1. (a) Male king crab, seven inches or greater in carapace width, may be taken in Registration Area A in the exclusive economic zone only under the conditions of a permit issued by the commissioner.

2. (b) The permit required in this section:

   1. (1) may specify season dates;
   2. (2) may specify pot limits;
   3. (3) may specify areas of fishing operations by district or by geographic location;
   4. (4) may require an onboard observer during all operations;

   5. (5) shall require mandatory completion of logbooks provided by the department, logbooks described in this section must:

      1. (A) include the date, the specific location of harvest by latitude and longitude, the number of pots fished, the average depth of each pot fished, and the time gear is deployed and hauled of each set;
      2. (B) include for the target and each bycatch species, the number of fish retained and discarded:
      3. (C) be updated within 24 hours after midnight local time on the day of operation;
      4. (D) be made available to a local representative of the department upon request;
      5. (E) be submitted with the fish ticket documenting the landing;
   6. (6) may set other conditions deemed necessary by the commissioner for conservation and management purposes.
3. (c) A person may not make a false entry in the log books described in this section.

(Eff. 6/17/2018, Register 226)

Authority: AS 16.05.251