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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 5 - Protection of Fish and Game Habitat › Chapter 95 - Fish and Game Habitat › Article 8 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 95.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the definitions set out in
					 AS
					 16.05.940, as used in this chapter:
(1) "authorized representative of the state"
				  means one who is legally empowered to enforce a statute under which regulations
				  in this chapter are promulgated;
(2) "completed application" means the
				  submission of full plans, specifications and notifications required by AS
				  16.20, and includes a form, series of forms, letter or other documents that
				  provide all of the information necessary for the commissioner to issue,
				  condition or deny a permit;
(3)
				  "emergency" means an unforeseeable situation that presents an imminent threat
				  to life or property;
(4) "mitigate"
				  means to compensate fully for damage to fish and wildlife populations and their
				  habitat by employing the most appropriate techniques;
(5) "permittee" means the holder of a permit
				  and includes anyone employed, contracted, or assigned by the person or the
				  organization to whom the permit was issued to conduct a land or water use
				  operation;
(6) "permit" means the
				  approval of plans and specifications required by
				  AS
				  16.20.060 or
				  16.20.530, and any authorization
				  made under
				  AS
				  16.20.094,
				  16.20.096, or
				  16.20.162;
(7) "special area" means a state game refuge,
				  a state game sanctuary, or a state fish and game critical habitat area,
				  established under AS 16.20;
(8)
				  "wildlife" means any species of bird or mammal as described in
				  AS
				  16.05.940(14).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.020
AS 16.05.050
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.255
AS 16.20.060
AS 16.20.094
AS 16.20.096
AS 16.20.162
AS
						16.20.530
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.010 - Establishment of a local fish and game advisory committee system

Current through May 31, 2024
There is established a system of local fish and game
					 advisory committees to provide a local forum for the collection and expression
					 of opinions and recommendations on matters relating to the management of fish
					 and wildlife resources.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.020 - Creation of local fish and game advisory committees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The joint board
				  may establish an advisory committee that represents fish and game user groups
				  in the area served by the committee as required in 5 AAC 96.060(e)(1). A group
				  of 25 interested people may request the joint board to create a committee. The
				  joint board will, to the extent feasible, establish and locate committees to
				  allow an opportunity for all residents of the state to participate in the
				  regulatory system.
(b) A committee
				  must be approved by the joint board before starting its operations. The joint
				  board will appoint the original five members of a committee, at which time the
				  committee shall begin its operations.
(c) The joint board will review requests to
				  create committees. Factors that it will evaluate include;
(1) whether an existing committee could be
				  expanded to include members who represent the interest of the persons making
				  the request;
(2) whether
				  representation of all user groups in the area on existing committees is
				  adequate;
(3) whether residents of
				  the local area are likely to participate actively on the proposed committee;
(4) whether there are likely to be
				  enough qualified people interested in serving on the proposed committee;
(5) whether logistical problems
				  would make it difficult to provide assistance to the proposed
				  committee;
(6) whether the proposed
				  committee would enhance participation in the decision-making process; and
(7) the efficiency of existing
				  committees.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.021 - Establishment of advisory committees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  local fish and game advisory committees are established:
(1) in the Southeast Alaska Region: Angoon,
				  Craig, East Prince of Wales, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Juneau-Douglas, Hydaburg,
				  Hyder, Icy Straits, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Klukwan, Pelican, Petersburg,
				  Port Alexander, Saxman, Sitka, Sumner Strait, Tenakee, Upper Lynn Canal,
				  Wrangell, Yakutat;
(2) in the
				  Southcentral Alaska Region: Copper River/Prince William Sound, Prince William
				  Sound/Valdez, Copper Basin, Anchorage, Seward, Kenai/Soldotna, Central
				  Peninsula, Homer, Seldovia, Tok Cutoff/Nabesna Road, Paxson, Denali, Matanuska
				  Valley, Mt. Yenlo, Tyonek, Cooper Landing, Whittier, Susitna Valley;
(3) in the Southwest Alaska Region: Nushagak,
				  Naknek/Kvichak, Lake Iliamna, Nelson Lagoon, Chignik, Kodiak, Sand Point, King
				  Cove, False Pass, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Lower Bristol Bay, Togiak;
(4) in the Western Alaska Region: Central
				  Bering Sea, Lower Kuskokwim, Central Kuskokwim, Coastal Lower Yukon, Mid-Lower
				  Yukon, Bethel;
(5) in the Arctic
				  Alaska Region: Northern Norton Sound, Kotzebue Sound, Northern Seward
				  Peninsula, Upper Kobuk, Lower Kobuk, Noatak/Kivalina, North Slope, St. Lawrence
				  Island, Southern Norton Sound; and
(6) in the Interior Alaska Region: Central,
				  Middle Nenana River, Delta, Eagle, Fairbanks, Lake Minchumina, Middle Yukon,
				  Grayling/Anviki/Shageluk/Holy Cross, Koyukuk, McGrath, Ruby,
				  Tanana/Rampart/Manley, Minto/Nenana, Upper Tanana/Fortymile, Yukon Flats,
				  Stony/Holitna..
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.030 - Composition of local fish and game advisory committees (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.040 - Qualifications for members

