Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 67 - Bristol Bay Area
5 AAC 67.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish

(a) Unless provided otherwise in 5 AAC 67.022 or by emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions in this section apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Bristol Bay Area.

(b) The operator of a commercially licensed and registered shrimp fishing vessel who is using the vessel in the sport-fish taking of shrimp during a closed commercial shrimp season or within a closed commercial shrimp district, section, or subsection may not possess more than 500 pounds of shrimp on board the vessel.

(c) Only male crab may be taken.

(d) Until a crab is being processed for human consumption, no person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure the crab in a manner that would prevent the determination of the minimum size restriction.

(e) A person may not take or possess shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits set out in 5 AAC 67.020.

(f) The bag and possession limits for sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under subsistence or personal use fishing regulations.