Alaska Statutes
Title 16. Fish and Game

Sec. 16.05.092. Fisheries rehabilitation, enhancement, and development. - The department shall (1) develop and continually maintain a comprehensive,...

Sec. 16.05.094. Duties of section of subsistence hunting and fishing. - The section of subsistence hunting and fishing shall (1) compile...

Sec. 16.05.100. Fish and game fund established. - There is created a revolving fish and game fund, which...

Sec. 16.05.110. Composition of fund. - (a) The fish and game fund shall be made up...

Sec. 16.05.120. Disbursement of funds. - Upon authorization of the commissioner, disbursements from the fish and...

Sec. 16.05.130. Diversion of funds prohibited; separate accounts. - (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, money...

Sec. 16.05.140. Assent to provisions of federal aid acts. - The state assents to the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration...

Sec. 16.05.150. Enforcement authority. - The following persons are peace officers of the state and...

Sec. 16.05.160. Duty to arrest. - Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 shall arrest a...

Sec. 16.05.165. Form and issuance of citation. - (a) When a peace officer stops or contacts a person...

Sec. 16.05.170. Power to execute warrant. - Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may execute a...

Sec. 16.05.180. Power to search without warrant. - Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may without a...

Sec. 16.05.190. Seizure and disposition of equipment. - Guns, traps, nets, fishing tackle, boats, aircraft, automobiles or other...

Sec. 16.05.195. Forfeiture of equipment. - (a) Guns, traps, nets, fishing gear, vessels, aircraft, other motor...

Sec. 16.05.200. Power to administer oaths. - Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may administer to...

Sec. 16.05.210. Ineligibility for bounties. - An employee or special hunter of the department may not...

Article 2. Boards of Fisheries and Game.

Sec. 16.05.221. Boards of fisheries and game. - (a) For purposes of the conservation and development of the...

Sec. 16.05.241. Powers excluded. - The boards have regulation-making powers as set out in this...

Sec. 16.05.251. Regulations of the Board of Fisheries. - (a) The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations it considers...

Sec. 16.05.253. Operation of stationary fishing gear. - (a) The Board of Fisheries may require a person who...

Sec. 16.05.255. Regulations of the Board of Game; management requirements. - (a) The Board of Game may adopt regulations it considers...

Sec. 16.05.256. Nonresident and nonresident alien permits. - Whenever it is necessary to restrict the taking of big...

Sec. 16.05.258. Subsistence use and allocation of fish and game. - (a) Except in nonsubsistence areas, the Board of Fisheries and...

Sec. 16.05.259. No subsistence defense. - In a prosecution for the taking of fish or game...

Sec. 16.05.260. Advisory committees. - The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may...

Sec. 16.05.270. Delegation of authority to commissioner. - For the purpose of administering AS 16.05.251 and 16.05.255, each...

Sec. 16.05.280. Removal of board members. - The governor may only remove a board member for inefficiency,...

Sec. 16.05.290. Compensation of board members. - Each member of a board is entitled to compensation at...

Sec. 16.05.300. Board meetings. - (a) Each board shall hold at least one meeting a...

Sec. 16.05.305. Clerical assistance for boards. - The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game are...

Sec. 16.05.310. Special board meetings. - A board may meet at any time upon the call...

Sec. 16.05.315. Joint board meetings. - The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may...

Sec. 16.05.320. Quorum. - A majority of the members of a board constitutes a...

Article 3. Licensing of Sport Fishing and Hunting.

Sec. 16.05.330. Licenses, tags, and subsistence permits; electronic devices. - (a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having...

Sec. 16.05.332. Wildlife Violator Compact. - The Wildlife Violator Compact as contained in this section is...

Sec. 16.05.334. Application of Wildlife Violator Compact. - The provisions of AS 16.05.332 do not apply to violations...

Sec. 16.05.335. Complimentary licenses. - The commissioner shall annually, at the request of the governor,...

Sec. 16.05.341. Free license for disabled veterans and active members of the Alaska National Guard and military reserves. - A person may receive a resident hunting and sport fishing...

Sec. 16.05.343. Auctions or raffles for certain harvest permits. - (a) The department may donate each year for a competitive...

Sec. 16.05.346. Permit applications. - (a) If the Board of Game establishes an open season...

Sec. 16.05.350. Expiration of licenses, permits, and tags. - (a) Licenses, permits, and tags required under AS 16.05.330 -...

Sec. 16.05.352. Fish and game conservation decal. - The department shall annually produce and make available to the...

Sec. 16.05.360. Commissioner charged with license issuance. - (a) The commissioner or an authorized deputy shall issue each...

Sec. 16.05.370. Reports by licensees. - (a) The commissioner may require a report to be made...

Sec. 16.05.380. Commissioner may appoint agents. - The commissioner may appoint state employees or other persons to...

Sec. 16.05.390. Fees and compensation for issuance of licenses, permits, and tags. - (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an...

Sec. 16.05.395. Sport fishing vessel registration. - A person may not use a vessel to provide sport...

Sec. 16.05.400. Persons exempt from annual licensing requirements. - (a) A license is not required of a resident under...

Sec. 16.05.403. Special licenses and permits. - (a) A resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license,...

Sec. 16.05.404. Transferability of hunting permits awarded by drawing. - (a) The department may transfer or reissue a hunting permit...

Sec. 16.05.405. Taking fish and game by proxy. - (a) Subject to regulations adopted by the Board of Fisheries...

Sec. 16.05.407. Nonresident hunting big game animals must be accompanied. - (a) It is unlawful for a nonresident to hunt, pursue,...

Sec. 16.05.408. Nonresident alien hunter to be accompanied by guide. - (a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a nonresident...

