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(a) In the Saint Matthew Island Section, the commissioner may, by emergency order, open the blue king crab fishery only if the department's analysis of preseason survey data indicates that the population of blue king crab
(1) contains a biomass of mature males of at least 2.9 million pounds; and
(2) has a minimum total allowable catch threshold (not including the CDQ quota) for the commercial blue king crab fishery that is at least 2.5 million pounds; neither the commercial blue king crab fishery or the CDQ fishery under 5 AAC 39.690 will open if the minimum total allowable catch threshold is not met.
(b) If the commercial blue king crab fishery is open under (a) of this section, and the mature male biomass ("B") is
(1) at least 2.9 million pounds, but less than 11.6 million pounds, the number of legal males available for harvest will be no more than a percentage of the estimated abundance of mature males equal to a number derived from the equation [(B-2.9)/(8.7)*0.1+0.1] or 40 percent of the number of legal males, whichever is less;
(2) at least 11.6 million pounds, the number of legal males available for harvest will be no more than 20 percent of the estimated abundance of mature males or 40 percent of the number of legal males, whichever is less.
(c) In implementing this harvest strategy, the Alaska Board of Fisheries directs the department to use the best scientific information available and to consider the reliability of estimates of blue king crab, the manageability of the fishery, and any other factors it determines necessary to be consistent with sustained yield principles.
(d) For the purposes of this section,
(1) "legal males" means all male blue king crab at least 5.5 inches in width of shell;
(2) "mature males" means all male blue king crab at least 105 millimeters in length of shell.
History: Eff. 8/31/2000, Register 155; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 8/14/2005, Register 175
Authority: AS 16.05.060
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