In the Cook Inlet Area that is outside of the nonsubsistence area described in 5 AAC 99.015(a)(3), in the subsistence taking of Dungeness crab,
- (1) Dungeness crab may only be taken from July 1 through March 31;
- (2) only male Dungeness crab six and one-half inches or greater in shoulder width may be taken or possessed; male Dungeness crab less than the minimum legal size and female Dungeness crab that have been taken must be immediately returned to the water unharmed; for the purposes of this paragraph, the shoulder-width measurement of Dungeness crab is the straight-line distance across the carapace immediately anterior to the tenth anterolateral spine, not including the spines;
- (3) the daily bag and possession limit is 12 male Dungeness crab;
- (4) a pot used to take Dungeness crab under this section must have at least two escape rings that each are not less than four and three-eighths inches, inside diameter; the escape rings must be located on opposite sides of the pot and the upper half of the vertical pane of the pot; not more than one pot or one ring net per person with a maximum of three pots or rings nets per vessel may be used to take Dungeness crab; and
- (5) a person must obtain a subsistence crab permit from the department before harvesting Dungeness crab in the Cook Inlet Area.
(In effect before 1982; am 7/25/82, Register 83; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 3/15/2008, Register 185)