Section 5.02.307. Lawful subsistence fishing gear for the taking of Tanner crab.  


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  • In that portion of the Cook Inlet Area outside the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3),  
    		(1) Tanner crab may be taken only with pots, ring nets, dip nets, diving gear, hooked or hookless hand lines, and by hand;  
    		(2) a pot used to take Tanner crab  
    			(A) must have a minimum of two escape rings that are at least four and three-eighths inches inside diameter; and  
    			(B) may not have any portion of the line attaching the pot to a buoy floating on the surface of the water at any time, except for that portion of the line connecting the main buoy to any auxiliary buoy or buoys;  
    		(3) no more than two pots per person with a maximum of two pots per vessel may be used to take Tanner crab, except that in the waters of the Outer and Eastern Districts between the longitude of Gore Point (150_ 57.85' W. long.) and the longitude of Cape Fairfield (148_ 50.25' W. long.), no more than two pots per person with a maximum of six pots per vessel may be used to take Tanner crab.  
    

Authorities

16.05.251;16.05.258

Notes


Authority
AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258
History
Eff. 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 9/28/2008, Register 187; am 7/16/2011, Register 199; am 6/27/2014, Register 210