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Story last updated at 11:21 PM on Wednesday, May 7, 2008

K-bay crabs return to the menu

Subsistence, personal use and sport fisheries for Tanner crab will open on July 15 in the waters of Kachemak Bay east of a line between Anchor Point and Point Pogibshi.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened the fishery after surveys estimate the abundance of legal sized male Tanner crab has met the minimum criteria for opening the fishery.

A permit is required prior to harvesting Tanner crab in these noncommercial fisheries. Permits are free and should be available by mid-June at Fish and Game offices in Anchorage, Soldotna and Homer. The permit must be in the possession of the person fishing for Tanner crab and harvest information must be entered on the permit before leaving the fishing grounds. The permit must be returned to the department at the end of the season.

The fishery season dates are July 15-Dec. 31 and Jan. 15-March 15. Gear is limited to two pots per person with no more than two pots per vessel. Each pot must have two escape rings with an inside diameter of 4 3/8 inches, meet the biodegradable escape mechanism requirements (5 AAC 39.145), and may not have any line floating on the surface except that portion connecting the main buoy to a trailer buoy. Bag and possession limits are five legal sized (5 12 inches or greater in carapace width) male Tanner crab per person and per day.

Visit the Fish and Game Web site at www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/rgn2home.php for more information.

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