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AK Stat § 16.20.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.600. Copper River Delta Critical Habitat Area established.

The following described area is established as the Copper River Delta Critical Habitat Area:All public land, tideland, submerged land, and water contained in the following description: Beginning at a point on the south edge of the Copper River Highway right-of-way 200´ west of its intersection with the Eyak Trail trailhead; thence southwesterly 200´ west of the Eyak Trail and parallel to it approximately 4 miles to the mean high tide line; thence southwesterly along the mean high tide line to Point Whitshed; thence northwesterly along the mean high tide line to a point of intersection at the west edge of Section 21, T16S, R4W, C.R.M. and the mean high tide line at the mouth of Orca Inlet; thence westerly a distance of approximately 3 miles to the northeast tip of Little Mummy Island; thence southwesterly a distance of approximately 4 miles to the intersection of the south edge of Section 33, T16S, R5W, C.R.M. and the mean high tide line; thence along the mean high tide line on the east portion of Hinchinbrook Island, including Boswell Bay to Point Bentinck; thence S.68°E. approximately 57 miles to a point of intersection with the protracted boundary line common between R4E and R5E, C.R.M.; thence N.13°E. approximately 10 miles to Palm Point; thence northwesterly along the mean high tide line to a point of intersection with the west boundary line of Section 25, T19S, R4E, C.R.M. to a point of intersection with the mean high tide line on the north shore of Softuk Bar; thence northwesterly to Windy Point; thence due east approximately 1.1 miles to the 200 foot contour; thence northerly along the 200 foot contour around Ragged Mountain, easterly and northerly along the eastern shore of Martin and Little Martin lakes to a point 4 miles due south of Bridge No. 227 on the Proposed Bering River Highway; thence north to Bridge No 227; thence westerly along the south edge of the Bering River Highway to its junction with the Copper River Highway; thence, westerly along the south edge of the Copper River Highway to the point of beginning; excluding all areas within the Cordova Airport Boundaries.
AK Stat § 16.20.605 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.605. Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area established.

(a) All state land and water contained in the following described areas is established as the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 4 South, Range 13 West, Seward MeridianSection 25Section 35Section 36; (2) Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward MeridianSections 17 - 20; (3) Township 5 South, Range 13 West, Seward MeridianSection 2Section 3Section 4 E1/2Section 8 S1/2Sections 9 - 11Sections 13 - 20Section 21 W1/2Section 24; (4) Township 5 South, Range 14 West, Seward MeridianSection 13Section 20 NE1/4Sections 21 - 24Section 26 N1/2Section 27 N1/2Section 28 N1/2. (b) Notwithstanding AS 16.20.500 and the establishment of the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area under (a) of this section,  (1) the use of and appropriation of water rights from Fritz Creek for a municipal and community water source is protected within the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area; (2) the possibility of the construction of a dam and reservoir on Fritz Creek is reserved within the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area. (c) The use and enjoyment of valid existing rights and interests within the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area are protected. Future conveyances, including but not limited to rights-of-way, timber sales, municipal entitlements, grazing leases, and oil and gas leases, may occur. (d) A management plan for the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area shall be adopted and may be revised by the Department of Fish and Game in consultation with the Department of Natural Resources under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). The management plan shall reflect the concurrence of the Kenai Peninsula Borough as it applies to land committed by the borough to the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area.  (e) The department shall establish a citizens' advisory committee to work with the department and advise on implementation and revisions of the management plan for the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area. (f) Appointments to the citizens' advisory committee shall be recommended by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Homer and shall include representatives from (1) industry and commercial users; (2) hunters, trappers, fishermen, and recreational users; and (3) officials representing the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Homer.
AK Stat § 16.20.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.610. Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area.

