5 AAC 35.427 - Tanner crab pot storage for Registration Area H

(a) Rectangular Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and with all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed, may be stored in the Kamishak District and in those waters of the Southern District west of a line from Coal Point to 60 Foot Rock to Anisom Point only in waters of not more than 15 fathoms deep. In all remaining waters of the Southern District, rectangular Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid Tanner crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed, may be stored only in waters of not more than 10 fathoms deep.

(b) Cone or pyramid pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors not secured closed may be stored in the water only from 30 days before the scheduled opening date of the commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H until 30 days after the closure of that season.

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5 AAC 35.427

Eff. 9/29/96, Register 139

Authority:AS 16.05.251