Section 5.58.035. Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish.

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(a) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 58.022 or by an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions of this section apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Cook Inlet - Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area.
(b) The bag and possession limits for sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under the subsistence fishing regulations in 5 AAC 01 and 5 AAC 02 or the personal use fishing regulations in 5 AAC 77.
(c) 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 specified in this chapter. Only whole crab, cooked or uncooked, may be taken off a vessel.
(d) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 75.035(3), no more than two pots per person, regardless of type, with a maximum of two pots per vessel, regardless of type, may be used to take shellfish at any time, except that in the waters 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.
(e) Each pot, other than shrimp pots, used to take shellfish under this chapter must have a minimum of two escape rings that are at least four and three-eighths inches in inside diameter.
(f) Shrimp pots are pots with tunnel eye openings that individually are not larger than 15 inches in perimeter.
(g) A pot used to take shellfish may not have any portion of the line attaching the pot to a buoy or buoys 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.

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.251

Notes

Authority
 AS 16.05.060  
AS 16.05.251  
History Eff. 5/6/81, Register 78; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 6/20/82, Register 82; am 4/3/83, Register 85; am 5/31/84, Register 90; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/10/89, Register 110; am 4/14/93, Register 126; am 6/1/96, Register 138; am 2/25/98, Register 145; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 7/16/2011, Register 199

                    
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