Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 35 - Tanner Crab Fishery
Article 10 - Registration Area J (Westward)
5 AAC 35.520 - Size limits for Registration Area J

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 35.520

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Only male Tanner crab of the species Chionoecetes opilio3.1 inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.

(b) In the Bering Sea District, Tanner crab size limits are as follows:

(1) male C. bairdiTanner crab, or hybrid Tanner crab conforming to the identification criteria described in 5 AAC 35.521(a), must be 4.8 inches or greater in width of shell, except that in the waters west of 166º W. long., male C. bairdiTanner crab, or hybrid Tanner crab conforming to the identification criteria described in 5 AAC 35.521(a), must be 4.4 inches or greater in width of shell;

(2) male C. opilioTanner crab, or hybrid Tanner crab conforming to the identification criteria described at 5 AAC 35.521(b), must be 3.1 inches or greater in width of shell.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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