- (a) Hair crab may be taken by pots only.
- (b) Pots for taking hair crab may be longlined in areas where the longlining of pots is permitted for golden king crab and in Registration Area T, described in 5 AAC 34.800. If a pot for hair crab is longlined, the pot must be marked as required in 5 AAC 34.625(b)(2).
- (c) A hair crab pot is a pot with a rigid tunnel eye opening located in the top of the pot, with a tunnel perimeter not to exceed 26 inches, and a base that does not exceed 48 inches in any one dimension.
(Eff. 7/30/89, Register 111; em am 3/26/93 — 7/23/93, Register 126; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 7/31/2003, Register 167; am 8/14/2005, Register 175)
Authority: AS 16.05.251