Sec. 16.05.410. Revocation of license. - (a) Upon conviction of a person of a first violation...

Sec. 16.05.415. Determination of residency. - (a) In AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430, a person, except as...

Sec. 16.05.420. License, tag, permit, and registration violations. - (a) A false statement of a material fact in an...

Sec. 16.05.430. Penalties. - (a) Except as provided in AS 16.05.330(f),16.05.407(b) and (d), 16.05.408(b),...

Article 4. Licensing of Commercial Fishing Crewmembers and Vessels.

Sec. 16.05.440. Expiration date for licenses. - Licenses issued under AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.723 expire at the...

Sec. 16.05.450. Issuance of licenses; disclosure for child support purposes. - (a) The commissioner or an authorized agent shall issue a...

Sec. 16.05.460. Commissioner may appoint agents. - The commissioner may appoint qualified persons as agents to receive...

Sec. 16.05.470. Fee for issuance of licenses. - (a) A person appointed by the commissioner to sell licenses...

Sec. 16.05.475. Registration of fishing vessels. - (a) A person may not employ a fishing vessel in...

Sec. 16.05.480. Commercial fishing license; disclosure for child support purposes. - (a) A person engaged in commercial fishing shall obtain a...

Sec. 16.05.490. Vessel license. - (a) As a condition to delivery or landing of fish...

Sec. 16.05.495. Vessel license exemption. - A vessel used exclusively for the commercial capture of salmon...

Sec. 16.05.510. Unlicensed vessel unlawful. - A person may not operate a vessel to which AS...

Sec. 16.05.520. Number plate. - (a) The vessel license includes a permanent number plate. The...

Sec. 16.05.530. Renewal of vessel license. - (a) Upon payment of the vessel license fee and filing...

Sec. 16.05.632. Identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab and requirements for buoys. - (a) Registration tags for the identification of shellfish pots or...

Sec. 16.05.660. License exemption. - A person may, by complying with the $5 license requirement...

Sec. 16.05.662. Fishing derbies. - (a) The commissioner may issue without cost a permit to...

Sec. 16.05.665. Falsification of application for license. - (a) A person who knowingly makes a false statement as...

Sec. 16.05.671. Transportation and sale of certain fish by an agent of the fisherman who caught the fish. - (a) A person may transport and sell commercially taken fish...

Sec. 16.05.675. Landing permits. - (a) A person who does not hold a limited entry...

Sec. 16.05.680. Unlawful practices. - (a) It is unlawful for a person, or an agent...

Sec. 16.05.685. Processing on commercial king crab fishing vessels. - (a) Crab of any species may not be processed on...

Sec. 16.05.690. Record of purchases. - (a) Each buyer of fish shall keep a record of...

Sec. 16.05.710. Suspension of commercial license and entry permit. - (a) Upon the conviction of a person for a misdemeanor...

Sec. 16.05.722. Strict liability commercial fishing penalties. - (a) A person who without any culpable mental state violates...

Sec. 16.05.723. Misdemeanor commercial fishing penalties. - (a) A person who negligently violates AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.690,...

Article 5. Management of Fish and Fisheries.

Sec. 16.05.730. Management of wild and enhanced stocks of fish. - (a) Fish stocks in the state shall be managed consistent...

Sec. 16.05.733. Fish health inspections. - Fish health inspections determined to be necessary by the department...

Sec. 16.05.735. Management of offshore fisheries. - The state may assume management of a fishery in offshore...

Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.

Sec. 16.05.780. Taking of antlerless moose prohibited. - (a) The taking of antlerless moose in any game management...

Sec. 16.05.782. Taking of brown or grizzly bear near solid waste disposal facility prohibited. - (a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, a...

Sec. 16.05.783. Same day airborne hunting. - (a) A person may not shoot or assist in shooting...

Sec. 16.05.785. Effect of failure to remove old markers. - If the Board of Fisheries by regulation uses department markers...

Sec. 16.05.789. Prohibition on hunting adjacent to highway between Yukon River and Arctic Ocean. - (a) Hunting with firearms is prohibited north of the Yukon...

Sec. 16.05.790. Obstruction or hindrance of lawful hunting, fishing, trapping, or viewing of fish or game. - (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, a...

Sec. 16.05.791. Civil remedies for violation of AS 16.05.790. - (a) A person aggrieved by conduct or threatened conduct in...

Sec. 16.05.797. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited. - (a) A person may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting...

Sec. 16.05.800. Public nuisances. - A net, seine, lantern, snare, device, contrivance, and material while...

Sec. 16.05.810. Burden of proof. - The possession of fish or game or a part of...

Sec. 16.05.815. Confidential nature of certain reports and records. - (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this...

Sec. 16.05.820. Research by the federal government. - The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, or...

Sec. 16.05.822. Transplanting of musk oxen. - The board may transplant surplus musk oxen from Nunivak Island...

Sec. 16.05.825. State upland game bird release program. - (a) In addition to any other program for the stocking...

Sec. 16.05.826. Waterfowl conservation stamp program. - (a) The waterfowl conservation tag authorized in AS 16.05.340(a)(17) shall...

Sec. 16.05.831. Waste of salmon. - (a) A person may not waste salmon intentionally, knowingly, or...

Sec. 16.05.835. Maximum length of salmon seine and certain hair crab vessels. - (a) Unless the Board of Fisheries has provided by regulation...

Article 7. Fishways and Hatcheries.

Sec. 16.05.841. Fishway required. - If the commissioner considers it necessary, every dam or other...

Sec. 16.05.851. Hatchery required. - If a fishway over a dam or obstruction is considered...

Sec. 16.05.861. Penalty for violating fishway and hatchery requirements. - (a) The owner of a dam or obstruction who fails...

