Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery
Article 14 - Southeastern Alaska Area
5 AAC 77.666 - Personal use Tanner crab fishery
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 77.666
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, in the personal use taking of Tanner crab,
(1) Tanner crab may be taken only from July 1
through June 15;
(2) the daily bag
and possession limit is 30 male Tanner crab;
(3) notwithstanding
5
AAC 77.010(i), no more than four pots
or 10 ring nets per vessel may be used to take Tanner crab; a pot used to take
Tanner crab under this section must have at least two circular escape rings on
opposing vertical or sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than four
and three-quarter inches inside diameter;
(4) only male Tanner crab 5.5 inches or
greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed;
(5) male Tanner crab less than the minimum
legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be immediately
returned unharmed to the sea;
(6) a
person may not utilize live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple bag
limits.
(b) In Section 11-A, as described in 5 AAC 33.200, in the personal use taking of Tanner crab, if the pot and ring net limits for red and blue king crab are reduced under 5 AAC 77.664(e)(2)(C), the pot and ring net limits for Tanner crab will also be reduced to the same pot and ring net limits established for red and blue king crab under 5 AAC 77.664(c)(2)(C).
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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