Alaska Administrative Code

(a) Aquarium stocking for commercial display, as defined in 5 AAC 41.899, may occur, subject to the requirements of this chapter, only if authorized under an aquarium stocking permit from the commissioner, and unless the specimens are commercially harvested, only if the commissio…

A permit holder must submit an annual report to the commissioner for each aquarium stocking permit held by the permit holder. Reports are public information. The commissioner will not issue another aquarium stocking permit to a permit holder unless unless the permit holder has co…

Notes 5 AAC 41.599 Eff. 3/14/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2008, Register 186, repealed 1/10/2018,Register 225, April 2018 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly…

The provisions of this section govern aquatic resource permits required for collection, transport, possession, propagation, or release of aquatic organisms for scientific or educational purposes. Aquatic resource permits for scientific or educational purposes will be issued only …

(a) The commissioner may issue an aquatic resource permit for scientific and educational activities:(1) to authorize collection, transport, or possession of aquatic organism; to qualify an applicant must be involved in scientific or educational research activities; (2) to authori…

The department may require that the holder of a aquatic resource permit submit a collection report and a completion report. Reports are public information. The commissioner will not issue another permit to an aquatic resource unless the permit holder has compiled with the reporti…

(a) Aquatic organisms collected for scientific or educational purposes may only be used for the purposes specified in the aquatic resource permit. (b) Collected aquatic organisms may be transferred to other entities for scientific or educational purposes only as specified in the …

In addition to the definitions set out in AS 16.05.940 and AS 16.40.199, in 5 AAC 41.001 - 5 AAC 41.799. (1) "aquaculture" means the cultivation of aquatic animals, including aquatic fish and invertebrates, under positive control; (2) "aquarium stocking" (A) means the taking of f…

Notes 5 AAC 46.001 In effect before 1988; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be adde…

Notes 5 AAC 46.005 In effect before 1988; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be adde…

Notes 5 AAC 46.006 In effect 9/2/88 - 12/30/88, by em adop., Register 107 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be add…

Notes 5 AAC 46.010 In effect before 1985; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 5/15/92, Register 122; am 4/1/94, Register 129; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison b…

Notes 5 AAC 46.015 In effect 4/15/88 - 8/12/88 by em adop., Register 106 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be adde…

Notes 5 AAC 46.016 Eff. 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 5 AAC 46.020 In effect before 1983; am 4/3/83, Register 85; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 5/22/88, Register 106; addt'l am 5/22/88, Register 106; em am 9/1/88 - 12/29/88, Register 107; em am 9/2/88 - 12/30/88, Register 107; am…

Notes 5 AAC 46.030 Repealed 4/3/83. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare…

Notes 5 AAC 46.035 In effect before 1983; am 4/3/83, Register 85; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 4/1/94, Register 129; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated qu…

Notes 5 AAC 46.036 Eff. 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 5 AAC 46.050 In effect before 1983; am 4/3/83, Register 85; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently hav…

Notes 5 AAC 46.055 Eff. 5/15/92, Register 122; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be…

Notes 5 AAC 46.060 In effect before 1984; am 4/28/84, Register 90; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/30/91, Register 118; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available…

This chapter applies to sport fishing in the Southeast Alaska Area, including all drainages that flow into the Southeast Alaska Area. Notes 5 AAC 47.001 Eff. 4/15/94, Register 130 Authority:AS 16.05.251 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions avail…

The Southeast Alaska Area consists of all salt waters of Alaska east of the longitude of Cape Suckling (144º W. long.) and north of the International Boundary at Dixon Entrance, and all freshwater drainages flowing into these salt waters. Notes 5 AAC 47.005 Eff. 4/15/94, Register…

Notes 5 AAC 47.010 Eff. 4/15/94, Register 130; am 5/25/97, Register 142; am 5/25/2000, Register 154; repealed 6/1/2003, Register 166 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the pr…

Unless otherwise specified through an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, and subject to the special provisions under 5 AAC 47.021 and the provisions of 5 AAC 47.030 - 5 AAC 47.095, the following are the general provisions for the seasons and bag, possession, annual, and s…