Article 8. Protection of Waterways for Anadromous Fish.

Sec. 16.05.871. Protection of fish and game. - (a) The commissioner shall, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative...

Sec. 16.05.881. Construction without approval prohibited. - If a person or governmental agency begins construction on a...

Sec. 16.05.891. Exemption for emergency situations. - In an emergency arising from weather or stream flow conditions,...

Sec. 16.05.896. Penalty for causing material damage. - If a person or governmental agency fails to notify the...

Sec. 16.05.901. Penalty for violations of AS 16.05.871 - 16.05.896. - (a) A person who violates AS 16.05.871 - 16.05.896 is...

Article 9. General Provisions.

Sec. 16.05.902. Personnel and equipment used in exploration work. - Alaska residents and equipment shall be given preference in exploration...

Sec. 16.05.905. Activities by aliens prohibited. - (a) Alien persons not lawfully admitted to the United States...

Sec. 16.05.920. Prohibited conduct generally. - (a) Unless permitted by AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 or...

Sec. 16.05.921. Venomous reptiles and insects or their eggs; prohibited conduct; permits. - (a) A person may not import, possess, transport, or release...

Sec. 16.05.925. Penalty for violations. - (a) Except as provided in AS 16.05.430, 16.05.665, 16.05.722, 16.05.723,...

Sec. 16.05.930. Exempted activities. - (a) This chapter does not prevent the collection or exportation...

Sec. 16.05.935. Restrictions on cooperation with federal government. - (a) In recognition of the fact that the state has...

Sec. 16.05.940. Definitions. - In AS 16.05 - AS 16.40, (1) “aquatic plant” means...

Sec. 16.05.950. Short title of the chapter. - This chapter may be cited as the Fish and Game...

Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations

Article 1. Interference with Streams and Waters.

Sec. 16.10.010. Interference with salmon spawning streams and waters. - (a) A person may not, without first applying for and...

Sec. 16.10.020. Grounds for permit or license. - If in the judgment of the Department of Environmental Conservation,...

Sec. 16.10.030. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.010 - 16.10.050. - A person who violates AS 16.10.010 - 16.10.050 is guilty...

Sec. 16.10.040. Disposition of money received for fines and penalties. - The proceeds of all fines and penalties imposed under AS...

Sec. 16.10.050. Construction of AS 16.10.010 - 16.10.050. - AS 16.10.010 - 16.10.050 do not affect the vested rights...

Article 2. Interference with Commercial Fishing Gear.

Sec. 16.10.055. Interference with commercial fishing gear. - A person who wilfully or with reckless disregard of the...

Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.

Sec. 16.10.070. Operation of fish traps. - Fish traps, including but not limited to floating, pile-driven, or...

Sec. 16.10.080. Federal compact exempted. - AS 16.10.070 may not be construed to violate sec. 4,...

Sec. 16.10.090. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.070. - A person who violates AS 16.10.070 is guilty of a...

Sec. 16.10.100. Erection of fish traps prohibited on land or water owned by state. - Fish traps, including but not limited to floating, pile-driven, or...

Sec. 16.10.110. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.100. - A person who violates AS 16.10.100 is guilty of a...

Sec. 16.10.120. Use of drum or reel in operation of purse seine. - A person may not use, employ, or operate a drum...

Sec. 16.10.125. Use of termination device on shellfish and bottom fish pot required. - The Board of Fisheries shall, by regulation, prescribe a termination...

Sec. 16.10.130. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.120 or 16.10.125. - A person who violates AS 16.10.120 or 16.10.125 is guilty...

Article 4. Utilization of Pollock and Herring.

Sec. 16.10.164. Policy on utilization of pollock. - The legislature declares that stripping roe from pollock without utilizing...

Sec. 16.10.165. Utilization of groundfish taken in a commercial fishery. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, a person may not...

Sec. 16.10.172. Legislative policy on utilization of herring. - The legislature finds the following: (1) extensive and valuable herring...

Sec. 16.10.173. Utilization of commercially taken herring. - (a) A person may not waste or cause to be...

Sec. 16.10.175. Removal of herring from state. - (a) A person may not remove herring from the state...

Article 5. Migratory Fish and Shellfish.

Sec. 16.10.180. Legislative findings. - The legislature finds and recognizes these facts: (1) migratory fish...

Sec. 16.10.190. Regulations. - The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations to carry out...

Sec. 16.10.200. Unlawful taking prohibited. - A person taking migratory fish and migratory shellfish in high...

Sec. 16.10.210. Unlawful sale or offer prohibited. - A person may not possess, purchase, offer to purchase, sell,...

Sec. 16.10.220. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.200 and 16.10.210. - A person who violates AS 16.10.200 and 16.10.210 is guilty...

Sec. 16.10.230. Exemptions. - AS 16.10.180 - 16.10.220 do not apply to (1) the...

Article 6. Transportation of Fish and Shellfish.

Sec. 16.10.240. Transportation of live crab. - (a) A person may not take out of or ship,...

Sec. 16.10.250. Penalty. - A person, association, or corporation violating AS 16.10.240 or contributing...

Article 7. Purchase of Fish.

Sec. 16.10.265. Purchase of fish from permit holders. - (a) An individual may not, while acting as a fish...

Sec. 16.10.267. Possession of permit and identification by seller. - (a) When a fisherman sells fish, the fisherman shall possess...

Sec. 16.10.268. Notice of liability. - (a) The commissioner of labor and workforce development shall print...

Sec. 16.10.269. Limitations. - AS 16.10.265 and 16.10.267 do not apply to the purchase...

Sec. 16.10.270. Purchase of fish by the pound. - (a) A fish processor or primary fish buyer shall purchase...

