Within five days after the closure of a Tanner crab registration area or portion of a registration area, the owner, or the owner's agent, of a Tanner crab vessel that was validly registered for that area may formally request, in writing, that the commissioner reopen the area. The commissioner shall consider all relevant information concerning the condition of Tanner crab stocks within the closed registration area. Within 14 days after the receipt of the request, the commissioner shall publicly announce a decision to retain the closure or reopen the area by emergency order.

(In effect before 1985; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 7/30/89, Register 111; em am 3/19/91 — 7/16/91, Register 118; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 9/29/96, Register 139)

Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251, AS 16.05.270