5 AAC 02.466 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of shellfish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that king crab, Tanner crab, Dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish are customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence in the Kodiak Area.

(b) The board finds that

(1) 3,200 - 8,100 Tanner crab are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Kodiak Area;

(2) 1,200 - 2,800 Dungeness crab are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Kodiak Area;

(3) 60,500 - 103,000 pounds of usable weight of miscellaneous shellfish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Kodiak Area;

(4) 1,000 - 8,500 pounds of usable weight of shrimp are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Kodiak Area; and

(5) 22,000-68,000 pounds of usable weight of Dungeness crab and miscellaneous shellfish are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula between Kilokak Rocks (156° 19' W. long.) and Cape Kumlik (157° 27' W. long.) and in the area described in 5 AAC 02.500, combined;

(6) 175 - 325 king crab are reasonably necessary for subsistence uses in the Kodiak Area.

Notes

5 AAC 02.466

Eff. 5/15/93, Register 126; am 7/5/2000, Register 155; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 6/26/2016, Register 218, July 2016; am 6/21/2020, Register 234, July 2020

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258