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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.007 - Reciprocal sport fishing license program for residents of Yukon Territory

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A resident of the Yukon Territory, Canada
				  may obtain a sport fishing license and anadromous king salmon tag under this
				  section for the same fee that is charged a resident of this state.
(b) To obtain a sport fishing license and
				  anadromous king salmon tag under this section, a resident of the Yukon
				  Territory must show to a local representative of the department designated to
				  issue sport fishing licenses, or an authorized sport fishing license vendor,
(1) a government-issued identification card
				  that bears a photograph of that person; and
(2) that person's valid, current Yukon
				  Territory resident sport fishing license.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.009 - Sport fishing license surcharge effective date

Current through May 31, 2024
The surcharge established in
					 AS
					 16.05.340(j) for sport
					 fishing licenses takes effect January 1, 2006.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.340
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.010 - Possession of sport-caught fish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sport-caught
				  fish, parts of the fish, and articles manufactured from the fish may be
				  possessed within the state by any person at any time, and may be transported
				  within and exported out of the state by any person at any time except that a
				  person may not possess any unpreserved fish, or part of an unpreserved fish,
				  not legally taken by an unpreserved fish, unless the person furnishes, upon
				  request of any peace officer of the state, a statement signed by the person
				  taking the fish stating the type of fish, number of fish, location, date taken,
				  and license number. The signed statement is not required if the person
				  possessing the fish is accompanied by the person who took the fish. A person
				  may not possess fish which were not legally taken.
(b) A person may possess only the limit of
				  fish allowed for the water on which that person is fishing.
(c) Upon request by an employee of the
				  department or a peace officer of the state, a person must present for
				  inspection any fish taken or possessed by the person in a sport
				  fishery.
(d) Upon request by an
				  employee of the department or a peace officer of the state, a person while
				  taking fish must present for inspection any apparatus designed to be or capable
				  of being used to take fish in a sport fishery.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.011 - Sport fishing by proxy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Finfish and shellfish may be taken by
				  sport fishing by proxy only as provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.405 and in this section.
(b) Any species of finfish, except halibut,
				  and shellfish that may be taken by sport fishing under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 74 may
				  be taken by sport fishing by proxy.
(c) Before a proxy may take, attempt to take,
				  or transport finfish or shellfish taken under this section, on behalf of a
				  beneficiary, the proxy shall obtain and complete a proxy fishing information
				  form available from the department. The proxy or the beneficiary shall take or
				  mail the completed form to any ADF&G office for validation. The department
				  shall return the validated form and retain a copy for the department's records.
				  In addition to the requirements of
				  AS
				  16.05.405(c), the proxy must
				  have in possession a validated proxy fishing information form when taking,
				  attempting to take, or transporting finfish or shellfish taken under this
				  section, on behalf of a beneficiary.
(d) As provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.405, a proxy who takes or attempts to
				  take finfish or shellfish by sport fishing on behalf of a beneficiary may, at
				  the same time, fish for the proxy's own use, except that the proxy
(1) may not take more than twice the bag
				  limit, and may not possess more than twice the possession limit of a species,
				  as established in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 74, for the waters in which the fishing
				  occurs; and
(2) may not fish with
				  more than one legal limit of gear, as established in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC
				  75.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.012 - Sport Shark Fishery Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  shall manage sport shark fisheries for sustained yield.
(b) Recognizing the lack of stock status
				  information, the potential for rapid growth in the sport shark fishery, and the
				  potential for over-exploitation, the following provisions apply to the sport
				  shark fishery:
(1) sharks may be taken from
				  January 1 through December 31; the bag and possession limits for sharks in salt
				  water is one fish;
(2) the annual
				  limit for sharks in salt water is two fish;
(3) a non-transferable harvest record is
				  required and must be in the possession of each angler sport fishing for sharks
				  in salt water; the harvest record
(A) for a
				  licensed angler is located on the back of the angler's sport fishing
				  license;
(B) for an angler not
				  required to have a sport fishing license may be obtained, without charge, from
				  department offices and sport fishing license vendors throughout the
				  state;
(4) immediately
				  upon landing a shark from salt water, an angler shall enter the date, location
				  (water body), and species of the catch on the harvest record; and
(5) notwithstanding (1) - (4) of this
				  subsection, the bag and possession limit for spiny dogfish is five fish, with
				  no size or annual limit; a harvest record is not required for spiny
				  dogfish.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.013 - Criteria for establishing special management areas for trout