Sec. 16.10.275. Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions...

Sec. 16.10.280. Price disputes between fishermen and fish processors. - In an area where a price dispute exists between at...

Sec. 16.10.294. Administrative and judicial orders. - (a) [Repealed, § 4, E.O. No. 85 (1993).] (b) [Repealed,...

Sec. 16.10.296. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.265 - 16.10.296, unless the context otherwise requires,...

Article 8. Commercial Fishing Loan Act.

Sec. 16.10.300. Declaration of policy. - It is the policy of the state, under AS 16.10.300...

Sec. 16.10.310. Powers of the department. - (a) The department may (1) make loans (A) to individual...

Sec. 16.10.320. Limitations on loans. - (a) Except as permitted in (h) and (l) of this...

Sec. 16.10.325. Guarantors. - A person may act as guarantor if the borrower has...

Sec. 16.10.333. Loans for purchase of Alaska limited entry permits. - (a) Loans under AS 16.10.310(a) may be made to an...

Sec. 16.10.335. Default and foreclosure. - (a) If the debtor defaults upon a note for which...

Sec. 16.10.337. Deficiencies and transfer of entry permits after foreclosure. - (a) Upon a foreclosure on an entry permit as provided...

Sec. 16.10.338. Entry permits as collateral. - (a) Alaska limited entry permits may be used as security...

Sec. 16.10.339. Regulations. - The department shall adopt regulations to implement AS 16.10.333 -...

Sec. 16.10.340. Commercial fishing revolving loan fund. - (a) There is a commercial fishing revolving loan fund to...

Sec. 16.10.342. Foreclosure expense account. - (a) There is established as a special account within the...

Sec. 16.10.350. Administration of fund. - (a) The commissioner shall administer the commercial fishing revolving loan...

Sec. 16.10.353. Waiver of confidentiality. - (a) The commissioner may release information about a borrower's loan...

Sec. 16.10.355. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure. - The department shall dispose of property acquired through default or...

Sec. 16.10.360. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.300 - 16.10.370, (1) “commission” means the Alaska...

Sec. 16.10.370. Short title. - AS 16.10.300 - 16.10.370 may be cited as the Commercial...

Article 9. Salmon Hatcheries.

Sec. 16.10.375. Regional salmon plans. - The commissioner shall designate regions of the state for the...

Sec. 16.10.380. Regional associations. - (a) The commissioner shall assist in and encourage the formation...

Sec. 16.10.400. Permits for salmon hatcheries. - (a) The commissioner or a designee may issue a permit,...

Sec. 16.10.410. Hearings before permit issuance. - (a) At least 30 days before the issuance of a...

Sec. 16.10.420. Conditions of a permit. - The department shall require, in a permit issued to a...

Sec. 16.10.430. Alteration, suspension, or revocation of permit. - (a) If a permit holder fails to comply with the...

Sec. 16.10.440. Regulations relating to released fish. - (a) Fish released into the natural waters of the state...

Sec. 16.10.443. Department assistance and cooperation. - (a) Before and after permit issuance under AS 16.10.400 -...

Sec. 16.10.445. Egg sources. - (a) The department shall approve the source and number of...

Sec. 16.10.450. Sale of salmon and salmon eggs: use of proceeds; quality and price. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in a contract for the...

Sec. 16.10.455. Cost recovery fisheries. - (a) A hatchery permit holder may harvest salmon for a...

Sec. 16.10.460. Inspection of hatchery. - (a) As a condition of and in consideration for a...

Sec. 16.10.470. Annual report. - (a) A person who holds a permit for the operation...

Sec. 16.10.480. Contracts for the operation of state hatcheries. - (a) If the department determines that it is unable to...

Article 10. Fisheries Enhancement Loan Program.

Sec. 16.10.500. Declaration of policy. - It is the policy of the state, under AS 16.10.500...

Sec. 16.10.505. Fisheries enhancement revolving loan fund. - (a) There is created within the Department of Commerce, Community,...

Sec. 16.10.507. Foreclosure expense account. - (a) There is established as a special account within the...

Sec. 16.10.510. Powers and duties of the commissioner. - The commissioner may (1) make loans to permit holders, under...

Sec. 16.10.520. Limitation on loans. - (a) A single fisheries enhancement loan may not exceed $10,000,000...

Sec. 16.10.525. Repayment of principal and interest on loans. - The commissioner may not require the repayment of principal on...

Sec. 16.10.540. Voluntary assessment on sale of salmon. - (a) An association of persons who hold entry permits under...

Sec. 16.10.555. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure. - The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall dispose...

Sec. 16.10.560. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.500 - 16.10.560, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner...

Article 11. Chitina Dip Net Fishery.

Sec. 16.10.570. Chitina dip net fishery. - The department, with the cooperation of the Department of Transportation...

Article 12. High Seas Interception of Salmon.

Sec. 16.10.750. Findings and purpose. - (a) The legislature finds that (1) the salmon fishing industry...

Sec. 16.10.760. Trafficking in intercepted salmon. - (a) A person commits the offense of trafficking in intercepted...

Sec. 16.10.770. Falsification related to high seas interception of salmon. - (a) A person commits the offense of falsification related to...

Sec. 16.10.780. Assisting a vessel in high seas interception of salmon. - (a) A person commits the offense of assisting a vessel...

Sec. 16.10.790. Fines. - Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 12.55.035(b) and (c), a person...

Sec. 16.10.800. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.750 - 16.10.800, (1) “high seas interception,” “interception,”...

Article 13. Commercial Charter Fisheries Revolving Loan Fund.

Sec. 16.10.801. Commercial charter fisheries revolving loan fund. - (a) The commercial charter fisheries revolving loan fund is created...

