5 AAC 77.664 - Personal use king crab fishery
(a) King crab may
only be taken under the authority of a permit issued under
5
AAC 77.015; the department will issue only one king
crab personal use fishing permit per household per year.
(b) Except as specified in (e) of this
section, through January 24, 2028, the daily bag and possession limit is three
male crab per person; if the preseason biomass estimate of legal male red and
blue king crab is less than 50 percent of the median surveyed and non-survcved
biomass estimate of legal males, the commissioner may, by emergency order,
reduce the bag and possession limit of red and blue king crab.
(c) The king crab seasons are as follows:
(1) red and blue king crab may be taken only
from July 1 through March 31;
(2)
golden king crab may be taken only from July 1 through June 15;
(d) Only male king crab seven
inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(e) In the waters described in
5
AAC 33.200 as Section 11-A, in the personal use taking
of king crab,
(1) the daily bag and
possession limit is three male king crab per person;
(2) the commissioner may close and
immediately reopen, by emergency order, a personal use red and blue king crab
season during which one or more of the following conditions applies:
(A) a reduced bag and possession
limit;
(B) a seasonal limit for
king crab;
(C) a reduced pot and
ring net limit.
(f) Male king crab less than the minimum
legal size and female king crab that have been taken must be immediately
returned to the water unharmed.
(g)
A person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple
bag limits.
(h) Notwithstanding
5
AAC 77.010(i), no more than four pots
or 10 ring nets per vessel may be used to take king crab. A pot used to take
king crab under this section must have at least two escape rings on opposing
vertical or sloping sides of the pot that are not less than six and one-quarter
inches inside diameter.
(i) In this
section, "legal male," with respect to red or blue king crab, means male red or
blue king crab at least seven inches or greater in width of shell.
Notes
As of Register 216 (January 2016), the regulations attorney made a technical correction under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 5 AAC 77.664(a).
Authority: AS 16.05.251
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(a) King crab may only be taken under the authority of a permit issued under 5 AAC 77.015; the department will issue only one king crab personal use fishing permit per household per year.
(b) Except as specified in (e) of this section the daily bag and possession limit is three male crab per person; if the regionwide harvestable biomass of mature red and blue king crab is below 200,000 pounds, the commissioner may, by emergency order, reduce the bag and possession limit of red and blue king crab.
(c) The king crab seasons are as follows:
(1) red and blue king crab may be taken only from July 1 through March 31;
(2) golden king crab may be taken only from July 1 through June 15;
(d) Only male king crab seven inches or greater in width of shell may be taken or possessed.
(e) In the waters described in 5 AAC 33.200 as Section 11-A, in the personal use taking of king crab,
(1) the daily bag and possession limit is three male king crab per person;
(2) the commissioner may close and immediately reopen, by emergency order, a personal use red and blue king crab season during which one or more of the following conditions applies:
(A) a reduced bag and possession limit;
(B) a seasonal limit for king crab;
(C) a reduced pot and ring net limit.
(f) Male king crab less than the minimum legal size and female king crab that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed.
(g) A person may not utilize a live holding facility to accumulate or pool multiple bag limits.
(h) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 77.010(i), no more than four pots or 10 ring nets per vessel may be used to take king crab. A pot used to take king crab under this section must have at least two escape rings on opposing vertical or sloping sides of the pot that are not less than six and one-quarter inches inside diameter.
Notes
As of Register 216 (January 2016), the regulations attorney made a technical correction under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 5 AAC 77.664(a).
Authority:AS 16.05.251