Current through May 31, 2024
Relocated.
Eff. 11/19/2003, Register 168, the substance of
						5 AAC 75.013 was relocated to
						5 AAC 75.210.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.014 - Permit for selling mounted sport-caught fish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A licensed
				  taxidermist may sell an unclaimed, finished sport-caught-fish mount under a
				  permit issued by the department after the finished mount has been held
				  unclaimed for one year, and after the taxidermist sends notice of intent to
				  sell, by registered mail, at least 15 days before the sale, to the last known
				  address of the person who ordered the taxidermy work.
(b) A court-appointed or -authorized estate
				  executor, or a referee or trustee in a bankruptcy, may sell a mounted
				  sport-caught fish in a bankruptcy or probate action only if that person first
				  obtains a permit from the department.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.015 - Sale of sport-caught fish unlawful

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may buy, sell or barter sport-caught fish or
					 their parts.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.016 - Shellfish harvest recording form provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
If a sport-fishing shellfish harvest recording form is
					 required by regulation, the following conditions apply unless specified
					 otherwise in 5 AAC 75:
(1) the numbers
				  of shellfish taken may not exceed the limits set by regulation, and set out in
				  the harvest recording form;
(2) the
				  harvest recording form must be obtained from a local representative of the
				  department before taking shellfish;
(3) the harvest recording form must be
				  retained in the possession of the fisherman and be readily available for
				  inspection while taking or transporting the species for which the harvest
				  recording form is issued;
(4) the
				  harvest recording form may designate the species, and numbers as set by
				  applicable regulations, of shellfish to be harvested, time and area for taking,
				  the type and amount of fishing gear as allowed by applicable regulations, and
				  other conditions necessary for management or conservation purposes;
(5) if required on the harvest recording
				  form, the fisherman shall keep accurate daily records of the catch involved,
				  showing the number of shellfish taken by species, location, and date of the
				  catch, and any other information required by the department for management or
				  conservation purposes;
(6) sport
				  fishing harvest records shall be completed on the harvest recording form
				  provided by the department, at the time specified by the department for each
				  particular area and fishery, and shall be submitted to the department office
				  from which the harvest record was issued; and
(7) if set by applicable regulations, the
				  fisherman's total annual possession limit for the shellfish species will be
				  specified on the harvest recording form by the department representative
				  issuing the form.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.017 - Criteria for the allocation of fishery resources among personal use, sport, and commercial fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
Before adopting regulations that allocate fish among
					 personal use, sport, and commercial fisheries, the board will, as appropriate
					 to particular allocation decisions, consider factors such as those set out in
					 AS
					 16.05.251(e).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 75.018 - Jack king salmon bag and possession limits

