Section 5.02.325. Subsistence Tanner crab fishery.

In that portion of the Cook Inlet Area outside the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3), in the subsistence taking of Tanner crab,  
		(1) male Tanner crab may be taken only from July 15 through March 15, except that  
			(A) in Kachemak Bay, east of a line from Point Pogibshi to Anchor Point, male Tanner crab may be taken only from September 1 through December 31 and from January 15 or the beginning of the commercial Tanner crab season, whichever is later, through March 15; and  
			(B) when the subsistence Tanner crab fishery is closed in the Kamishak or Barren Islands Districts, the subsistence Tanner crab fishery is also closed in the Eastern, Outer, and Central Districts as specified in 5 AAC 35.410(c);  
		(2) before harvesting Tanner crab, a person must obtain a subsistence permit as specified in 5 AAC 02.015; upon taking Tanner crab, and before concealing the Tanner crab from plain view or removing the Tanner crab from the fishing site, the person must enter in ink, the catch information requested on the permit;   
		(3) the daily bag and possession limit is five male Tanner crab;   
		(4) only male Tanner crab five and one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken.  

Authorities

16.05.251;16.05.258

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258

History

Eff. 3/15/2008, Register 185; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 6/27/2014, Register 210