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 6 - Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area
5 AAC 02.520 - Subsistence king crab fishery

(1) the daily bag and possession limit is six king crab per person, except that in the waters west of the longitude of Scotch Cap Light (166º 44' W. long.) and east of 168º W. long., the daily bag and possession limit is one king crab per person; only male king crab may be taken;

(2) all 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) crab may be taken only from June 1 through January 31;

(4) only male king crab six and one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.