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding any other provisions of, or unless
					 otherwise specified in, 5 AAC 47 - 75, in all fresh waters open to king salmon
					 fishing, the bag and possession limit for king salmon less than 20 inches in
					 length (jack salmon) is 10 fish. This bag and possession limit is in addition
					 to any bag and possession limit for king salmon 20 inches or greater in length.
					 Jack king salmon will not count toward any annual or seasonal king salmon limit
					 or any established guideline harvest level for king salmon.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.020 - Sport fishing gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47 - 5
				  AAC 75, sport fishing may only be conducted by the use of a closely attended
				  single line having attached to it not more than
(1) one plug;
(2) one spoon;
(3) one spinner or series of
				  spinners;
(4) two artificial flies;
				  or
(5) two hooks.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.021 - Ice fishing gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Sport fishing through the ice is
				  permitted with the use of two closely attended lines, provided only one hook or
				  artificial lure is used on each line, except that additional gear may be used
				  for northern pike and burbot as specified by statewide or area
				  regulations.
(b) The maximum number
				  of hooks and type of lines that may be deployed by an angler targeting all
				  species of fish, including northern pike and burbot, is not cumulative and is
				  equal to the maximum number of hooks allowed for northern pike, burbot, or
				  other species, whichever is greater, provided that the maximum number of lines
				  and hooks used to target a species may not exceed the number allowed for that
				  species.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.022 - Freshwater sport fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, a person may not fish in fresh water
				  with
(1) fixed or weighted hooks and lures,
				  except those of standard manufacture;
(2) multiple hooks with gap between point and
				  shank larger than one-half inch;
(3) a spear;
(4) an arrow.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.024 - Gear for fly-fishing-only waters

Current through May 31, 2024
In waters designated as fly-fishing-only waters, sport
					 fishing is permitted only as follows:
(1) with not more than one, single-hook
				  artificial fly that weighs less than one-fourth ounce, including the hook, and
				  with a gap between the point and shank of the hook that is three-eighths inch
				  or less;
(2) weights may be used
				  and any weights used must be 18 inches or more ahead of the artificial
				  fly;
(3) an attractor as described
				  in 5 AAC 75.020(b)
				  may be used.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.026 - Use of sport-caught fish as bait

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless provided
				  in this section, sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may not be
				  used as bait.
(b) In addition to
				  the head, tail, fins, closely trimmed skeleton, and viscera of legally taken
				  sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, whole or cut whitefish,
				  herring, and species of fish for which there is not a seasonal or harvest limit
				  specified in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used for bait and other
				  purposes.
(c) Herring and other
				  species of fish for which no seasonal or harvest limits are specified in 5 AAC
				  47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used as live bait, except that live fish may not be used
				  as bait for sport fishing in fresh water. Live bait may be possessed,
				  transported, or released only in the salt waters of the regulatory area in
				  which it was taken.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.027 - Use of explosives or toxicants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The use of any
				  explosive or toxicant for taking any fish in the waters of Alaska is
				  prohibited, except that a shaft tipped with au explosive charge, commonly known
				  as a bangstick or powerbead, or a firearm may be used on board a vessel in salt
				  water to kill a fish caught with legal gear.
(b) Repealed 6/26/2016.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.028 - Use of underwater spear and speargun

Current through May 31, 2024
Subject to applicable seasons and bag and possession
					 limits, a person who is completely submerged or swimming on the surface may use
					 a spear or speargun in salt water to take fish if the spear or speargun is not
					 tipped with an explosive charge.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.030 - Sport fishing gear for herring and smelt

Current through May 31, 2024
In salt water, herring and smelt may be taken with the use
					 of 15 or less unbaited single or multiple hooks attached to a single
					 line.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.032 - Sport fishing gear for squid

Current through May 31, 2024
In salt water, squid may be taken with lawful sport fishing
					 gear as described in
					 5 AAC 75.020 or with the use of not more than two squid
					 jigs attached to a single line.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.033 - Sport fishing gear for burbot

Current through May 31, 2024
Burbot may be taken in fresh water with more than one line
					 and hook if
(1) the total aggregate
				  number of hooks used on set lines, closely attended gear, and ice fishing gear,
				  as defined in
				  5 AAC 75.020 and
				  5 AAC 75.021, may not exceed 15 or the daily bag limit
				  for burbot in the waters being fished, whichever is less;
(2) the hooks are single hooks with gap
				  between point and shank larger than three-fourths inch;
(3) each hook is set to rest on the bottom of
				  the lake or stream;
(4) each line
				  is identified with the angler's name, and address;
(5) each line is physically inspected at
				  least once during each 24-hour period.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.034 - Sport fishing gear for northern pike