Current through May 31, 2024
To qualify for membership on a committee, a candidate must
					 have knowledge of and experience with the fish and wildlife resources and their
					 uses in the area, and have a reputation within the community consistent with
					 the responsibilities of committee membership.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.050 - Functions of local fish and game advisory committees

Current through May 31, 2024
A committee may
(1) develop regulatory proposals for
				  submission to the appropriate board;
(2) evaluate regulatory proposals submitted
				  to them and make recommendations to the appropriate board;
(3) provide a local forum for fish and
				  wildlife conservation and use, including any matter related to fish and
				  wildlife habitat;
(4) repealed
				  2/23/2014;
(5) repealed 2/23/2014;
				  and
(6) cooperate and consult with
				  interested persons and organizations, including government agencies, and
				  encourage youth and elder involvement in committee activities, to accomplish
				  (1) - (3) of this section.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.060 - Uniform rules of operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each committee
				  must comply with the uniform rules of operation contained in this
				  section.
(b)
Organization.
Each committee is organized under
				  AS
				  16.05.260.
(c)
Responsibilities.
Each
				  committee is responsible for performing the functions described in
				  5 AAC 96.010 and
				  5 AAC 96.050 in accordance with provisions of 5 AAC 96 -
				  5 AAC 99.
(d)
Title.
Each committee must have a title.
(e)
Membership.
(1) Each committee must have at least five
				  but not more than 15 members. The joint board may limit the size of a committee
				  to less than 15 members at the time the committee is established or at
				  committee request. The members must be representative of fish and game user
				  groups in the area served by the committee. To the extent practicable, at least
				  three user groups must be represented on each committee, and membership must
				  include representatives from each town or village located in the area that the
				  committee represents. To ensure full representation of an area, the joint board
				  may assign a seat on the committee to represent a specific user group or
				  specific community.
(2) A
				  newly-elected member that is filling a
(A)
				  vacated scat begins serving immediately and has immediate voting and membership
				  privileges;
(B) seat of a member
				  whose term is expiring will be seated at the first committee meeting that is
				  held after the date that the term of the previous member expires
(3) repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
(4) repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
(5) repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
(6) repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
(7) repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
(8)  repealed 9 / 19 /
				  2019;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 1 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees › 5 AAC 96.080 - Interaction of local advisory committees with regional fish and game councils (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 2 - Regional Fish and Game Councils › 5 AAC 96.200 - Establishment of a regional fish and game council system (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 2 - Regional Fish and Game Councils › 5 AAC 96.250 - Functions of regional fish and game councils (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.400 - Operation of local fish and game advisory committee system (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.410

Current through May 31, 2024
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.420

Current through May 31, 2024
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.430 - Review of nominations for membership on local fish and game advisory committees (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.440 - Board assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
The boards will provide information regarding board
					 meetings to committees so that committees may plan maximum participation in the
					 boards' deliberations. In addition, a board may request a committee to meet and
					 to formulate recommendations on a subject or issue identified by the
					 board.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.450 - Committee status and change of status

