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 9 - Registration Area K (Kodiak)
5 AAC 34.425 - Lawful gear for Registration Area K
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 34.425
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) King crab may be taken only with king crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm.
(b) Each king crab pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing.
(c) The following king crab pot limits are in effect in Registration Area K:
(1) if the
projected guideline harvest level is more than 6,000,000 pounds, no more than
75 pots may be operated;
(2) if the
projected guideline harvest level is at least 3,000,000 but not more than
6,000,000 pounds, no more than 50 pots may be operated;
(3) if the projected guideline harvest level
is less than 3,000,000 pounds, no more than 25 pots may be operated.
(d) A vessel engaged in taking or transporting king crab may not have on board an otter trawl with a ground line or headline longer than 60 feet.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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