5 AAC 35.050 - Lawful gear for Tanner crab
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
(1) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner
crab pots and ring nets; Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to
the water without further harm;
(2)
a Tanner 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 less than
five inches (13 cm) in one dimension with tunnel eye opening perimeters that
individually are more than 36 inches (91.4 cm) 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 that consists of one horizontal opening of any size;
(3) Tanner crab pots with tunnel eye openings
on the vertical plane of the pot that are used to take Tanner crab during the
closed king crab season in any area may not have tunnel eye openings more than
five inches (13 cm) in height.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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