Alaska Statutes
Title 16. Fish and Game
Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions

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...

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Alaska Statutes Title 16. Fish and Game Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions

Alaska Statutes
Title 16. Fish and Game
Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions