5 AAC 02.307 - Lawful subsistence fishing gear for the taking of Tanner crab
In that portion of the Cook Inlet Area outside the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3),
(1) Tanner crab may be taken only with pots,
ring nets, dip nets, diving gear, hooked or hookless hand lines, and by
hand;
(2) a pot used to take Tanner
crab
(A) must have a minimum of two escape
rings that are at least four and three-eighths inches inside diameter;
and
(B) may not have any portion of
the line attaching the pot to a buoy floating on the surface of the water at
any time, except for that portion of the line connecting the main buoy to any
auxiliary buoy or buoys;
(3) no more than two pots or two ring nets or
a combination of one pot and one ring net per person with a maximum of two pots
or two ring nets or a combination of one pot and one ring net per vessel may be
used to take Tanner crab, except that in the waters of the Outer and Eastern
Districts between the longitude of Gore Point (150° 57.85' W. long.) and
the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148° 50.25' W. long.), no more than two
pots or two ring nets or a combination of one pot and one ring net per person
with a maximum of six pots or six ring nets or a combination of pots and ring
nets not to exceed a total of six units of gear per vessel may be used to take
Tanner crab.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
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