Section 5 AAC 64.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish(a) Unless provided otherwise in 5 AAC 64.022 or by emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions of this section apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Kodiak Area.(c) Only male crab may be taken.(d) Until a crab is being processed for human consumption, a person may not mutilate or otherwise disfigure a crab in any manner that would prevent the determination of the minimum size and sex restrictions.(e) A person may not take or possess shellfish smaller than the minimum legal size limits.(f) The bag and possession limits for sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under subsistence or personal use fishing regulations.(g) 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.(h) Tanner crab may be taken only with a Tanner crab pot. A Tanner 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 less than five inches in one dimension, with tunnel eye opening perimeters that individually are more than 36 inches, 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.Eff. 4/14/93, Register 126; am 3/13/96, Register 137; am 4/9/2005, Register 174; am 7/16/2011, Register 199