5 AAC 02.115 - Subsistence Dungeness crab fishery
In the subsistence taking of Dungeness crab
(1) the daily bag and possession limit is 20
crab per person except that, in waters of Thorne Bay west of the longitude of
the southernmost tip of Thorne Head, the daily bag and possession limit is five
crab;
(2) only male Dungeness crab
six and one-half inches or greater in shoulder width may be taken or possessed;
male Dungeness crab less than the minimum legal size and female Dungeness crab
that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed; for
the purposes of this paragraph, the shoulder width measurement of Dungeness
crab is the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately anterior to
the tenth anterolateral spine, not including the spines;
(3) spears and gaffs may not be used in
Districts 1 - 16;
(4) repealed
7/14/85;
(5) live holding
facilities utilized to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits by an individual
or individuals are not allowed;
(6)
a pot used to take Dungeness crab under this section must have at least two
escape rings that each are not less than four and three-eighths inches, inside
diameter; the escape rings must be located on opposite sides of the pot and the
upper half of the vertical pane of the pot;
(7) no more than 10 ring nets per person,
with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take Dungeness
crab.
Notes
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.115 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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