1. (a) Registration Area J is a nonexclusive registration area, except the Kodiak and Chignik Districts are superexclusive registration districts.
2. (b) Notwithstanding (c) and (g) of this section, a Chignik Tanner crab permit holder may register a vessel to take Tanner crab in the Semidi Island Overlap Section of the Kodiak District, as specified in 5 AAC 35.507.
3. (c) A Tanner crab vessel may not be registered to take Tanner crab in more than one district of Registration Area J at a time.
4. (d) A Tanner crab vessel from which pots having identification tags required by 5 AAC 35.526 are fished may not be, at the same time, validly registered to fish any other fishery with pot gear.

5. (e) For the Chignik, Eastern Aleutian, Western Aleutian, and Bering Sea Districts, the registration deadlines for the registration year are as follows:

   1. (1) for the Bering Sea District C. opilio Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. September 24;
   2. (2) for the Bering Sea District, C. bairdi Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. September 24;
   3. (3) repealed 8/14/2005;
   4. (4) for the Eastern Aleutian District C. bairdi Tanner crab fishery, the preseason registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. December 24;
   5. (5) for the Western Aleutian District C. bairdi Tanner crab fishery, the registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. October 10;
   6. (6) for the Chignik District C. bairdi Tanner crab fishery, if the guideline harvest level exceeds 2,000,000 pounds, the registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. December 24.
6. (f) Before a vessel may be registered under this section, the vessel operator must obtain a CFEC interim-use permit for Tanner crab that references the vessel's ADF&G license number and file a registration form with the department, except that a vessel operator is not required to obtain a CFEC interim-use permit before filing a preseason registration form for the Bering Sea Tanner or snow crab fisheries. The registration form must identify the vessel and vessel operator and must be received in person, or by mail, electronic mail, or facsimile, at the department office in Dutch Harbor or Kodiak by the applicable deadline specified in (e) of this section.
7. (g) A vessel that is registered for the Tanner crab fishery in the Kodiak District may not be registered for the Tanner crab fishery in the Chignik or South Peninsula Districts during that registration year.
8. (h) The operator of a vessel registered to take Tanner crab in any district or section of Registration Area J must comply with any check-in and check-out procedures for sections specified by the department in an Area J registration certificate issued under 5 AAC 35.020.

9. (i) In the Bering Sea District, a vessel operator may harvest C. bairdi Tanner crab as follows:

   1. (1) in a directed C. bairdi Tanner crab fishery or as incidental harvest while the vessel operator is registered for the C. opilio Tanner crab fishery; a vessel operator that is registered to fish for C. opilio Tanner crab in the Bering Sea District may retain C. bairdi Tanner crab in an amount not to exceed five percent of the weight of the C. opilio Tanner crab on board the vessel and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket;
   2. (2) east of 166° W. long. as incidental harvest while the vessel operator is registered for the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery; a vessel operator that is registered to fish for Bristol Bay red king crab may also retain C. bairdi Tanner crab in an amount not to exceed five percent of the weight of Bristol Bay red king crab on board the vessel and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket;
   3. (3) repealed 7/22/2017;
   4. (4) a vessel operator may not be concurrently registered to harvest C. bairdi Tanner crab in waters both east and west of 166° W. long.
10. (j) In the Bering Sea District, a vessel operator that is registered to fish for C. bairdi Tanner crab may also retain C. opilio Tanner crab in an amount not to exceed thirty-five percent of the weight of C. bairdi Tanner crab on board the vessel and reported on an ADF&G fish ticket.

11. (k) A Tanner crab vessel registration must be validated in person or by facsimile transmission, at an inspection point specified in 5 AAC 35.540, in the

    1. (1) Chignik and South Peninsula Districts, not earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season;
    2. (2) Kodiak District, not earlier than 26 hours before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season.

(Eff. 9/29/96, Register 139; am 7/21/99, Register 151; am 8/8/99, Register 151; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 6/27/2014, Register 210; am 7/22/2017, Register 223; am 6/17/2018, Register 226; am 6/21/2020, Register 234)