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repelaed
				  9/19/2019.
(b) Repelaed
				  9/19/2019.
(c) Committees may merge
				  if each affected committee votes to request merger, and if the joint board
				  determines that the merger should occur.
(d) The joint board may merge a dormant
				  committee with a committee if the boards support section gives the committees
				  notice of the proposed merger, if the dormant committee does not express an
				  intention to meet or if the committee does not do so within a reasonable time
				  after notice, and if the joint board determines that the merger should
				  occur
(e) The joint board may
				  dissolve a committee if the committee has been dormant for two years and fails
				  to respond to boards support section inquiries about the committee's desire to
				  remain in existence. The joint board may dissolve a committee for failure to
				  act in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and 5 AAC 97.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 3 - Administration of Local Fish and Game Committees › 5 AAC 96.460 - Attendance at meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
When adequate funding exists the department will, in its
					 discretion. reimburse committee members for the following:
(1) travel to local committee meetings and
				  necessary related expenses;
(2)
				  travel, approved in advance, for the purpose of joint meetings between two or
				  more committees; and
(3) travel and
				  other necessary expenses approved in advance by the boards for committee
				  chairmen or their designees to attend board meetings. A chair designee must be
				  a committee member.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 4 - Administration of Regional Fish and Game Councils › 5 AAC 96.500 - Operation of regional fish and game council system (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.600 - Meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each board will hold at least one regular
				  meeting a year. Other meetings, including special meetings on specific issues,
				  will be held as the boards consider necessary.
(b) Repealed 9/19/2019.
(c) The joint board will meet as needed to
				  consider matters of mutual concern, including matters relating to
				  committees.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
AS
						16.05.300
AS
						16.05.310
AS
						16.05.315
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.610 - Procedure for developing fish and game regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For the purpose
				  of developing fish and game regulations, each board will observe the procedures
				  set out in this section. The deadlines for each phase will be set by the
				  appropriate board for each meeting and will be announced to committees and the
				  public.
(b) Phase 1. Each board
				  will solicit regulatory proposals or comments to facilitate that board's
				  deliberations. The boards may limit those sections or portions of the existing
				  regulations that will be open for change. The boards will provide forms to be
				  used in preparing proposals. Notices soliciting proposals will be distributed
				  statewide. In order to be considered, a proposal seeking regulatory change in
				  those sections or portions of the regulations open for change must be received
				  by the boards before the designated deadline unless provided otherwise by a
				  board.
(c) Phase 2. After the
				  deadline for receiving proposals, the boards support section shall compile
				  regulatory proposals received on time, including proposals from department
				  staff and other government agencies, distribute them to the public through
				  department offices,and the boards support section website, and send them to the
				  committees.
(d) Phase 3. Committees
				  may review the proposals at a public meeting and may request technical and
				  scientific support data and prepared testimony from the department.The boards
				  will receive committee recommendations and solicit public comment.
(e) Phase 4. Each board will give legal
				  notice of timely received proposals. In accordance with the Administrative
				  Procedure Act (AS 44.62), each board will hold a public hearing and will act on
				  proposals or develop alternatives on the subject matter legally noticed. The
				  final decision on all proposals remains the responsibility of a
				  board.
(f) Phase 5. After
				  completion of procedures required by the Administrative Procedure Act (AS
				  44.62), a board will notify each committee of the actions taken on each
				  committee's respective recommendations and proposals and the reasons for those
				  actions.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.615 - Subsistence proposal policy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) It is the
				  policy of the Boards of Fisheries and Game to consider subsistence proposals
				  for topics that are not covered by the notice soliciting proposals under
				  5 AAC 96.610(a). To be considered by a
				  board, a subsistence proposal must be timely submitted under
				  5 AAC 96.610(a), and
(1) the proposal must address a fish or game
				  population that has not previously been considered by the board for
				  identification as a population customarily and traditionally used for
				  subsistence under
				  AS
				  16.05.258; or
(2) the circumstances of the proposal
				  otherwise must require expedited consideration by the board, such as where the
				  proposal is the result of a court decision or is the subject of federal
				  administrative action that might impact state game management
				  authority.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.620 - Supplemental regulations and actions (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.630 - Special meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
In conjunction with any special meeting called under
					 5 AAC 96.600, each board will follow the procedures set
					 out in 5 AAC 96.610 to the extent time
					 permits. However, a board will, in its discretion, modify the procedures, if it
					 would be more suitable for any particular special meeting.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.640 - Regular meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
A board will, in its discretion, modify the procedures set
					 out in 5 AAC 96.610 in conjunction with
					 any regular meeting, if to do so would enhance public, committee, participation
					 in the board's deliberations.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 5 - Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › 5 AAC 96.660 - Compliance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)  The failure of a committee or a board to
				  observe procedures set out in this chapter and 5 AAC 97, except as may be
				  required by the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62), does not invalidate a
				  regulation adopted by a board.
(b)
				  The failure of a committee to observe procedures set out in this chapter will
				  be addressed by the boards support section of the department. If the boards
				  support section determines that it is necessary for a particular matter to be
				  addressed by a board or joint board, the boards support section will forward
				  that particular matter to the appropriate board or the joint board for
				  resolution.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.260
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 96 - Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Article 6 - General Provisions › 5 AAC 96.910 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In 5 AAC 96 - 5 AAC 99
(1) "board" means the Board of Fisheries or
				  the Board of Game acting individually;
(2) "joint board" means the Board of
				  Fisheries and the Board of Game acting jointly;
(3) "committee" means a local fish and game
				  advisory committee;
(4) repealed
				  2/23/2014;
(5) "designee" means a
				  committee member who has been designated by the chair of the
				  committee;
(6) "region" means a
				  fish and game resource management region; and
(7) "designated seat" means any seat the
				  joint board assigns, under
				  5 AAC 96.060, to represent a particular user group or a
				  particular community.
(8) "boards
				  support section" means the section in the department assigned to perform
				  administrative functions and support to the boards and joint board;
(9) "'department" means the Department of
				  Fish and Game;
(10) "resident of
				  the area served by the committee" for the purposes of the advisory committee
				  election procedures under 5 AAC 96.060(g) means a person who is a . resident as
				  defined in AS 16.05.940(28) and who maintains a domicile in the area served by
				  a committee described in 5 AAC 97.005.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.255
AS
						16.05.260
AS
						16.05.315
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 97 - Advisory Committee Closures › Article 1 - Areas of Jurisdiction › 5 AAC 97.005 - Areas of jurisdiction for advisory committees

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purpose of emergency closures on taking fish and
					 game during established seasons, the following areas of jurisdiction are
					 established for the advisory committees specified in this section:
(1) finfish
(A) Southeastern Alaska Area
(i) all waters of Alaska between the latitude
				  of Cape Fairweather and the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance;
(ii) fish and game advisory committees with
				  concurrent jurisdiction are Ketchikan Advisory Committee, Craig Advisory
				  Committee, Klawock Advisory Committee, Angoon Advisory Committee, Tenakee
				  Advisory Committee, Hyder Advisory Committee, Sumner Strait Advisory Committee,
				  Edna Bay Advisory Committee, Sitka Advisory Committee, Juneau-Douglas Advisory
				  Committee, Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee, Klukwan Advisory Committee,
				  Pelican Advisory Committee, Kake Advisory Committee, Wrangell Advisory
				  Committee, Petersburg Advisory Committee, Hydaburg Advisory Committee, Icy
				  Straits Advisory Committee, Saxman Advisory Committee, Elfin Cove Advisory
				  Committee, Port Alexander Advisory Committee, and East Prince of Wales Advisory
				  Committee;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 97 - Advisory Committee Closures › Article 2 - Emergency Closures › 5 AAC 97.010 - Advisory committee emergency closures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After
				  delegation of authority from the commissioner, a committee may initiate an
				  emergency closure during an established season for the taking of fish or game
				  within its area of jurisdiction described in
				  5 AAC 97.005, under the procedures in this section. No
				  committee may initiate an emergency opening.
(b) After initiation of an emergency closure
				  by a committee, a majority of the members of a majority of the active
				  committees in the affected area of jurisdiction described in 5 AAC 97.005 must,
				  by affirmative vote, ratify the action. For the purpose of this section,
				  "active committees" are those committees that have met in a regular or special
				  meeting within the last three years. A committee member may not vote by proxy
				  or delegation. An emergency closure initiated by a committee is not effective
				  until reviewed by the commissioner under (c) and (d) of this section and until
				  field announcement is made under (f) of this section.
(c) An emergency closure initiated by a
				  committee must be based on sound conservation reasoning and the sustained-yield
				  principle. An emergency closure initiated by a committee must be necessary for
				  the immediate protection of a stock, species, or population, and may not be
				  initiated for the purpose of achieving primarily social, economic, or other
				  nonbiological goals. The commissioner or his authorized representative shall
				  review the emergency closure initiated by a local advisory committee to ensure
				  compliance with these standards.
(d) At least 48 hours before an emergency
				  closure is to become effective, the chair of a committee voting to initiate an
				  emergency closure must
(1)notify the
				  commissioner by electronic communication telephone, or in writing, of
(A) the decision to initiate the emergency
				  closure;
(B) the time, area, and
				  species involved;
(C) which
				  committees the initiating committee contacted; and
(D) the vote of each committee regarding the
				  closure; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 6 - Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations › Chapter 98 - Areas of Jurisdiction for Antlerless Moose Seasons › Article 1 - Areas of Jurisdiction › 5 AAC 98.005 - Areas of jurisdiction for antlerless moose seasons