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, northern
					 pike may be taken by spear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.035 - Sport fishing gear for shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, shellfish
					 may be taken only as follows:
(1) on a
				  keg or buoy attached to each pot or ring net, the sport fisherman shall plainly
				  and legibly inscribe the fisherman's first initial, last name, home address,
				  and the name or the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued
				  under 2 AAC 70, of the vessel used to operate the pot or ring net;
(2) an escape mechanism, as described in
				  5 AAC 39.145, must be provided for each pot;
(3) no more than five pots per person,
				  regardless of type, with a maximum of 10 pots per vessel, regardless of type,
				  may be used to take shellfish at any given time;
(4) crab may be taken only with pots, ring
				  nets, diving gear, dip nets, hooked or hookless lines either operated by hand
				  or attached to a pole or rod, or by hand;
(5) shrimp may be taken only with pots and
				  ring nets;
(6) clams may be taken
				  only by hand, or with rakes, shovels, or manually operated clam guns;
(7) octopus may also be taken by the use of
				  hook and line.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 2 - Methods and Means › 5 AAC 75.038 - Authorization for methods and means disability exemptions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person with a
				  disability, or the personal representative of a person with a disability, may
				  submit an application on a form available from the department for an exemption
				  from a method and means requirement specified in 5 AAC 47 - 75. This
				  application must
(1) include a signed
				  statement from a licensed physician explaining the nature and extent of the
				  person's disability;
(2)
				  specifically identify the methods and means limitation at issue and the type of
				  exemption requested;
(3) include a
				  statement by the person with a disability that explains the causal relationship
				  between the disability and the requested accommodation, or how the regulation
				  at issue prohibits meaningful access to the program, service, or benefit;
				  and
(4) be submitted at least 30
				  days before the requested effective date of exemption unless the exemption is
				  being requested as a result of an emergency order or emergency
				  regulation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.050 - Waters closed to sport fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The waters
				  within 300 feet of a fish weir or fish ladder are closed to sport fishing,
				  unless a lesser distance is indicated by ADF&G regulatory
				  markers.
(b) It is unlawful to
				  cast, drift, or place by any means a hook, bait, artificial lure, or artificial
				  fly into waters closed to sport fishing.
Authority:
AS
						16.050.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.055 - Possession or marking of live fish or live fish eggs

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in
					 5 AAC 75.026, or under the terms of a permit issued by
					 the commissioner under 5 AAC 41 or
					 AS
					 16.05.930(a), it is unlawful
					 to possess, transport, and release live fish or live fish eggs, or in any way
					 mark any live fish before release.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.057 - Prohibitions for use of sport-caught shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner,
				  operator, or employee of a lodge, charter vessel, or other enterprise that
				  furnishes food, lodging, or sport fishing guide services may not furnish to a
				  client or guest of that enterprise, shellfish that has been taken under this
				  chapter, unless the
(1) shellfish has been
				  taken with gear deployed and retrieved by the client or guest;
(2) gear has been marked with the client's or
				  guest's name and address, as specified in
				  5 AAC 75.035(1); and
(3) shellfish is to be consumed by the client
				  or guest or is consumed in the presence of the client or guest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.060 - Molesting of fish

Current through May 31, 2024
Molesting or impeding spawning or the natural movement of
					 fish contrary to the lawful methods and means of sport fishing is
					 prohibited.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.065 - Waste of fish

Current through May 31, 2024
The intentional waste or destruction of any species of
					 sport-caught fish is prohibited.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.067 - Limitations for halibut

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding any other provision in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75,
					 a person may not take or possess halibut for sport or guided sport fishing
					 purposes in a manner inconsistent with the regulations of the International
					 Pacific Halibut Commission or the National Marine Fisheries
					 Service.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.069 - Prohibitions on shellfish pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not disturb, tamper with, or retrieve another
					 person's shellfish pot gear without prior permission of the owner of that pot
					 gear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Closed Waters and Prohibited Acts › 5 AAC 75.070 - Possession of sport-caught halibut