Sec. 16.10.805. Powers and duties of the department. - The department may (1) make loans to eligible applicants under...

Sec. 16.10.810. Eligibility. - (a) For an applicant to be eligible for a loan...

Sec. 16.10.815. Limitations on loans. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a...

Sec. 16.10.820. Default. - If the borrower defaults on a note, the department shall...

Sec. 16.10.825. Special account established. - (a) The foreclosure expense account is established as a special...

Sec. 16.10.830. Disposal of property acquired after default. - The department shall dispose of property acquired through default of...

Sec. 16.10.835. Waiver of confidentiality. - The commissioner may release information about the borrower's loan to...

Sec. 16.10.840. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.801 - 16.10.840, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner...

Article 14. Mariculture Revolving Loan Fund.

Sec. 16.10.890. Declaration of policy. - It is the policy of the state, under AS 16.10.890...

Sec. 16.10.900. Mariculture revolving loan fund. - (a) The mariculture revolving loan fund is created in the...

Sec. 16.10.905. Powers and duties of the department. - The department may (1) make loans to eligible applicants under...

Sec. 16.10.910. Eligibility. - (a) For an applicant to be eligible for a loan...

Sec. 16.10.915. Limitations on loans. - (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this...

Sec. 16.10.920. Repayment of principal of and interest on loans. - The department may not require the repayment of the principal...

Sec. 16.10.923. Voluntary assessment on sale of shellfish. - (a) An association of persons who hold entry permits under...

Sec. 16.10.925. Default. - If the borrower defaults on a note, the department shall...

Sec. 16.10.930. Special account established. - (a) The foreclosure expense account is established as a special...

Sec. 16.10.935. Disposal of property acquired after default. - The department shall dispose of property acquired through default of...

Sec. 16.10.940. Waiver of confidentiality. - The commissioner may release information about the borrower's loan to...

Sec. 16.10.945. Definitions. - In AS 16.10.890 - 16.10.945, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner...

Chapter 12. Shellfish Enhancement Projects

Sec. 16.12.010. Permits for shellfish enhancement projects. - (a) Subject to the restrictions imposed by statute or regulation...

Sec. 16.12.020. Hearings before permit issuance. - (a) At least 30 days before the issuance of a...

Sec. 16.12.030. Conditions of a permit. - The department shall require, in a permit issued under this...

Sec. 16.12.040. Alteration, suspension, or revocation of permit. - (a) If a permit holder fails to comply with the...

Sec. 16.12.050. Regulations relating to released shellfish. - (a) Shellfish released into the natural water of the state...

Sec. 16.12.060. Department assistance and cooperation. - (a) Before and after permit issuance under AS 16.12.010, the...

Sec. 16.12.070. Brood stock sources. - (a) The department shall approve the source and number of...

Sec. 16.12.080. Sale of shellfish; use of proceeds; quality and price. - (a) A permit holder that sells shellfish harvested from the...

Sec. 16.12.090. Cost recovery fisheries. - (a) A permit holder may harvest shellfish for a project...

Sec. 16.12.100. Inspection by the department. - (a) A permit holder shall allow the department to inspect...

Sec. 16.12.110. Annual report. - A person who holds a permit under this chapter shall...

Sec. 16.12.199. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “facility” means a hatchery as defined...

Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas

Article 1. State Game Refuges.

Sec. 16.20.010. Legislative recognition; prohibition against ceding state authority. - (a) The legislature recognizes that (1) the state has jurisdiction...

Sec. 16.20.020. Purpose. - The purpose of AS 16.20.010 - 16.20.080 is to protect...

Sec. 16.20.030. National wildlife refuges designated as state game refuges; Goose Bay State Game Refuge. - (a) The land areas now included in the National Wildlife...

Sec. 16.20.031. Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge. - (a) The following described state-owned land and water is established...

Sec. 16.20.032. Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as...

Sec. 16.20.033. Yakataga State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land and water and all land...

Sec. 16.20.034. Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land,...

Sec. 16.20.036. Susitna Flats State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land,...

Sec. 16.20.037. Minto Flats State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as...

Sec. 16.20.038. Trading Bay State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land,...

Sec. 16.20.039. Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as...

Sec. 16.20.041. McNeil River State Game Refuge. - (a) The following state-owned land and water, including the tideland...

Sec. 16.20.050. Multiple land use. - Where the use, lease, or disposal of real property in...

Sec. 16.20.060. Submission of plans and specifications. - If the commissioner so determines, the commissioner shall, in the...

Sec. 16.20.070. Relationship to other laws. - AS 16.20.050 and 16.20.060 do not affect AS 16.05.871 -...

Sec. 16.20.075. Regulations. - The board shall, under AS 16.05, adopt regulations governing the...

Sec. 16.20.080. Definitions. - In AS 16.20.010 - 16.20.080, (1) “board” means the Board...

Article 2. State Game Sanctuaries.

Sec. 16.20.090. Legislative findings; purpose of AS 16.20.090 - 16.20.098. - (a) The legislature recognizes that (1) the Walrus Islands are...

Sec. 16.20.092. Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary established. - The following land areas in Bristol Bay and adjacent state...

Sec. 16.20.094. Authority to administer. - The boards may adopt regulations governing entry, development, construction, hunting,...

Sec. 16.20.096. Multiple use. - Oil and mineral exploration and development is permitted on the...

Sec. 16.20.098. Sale prohibited; authorized leasing. - Land in the Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary may not...

Sec. 16.20.150. Stan Price State Wildlife Sanctuary. - (a) The state-owned tide and submerged land and water within...

Sec. 16.20.160. McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. - The following state-owned land and water, including the tidelands but...

