Section 5 AAC 39.675 - Crab pot gear storage for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands IFQ, CDQ, and Adak community allocation crab fisheries(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 AAC 34 - 5 AAC 35, king and Tanner crab pots may be stored outside of a designated storage area specified in 5 AAC 34.052 and 5 AAC 35.052 with all bait and bait containers removed and doors secured fully open for up to 14 days following the completion of fishing operations in a registration area. King and Tanner crab pots must be removed from the water or placed in long-term storage if left unattended for 14 days or longer. A vessel's registration is invalid after 14 days of inactivity in a registration area.(b) For the purposes of this section, a vessel is considered to have completed fishing operations if the (1) vessel operator contacts the department in Dutch Harbor to invalidate the vessel registration for that species and registration area within 72 hours of operating the last pot gear in the registration area;(2) pot gear belonging to that vessel is removed from the water, placed into long-term storage, or is transferred to a recipient vessel as specified in 5 AAC 39.670(c) (2).Eff. 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 9/12/2008, Register 187