5 AAC 02.125 - Subsistence Tanner crab fishery
In the subsistence taking of Tanner crab
(1) the possession limit for Tanner crab is
30 crab per person, per day; only male Tanner crab five and one-half inches or
greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed; male Tanner crab less than
the minimum legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be
immediately returned to the water unharmed;
(2) repealed 7/14/85;
(3) a pot used to take Tanner crab under this
section must have at least two circular escape rings on opposing vertical or
sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than four and three-quarter
inches inside diameter;
(4) no more
than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be
used to take Tanner crab;
(5) a
person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple
bag limits of Tanner crab.
Notes
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.125 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.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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