1. (a) Except in the Kodiak, Chignik, and South Peninsula Districts, during the 24 hours before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area J, or a portion of Registration Area J, or at any time during the open season before taking crab, a Tanner crab vessel registered for Registration Area J must, when required by the department, have all holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the department at an inspection point specified in 5 AAC 35.540. Tanner crab may not be on board the vessel at the time of inspection. The requirements of this section do not apply to a registered Tanner crab vessel that does not have a saltwater circulation system in its holds or live tanks. In the Bering Sea District only, the requirements of this section do not apply to catcher-processor vessels, if the commercial C. bairdi Tanner crab season remains open through the opening of the commercial C. opilio Tanner crab season.
2. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, for the Bering Sea District commercial Chionoecetes opilio fishery, a registered Tanner crab vessel may have its holds, live tanks, and freezers inspected by a local representative of the department at Dutch Harbor or additional locations specified by the department within 48 hours before taking or processing Tanner crab.

(In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; em am 1/14/93 — 5/13/93, Register 125; am 6/24/93, Register 126; em am 1/9/96 — 1/18/96, Register 137; am 9/29/96, Register 139; am 6/27/2014, Register 210; am 6/21/2020, Register 234)

Authority: AS 16.05.251