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purpose of implementing
					 AS
					 16.05.780, antlerless moose seasons require
					 approval by a majority of the active local advisory committees for the affected
					 game management unit or subunit. For the purpose of this section, an "active
					 local advisory committee" is a committee that holds a meeting and acts on the
					 proposal. The following advisory committees. as established in
					 5 AAC 96.021, have jurisdiction over antlerless moose hunts
					 in the units and subunits specified in this section:
(1) in the Southeast Alaska Region:
(A) Unit I: Hyder, Icy Straits, Juneau -
				  Douglas, Ketchikan, Klukwan, Saxman, Upper Lynn Canal
(i) committees with represented communities
				  in subunit 1(A): Hyder, Ketchikan, Saxman;
(ii) committees with represented communities
				  in subunit 1(B): none;
(iii)
				  committees with represented communities in subunit 1(C): Icy Straits, Juneau -
				  Douglas;
(iv) committees with
				  represented communities in subunit 1(D): Klukwan, Upper Lynn Canal;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.005 - Boards of Fisheries subsistence finding standards

Current through May 31, 2024
In the identification by the Board of Fisheries of fish
				  stocks or portions of fish stocks that are customarily and traditionally taken
				  or used by residents of this state for subsistence uses under
				  5 AAC 99.010(b), "subsistence way of
				  life" means a way of life that is based on consistent, long-term reliance upon
				  fish and game resources for the basic necessities of life.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.251
AS
					 16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.010 - Boards of fisheries and game subsistence procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In applying a
				subsistence law, the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game will provide for
				conservation and development of Alaska's fish and game resources according to
				sustained yield principles.
(b)
				Each board will identify fish stocks or game populations, or portions of stocks
				or populations, that are customarily and traditionally taken or used by Alaska
				residents for subsistence uses by considering the following criteria:
(1) a long-term consistent pattern of
				noncommercial taking, use, and reliance on the fish stock or game population
				that has been established over a reasonable period of time of not less than one
				generation, excluding interruption by circumstances beyond the user's control,
				such as unavailability of the fish or game caused by migratory
				patterns;
(2) a pattern of taking
				or use recurring in specific seasons of each year;
(3) a pattern of taking or use consisting of
				methods and means of harvest that are characterized by efficiency and economy
				of effort and cost;
(4) the area in
				which the noncommercial, long-term, and consistent pattern of taking, use, and
				reliance upon the fish stock or game population has been established;
(5) a means of handling, preparing,
				preserving, and storing fish or game that has been traditionally used by past
				generations, but not excluding recent technological advances where
				appropriate;
(6) a pattern of
				taking or use that includes the handing down of knowledge of fishing or hunting
				skills, values, and lore from generation to generation;
(7) a pattern of taking, use, and reliance
				where the harvest effort or products of that harvest are distributed or shared,
				including customary trade, barter, and gift-giving; and
(8) a pattern that includes taking, use, and
				reliance for subsistence purposes upon a wide diversity of fish and game
				resources and that provides substantial economic, cultural, social, and
				nutritional elements of the subsistence way of life.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.016 - Activities permitted in a nonsubsistence area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				nonsubsistence area is an area or community where dependence upon subsistence
				is not a principal characteristic of the economy, culture, and way of life of
				the area of community. In a nonsubsistence area, the following activities will
				be permitted if so provided by the appropriate board by regulation:
(1) general hunting, including drawing and
				registration permit hunts;
(2)
				personal use, sport, guided sport, commercial fishing, and other fishing
				authorized by permit.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.021 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the definitions in
				  AS
				  16.05.940, in this chapter,
(1) "road-connected area" means the location
				of domiciles that are normally accessed by motorized highway vehicles operating
				on constructed roads that connect to the main highway system in the relevant
				area, including roads that can be negotiated during all portions of the year;
				in this paragraph, "normally accessed" means that it is reasonably feasible to
				transport persons, food, and other supplies to domiciles by motorized highway
				vehicles;
(2) "subsistence
				fishing" means the taking of, fishing for, or possession of fish, shellfish, or
				other fisheries resources by a resident of the state for subsistence uses with
				a gillnet, seine, fish wheel, longline, or other means defined by the Board of
				Fisheries;
(3) "subsistence
				hunting" means the taking of, hunting for, or possession of game by a resident
				of the state for subsistence uses by means defined by the Board of
				Game;
(4) "subsistence uses" means
				the noncommercial, customary and traditional uses of wild, renewable resources
				by a resident of the state for direct personal or family consumption as food,
				shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation, for the making and selling
				of handicraft articles out of nonedible by-products of fish and wildlife
				resources taken for personal or family consumption, and for the customary
				trade, barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; in this
				paragraph, "family" means persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and
				a person living in the household on a permanent basis.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 7 - Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping › Chapter 99 - Subsistence Uses › 5 AAC 99.030 - Eligibility for subsistence and general hunts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Only a resident
				domiciled in the state may participate in a subsistence hunt, unless
				participation is further limited by the regulation governing that particular
				subsistence hunt.
(b) Anyone may
				participate in a general hunt, except in some cases regulations governing a
				particular general hunt specify different or no opportunities for
				nonresidents.
At its November 9 - 11, 1992, January 19 - 28, 1993
					 meeting, the Board of Game readopted
					 5 AAC 99.030 in its entirety, without change, under ch.
					 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
					 AS
					 16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
					 16.05.255
AS
					 16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.010 - Designation, identification, and training of poll watchers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The director
				  will distribute poll watcher identification badges to all election
				  supervisors.
(b) Before election
				  day, the identification badges will be provided by the election supervisors to
				  state or district party committees. Before election day, a candidate, a
				  political party, or an organization or organized group sponsoring or opposing
				  an initiative, referendum, or recall shall request poll watcher identification
				  badges from the election supervisor.
(c) The issuing authority must date and
				  provide the title and name of the candidate or group represented in order for
				  poll watcher identification badges to be honored. The name of the poll watcher
				  and the title "poll watcher" must be on the front of the badge. The name of the
				  candidate, party, or group being represented and other required information
				  must be on the back of the badge to avoid the appearance of
				  electioneering.
(d) At the time the
				  election supervisor provides identification badges, the election supervisor
				  shall provide the division's
Guide for Poll Watchers
, revised
				  as of March 2021 and adopted by reference. The party committees, the candidates
				  and the organizations and organized groups sponsoring or opposing a ballot
				  measure are responsible for the training of all poll watchers under their
				  authority on the proper conduct of poll watchers according to the
Guide
				  for Poll Watchers
and are responsible for the conduct of the poll
				  watchers.
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					 view Guide for Poll watchers
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(e)
				  All requirements related to poll watchers in (a) - (d) of this section apply to
				  a statewide primary or general election or to a special primary election or
				  special election under
				  AS
				  15.40.140.
Authority:
AS
						15.10.170
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.110
AS
						15.15.160
AS
						15.15.170
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.020 - Privileges and conduct of poll watchers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Poll watchers
				  shall produce their identification badges upon the request of the election
				  board and shall have identification badges visible and attached to their person
				  at all times.
(b) No more than one
				  poll watcher representing a candidate, a political party, an organization, or a
				  group may be present at a polling place at any time.
(c) The election board shall allow the poll
				  watcher to have a complete view of the election process. The poll watcher may
				  not sit in the area behind the table where election workers are working or in
				  between poll workers handling precinct registers, and shall remain a distance
				  away from voting machines and voting booths to ensure the privacy of the
				  ballots. The poll watcher may be in close enough proximity to hear and record
				  the name of a person who is voting.
(d) The poll watcher may not interfere with
				  the election process and may not handle any election supplies or materials,
				  including precinct registers.
(e)
				  Poll watchers may be present during voting hours, during ballot accounting,
				  and, in precincts using hand-marked ballots, during the vote-counting
				  process.
(f) A poll watcher who
				  creates a public disturbance may be removed from the polling place.
Authority:
AS
						15.10.170
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.110
AS
						15.15.160
AS
						15.15.170
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.023 - Assisting voter by election official

Current through May 31, 2024
At locations where there is a precinct tabulator, if a
					 voter marks a ballot in a manner that causes the precinct tabulator to reject
					 the ballot, the voter may request assistance from an election official. Under
					 these circumstances, the election official is considered to be acting under the
					 authority of
					 AS
					 15.15.240.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.240
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.025 - Registrars

