Section 5 AAC 02.125 - Subsistence Tanner crab fisheryIn the subsistence taking of Tanner crab
(1) the possession limit for Tanner crab is 30 crab per person, per day; only male Tanner crab five and one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed; male Tanner crab less than the minimum legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed;(3) 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) no more than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take Tanner crab;(5) a person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits of Tanner crab.In effect before 1985; am 7/14/85, Register 95; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/11/2012, Register 202At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.125 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258