Section 5 AAC 28.556 - South Alaska Peninsula Area registration(a) The South Alaska Peninsula Area is an exclusive registration area for Pacific cod during a state waters season described in 5 AAC 28.577.(b) A vessel that is registered for the South Alaska Peninsula Area under 5 AAC 28.020 for a groundfish fishery, other than a state waters season for Pacific cod described in 5 AAC 28.577, a sablefish fishery described in 5 AAC 28.640, or a directed black rockfish fishery shall also be considered registered for that fishery in the Kodiak Area described in 5 AAC 28.400, the Chignik Area described in 5 AAC 28.500, the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Area described in 5 AAC 28.600, and the Chukchi-Beaufort Area described in 5 AAC 28.700.(c) A vessel's salmon seine registration is automatically invalidated during the time period described in 5 AAC 28.570(c) when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, has registered that vessel under 5 AAC 28.020 and this section to take groundfish with seine gear. The vessel's salmon seine registration becomes valid again when the prohibition described in 5 AAC 28.570(c) is not in effect or when the vessel owner, or the owner's agent, contacts a local representative of the department within the registration area in person or in writing, by mail or facsimile, and invalidates the vessel's groundfish registration.(d) Before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the waters of the Western District, the vessel must be validly registered as described in 5 AAC 28.640.(e) In the Eastern and Western Districts, before a person uses a vessel to operate fishing gear in a directed black rockfish fishery, the vessel's owner, or the owner's agent, shall register the vessel with the department. A vessel validly registered for the black rockfish fishery under this subsection may be registered for other groundfish fisheries in the South Alaska Peninsula Area at the same time.(f) Before a vessel registered for the state waters Pacific cod season in the South Alaska Peninsula Area participates in a groundfish fishery outside of state waters from 170º W. long. to the longitude of Castle Cape at 158º 20' W. long., the vessel operator must invalidate the vessel registration for the state waters season and remove all gear from, or validly store all gear in, state waters of the South Alaska Peninsula Area.Eff. 4/4/97, Register 142; am 11/27/97, Register 144; am 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170; am 5/30/2007, Register 182