Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41). |
Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. |
Chapter 5.02. Subsistence Shellfish Fishery. |
Article 5.02.6. Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area. |
Section 5.02.520. Subsistence king crab fishery.
Latest version.
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In the subsistence taking of king crab, (1) the daily bag and possession limit is six king crab per person, except that in the waters west of the longitude of Scotch Cap Light (166_ 44' W. long.) and east of 168_ W. long., the daily bag and possession limit is one king crab per person; only male king crab may be taken; (2) all crab pots used for subsistence fishing and left in saltwater unattended longer than a two-week period shall have all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open; (3) crab may be taken only from June 1 through January 31; (4) only male king crab six and one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
Authorities
16.05.251;16.05.258
Notes
Authority
AS 16.05.251 AS 16.05.258 Editor's note: At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.520 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.History
In effect before 1984; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 9/19/90, Register 115; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 8/8/99, Register 151
References
5.02.520