Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 02 - Subsistence Shellfish Fishery
Article 2 - Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area
5 AAC 02.120 - Subsistence king crab fishery

(1) repealed 4/23/94;

(2) repealed 7/14/85;

(3) in the districts described in 5 AAC 30.200

(4) in the Yakutat Area the daily bag and possession limit is two crab per person and only male crab may be taken;

(5) an operator of a commercially licensed and registered king crab fishing vessel shall obtain a permit from the department before taking king crab for subsistence purposes in waters of Yakutat Bay enclosed by a line from the westernmost tip of Ocean Cape to the easternmost tip of Point Manby during the open commercial king crab fishing season; the department may set out requirements in the permit for the conservation of the king crab resource and to ensure compliance with other applicable fishing laws;

(6) a pot used to take king crab under this section must have at least two escape rings on opposing vertical or sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than six and one-quarter inches inside diameter;

(7) no more than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take king crab;

(8) a person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits of king crab.