5 AAC 02.420 - Subsistence king crab fishery
(a) In the
subsistence taking of king crab
(1) the
annual limit is three king crab for a household;
(2) all king crab pots used for subsistence
fishing and left in saltwater unattended longer than a two-week period shall
have all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully
open;
(3) notwithstanding
5 AAC 02.010(i), no more than one king
crab pot per person or per vessel may be used to take king crab; in addition to
the marking requirements specified in
5 AAC 02.010(e), a king crab pot must
have "king crab" legibly inscribed on the keg or buoy attached to the king crab
pot;
(4) king crab may be taken
only from June 1 through January 31, except that the subsistence taking of king
crab is prohibited in waters 25 fathoms or more in depth during the 14 days
immediately before the opening of a commercial king or Tanner crab fishing
season in the location;
(5) only
male king crab seven inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or
possessed.
(b) In this
section, "king crab pot" is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet
wide by 42 inches high with rigid tunnel eye openings that individually are no
less than five inches in any one dimension, with tunnel eye opening perimeters
that individually are more than 36 inches or a pot that is no more than 10 feet
long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high and that tapers inward from its base to
a top consisting of one horizontal opening of any size.
Notes
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.420(1) - (3) and (5) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.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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