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A regional election supervisor may
				  appoint registrars for the supervisor's region. A qualified voter who is
				  interested in serving as a registrar may contact any regional elections office
				  to obtain training in the proper conduct of a registrar and the proper
				  procedures for voter registration.
(b) Repealed 8/22/2004.
(c) A regional supervisor shall review the
				  official registrar rolls for the supervisor's region at the beginning of each
				  even numbered year. At the discretion of a regional supervisor, a registrar
				  whose record shows little or no activity in the previous two years may be
				  purged from the list of official registrars. An inactive registrar who shows
				  activity will be automatically reinstated.
(d) A registrar, while acting in an official
				  capacity may
(1) assist an applicant with the
				  completion of a voter registration application or absentee ballot
				  application;
(2) provide
				  information to the applicant on voter registration solely as set out in the
				  division's
Registrar Handbook
, revised as of July 2021 and
				  adopted by reference;
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					 Handbook
(3)
				  provide information to the applicant on absentee voting as provided by the
				  division; or
(4) provide an
				  absentee ballot application to the applicant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.028 - Automatic registration of permanent fund dividend applicants

Current through May 31, 2024
Once it receives voter registration information from the
					 Department of Revenue, the division will send opt-out notifications to those
					 permanent fund dividend applicants whose signatures are available to the
					 division and who are either eligible to register to vote or have provided
					 information that would update their existing voter registration records. If an
					 applicant does not respond to the notification, the division will register the
					 applicant to vote or update the applicant's voter registration record.
Authority:
AS
						15.07.050
AS
						15.07.060
AS
						15.15.070
AS
						15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.027 - Registration of voters

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant who requests registration or
				  reregistration in person before a registration official must provide proof of
				  identification. Proof of identification includes the applicant's
(1) driver's license;
(2) state identification card;
(3) passport;
(4) military identification card;
(5) hunting or fishing license;
(6) birth certificate; or
(7) current and valid photo identification,
				  other than those otherwise specified in this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.030 - Election boards; regional counting boards and regional area coordinators

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  The election supervisor shall appoint election officials and regional area
				  coordinators.
(b) The chairperson
				  of the election board shall appoint a team of counters to assist in the review
				  if the election supervisor finds they are needed.
(c) At locations where there is no precinct
				  tabulator, ballots must be hand counted by the election board.
(d) In all precincts, the election board
				  shall forward the election results, including, in a general election, the total
				  number of first-choice rankings each candidate received, by facsimile machine,
				  electronic mail, or other telephonic or electric transmission to a regional
				  elections office on election night. Each regional elections office shall
				  transmit the unofficial results to election headquarters. The chair of the
				  election board in each precinct shall mail precinct materials to the director
				  and regional supervisors the day after the election.
(e) The election supervisor shall appoint a
				  regional counting board composed of no more than eight members. No more than
				  two members of the board may be of the same political party or political group.
				  The regional counting board is responsible for overseeing the counting of
				  absentee and questioned ballots and for assisting the division in pre-election
				  processes.
Authority:
AS
						15.10.120
AS
						15.10.140
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.350
AS
						15.15.370
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.032 - Terms of election officials

Current through May 31, 2024
The regional election supervisor shall appoint each
					 election official authorized under
					 AS
					 15.10.120,
					 AS
					 15.10.125,
					 AS
					 15.10.140,
					 AS
					 15.20.045,
					 AS
					 15.20.190, and
					 6 AAC 25.030(e) for a term specified in
					 a letter of agreement.
Authority:
AS
						15.10.120
AS 15.15.010
AS
						15.20.045
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.033 - Relationships between election officials and candidates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A familial
				  relationship may not exist between a candidate and an election official
				  appointed under
				  AS
				  15.10.120,
				  15.10.125,
				  15.10.140,
				  15.10.180;
				  AS
				  15.20.045,
				  15.20.190;
				  or
				  6 AAC 25.030(e) in a primary, general,
				  special primary, or special election if the candidate's name appears on the
				  ballot for the precinct or absentee voting site in which the election official
				  is serving. A familial relationship includes
(1) mother, mother-in-law,
				  stepmother;
(2) father,
				  father-in-law, stepfather;
(3)
				  sister, sister-in-law, stepsister;
(4) brother, brother-in-law,
				  stepbrother;
(5) spouse;
				  or
(6) person sharing the same
				  living quarters.