing, contact number, and the signature of the owner or owner's agent.(f) The Icy Bay Subdistrict is a superexclusive registration area for the directed commercial lingcod fishery. Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(b), a CFEC permit holder who participates in the directed commercial taking of lingcod in the Icy Bay Subdistrict may not participate or have participated in the directed commercial taking of lingcod as a CFEC permit holder in any other registration area or portion of a registration area during that calendar year. A vessel used in the directed commercial taking of lingcod in the Icy Bay Subdistrict may not be used or have been used in the directed commercial taking of lingcod in any other registration area or portion of a registration area during that calendar year.(g) The Southeast District is a superexclusive area for the commercial flatfish trawl fishery. Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(a), before a vessel is used to take flatfish in the commercial flatfish trawl fishery in the Southeast District, the vessel owner, or the owner's authorized agent, must register the vessel with the department. The CFEC permit holder that will be operating the gear from the vessel being used and registered to take flatfish under this section must also register with the department. During the calendar year of registration, the (1) vessel may not be used to take flatfish in a commercial trawl fishery in any other registration area; and(2) CFEC permit holder may not participate in a commercial flatfish trawl fishery in any other registration area.Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 6/15/97, Register 142; am 11/20/97, Register 144; am 6/14/2000, Register 154; am 7/18/2003, Register 167; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 9/25/2022, Register 243, October 2022