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  possess sport-caught halibut aboard a vessel when other fish or shellfish
				  aboard the vessel are destined for sale, trade or barter.
(b) Repealed 6/10/2010.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 4 - Fishing Services and Sport Fishing Guides › 5 AAC 75.075 - Sport fishing services and sport fishing guide services; registration requirements; regulation of activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  3/28/2019.
(b) Repealed
				  3/28/2019.
(c) Repealed
				  3/28/2019.
(d) Repealed
				  3/28/2019.
(e) An owner of a
				  business shall register with the department before the business conducts sport
				  fishing services. To meet the registration requirements of this section, the
				  owner shall complete and submit to the department a current annual sport
				  fishing operator registration form provided by the department. The following
				  information regarding the business conducting sport fishing services must be
				  provided on the form:
(1) the name and
				  permannet mailing address of the owner;
(2) the name of the business and current
				  Alaska Business License number. issued under 12 AAC 12.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 4 - Fishing Services and Sport Fishing Guides › 5 AAC 75.076 - Sport fishing guide and operator guides reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A sport fishing
				  guide shall obtain and complete a
(1) State
				  of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish,
2024
				  Saltwater Charter Logbook and Vessel Registration
, adopted by
				  reference, if operating in salt water;
Click here to view Sport Fish Logbook 2016 Saltwater
Click here to view image
(2) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and
				  Game, Division of Sport Fish,
2024 Vessel Registration
,
				  adopted by reference, if operating in fresh water.
Click
					 here to view Sport Fish Logbook 2016 Freshwater
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 4 - Fishing Services and Sport Fishing Guides › 5 AAC 75.077 - Sport fishing guide vessel registration requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before being
				  used to provide sport fishing guide services, a vessel must be registered
				  annually with the department. A business owner, or the owner's authorized
				  agent, shall register each individual vessel operated by the business to
				  provide sport fishing guide services by completing a form provided by the
				  department. At the time of registration, the business owner, or the owner's
				  authorized agent, must provide the current division of motor vehicles boat
				  registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, or the current United States Coast
				  Guard vessel documentation number of each vessel being registered.
(b) A person may not engage in sport fishing
				  guide services from a powered or unpowered vessel unless the vessel is
				  registered under (a) of this section and displays a sport fishing guide vessel
				  decal with a current annual sticker issued by the department as follows:
(1) upon initial registration of a vessel,
				  two sport fishing guide vessel decals will be issued by the department for that
				  vessel; one decal must be securely affixed on each side of the vessel and must
				  be displayed in plain view at all times the vessel is used to provide sport
				  fishing guide services;
(2) for the
				  years following the year of initial registration of a vessel, two current year
				  renewal stickers will be issued by the department for that vessel; one current
				  year renewal sticker must be securely affixed on each decal over the previous
				  year renewal sticker and must be displayed in plain view at all times the
				  vessel is used to provide sport fishing guide services, except that a vessel
				  providing sport fishing guide services in the Kenai River Special Management
				  Area (AS
				  41.21.502) may display the current year
				  Department of Natural Resources Kenai River guide decal as proof of APF&G
				  registration.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 4 - Fishing Services and Sport Fishing Guides › 5 AAC 75.085 - Guided sport ecotourism requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as otherwise provided, guided sport ecotourism
					 fishing may occur only as follows:
(1)
				  the owner of a business conducting sport fishing services in a guided sport
				  ecotourism fishery shall obtain an annual sport fishing operator registration
				  as specified in
				  5 AAC 75.075;
(2) a person holding a valid sport fishing
				  guide registration must be present at all times when gear or fish are being
				  handled;
(3) a person on board a
				  vessel engaged in ecotourism fishing may handle gear or fish only if the person
				  is a holder of a sport fishing license;
(4) all requirements of the applicable sport
				  fishery apply except that all participants must comply with rules relating to
				  nonresidents regardless of residency;
(5) unless otherwise permitted, all fish
				  taken must be immediately released unharmed;
(6) the owner of a business conducting sport
				  fishing services and a sport fishing guide must comply with applicable
				  requirements for their industry.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 5 - Management of Trout › 5 AAC 75.210 - Special management areas and liberal harvest opportunities for trout

