1. (a) Male red king crab may only be taken from 10:00 a.m. November 1 through January 24.
2. (b) Male golden king crab may only be taken from 10:00 a.m. on the date following the largest Juneau tidal range between February 10 and February 17, as announced by emergency order, through December 1.
3. (c) Repealed 6/30/83.
4. (d) Repealed 8/14/2005.
5. (e) Male blue king crab may be taken only during the open red and golden king crab and Tanner crab seasons.

6. (f) A season opening may be delayed if the National Weather Service forecast for the major fishing areas in the Southeast Region contains freezing spray or gale force wind warnings of 35 knots and higher on the 4:00 a.m. forecast for the day before the start date and the following day, in which case the season opening in all sections of Registration Area A eligible for a season opening will be delayed 24 hours. Announcement of a season opening delay will be issued 24 hours before the start of the fishery. If freezing spray or gale warnings continue regionwide after the initial delay, the season opening in all eligible sections may be delayed an additional 24 hours. A season opening delay may continue on a rolling 24-hour basis. For the purposes of this subsection, the corresponding National Weather Service forecast areas considered within the Southeast Region are as follows:

   1. (1) Southern Lynn Canal;
   2. (2) Northern Chatham Strait;
   3. (3) Stephens Passage;
   4. (4) Frederick Sound.

(In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 7/25/82, Register 83; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 12/14/86, Register 100; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 9/19/90, Register 115; am 6/24/93, Register 126; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 5/11/2012, Register 202; am 6/17/2018, Register 226; am 6/27/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251