Section 5 AAC 34.050 - Lawful gear for king crabUnless otherwise specified in this chapter,
(1) king crab may be taken only with king crab pots; king crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm;(2) a king crab pot is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high with rigid tunnel eye openings that individually are no less than five inches (13 cm) in any one dimension with tunnel eye opening perimeters that individually are more than 36 inches (91.4 cm) or a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high and that tapers inward from its base to a top consisting of one horizontal opening of any size;(3) during the open season for king crab, all shellfish pots, other than those described as Dungeness crab, Tanner crab, or shrimp pots, must conform to the specifications in (2) of this section.In effect before 1982; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; em am 9/30/87 - 1/27/88, Register 104; am 7/23/88, Register 107; em am 9/15/89 - 1/12/90, Register 112; am 9/19/90, Register 115; am 5/2/92, Register 122; em am 8/21/92 - 12/18/92, Register 123; am 6/24/93, Register 126; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 11/6/96, Register 140