5 AAC 34.425. Lawful gear for Registration Area K

(a) King crab may be taken only with king crab pots. King crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm.

(b) Each king crab pot must have at least one-third of one vertical surface of the pot composed of not less than nine-inch stretched mesh webbing.

(1) if the projected guideline harvest level is more than 6,000,000 pounds, no more than 75 pots may be operated;

(2) if the projected guideline harvest level is at least 3,000,000 but not more than 6,000,000 pounds, no more than 50 pots may be operated;

(3) if the projected guideline harvest level is less than 3,000,000 pounds, no more than 25 pots may be operated.

(d) A vessel engaged in taking or transporting king crab may not have on board an otter trawl with a ground line or headline longer than 60 feet.

History: In effect before 1983, am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 6/24/93, Register 126; am 11/6/96, Register 140; am 8/14/2005, Register 175

Authority: AS 16.05.251

Editor's note: As of Register 140 (January 1997), the substance of 5 AAC 34.425(f) appears in 5 AAC 34.427.

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