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board
				  of Fisheries (board) may consider proposed regulatory changes dealing with
(1) special management areas for bodies of
				  water that would diversify sport fishing opportunity, such as
				  catch-and-release, fly-fishing only, or trophy designation, for populations of
				  wild trout;
(2) liberalization of
				  harvest opportunities for trout in bodies of water.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 5 - Management of Trout › 5 AAC 75.220 - Statewide management standards for wild trout

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of
				  Fisheries (board) recognizes the current lack of stock status information for
				  many wild trout stocks, the potential for increased angler effort on wild trout
				  stocks throughout Alaska, the potential for loss of fishing opportunity, and
				  the potential for over-exploitation of wild trout stocks. The board intends to
				  maintain quality fisheries and habitat for wild trout stocks throughout this
				  state by following, to the extent practicable, the standards set out in this
				  section.
(b) The board finds that
				  wild trout stocks should be managed for optimal sustained yield, based on
				  management objectives that maximize benefits of the fisheries while maintaining
				  genetic diversity, biologically desirable size composition, and abundance
				  levels that do not require stocking to enhance or supplement the wild
				  stocks.
(c) Based on the concerns
				  and management objectives specified within this section, the board intends to
				  manage wild trout stocks conservatively. The standards for conservative
				  management are as follows:
(1) in the
				  Southeast Alaska Area, conservative management for
(A) wild rainbow trout and cutthroat trout,
				  in combination, means a bag and possession limit of two fish, no less than 11
				  inches and no greater than 22 inches in length;
(B) steelhead trout means a bag limit of one
				  fish, no less than 36 inches in length, with a possession and annual limit of
				  two fish;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions › Article 5 - Management of Trout › 5 AAC 75.222 - Policy for the management of sustainable wild trout fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  Board of Fisheries (board) and Department of Fish and Game (department)
				  recognize that
(1) this state's wild trout
				  and the trout's attendant ecosystems are important to the quality of life and
				  economy of this state, and the state has long recognized the value of these
				  fish in its management;
(2) many
				  wild trout populations have been depleted or have disappeared from much of
				  their range around the world; this state's wild trout populations are still
				  largely intact and robust, largely because of remote locations and limited
				  accessibility, abundant pristine habitat, and the historical application of
				  sound, precautionary conservation and management practices; because this
				  state's trout now represent a great spectrum of genetic diversity and because
				  of the potential for irreversible loss of genetic integrity due to human
				  activity, a comprehensive policy for the regulation and management of wild
				  trout fisheries is essential to protect this biological resource in
				  perpetuity;
(3) in formulating new
				  or modifying existing fishery management objectives or plans, the board and
				  department must consider factors including environmental change, habitat loss
				  or degradation, data uncertainty, limited funding for research and management
				  programs, and existing regulatory regimes; and
(4) to effectively assure optimal sustained
				  yield and habitat protection for wild trout stocks, fishery management plans
				  and programs require specific guiding principles and criteria, and the
				  framework for their application, as provided in this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.001 - Intent and application of this chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Board of
				  Fisheries finds that
(1) before the enactment
				  of the state's subsistence priority law in ch. 151, SLA 1978, an individual
				  could fulfill that individual's personal use needs for fish under subsistence
				  fishing regulations;
(2) the
				  state's subsistence priority law changed the definition of subsistence in a
				  manner that now precludes some individuals from participating in customary and
				  traditional subsistence fisheries and efficiently harvesting fish for their
				  personal use;
(3) there presently
				  are areas of the state with harvestable surpluses of fish in excess of both
				  spawning escapement needs and present levels of subsistence, commercial and
				  sport uses; and
(4) it is necessary
				  to establish a fishery classified as "personal use" because
(A) since the sale of fish is not appropriate
				  or permissible, this fishery cannot be classified as commercial;
(B) since the use is not a customary and
				  traditional use, this fishery cannot be classified as subsistence;
				  and
(C) since the gear for this
				  fishery is often different from that historically associated with sport
				  fishing, this fishery should not be classified as a sport fishery, to prevent
				  confusion among the public.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.002 - Liability for violations

