5 AAC 31.143. Reporting requirements for shrimp catcher-processor and catcher-seller vessels in Registration Area A

(a) The vessel owner or operator of a catcher-processor vessel registered to take shrimp in Registration Area A shall report to a local representative of the department within 72 hours following the closure of a fishing period in any district or portion of a district the following information:

(1) the pounds in whole weight by species of shrimp on board the vessel taken during the fishing period in any district or portion of a district;

(2) other information requested by the department for the purpose of conserving or developing shrimp resources.

(b) The commissioner may require the owner or operator of a catcher-processor vessel fishing in Registration Area A to report to a local representative of the department during the open shrimp fishing period to provide the information required in (a) of this section.

(c) The owner or operator of a catcher-processor vessel shall complete a separate ADF&G shrimp fish ticket for each district that the catcher-processor vessel landed shrimp and submit the tickets to the department within seven days after the first delivery of shrimp in the district.

(d) The owner or operator of a catcher-seller vessel registered to take shrimp in Registration Area A shall complete an ADF&G shrimp fish ticket indicating the weight of the shrimp on board by species before any shrimp are removed from the vessel.

(e) For the purposes of this section,

(1) "catcher-processor vessel" means a vessel from which shrimp are caught and processed on board that vessel and from which no shrimp caught on other vessels was purchased or processed;

(2) "catcher-seller vessel" means vessel from which shrimp are caught and a person sells or attempts to sell unpossessed shrimp, that were legally taken by the catcher-seller vessel to a person not licensed to process the shrimp.

History: Eff. 9/28/97, Register 143; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/18/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 16.05.251

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