1. (a) In the Southern District, male Tanner crab may be taken only during periods established by emergency order within the period of January 15 through March 31. The orders must be based on weather factors that affect crab mortality, such as forecasted wind speed and air temperature.
2. (b) In all other districts, male Tanner crab may be taken only from 12:00 noon January 15 through March 31.
3. (c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the commercial harvest of Tanner crab in the Outer, Eastern, and Central Districts is closed until the Tanner crab stocks have recovered and a harvest strategy for those districts is developed by the department and adopted in a regulation by the Board of Fisheries.

(In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 7/23/88, Register 107; am 6/24/93, Register 126; am 9/29/96, Register 139; am 8/24/2002, Register 163; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 6/21/2020, Register 234)

Authority: AS 16.05.060, AS 16.05.251