Section 5.77.612. Personal use Dungeness crab fishery.

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In the personal use taking of Dungeness crab,  
		(1) there is no closed season;  
		(2) the daily bag and possession limit is 20 male crab;  
		(3) the minimum legal size for male Dungeness crab is six and one-half inches in shoulder width; male Dungeness crab less than the minimum legal size and female Dungeness crab that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed; for the purposes of this paragraph, the shoulder width measurement of Dungeness crab is the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately anterior to the tenth anterolateral spine, not including the spines;  
		(4) live holding facilities used to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits by an individual or individuals are not allowed;  
		(5) a pot used to take Dungeness crab under this chapter must have at least two escape rings that each are not less than four and three-eighths inches, inside diameter; the escape rings must be located on opposite sides of the pot and the upper half of the vertical plane of the pot;  
		(6) no more than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take Dungeness crab.

Authorities

16.05.251

Notes

Authority
 AS 16.05.251  
History Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 6/3/2000, Register 154; am 7/18/2003, Register 167; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/11/2012, Register 202

                    
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