Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 34 - King Crab Fishery
Article 5 - Registration Area A (Southeastern)
5 AAC 34.112 - Harvest of parasitized king crab

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5 AAC 34.060 and 5 AAC 34.065, all king crab, male, female, and sub-legal, that have the barnacle parasite Briarosaccus callosusor a scar of the parasite under the flap, may be taken for commercial sale during open commercial fishing seasons. The external reproductive organ of the parasite must be removed from all crab before the crab is placed in a live tank and must be retained on board the vessel, out of contact with sea water, and transferred to the processor for disposal.

Authority:AS 16.05.251