Section 5 AAC 35.325 - Lawful gear for Registration Area E(a) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner crab pots as specified in 5 AAC 35.050 Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm.(c) Each Tanner crab pot must have no less than four escape rings of no less than four and three-quarters inches (121 mm) inside diameter installed on the vertical plane to permit escapement of undersize Tanner crab.(d) The number of Tanner crab pots that may be operated from a vessel will be established by emergency order before the opening of each commercial Tanner crab season, not to exceed 30 Tanner crab pots per vessel. ln determining the annual pot limit, the department will consider the. (1) total number of registered vessels;(2) estimated catch per unit effort; and(3) the guideline harvest level.(g) Tanner crab pots may be deployed or removed from the water only from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The commissioner may, by emergency order, increase the time that pots may be deployed or removed from the water.In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 2/24/96, Register 137; am 9/29/96, Register 139; am 7/22/2017,Register 223, October 2017