Section 5 AAC 34.628 - Operation of other gear in Registration Area O(a) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.053, and except as provided in (b) of this section, a person or vessel that operates longline, trawl, or pot gear in waters less than 125 fathoms in depth in a commercial, subsistence, personal use, or sport fishery in that portion of Registration Area O open to commercial red king crab fishing 30 days immediately before the scheduled opening date of the commercial red king crab fishery may not participate in the commercial red king crab fishery.(b) The provisions of 5 AAC 34.053(1), 5 AAC 35.053(1), and (a) of this section do not apply to a person or vessel participating in the Adak District commercial red king crab fishery, except that a vessel may not participate in the Adak commercial red king crab fishery if pot, trawl, or longline is operated from that vessel during the seven days before the scheduled opening of the fishery.Eff. 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 6/27/2014, Register 210, July 2014Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258