1. (a) In the Bering Sea District, a Tanner crab with both eyes completely red in color and the margin of the upper lip (labrum) notched at two points with angular V-shaped cuts forming an 'M' shape is considered to be a C. bairdi Tanner crab.
2. (b) In the Bering Sea District, a Tanner crab that does not display the characteristics described in (a) of this section is considered to be a C. opilio Tanner crab.
3. (c) For the purpose of 5 AAC 35.510(f)(3) and 5 AAC 35.520(b), a hybrid Tanner crab that conforms to the description in (a) of this section is considered to be a C. bairdi Tanner crab, and a hybrid Tanner crab that does not conform to that description is considered to be a C. opilio Tanner crab, as illustrated in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Chionoecetes Crab Quick Reference Guide, revised as of September 2016, and adopted by reference.
4. (d) For the purpose of this section, "red" means a primary color similar in hue to blood.

(Eff. 1/24/92, Register 121; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 8/28/2005, Register 175; am 7/22/2017, Register 223)