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, or in AS 16, a
					 person who violates a provision of this chapter is strictly liable for the
					 offense, regardless of that person's intent.
Before Register 169, April 2004, the substance of
						5 AAC 77.002 appeared in
						5 AAC 75.002.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.005 - Personal use fishing permitted

Current through May 31, 2024
Finfish, shellfish, and aquatic plants may be taken for
					 personal use only as provided in 5 AAC 77.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.007 - Criteria for the allocation of fishery resources among personal use, sport, and commercial fisheries

Current through May 31, 2024
Before adopting regulations that allocate fish among
					 personal use, sport, and commercial fisheries, the board will, as appropriate
					 to particular allocation decisions, consider factors such as those set out in
					 AS
					 16.05.251(e).
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.010 - Methods, means, and general restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Finfish,
				  shellfish, and aquatic plants may be taken for personal use only by a holder of
				  a valid resident Alaska sport fishing license or by an Alaskan resident exempt
				  from licensing under
				  AS
				  16.05.400.
(b) It is unlawful to buy, sell, trade or
				  barter fish or their parts taken under the regulations in 5 AAC 77.
(c) It is unlawful to take fish within 300
				  feet of any dam, fish ladder, weir, culvert or other artificial
				  obstruction.
(d) Each personal use
				  fisherman shall plainly and legibly inscribe the fisherman's first initial,
				  last name, and home address on a keg or buoy attached to a gillnet, pot, or
				  ring net. A keg or buoy attached to a pot or ring net must also be inscribed
				  with the name or the division of motor vehicles boat registration number,
				  issued under 2 AAC 70, of the vessel used to operate the pot or ring
				  net.
(e) The gillnet web in a
				  gillnet used for personal use fishing for salmon must contain
(1) at least 30 filaments, each of which must
				  be of equal diameter; or
(2) at
				  least six filaments, each of which must be at least 0.20 millimeters in
				  diameter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.015 - Personal use fishing permits and reports and display of personal use fish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A permit is not required to take fish
				  unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 77.
(b) Permits for the taking of finfish will be
				  issued only to holders of a valid resident Alaska sport fishing license and
				  Alaska residents exempt from licensing under
				  AS
				  16.05.400. Permits for the taking of
				  shellfish and aquatic plants will be issued only to holders of a valid Alaska
				  sport fishing license and persons exempt from licensing under
				  AS
				  16.05.400.
(c) When a personal use fishing permit is
				  required, the following permit conditions apply, unless otherwise specified by
				  the regulations in 5 AAC 77:
(1) the numbers
				  of fish taken may not exceed the limits set out in the permit;
(2) the permit must be obtained from a local
				  representative of the department before taking fish;
(3) the permit and the permittee's sport
				  fishing license must be retained in the possession of the permittee and be
				  readily available for inspection upon request by a peace officer of the state
				  while taking or transporting the species for which the permit is
				  issued;
(4) the permit may
				  designate the species and numbers of fish to be harvested, time and area for
				  taking, the type and amount of fishing gear and other conditions necessary for
				  management or conservation purposes;
(5) if specified on the permit, each
				  fisherman shall keep accurate daily records of the catch involved, showing the
				  number of fish taken by species, location and date of the catch, and such other
				  information as the department may require for management or conservation
				  purposes;
(6) personal use fishing
				  reports must be completed on forms provided by the department and submitted to
				  the department office from which the permit was issued at the time specified by
				  the department for each particular area and fishery;
(7) if applicable, the total annual
				  possession limit for the permittee will be entered on each permit by the
				  department representative issuing the permit; and
(8) if applicable, the department
				  representative issuing the permit will require from an applicant documented
				  proof of residency or other criteria required by regulation, or in the absence
				  of such documentation, a signed affidavit setting forth duration of residency
				  or other criteria required by regulation, to determine the applicable type of
				  permit, annual possession limit and residency of the applicant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.016 - Personal use fishing by proxy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Finfish,
				  shellfish, and aquatic plants may be taken by personal use fishing by proxy
				  only as provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.405 and in this section.
(b) Any species of finfish, except halibut,
				  shellfish, or aquatic plant that may be taken by personal use fishing under
				  this chapter may be taken by personal use fishing by proxy.
(c) Before a proxy may take, attempt to take,
				  or transport finfish, shellfish, or aquatic plants taken under this section, on
				  behalf of a beneficiary, the proxy or the beneficiary shall obtain and complete
				  a proxy fishing information form available from the department. The proxy or
				  the beneficiary shall take or mail the completed form to any ADF&G office
				  for validation. The department shall return the validated form and retain a
				  copy for the department's records. In addition to the requirements of
				  AS
				  16.05.405(c), the proxy must
				  have in possession a validated proxy fishing information form when taking,
				  attempting to take, or transporting finfish, shellfish, or aquatic plants taken
				  under this section, on behalf of a beneficiary. A personal use fishing permit
				  issued by the department may be substituted for the proxy fishing information
				  form if the information requested on the personal use fishing permit is
				  essentially the same as the information requested on the proxy fishing
				  information form.
(d) As provided
				  in
				  AS
				  16.05.405, a proxy who takes or attempts to
				  take finfish, shellfish, or aquatic plants by personal use fishing on behalf of
				  a beneficiary may, at the same time, fish for the proxy's own use, except that
				  the proxy may not
(1) take more than twice
				  the bag limit, and may not possess more than twice the possession limit of a
				  species, as established in this chapter, for the waters in which the fishing
				  occurs; and
(2) fish with more than
				  one legal limit of gear, as established in 5 AAC 77.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.019 - Prohibitions on shellfish pot gear

