Effective May 9, 2015Alaska Register 214(Eff. 5/9/2015, Register 214) | Authority: AS 16.05.251
(a) In Registration Area A, an owner or operator of a shrimp pot catcher-processor vessel shall complete a logbook provided by the department at the conclusion of each day fished for each district or portion of a district with a guideline harvest level established by the department, and in which shrimp are harvested and processed on board the vessel. A logbook must be submitted to the department not later than seven days after closure of a district or portion of a district with a guideline harvest level.
(b) Logbooks described in (a) of this section must include any information the commissioner determines necessary for management purposes, including
(1) date of landing;
(2) district and statistical area;
(3) the number of pot lifts each day; and
(4) weight or box count of each size class of whole shrimp that were sorted for sale.
(c) A person may not make a false entry in the logbook required in (a) of this section.
(d) The owner or operator of a shrimp pot catcher-processor who has stopped fishing in a district or portion of a district with a guideline harvest level shall contact, by telephone or in person, the local ADF&G area office and report the information specified in this section before fishing in a new district or portion of a district with a guideline harvest level established by the department.