Section 5 AAC 35.425 - Lawful gear for Registration Area H(a) Tanner crab may be taken only with Tanner crab pots and ring nets. Tanner crab taken by other means must be returned to the water without further harm.(b) Each Tanner crab pot must have no less than four escape rings of no less than four and three-quarters inches inside diameter installed on the vertical plane to permit escapement of undersize Tanner crab.(c) During a commercial Tanner crab season in Registration Area H, an aggregate of no more than 75 king and Tanner crab pots may be operated from a vessel registered to fish Tanner crab, except that in the Southern District, (1) an aggregate of no more than 40 pots may be operated from a vessel if the guideline harvest level for Tanner crab in the Southern District is greater than 400,000 pounds, but not more than 800,000 pounds;(2) an aggregate of no more than 20 pots may be operated from a vessel if the guideline harvest level for Tanner crab is less than 400,000 pounds.In effect before 1985; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 7/12/86, Register 99; am 7/23/88, Register 107; em am 12/29/92 - 4/27/93, Register 125; am 1/1/94, Register 129; am 2/24/96, Register 137; am 9/29/96, Register 139; am 1/19/97, Register 141; am 8/24/2002, Register 163