Section 5 AAC 02.420 - Subsistence king crab fishery(a) In the subsistence taking of king crab (1) the annual limit is three king crab for a household;(2) all king 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) notwithstanding 5 AAC 02.010(i), no more than one king crab pot per person or per vessel may be used to take king crab; in addition to the marking requirements specified in 5 AAC 02.010(e), a king crab pot must have "king crab" legibly inscribed on the keg or buoy attached to the king crab pot;(4) king crab may be taken only from June 1 through January 31, except that the subsistence taking of king crab is prohibited in waters 25 fathoms or more in depth during the 14 days immediately before the opening of a commercial king or Tanner crab fishing season in the location;(5) only male king crab seven inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.(b) In this section, "king crab pot" is a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high with rigid tunnel eye openings that individually are no less than five inches in any one dimension, with tunnel eye opening perimeters that individually are more than 36 inches or a pot that is no more than 10 feet long by 10 feet wide by 42 inches high and that tapers inward from its base to a top consisting of one horizontal opening of any size.In effect before 1983; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 9/19/90, Register 115; am/readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 8/14/96, Register 139; am 7/16/2011, Register 199At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.420(1) - (3) and (5) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258