5 AAC 58.035 - Methods, means, and general provisions - Shellfish
(a) Unless otherwise specified in
5
AAC 58.022 or by an emergency order issued under
AS
16.05.060, the provisions of this section
apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Cook Inlet - Resurrection Bay Saltwater
Area.
(b) The bag and possession
limits for sport-harvested shellfish are not in addition to those allowed under
the subsistence fishing regulations in 5 AAC 01 and 5 AAC 02 or the personal
use fishing regulations in 5 AAC 77.
(c) A person may not mutilate or otherwise
disfigure a crab in any manner that would prevent the determination of the
minimum size and sex restrictions specified in this chapter. Only whole crab,
cooked or uncooked, may be taken off a vessel.
(d) Notwithstanding
5
AAC 75.035(3), no more than two pots
or two ring nets or a combination of one pot and one ring net per person,
regardless of type, with a maximum of two pots or two ring nets or a
combination of one pot and one ring net per vessel, regardless of type, may be
used to take shellfish at any time, except that in the waters between the
longitude of Gore Point (150° 57.85' W. long.) and the longitude of Cape
Fairfield (148° 50.25' W. long.), no more than two pots or two rittu nets
or a combination of one pot and one ring net per person with a maximum of six
pots or six ring nets or a combination of pots and ring nets not to exceed a
total of six units of gear per vessel may be used to take Tanner
crab.
(e) Each pot, other than
shrimp pots, used to take shellfish under this chapter must have a minimum of
two escape rings that are at least four and three-eighths inches in inside
diameter.
(f) Shrimp pots are pots
with tunnel eye openings that individually are not larger than 15 inches in
perimeter.
(g) A pot used to take
shellfish may not have any portion of the line attaching the pot to a buoy or
buoys floating on the surface of the water at any time, except for that portion
of the line connecting the main buoy to any auxiliary buoy or buoys.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
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