Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 32 - Dungeness Crab Fishery
Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska)
5 AAC 32.146 - Southeastern Alaska Area Dungeness Crab Fisheries Management Plan
Current through August 30, 2024
In the absence of adequate stock assessment, the department shall manage the Dungeness crab fishery in Registration Area A (Southeastern Alaska) using a precautionary approach. When stocks are assessed to be low, the department shall, subject to the commissioner's authority under 5 AAC 32.035, reduce the harvest of legal Dungeness crab and reduce the handling of non-legal, light, and soft-shell Dungeness crab by complying with the following:
(1) no later than 14 days after the start of the summer Dungeness crab fishing season specified in 5 AAC 32.110, the department shall establish a projection of harvest thresholds for the season;
(2) if the department projects that the entire season's catch of legal Dungeness crab will be
(3) if the department determines that harvest projections fail to meet the threshold for a season as described in (2)(C) of this section due to soft-shelled crabs early in the summer Dungeness crab fishing season, the department may open the fall Dungeness crab fishing season as specified in 5 AAC 32.110.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
