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(a) The management plan under this section governs the harvest of sablefish in the Aleutian Islands District and the Western District of the South Alaska Peninsula Area described in 5 AAC 28.555(b) .
(b) Sablefish may be taken only from 12:00 noon May 15 through 12:00 noon November 15, unless closed earlier by emergency order.
(c) Sablefish may be taken only with pots, longlines, mechanical jigging machines, and hand troll gear. Pot gear may be longlined in the Aleutian Islands District, but may not be longlined in the Western District.
(d) Before a person uses a vessel to operate gear to take sablefish in the waters of the Aleutian Islands District or the Western District, the vessel owner, the owner's authorized agent, or the vessel operator shall validly register the vessel with the department office in Dutch Harbor. A vessel that is registered under this subsection shall be considered registered in the Aleutian Islands District and the Western District.
(e) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 28.020(f) , before departing from the Aleutian Islands District and the Western District, the operator of a vessel fishing for sablefish must notify a local representative of the department to report the amount, by weight, of sablefish onboard the vessel and the location that the sablefish will be landed.
(f) Each processor of sablefish shall report the amount, by weight, of sablefish received and processed to the department's Dutch Harbor office each week or as otherwise directed by the department.
(g) Each vessel operator shall obtain and complete a logbook provided by the department for all fishing activity in the waters of Alaska under this section.
(h) After 72 hours following the closure of a directed sablefish season within the Aleutian Islands District and the Western District of the South Alaska Peninsula Area, a vessel that participated in the sablefish fishery may not have sablefish that was taken in state waters on board the vessel, unless the vessel has been delayed due to extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the vessel operator, and the vessel operator has contacted a local representative of the department within 72 hours following the closure of the season and the representative of the department has granted a reasonable amount of time for the vessel to reach the port of delivery or a processing location. Any additional time shall be determined based on the assumption that the vessel departed the fishing grounds immediately after the fishery closure and proceeded directly to the port of delivery or processing location.
History: Eff. 5/31/2001, Register 158; am 5/15/2004, Register 170
Authority: AS 16.05.060
Editor's note: The department office in Dutch Harbor may be contacted at Department of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 920587, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 99692-0587; Phone (907) 581-1219; Fax: (907) 581-1572.
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