5 AAC 34 — King Crab Fishery (Article 1 to 14)

(a) After an opening time and date for taking king crab set forth in (b) - (d) of this section, no person may possess or transport aboard any registered king crab vessel or any tender, any species of king crab until the vessel has complied with the inspection provisions of 5 AAC …

(a)The department shall manage the summer and winter commercial seasons of the Norton Sound Section red king crab fishery in accordance with 5 AAC 34.080 and 5 AAC 34.910, as follows: (1) the threshold level of abundance of legal male red king crab biomass is 1.25 million pounds;…

(a) In the Saint Matthew Island Section, the conunissioner may, by emergency order, open the blue king crab fishery only if the department's preseason survey estimate of mature male blue king crab equals at least 50 percent of the 1978 - 2012 average survey estimate of mature mal…

(a) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.910(b) (1), in the Pribilof District, the commercial blue king crab fishery will open only if the department's analysis of preseason survey data indicates that the population of blue king crab (1) contains an estimated spawning biomass of at least 13.…

(a) In the Pribilof District, only male red and blue king crab six and one-half inches or greater, and male golden king crab five and one-half inches or greater, in width of shell, may be taken or possessed. (b) In the Saint Matthew Island Section, only male blue and golden king …

(a) King crab may be taken only with king crab pots, except that during the winter season for king crab in the Norton Sound Section, king crab may be taken through the ice with jigging gear as described in 5 AAC 02.010(a)(2). Jigging gear must be marked as described in 5 AAC 02.0…

(a) Except during the winter through-the-ice commercial king crab season described in 5 AAC 34.910(d)(2), in Registration Area Q, the main buoy or trailer buoy must display one current identification tag and no other tags issued under 5 AAC 34.051. (b) In Registration Area Q, exc…

(a) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.052, in the Norton Sound Section of Registration Area Q, rectangular king crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open, and cone or pyramid king crab pots with all bait and bait containers removed and all doors …

(a) Except as provided in 5 AAC 34.915(a)(6), all waters of the Norton Sound Section enclosed by a line from 64° 24.00' N. lat., 166° 15.00' W. long., to 64° 15.00' N. lat., 166° 15.00' W. long., to 64° 15.00' N. lat., 163° 30.00' W. long., to 64° 10.00' N. lat., 163° 30.00' W. l…

(a) Registration Area Q inspection points are located at Dutch Harbor, or at other locations specified by the department. (b) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.030, for the Saint Matthew Island Section of Registration Area Q, a registered king crab vessel must, when required by the depart…

(a) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 34.031(e), following the closure of any district in Registration Area Q to the taking of a specified species of king crab, a vessel validly registered for that district may not have that species of king crab on board the vessel in waters subject to the j…

Notes 5 AAC 34.945 Repealed 6/30/79. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

(a) Vessel and gear registered for Registration Area Q must also be registered for the Northern District before fishing in that district. Vessels and gear registered for the Northern District may not be used to fish in any other district. The registration district shall be indica…

(a) From November 15 through May 15, the following regulations in this chapter do not apply in the Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound Sections: (1)5 AAC 34.020; (2)5 AAC 34.030; (3)5 AAC 34.031; (4)5 AAC 34.033; (5)5 AAC 34.040(b) and (c); (6)5 AAC 34.052; (7)5 AAC 34.910(a); (8)5 A…