(a) The purpose of the Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area is the protection and enhancement of the wet meadow habitat that is the key roosting area for migrating lesser sandhill cranes, for the protection of lesser sandhill cranes, and for the continued public use and enjoyment of the area. (b) The following described area is established as the Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area:Township 40 South, Range 58 East, Copper River MeridianSection 2: W1/2Section 3Sections 9 - 10Section 11: W1/2NE1/4, W1/2Section 14: Lot 3, NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4Section 15Section 16: N1/2, SE1/4. (c) The Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area described in (b) of this section shall be managed under a management plan prepared and implemented by the department in consultation with the community of Gustavus and the Board of Game. (d) The department shall allow public uses, including fishing, hunting, trapping, mechanized and nonmechanized public access, grazing, firewood harvesting, wildlife viewing, hiking, and berry picking under the management plan adopted under (c) of this section to the extent that the activities are compatible with (a) of this section. (e) The legislature understands that a portion of the state land described in (b) of this section is mental health trust land of the state and the legislature intends that the land retain its status as mental health trust land, notwithstanding its inclusion in the Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area.
AK Stat § 16.20.615 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.615. Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area.

(a) The state land above the mean high tide line within the following described area is established as the Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 41 South, Ranges 33 - 34 West, Seward Meridian; (2) Township 42 South, Range 33 West, Seward MeridianSections 1 - 11Sections 14 - 23Sections 25 - 36; (3) Township 42 South, Ranges 34 - 35 West, Seward Meridian; (4) Township 43 South, Ranges 34 - 35 West, Seward Meridian. (b) In addition to the area described in (a) of this section, the water and the land below the mean high tide line in the lagoon at the northeast end of Tugidak Island are included within the Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area. (c) The Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area described in (a) and (b) of this section shall be managed under a management plan prepared by the department. (d) The department shall permit existing cabins to remain, subsistence and recreational uses to continue, and commercial uses such as seal hunting and placer mining to continue, if appropriate under the management plan adopted under (c) of this section to the extent that the activities are compatible with the establishment of the Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area. (e) The department shall permit entry within the Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area for the exploration and development of oil and gas resources when compatible with the purposes for which the critical habitat area was established. An oil and gas lease of state land within the Tugidak Island Critical Habitat Area is valid and continues in full force according to its terms.
AK Stat § 16.20.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.620. Willow Mountain Critical Habitat Area established.

(a) The following described area is established as the Willow Mountain Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 20 North, Range 2 West, Seward MeridianSection 7Sections 18 - 19; (2) Township 20 North, Range 3 West, Seward MeridianSections 1 - 2Sections 11 - 14Sections 23 - 24; (3) Township 21 North, Range 2 West, Seward MeridianSections 4 - 7Section 18: W1/2; (4) Township 21 North, Range 3 West, Seward MeridianSection 1Sections 11 - 14Sections 23 - 26Sections 35 - 36; (5) Township 22 North, Range 2 West, Seward MeridianSections 19 - 21Sections 28 - 33. (b) Notwithstanding AS 16.20.510 - 16.20.530, the commissioner of fish and game, in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall prepare a management plan for the Willow Mountain Critical Habitat Area. The commissioner of fish and game and the commissioner of natural resources shall exercise their respective authorities over the area in a manner consistent with the management plan.
AK Stat § 16.20.690 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 5. Fish and Game Critical Habitat Areas.|Sec. 16.20.690. Additional critical habitat areas.

The commissioner shall submit a list of additional critical habitat areas to the legislature annually.
AK Stat § 16.40.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|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 exists in the herds of buffalo and musk oxen under its control, the department may, under regulations adopted by it, grant the surplus or portions of it to persons, groups, associations, partnerships, or corporations for the purpose of raising and breeding the animals as domestic stock for commercial purposes, or for scientific and educational purposes. A person, group, association, partnership, or corporation may receive animals only after proving to the satisfaction of the department (1) intent to raise and breed the animals; and (2) possession of facilities for maintaining the animals under positive control.
AK Stat § 16.40.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 1. Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants.|Sec. 16.40.020. Sale of meat.

The sale of buffalo or musk oxen meat resulting from the slaughter of animals obtained under AS 16.40.010, or their offspring is authorized.
AK Stat § 16.40.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 1. Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants.|Sec. 16.40.030. Information required.