Sec. 16.20.162. Purpose; regulations. - (a) The McNeil River State Game Sanctuary is established to...

Article 3. Endangered Species.

Sec. 16.20.180. Declaration of purpose. - The legislature recognizes that, due to growth and development, certain...

Sec. 16.20.185. Protection of habitat. - On land under their respective jurisdictions, the commissioner of fish...

Sec. 16.20.190. Determining endangered species. - (a) A species or subspecies of fish or wildlife is...

Sec. 16.20.195. Permit for taking endangered species. - A species or subspecies of fish or wildlife listed as...

Sec. 16.20.200. Penalty. - A person who, without a permit issued under AS 16.20.195,...

Sec. 16.20.210. Birds included. - In AS 16.20.180 - 16.20.210, “fish or wildlife” includes birds.

Article 4. State Range Areas.

Sec. 16.20.300. Delta Junction Bison Range Area. - The following described areas, excluding valid existing rights, are established...

Sec. 16.20.310. Game management plan for bison. - (a) The commissioner shall develop and may amend a game...

Sec. 16.20.315. Bison range timber sales. - The Department of Natural Resources, division of forestry and fire...

Sec. 16.20.320. Activities on bison range area. - Nothing in AS 16.20.300 - 16.20.320 shall be construed as...

Sec. 16.20.340. Purpose of Matanuska Valley Moose Range. - The purpose of AS 16.20.340 - 16.20.360 is to establish...

Sec. 16.20.350. Management responsibility for moose range. - (a) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for...

Sec. 16.20.360. Matanuska Valley Moose Range established. - The state-owned land and water, vacant and unappropriated, and all...

Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.

Sec. 16.20.500. Purpose. - The purpose of AS 16.20.500 - 16.20.690 is to protect...

Sec. 16.20.510. Regulations. - The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game, where...

Sec. 16.20.520. Multiple land use. - Before the use, lease, or other disposal of land under...

Sec. 16.20.530. Submission of plans and specifications. - (a) When a board determines that the following information is...

Sec. 16.20.550. Port Moller Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Port Moller...

Sec. 16.20.555. Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Port Heiden...

Sec. 16.20.560. Cinder River Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Cinder River...

Sec. 16.20.565. Egegik Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Egegik Critical...

Sec. 16.20.570. Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Pilot Point...

Sec. 16.20.575. Kalgin Island Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Kalgin Island...

Sec. 16.20.580. Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Fox River...

Sec. 16.20.585. Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Chilkat River...

Sec. 16.20.590. Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area established. - (a) The following described area is established as the Kachemak...

Sec. 16.20.595. Clam Gulch Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Clam Gulch...

Sec. 16.20.600. Copper River Delta Critical Habitat Area established. - The following described area is established as the Copper River...

Sec. 16.20.605. Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area established. - (a) All state land and water contained in the following...

Sec. 16.20.610. Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area. - (a) The purpose of the Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area...

Sec. 16.20.615. Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area. - (a) The state land above the mean high tide line...

Sec. 16.20.620. Willow Mountain Critical Habitat Area established. - (a) The following described area is established as the Willow...

Sec. 16.20.625. Redoubt Bay Critical Habitat Area. - (a) The state-owned land and water above mean lower low...

Sec. 16.20.630. Homer Airport Critical Habitat Area established. - (a) The following described area is established as the Homer...

Sec. 16.20.690. Additional critical habitat areas. - The commissioner shall submit a list of additional critical habitat...

Chapter 25. Stocking of Public Land

Sec. 16.25.010. Program adopted. - There is adopted a program of stocking land in the...

Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl

Sec. 16.30.010. Wanton waste of big game animals and wild fowl. - (a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person...

Sec. 16.30.012. Possession of horns or antlers. - (a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person...

Sec. 16.30.015. Surrender of salvaged portions, license forfeiture. - A person convicted of violating AS 16.30.010 (1) shall surrender...

Sec. 16.30.017. Defenses. - (a) It is a defense to a criminal charge under...

Sec. 16.30.020. Board may exempt animals. - The provisions of AS 16.30.010 and 16.30.012 do not apply...

Sec. 16.30.030. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “big game animal” means moose, caribou,...

Chapter 35. Predatory Animals

Sec. 16.35.200. Use of poison to kill predatory animals. - A department, other state agency, or person may not use...

Sec. 16.35.210. Nonindigenous fish. - (a) A person may not knowingly release, or transport, possess,...

Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game

Article 1. Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants.

Sec. 16.40.010. Disposition of surplus buffalo and musk oxen. - Whenever it is determined by the department that a surplus...

Sec. 16.40.020. Sale of meat. - The sale of buffalo or musk oxen meat resulting from...

Sec. 16.40.030. Information required. - The recipient of animals obtained under AS 16.40.010 shall furnish...

Sec. 16.40.050. Capture or release of elk. - (a) [Repealed, § 5 ch 41 SLA 2000.] (b) [Repealed,...

Sec. 16.40.060. Elephant permit. - The commissioner may issue a permit, subject to reasonable conditions...

Article 2. Aquatic Farming.

Sec. 16.40.100. Aquatic farm and hatchery permits. - (a) A person may not, without a permit from the...

Sec. 16.40.105. Criteria for issuance of permits. - The commissioner shall issue permits under AS 16.40.100 on the...

Sec. 16.40.110. Permit application, renewal, and transfer. - (a) An applicant for an aquatic farming or hatchery permit...

Sec. 16.40.120. Aquatic stock acquisition permits. - (a) A person may not acquire aquatic plants or shellfish...

Sec. 16.40.130. Importation of aquatic plants or shellfish for stock. - A person may not import into the state an aquatic...

Sec. 16.40.140. Limitation on sale, transfer of stock, and products. - (a) A private hatchery required to have a permit under...

