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AK Stat § 16.05.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|Sec. 16.05.920. Prohibited conduct generally.

(a) Unless permitted by AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 or by regulation adopted under AS 16.05 - AS 16.40, a person may not take, possess, transport, sell, offer to sell, purchase, or offer to purchase fish, game, or marine aquatic plants, or any part of fish, game, or aquatic plants, or a nest or egg of fish or game. (b) A person may not knowingly disturb, injure, or destroy a notice, signboard, seal, tag, aircraft, boat, vessel, automobile, paraphernalia, equipment, building, or other improvement or property of the department used in the administration or enforcement of this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52, or a poster or notice to the public concerning the provisions of this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52, or a regulation adopted under this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52, or a marker indicating the boundary of an area closed to hunting, trapping, fishing, or other special use under this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52. A person may not knowingly destroy, remove, tamper with, or imitate a seal or tag issued or used by the department or attached under its authority to a skin, portion, or specimen of fish or game, or other article for the purpose of identification or authentication in accordance with this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52 or a regulation adopted under this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52.
AK Stat § 16.05.921 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|Sec. 16.05.921. Venomous reptiles and insects or their eggs; prohibited conduct; permits.

(a) A person may not import, possess, transport, or release in the state live venomous reptiles, live venomous reptile eggs, live venomous insects, or live venomous insect eggs, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under (b) of this section. This prohibition does not apply to bees as defined in AS 03.47.040. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be cited as set out in AS 16.05.165. (b) A permit required under (a) of this section may be granted only if, in the determination of the commissioner, the applicant demonstrates a valid educational purpose for seeking the permit. A valid educational purpose includes display in educational institutions and in zoos.
AK Stat § 16.05.925 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|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, 16.05.783, 16.05.831, 16.05.861, and 16.05.905, a person who violates AS 16.05.920 or 16.05.921, or a regulation adopted under this chapter or AS 16.20, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (b) In addition to a penalty imposed under (a) of this section or any other penalty for violation of this title or a regulation adopted under this title, a person who is convicted of unlawfully taking an animal listed in this subsection may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the state in the amount set out in this subsection for each animal unlawfully taken: (1) Bear, black ..... $ 600 (2) Bear, brown or grizzly ..... 1,300 (3) Bison ..... 1,300 (4) Caribou ..... 850 (5) Deer ..... 400 (6) Elk ..... 800 (7) Goat ..... 800 (8) Moose ..... 1,000 (9) Musk oxen ..... 3,000 (10) Sheep ..... 1,100 (11) Wolf ..... 500 (12) Wolverine ..... 500.
AK Stat § 16.05.930 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|Sec. 16.05.930. Exempted activities.

(a) This chapter does not prevent the collection or exportation of fish and game, a part of fish or game or a nest or egg of a bird for scientific or educational purposes, or for propagation or exhibition purposes under a permit that the department may issue and prescribe the terms thereof. (b) This chapter does not prohibit a person from taking fish or game during the closed season, in case of dire emergency, as defined by regulation adopted by the appropriate board. (c) AS 16.05.920 and 16.05.921 do not prohibit rearing and sale of fish from private ponds, the raising of wild animals in captivity for food, or the raising of game birds for the purpose of recreational hunting on game hunting preserves, under regulations adopted by the appropriate board. In this subsection, “animals” includes all animal life, including insects and bugs. (d) Nondomestic animals of any species may not be transferred or transported from the state under (a) of this section unless approved by the Board of Game in regular or special meeting. Animals transferred or transported under (a) of this section shall be animals that are certified by the department to be surplus and unnecessary to the sustained yield management of the resource. Each application for a permit under (a) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement prepared by the department examining the probable environmental impact of the action. (e) This chapter does not prevent the traditional barter of fish and game taken by subsistence hunting or fishing, except that the commissioner may prohibit the barter of subsistence-taken fish and game by regulation, emergency or otherwise, if a determination on the record is made that the barter is resulting in a waste of the resource, damage to fish stocks or game populations, or circumvention of fish or game management programs. (f) A permit may not be required for possessing, importing, or exporting mink and fox for fur farming purposes. (g) AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.723 do not apply to an activity authorized by a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 or 16.40.120, or to a person or vessel employed in an activity authorized by a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 or 16.40.120.
AK Stat § 16.05.935 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|Sec. 16.05.935. Restrictions on cooperation with federal government.