The recipient of animals obtained under AS 16.40.010 shall furnish the department the information the department requests regarding the status of the animals or their offspring.
AK Stat § 16.40.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 1. Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants.|Sec. 16.40.050. Capture or release of elk.

(a) [Repealed, § 5 ch 41 SLA 2000.]  (b) [Repealed, § 5 ch 41 SLA 2000.]  (c) A live elk may not be captured from the wild or released into the wild without an appropriate license or permit from the department. (d) [Repealed, § 5 ch 41 SLA 2000.]  (e) [Repealed, § 5 ch 41 SLA 2000.]
AK Stat § 16.40.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 1. Buffalo, Musk Oxen, Elk, and Elephants.|Sec. 16.40.060. Elephant permit.

The commissioner may issue a permit, subject to reasonable conditions established by the commissioner, to possess, import, or export an elephant. A permit may be issued only to a person who proves to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the person (1) intends to exhibit the animal commercially; (2) possesses facilities to maintain the animal under positive control and humane conditions; and (3) maintains personal injury and property damage insurance in an amount established by the commissioner.
AK Stat § 16.40.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.105. Criteria for issuance of permits.

The commissioner shall issue permits under AS 16.40.100 on the basis of the following criteria: (1) the physical and biological characteristics of the proposed farm or hatchery location must be suitable for the farming or the shellfish or aquatic plant proposed; (2) the proposed farm or hatchery may not require significant alterations in traditional fisheries or other existing uses of fish and wildlife resources; (3) the proposed farm or hatchery may not significantly affect fisheries, wildlife, or their habitats in an adverse manner; (4) the proposed farm or hatchery plans and staffing plans must demonstrate technical and operational feasibility; and (5) the proposed farm site may not include more than an insignificant population of a wild stock, on the site, of a shellfish species intended to be cultured.
AK Stat § 16.40.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.110. Permit application, renewal, and transfer.

(a) An applicant for an aquatic farming or hatchery permit required under AS 16.40.100 shall apply on a form prescribed by the commissioner. An application for a permit must include a plan for the development and operation of the aquatic farm or hatchery, which must be approved by the commissioner before the permit is issued. (b) An application for renewal or transfer of a permit must be accompanied by fees required by the commissioner, a report of the disease history of the farm or hatchery covered by the permit, and evidence that satisfies the commissioner that the applicant has complied with the development plan required under (a) of this section. The commissioner may require a health inspection of the farm or hatchery as a condition of renewal. The department may conduct the inspection or contract with a disease diagnostician to conduct the inspection. (c) A person to whom a permit is transferred may use the permit only for the purposes for which the permit was authorized to be used by the transferor, and subject to the same conditions and limitations.
AK Stat § 16.40.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.120. Aquatic stock acquisition permits.

(a) A person may not acquire aquatic plants or shellfish from wild stock in the state for the purpose of supplying stock to an aquatic farm or hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100 unless the person holds an acquisition permit from the commissioner. (b) An acquisition permit authorizes the permit holder to acquire the species and quantities of wild stock in the state specified in the permit for the purposes of supplying stock to (1) an aquatic farm or hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100; (2) the department. (c) The commissioner shall specify the expiration date of an acquisition permit and may attach conditions to an acquisition permit, including conditions relating to the time, place, and manner of harvest. Size, gear, place, time, licensing, and other limitations applicable to sport, commercial, or subsistence harvest of aquatic plants and shellfish do not apply to a harvest with a permit issued under this section. The commissioner of fish and game shall issue or deny a permit within 30 days after receiving an application. (d) The commissioner shall deny or restrict a permit under this section upon finding that the proposed harvest will impair sustained yield of the species or will unreasonably disrupt established uses of the resources by commercial, sport, personal use, or subsistence users. The commissioner shall inform the Board of Fisheries of any action taken on permit applications for species that support commercial fisheries subject to limited entry under AS 16.43 and of any permits denied because of unreasonable disruption of an established use. A denial of the permit by the commissioner must contain the factual basis for the findings. (e) The Board of Fisheries may adopt regulations for the conservation, maintenance, and management of species for which an acquisition permit is required. (f) Except as provided in (d) of this section or in a regulation adopted under (e) of this section, the commissioner shall issue a permit if (1) wild stock is necessary to meet the initial needs of farm or hatchery stock; (2) there are technological limitations on the propagation of culture stock for the species sought; (3) wild stock sought is not fully utilized by commercial, sport, personal use, or subsistence fisheries; or (4) wild stock is needed to maintain the gene pool of a hatchery or aquatic farm. (g) Aquatic plants and shellfish acquired under a permit issued under this section become the property of the permit holder and are no longer a public or common resource.
AK Stat § 16.40.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.130. Importation of aquatic plants or shellfish for stock.

