The Board of Fisheries recognizes that in rare instances, circumstances may require regulatory changes outside the process described in 5 AAC 96.625(b) - (d). Notwithstanding 5 AAC 96.625(f), a petition for a regulatory change may be submitted under this section and 5 AAC 96.625(a) for a Category 2 management measure in a Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands king or Tanner crab fishery described in the federal Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands dated January 24, 1989. It is the policy of the Board of Fisheries that a petition submitted under this section will be denied and not scheduled for hearing unless the petition

1. (1) addresses a Category 2 management measure and is filed within 30 days from the date that the board adopted that Category 2 management measure;
2. (2) presents an issue that is not solely allocative; and
3. (3) presents new legal, biological, or management information that indicates the regulation may not be consistent with the federal FMP.

(Eff. 6/2/95, Register 134)