- (a) The Southeast Alaska golden king crab fishery shall be managed consistently with the board's Policy on King and Tanner Crab Resource Management (90-04-FB, March 23, 1990), adopted by this reference, and according to the principles set out in this section.
- (b) To the extent possible, golden king crab shall be managed as a separate stock in each defined fishing area. The department shall close an area if the abundance of various sizes of male crabs is inadequate to provide for a sustained harvest, or when potentially high effort precludes an orderly fishery.
- (c) The department shall base management on historical fishery performance, catch, and population structure information. A lack of adequate information will result in conservative management.
(Eff. 6/24/93, Register 126; am 8/14/2005, Register 175)