Sec. 16.40.145. Geoduck seed transfer between a certified hatchery and an aquatic farm. - Consistent with AS 16.40.140(b) - (d), a hatchery certified under...

Sec. 16.40.150. Disease control and inspection. - (a) The department shall order the quarantine or the destruction...

Sec. 16.40.155. Records and reports confidential. - Records required by statute or by a regulation adopted by...

Sec. 16.40.160. Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 16.40.100...

Sec. 16.40.170. Penalty. - A person who violates a provision of AS 16.40.100 -...

Sec. 16.40.199. Definitions. - In AS 16.40.100 - 16.40.199, (1) “aquatic farm” means a...

Article 3. Finfish Farming.

Sec. 16.40.210. Finfish farming prohibited. - (a) A person may not grow or cultivate finfish in...

Article 4. Fishery Associations.

Sec. 16.40.240. Regional dive fishery development associations. - (a) The commissioner shall assist in and encourage the formation...

Sec. 16.40.250. Salmon fishery associations. - The commissioner may assist in and encourage the formation of...

Chapter 43. Regulation of Entry into Alaska Commercial Fisheries

Article 1. Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.

Sec. 16.43.010. Purpose and findings of fact. - (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to promote...

Sec. 16.43.020. Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. - (a) There is established the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission...

Sec. 16.43.030. Term of office; vacancy and removal. - (a) The members of the commission shall be appointed for...

Sec. 16.43.040. Quorum. - Unless there is a vacancy on the commission, two members...

Sec. 16.43.050. Qualifications. - The commission shall consist of two members with a broad...

Sec. 16.43.060. Compensation. - Members of the commission are in the exempt service and...

Sec. 16.43.070. Legal counsel. - The attorney general is the legal counsel for the commission....

Sec. 16.43.080. Employment of personnel. - (a) The commission may employ those persons necessary to carry...

Sec. 16.43.100. Duties and general powers. - (a) To accomplish the purposes set out in AS 16.43.010,...

Sec. 16.43.110. Regulations and hearing procedures. - (a) The commission may adopt regulations, consistent with law, necessary...

Sec. 16.43.120. Application of Administrative Procedure Act. - (a) The administrative adjudication procedures of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure...

Article 2. Entry Permit System.

Sec. 16.43.140. Permit required. - (a) A person may not operate gear in the commercial...

Sec. 16.43.150. Terms and conditions of entry permit; annual renewal. - (a) Except as may be otherwise provided under AS 16.43.270(d),...

Sec. 16.43.160. Fees. - (a) Except as specifically provided in this section, the commission...

Sec. 16.43.170. Transfer of entry permits. - (a) Except as provided in AS 16.10.333 - 16.10.338 and...

Sec. 16.43.180. Emergency transfers. - (a) The commission shall adopt regulations providing for the temporary...

Article 3. Initial Issuance of Entry Permits.

Sec. 16.43.200. Administrative areas. - (a) The commission shall establish administrative areas suitable for regulating...

Sec. 16.43.210. Interim-use permit; qualifications. - (a) For each fishery that is not subject to a...

Sec. 16.43.220. Terms and conditions of interim-use permits. - (a) The commission shall adopt regulations specifying the dates and...

Sec. 16.43.225. Moratorium on new entrants into certain fisheries. - (a) Subject to (b) of this section, the commission may...

Sec. 16.43.227. Southeast Alaska Dungeness crab fishery. - (a) The commission may establish a moratorium on new entrants...

Sec. 16.43.228. Southeast Alaska dive fisheries. - (a) [Repealed, § 4 ch 125 SLA 1996.] (b) [Repealed,...

Sec. 16.43.230. Designation of distressed fisheries. - Pending the determination of maximum numbers of entry permits under...

Sec. 16.43.240. Determination of the maximum number of entry permits for initial issue. - (a) Except as provided in AS 16.43.270(a), the maximum number...

Sec. 16.43.250. Standards for initial issue of entry permits. - (a) Following the establishment of the maximum number of units...

Sec. 16.43.260. Application for initial issue of entry permits. - (a) The commission shall accept applications for entry permits only...

Sec. 16.43.270. Initial issuance of entry permits. - (a) The commission shall issue entry permits, for each fishery,...

Article 4. Reduction to Optimum Number of Entry Permits.

Sec. 16.43.290. Optimum number of entry permits. - Following the issuance of entry permits under AS 16.43.270, the...

Sec. 16.43.300. Revisions of optimum number of entry permits. - (a) The commission may increase or decrease the optimum number...

Sec. 16.43.310. Establishment of buy-back funds and permit buy-back assessments. - (a) When the optimum number of entry permits is less...

Sec. 16.43.320. Administration of the buy-back program. - The commission shall adopt regulations providing for the purchase of...

Sec. 16.43.330. Issuance of new entry permits; appropriations related to fleet reduction. - (a) When the number of outstanding entry permits for a...

Article 5. Educational Entry Permits.

Sec. 16.43.340. Educational entry permits. - (a) In addition to entry permits and interim-use permits, the...

Sec. 16.43.351. Term and conditions of educational entry permit. - (a) Educational entry permits may be applied for on an...

Sec. 16.43.361. Disposition of fish. - Fish caught under the authority of an educational entry permit...

Sec. 16.43.371. Accounting of harvest. - The recipient of an educational entry permit shall report to...

Sec. 16.43.381. Adoption of regulations. - (a) Use privileges granted under AS 16.43.340 - 16.43.390 are...

Sec. 16.43.390. Definition of “recipient”. - In AS 16.43.340 - 16.43.390, “recipient” means the entity to...

Article 6. Special Harvest Area Entry Permits.