(a) In recognition of the fact that the state has not assented to federal control of fish and game in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve or the navigable waters within or adjoining the park and preserve, that the power to control the management of fish and game within the boundaries of the state is an incident of state sovereignty, and that the federal government cannot commandeer the lawmaking processes of the states to compel the state to enact and enforce a federal regulatory program, an agency, employee, or agent of the state may not expend funds to adopt or enforce the implementation of the federal regulatory program or a part of the program for control of fish and game in the park and preserve or the navigable waters within or adjoining the park and preserve that is in conflict with a state statute or regulation regarding management of fish or game within the park or preserve. This subsection does not prohibit an agency, employee, or agent of the state from (1) taking action necessary to protect life or property; (2) commenting on proposed federal statutes or regulations; (3) collecting data relating to claims of economic harm arising from the closure of the park and preserve to commercial fishing; or (4) participating in or cooperating with a federal program established under 16 U.S.C. 703 - 712 (Migratory Bird Treaty Act); 16 U.S.C. 773 - 773k (Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982); 16 U.S.C. 1361 - 1421h (Marine Mammal Protection Act); 16 U.S.C. 1531 - 1544 (Endangered Species Act); 16 U.S.C. 1801 - 1883 (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act); 16 U.S.C. 3631 - 3644 (Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985). (b) Nothing in this title authorizes the department or a board to enter into an agreement with a department or agency of the federal government that cedes state authority for the management of fish or game in the state to the federal government. In this subsection, “management” means the regulation of the method, manner, means, time, or place of taking of fish or game or the regulation of the amount of fish or game that may be taken.
AK Stat § 16.05.950 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions|Article 9. General Provisions.|Sec. 16.05.950. Short title of the chapter.

This chapter may be cited as the Fish and Game Code.
AK Stat § 16.10.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. 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 obtaining a permit or license from the Department of Environmental Conservation, (1) obstruct, divert, or pollute waters of the state, either fresh or salt, utilized by salmon in the propagation of the species, by felling trees or timber in those waters, casting, passing, throwing, or dumping tree limbs or foliage, underbrush, stumps, rubbish, earth, stones, rock, or other debris, or passing or dumping sawdust, planer shavings, or other waste or refuse of any kind in those waters; (2) erect a dam, barricade, or obstruction to retard, conserve, impound, or divert the waters described in (1) of this subsection to prevent, retard, or interfere with the free ingress or egress of salmon into those waters in the natural spawning or propagation process; (3) render the waters described in (1) of this subsection inaccessible or uninhabitable for salmon for spawning or propagation. (b) The application for the permit or license referred to in (a) of this section must set out the name and style of the person or concern, describe the waters and location, and state in particular the plans, purpose, and intention for which the application is made.
AK Stat § 16.10.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 1. Interference with Streams and Waters.|Sec. 16.10.020. Grounds for permit or license.

If in the judgment of the Department of Environmental Conservation, the purpose of the applicant for the permit or license is to develop power, obtain water for civic, domestic, irrigation, manufacturing, mining, or other purposes tending to develop the natural resources of the state, the department may grant the permit or license and may require the applicant to construct and maintain adequate fish ladders, fishways, or other means by which fish may pass over, around, or through the dam, obstruction or diversion in the pursuit of the propagation or spawning process.
AK Stat § 16.10.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 1. Interference with Streams and Waters.|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 of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
AK Stat § 16.10.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 1. Interference with Streams and Waters.|Sec. 16.10.040. Disposition of money received for fines and penalties.

The proceeds of all fines and penalties imposed under AS 16.10.010 - 16.10.050 shall be paid into the general fund and they shall be immediately available for expenditure by the Department of Fish and Game.
AK Stat § 16.10.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 1. Interference with Streams and Waters.|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 or privileges granted by federal statute to any person.
AK Stat § 16.10.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|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 consequences, interferes with or damages the commercial fishing gear of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor. For the purposes of this section “interference” means the physical disturbance of gear which results in economic loss or loss of fishing time, and “reckless disregard of the consequences” means a lack of consideration for the consequences of one's acts in a manner that is reasonably likely to damage the property of another.
AK Stat § 16.10.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|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 hand-driven fish traps, may not be operated in the state on or over state land, tideland, submerged land, or water. This section does not prevent the operation of small hand-driven fish traps of the type ordinarily used on rivers of the state that are otherwise legally operated in or above the mouth of a stream or river.
AK Stat § 16.10.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|Sec. 16.10.080. Federal compact exempted.

AS 16.10.070 may not be construed to violate sec. 4, P.L. 85-508 (72 Stat. 339) (Alaska Statehood Act), which constitutes a compact between the United States and Alaska, under which the state disclaims all right and title to land or other property (including fishing rights), the right or title to which may be held by Indians, Eskimos, or Aleuts, hereafter referred to as Natives, or which is held by the United States in trust for these Natives.
AK Stat § 16.10.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|Sec. 16.10.090. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.070.

A person who violates AS 16.10.070 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by both.
AK Stat § 16.10.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|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 hand-driven fish traps, may not be erected, moored, or maintained on or over land, tideland, submerged land, or water owned or otherwise acquired by the state. This section does not prevent the maintenance, use, or operation of small, hand-driven fish traps of the type ordinarily used on rivers of the state which are otherwise legally maintained and operated in or above the mouth of a stream or river.
AK Stat § 16.10.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|Sec. 16.10.110. Penalty for violation of AS 16.10.100.

A person who violates AS 16.10.100 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both.
AK Stat § 16.10.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|Sec. 16.10.120. Use of drum or reel in operation of purse seine.

