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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 35 . Transportation, Possession and Release of Live Fish; Aquatic Farming
Section 521. Identification of Bering Sea Tanner crab

5 AAC 35.521. Identification of Bering Sea Tanner crab

(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.

(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.

(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.

(d) For the purpose of this section, "red" means a primary color similar in hue to blood.

History: Eff. 1/24/92, Register 121; am 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 8/28/2005, Register 175

Authority: AS 16.05.251


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