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 8 - Registration Area H (Cook Inlet)
5 AAC 35.425 - Lawful gear for Registration Area H
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 35.425
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner crab pots and ring nets. Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm.
(b) Each Tanner crab pot must have no less than four escape rings of no less than four and three-quarters inches inside diameter installed on the vertical plane to permit escapement of undersize Tanner crab.
(c) During a commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H, an aggregate of no more than 75 king and Tanner crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to fish Tanner crab, except that in the Southern District,
(1) an aggregate of no
more than 40 pots may be operated from a vessel if the guideline harvest level
for Tanner crab in the Southern District is greater than 400,000 pounds, but
not more than 800,000 pounds;
(2)
an aggregate of no more than 20 pots may be operated from a vessel if the
guideline harvest level for Tanner crab is less than 400,000 pounds.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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