Sec. 16.43.400. Special harvest area entry permits. - (a) In addition to entry permits, interim-use permits, and educational...

Sec. 16.43.410. Term and conditions of special harvest area entry permits. - (a) Special harvest area entry permits may be applied for...

Sec. 16.43.420. Disposition of fish. - Fish caught under the authority of a special harvest area...

Sec. 16.43.430. Authorized gear. - For the purposes of harvesting salmon or shellfish, a special...

Sec. 16.43.440. Adoption of regulations. - (a) Use privileges granted under AS 16.43.400 - 16.43.440 are...

Article 8. Point System for Commercial Fishing Violations in Salmon Fisheries.

Sec. 16.43.850. Point system. - (a) For the purpose of identifying frequent violators of commercial...

Sec. 16.43.855. Assessment of points. - (a) Notice of each assessment of points shall be given...

Sec. 16.43.860. Suspension. - (a) A permit holder whose commercial salmon fishing privileges for...

Sec. 16.43.870. Notice and appeal. - The commission shall provide notice of determinations of the commission...

Sec. 16.43.880. Required notice to commission. - (a) A court that convicts a person of a violation...

Sec. 16.43.895. Definitions for AS 16.43.850 - 16.43.895. - In AS 16.43.850 - 16.43.895, (1) “commercial fishing law” means...

Article 9. General Provisions.

Sec. 16.43.940. Exempted activities. - This chapter does not apply to activities authorized by a...

Sec. 16.43.945. Commercial fishing privileges exempt from claims of creditors. - Except as provided in AS 16.10.333 - 16.10.338, AS 16.43.170(g),...

Sec. 16.43.950. Applications of regulations of Board of Fisheries. - Nothing in this chapter limits the powers of the Board...

Sec. 16.43.955. Hearings in proximity to Board of Fisheries meetings. - When practicable, a commission hearing that deals with the subject...

Sec. 16.43.960. Commission revocation or suspension of permits. - (a) The commission may revoke, suspend, or transfer all entry...

Sec. 16.43.970. Penalties. - (a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter...

Sec. 16.43.975. Public disclosure of certain documents prohibited. - Documents submitted to the commission containing information relating to an...

Sec. 16.43.980. Report and recommendations. - (a) The commission shall prepare an annual report and notify...

Sec. 16.43.990. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commission” means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries...

Chapter 45. Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact

Sec. 16.45.010. Governor's power to execute compact. - The governor may execute a compact on behalf of the...

Sec. 16.45.020. The compact. - The form and contents of the compact must be substantially...

Sec. 16.45.030. Alaska representatives. - In furtherance of the compact provisions, there are three members...

Sec. 16.45.040. Terms of commissioners. - The term of a commissioner is four years. A commissioner...

Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

Sec. 16.51.010. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute established. - There is established the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The institute...

Sec. 16.51.020. Board of directors. - (a) The governing body of the institute is a board...

Sec. 16.51.030. Term of office. - The members of the board appointed by the governor under...

Sec. 16.51.040. Removal and vacancies. - The members of the board appointed by the governor under...

Sec. 16.51.050. Quorum. - Four members of the board appointed under AS 16.51.020 constitute...

Sec. 16.51.060. Compensation of board members. - Board members receive no salary, but are entitled to per...

Sec. 16.51.070. Meetings. - The board shall meet at least once a year. A...

Sec. 16.51.080. Employment of personnel. - The board may employ and determine the salary of an...

Sec. 16.51.090. Powers of board. - In carrying out the powers of the institute, the board...

Sec. 16.51.095. Executive Budget Act. - The operating budget of the institute shall be prepared and...

Sec. 16.51.100. Duties of board. - The board shall (1) conduct programs of education, research, advertising,...

Sec. 16.51.110. Prohibited promotions. - The board may not promote or make a contract that...

Sec. 16.51.120. Seafood marketing assessment. - (a) A seafood marketing assessment shall be levied on the...

Sec. 16.51.130. Termination of the seafood marketing assessment. - (a) A seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120(b), (c),...

Sec. 16.51.140. Procedures for an election to approve or terminate a seafood marketing assessment. - (a) The institute may conduct an election under this section...

Sec. 16.51.150. Determination of value. - (a) Upon request from the director of elections, the commissioner...

Sec. 16.51.160. Collection of assessments and disposition of proceeds. - (a) Each processor shall remit to the Department of Revenue...

Sec. 16.51.170. Enforcement of assessments. - The provisions of AS 43.05 and AS 43.10 apply for...

Sec. 16.51.180. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “board” means the board of directors...

Chapter 52. Fishery Industrial Technology Center

Sec. 16.52.010. Fishery Industrial Technology Center. - There is established a Fishery Industrial Technology Center as part...

Sec. 16.52.020. Duties. - The center shall create employment opportunities in the state's fishing...

Sec. 16.52.030. Fishery Industrial Technology Policy Council. - (a) A Fishery Industrial Technology Policy Council is established to...

Sec. 16.52.040. Location. - The principal activities of the center shall be located in...

Sec. 16.52.050. Annual report. - The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall...

Sec. 16.52.060. Cooperation with other agencies. - In the development of its programs the center shall consult...

Sec. 16.52.070. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “center” means the Fishery Industrial Technology...

Chapter 55. Shooting and Firearm Safety

Sec. 16.55.010. Duties of department. - The Department of Fish and Game shall (1) assist in...

Sec. 16.55.020. Powers of department. - In the discharge of its duties under AS 16.55.010, the...

Sec. 16.55.030. Grants. - Subject to legislative appropriation for the purpose, the Department of...

Sec. 16.55.040. Advisory committee. - (a) There is established in the Department of Fish and...

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