A person may not import into the state an aquatic plant or shellfish for the purpose of supplying stock to an aquatic farm or hatchery unless authorized by a regulation of the Board of Fisheries.
AK Stat § 16.40.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.140. Limitation on sale, transfer of stock, and products.

(a) A private hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100 may sell or transfer stock from the hatchery only to an aquatic farm or other hatchery that has a permit issued under AS 16.40.100, except that shellfish stock may also be sold or offered for sale to an aquatic farm or related hatchery outside of the state. (b) Stock may not be transferred to or from an aquatic farm or hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100 without prior notice of the transfer to the commissioner. A notice of transfer shall be submitted at least 45 days before the proposed date of transfer. (c) A notice of transfer must be accompanied by a report of a health inspection of the stock. The department shall conduct the inspection or contract with a disease diagnostician to conduct the inspection. The cost of inspection shall be borne by the department. (d) The department may restrict or disapprove a transfer of stock if it finds that the transfer would present a risk of spreading disease. (e) A person may not sell, transfer, or offer to sell or transfer, or knowingly purchase or receive, an aquatic farm product grown or propagated in the state unless the product was grown or propagated on a farm with a permit issued under AS 16.40.100. The permit must be in effect at the time of the sale, transfer, purchase, receipt, or offer.
AK Stat § 16.40.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|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 AS 16.40.100 may transfer geoduck seed to an aquatic farm located in a fisheries management area established under this title that is contiguous to the Gulf of Alaska.
AK Stat § 16.40.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.150. Disease control and inspection.

(a) The department shall order the quarantine or the destruction and disposal of diseased hatchery stock or of aquatic farm products when necessary to protect wild stock. A holder of a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 shall report to the department an outbreak or incidence of disease among stock or aquatic farm products of the permit holder within 48 hours after discovering the outbreak or incidence. (b) A holder of a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 shall allow the department to inspect the permit holder's farm or hatchery during operating hours and upon reasonable notice. The cost of inspection shall be borne by the department. (c) The department shall develop a disease management and control program for aquatic farms and hatcheries. (d) The department may enter into an agreement with a state or federal agency or a private, state-certified provider to provide services under (b) and (c) of this section, or inspections under AS 16.40.110(b).
AK Stat § 16.40.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.155. Records and reports confidential.

Records required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department concerning aquatic farm stocks or production, prices, and harvests of aquatic farm products and wild stocks, and annual statistical reports of individual aquatic farms or hatcheries required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department are confidential and may not be released by the department, except that the department may release the records and reports (1) to the Department of Revenue and the Department of Natural Resources to assist the departments in carrying out their respective statutory responsibilities; (2) as necessary to comply with a court order; (3) provided by an aquatic farm or hatchery permit holder to the permit holder whose activity is the subject of the records or reports; (4) regarding cumulative annual harvests of wild stocks at individual aquatic farm sites.
AK Stat § 16.40.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.160. Regulations.

The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 16.40.100 - 16.40.199.
AK Stat § 16.40.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 40. Commercial Use of Fish and Game|Article 2. Aquatic Farming.|Sec. 16.40.170. Penalty.

A person who violates a provision of AS 16.40.100 - 16.40.199, a regulation adopted under AS 16.40.100 - 16.40.199, or a term or condition of a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 - 16.40.199, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.