A person may not use, employ, or operate a drum or reel around which a purse seine is coiled, rolled, or looped for purposes of taking or removing fish from a body of water located on or over land or tideland owned by the state or over which the state has jurisdiction. This section does not prevent the use of power blocks or the use of a reel mounted on a seine skiff to haul in or let out the separate purse seine lead which is temporarily connected to the purse seine proper, as these terms are generally employed or used in the fishing industry.
AK Stat § 16.10.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|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 device or devices for all shellfish and bottom fish pots. In this section “termination device” means a biodegradable seam or panel or other device that renders the pot incapable of holding shellfish or bottom fish for more than six months when it is continuously immersed in sea water.
AK Stat § 16.10.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 3. Fish Traps and Other Illegal Fishing Devices.|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 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
AK Stat § 16.10.164 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|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 the flesh is wasteful and does not constitute utilization of this resource for the maximum benefit of the people. Therefore, it is the policy of the state that (1) roe stripping be eliminated to the fullest extent possible; and (2) pollock taken in a commercial fishery should be utilized for human consumption to the fullest extent practicable.
AK Stat § 16.10.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 4. Utilization of Pollock and Herring.|Sec. 16.10.165. Utilization of groundfish taken in a commercial fishery.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, a person may not recklessly waste or cause to be wasted groundfish taken in a commercial fishery. (b) The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) it considers necessary for implementation of this section. The board may delegate its authority under this section to the commissioner. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (d) Each day on which a violation of this section occurs is a separate violation. (e) In this section (1) “flesh” means all muscular body tissue surrounding the skeleton; (2) “groundfish” means (A) pollock; or (B) other species of groundfish designated by the Board of Fisheries under authority of this section; (3) “person” includes a joint venture; (4) “waste” means the failure to use the flesh of groundfish for human consumption, reduction to meal, production of food for domestic animals or fish, bait, or scientific, display, or educational purposes; “waste” does not include normal, inadvertent loss of flesh associated with processing that cannot be prevented by practical means.
AK Stat § 16.10.172 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 4. Utilization of Pollock and Herring.|Sec. 16.10.172. Legislative policy on utilization of herring.

The legislature finds the following: (1) extensive and valuable herring populations are available for harvest in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state; (2) commercial markets are available for herring processed in several forms; (3) one processing technique presently employed involves deliberately permitting decomposition of the herring carcass to allow for removal and subsequent sale of the roe product, with the consequence that the flesh is unusable and discarded. The legislature declares that the process referred to in (3) of this section is wasteful and does not constitute utilization of this resource for the maximum benefit of the people. Therefore, it is the policy of the legislature that this process should be eliminated to the fullest extent possible.
AK Stat § 16.10.173 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 4. Utilization of Pollock and Herring.|Sec. 16.10.173. Utilization of commercially taken herring.

(a) A person may not waste or cause to be wasted any commercially taken herring. (b) The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) it considers necessary for implementation of this section. The board may delegate its authority under this section to the commissioner. (c) The provisions of this section do not apply to herring taken commercially in the Bering Sea (including appurtenant bays, sounds, estuaries, and water of the state) north of 56° North Latitude, until January 1, 1979. (d) In this section, (1) “flesh” means all muscular body tissue surrounding the bony skeleton of the herring; (2) “person” has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 and also includes a joint venture; (3) “waste” means the failure to use the flesh of commercially taken herring for reduction to meal, production of fish food, human consumption, food for domestic animals, scientific or educational purposes, or round herring bait. Normal, inadvertent loss of flesh associated with the uses described in this subsection that cannot be prevented by practical means does not constitute waste. The commissioner may authorize other uses of commercially taken herring consistent with the intent of this section and AS 16.10.172 upon receipt of a request accompanied by a detailed justification. (e) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 16.10.175 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 4. Utilization of Pollock and Herring.|Sec. 16.10.175. Removal of herring from state.

(a) A person may not remove herring from the state before the herring has been frozen or otherwise processed for shipment. (b) In this section, “processed for shipment” includes, but is not limited to, icing, stripping, or salting of the herring; however, it does not include salting of the herring if five percent or more of the body weight of the herring consists of roe.
AK Stat § 16.10.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 5. Migratory Fish and Shellfish.|Sec. 16.10.180. Legislative findings.

The legislature finds and recognizes these facts: (1) migratory fish and migratory shellfish are present in commercial quantities inside and outside the territorial waters of the state; (2) migratory fish and migratory shellfish taken from the waters of the state are indistinguishable, in most cases, from those taken from the adjacent high seas; (3) substantial quantities of migratory fish and migratory shellfish move inshore and offshore intermittently and at various times during a given year and in so doing often enter and leave territorial waters of the state; (4) to conserve the migratory fish and migratory shellfish found inside the waters of the state it is necessary to strictly enforce local laws and regulations; (5) by making certain laws and regulations enacted or adopted for the regulation of the coastal fishery applicable to the adjacent high sea areas, enforcement of these laws and regulations is facilitated; (6) conservation regulations should not be adopted to impose economic sanctions.
AK Stat § 16.10.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations|Article 5. Migratory Fish and Shellfish.|Sec. 16.10.190. Regulations.

The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of AS 16.10.180 - 16.10.230 defining the adjacent high sea areas, migratory fish, and migratory shellfish and to make coastal fishery regulations governing the manner, means, conditions, and time for the taking of migratory fish and migratory shellfish applicable in designated adjacent high sea areas.