Section 5 AAC 77.616 - Personal use Tanner crab fisheryIn the personal use taking of Tanner crab
(1) there is no closed season;(2) the daily bag and possession limit is 30 male Tanner crab; only male Tanner crab five and one-half inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed; male Tanner crab less than the minimum legal size and female Tanner crab that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed;(3) a pot used to take Tanner crab under this section must have at least two circular escape rings on opposing vertical or sloping sides of the pot that each are not less than four and three-quarter inches inside diameter;(4) no more than 10 ring nets per person, with a maximum of 20 ring nets per vessel, may be used to take Tanner crab;(5) a person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits of Tanner crab.Eff. 7/1/86, Register 99; am 7/29/2009, Register 191; am 5/11/2012, Register 202