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not disturb, tamper with, or retrieve another
					 person's shellfish pot gear without prior permission of the owner of that pot
					 gear.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.025 - Use of commercially licensed or registered vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Limitations on
				  the use of personal use shrimp gear by vessels and participants in commercial
				  shrimp fisheries are contained in 5 AAC 31.
(b) Limitations on the use of personal use
				  Dungeness crab gear by vessels and participants in commercial Dungeness crab
				  fisheries are contained in 5 AAC 32.
(c) Limitations on the use of personal use
				  king crab gear by vessels and participants in commercial king crab fisheries
				  are contained in 5 AAC 34.
(d)
				  Limitations on the use of personal use Tanner crab gear by vessels and
				  participants in commercial Tanner crab fisheries are contained in 5 AAC
				  35.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.027 - Prohibitions for use of personal use-taken shellfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner,
				  operator, or employee of a lodge, charter vessel, or other enterprise that
				  furnishes food, lodging, or sport fishing guide services may not furnish to a
				  client or guest of that enterprise, shellfish that has been taken under this
				  chapter, unless the
(1) shellfish has been
				  taken with gear deployed and retrieved by the client or guest;
(2) gear has been marked with the client's or
				  guest's name and address, as specified in
				  5 AAC 77.010(d); and
(3) shellfish is to be consumed by the client
				  or guest or is consumed in the presence of the client or guest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 77 - Personal Use Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 77.035 - Width of shell measurement for king and Tanner crab

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, the width of shell measurement for king
					 and Tanner crab is the greatest straight-line distance across the carapace at a
					 right angle to a line midway between the eyes to the midpoint of the posterior
					 portion of the carapace, including the spines.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251