(a) Unless otherwise specified through an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the special provisions in this section apply in the salt waters listed. The special provisions are exceptions to the general provisions specified in 5 AAC 47.020, 5 AAC 47.030, and 5 AAC 47.035, …

(a) Unless otherwise specified through an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, and subject to the special provisions under 5 AAC 47.023 and the provisions of 5 AAC 47.030 - 5 AAC 47.095, this section contains the general provisions for the seasons and bag, possession, annua…

(a) Unless otherwise specified through an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the special provisions in this section apply to the fresh waters listed. The special provisions are exceptions to the general provisions specified in 5 AAC 47.022 and 5 AAC 47.030, and modify the…

Notes 5 AAC 47.024 Eff. 4/15/94, Register 130; am 5/25/97, Register 142; am 5/25/2000, Register 154; am 6/1/2003, Register 166; repealed 2/23/2014, Register 209, April 2014 In Register 209, April 2014, the provisions of 5 AAC 47.024 were repealed because the substance of the harv…

(a) Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47.021, 5 AAC 47.023, 5 AAC 47.055, or by emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions in this section apply to finfish sport fishing in the Southeast Alaska Area. (b) Sport fishing may be conducted only by the use of a single l…

(a) Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 47.021 or by emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the provisions in this section apply to shellfish sport fishing in the Southeast Alaska Area. (b) Shellfish may be taken only as follows: (1) shrimp may be taken by pots and ring nets; …

(a) Repealed 7/13/2012. (b) Repealed 7/13/2012. (c) Operators and crew members working on a charter vessel may not retain king salmon while clients are on board the vessel. The maximum number of fishing lines that may be fished from a vessel engaged in sport fishing charter activ…

Notes 5 AAC 47.037 Eff. 4/15/94, Register 130; repealed 5/13/95, Register 134 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be…

(a) A person may sport fish from a registered commercial salmon hand troll or power troll vessel. (b) Repealed 5/13/95. (c) A person who sport fishes from a vessel licensed for commercial salmon fishing, other than a charter vessel when paying clients are on board, shall, immedia…

(a) The Board of Fisheries (board) finds that there are some fresh waters near communities in the Southeast Alaska Area that do not naturally produce cutthroat or rainbow trout that reach 12 inches in length, the minimum size limit for trout in the area. The board recognizes the …

(a) The commissioner shall establish, by emergency order, the king salmon sport fish bag and possession limits and other necessary management measures based on the allocation to the sport fishery as set out under 5 AAC 29.060. The bag and possession limits and other management me…

(a) The objective of this management plan is to allow for an additional sport harvest opportunity on Stikine River king salmon when the projected preseason or inseason abundance level indicates the presence of an allowable catch for the Stikine River king salmon as determined und…

(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) has allocated the harvest of lingcod in seven management areas of Southeast Alaska (Eastern Gulf of Alaska) to the commercial and sport fisheries under 5 AAC 28.160 and 5 AAC 28.165. The board recognizes that harvest regulations in the sp…

Under 5 AAC 28.160, the Board of Fisheries has allocated 16 percent of the annual allowable catch of the demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside Subdistrict, described in 5 AAC 28.105(a) (4), to the sport fishery. If the commissioner determines that the demersal shelf ro…

If the commissioner determines that the pelagic rockfish sport fishing regulations must be modified to keep sport harvest within sustainable levels, the commissioner shall consider restrictions to nonresident bag, possession, or annual limits before restrictions to the resident s…

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 5 AAC 47.036, the waters of George Inlet north of the latitude of the southernmost tip of California Head, excluding the waters of Herring Cove, are open as a superexclusive registration area for Dungeness crab ecotourism fishing from April 1…

(a) The waters of Nakwasina Sound north of a line from Krugloi Point at 57° 10.99' N. lat., 135° 26.36' W. long., to Dog Point at 57° 10.15' N. lat., 135° 26.4 7' W. long., and east of a line from Allen Point at 57° 14.54' N. lat., 135° 23.38' W. long., to Baranof lsland at 57° 1…

The regulations in this chapter also apply in the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic zone. Notes 5 AAC 47.095 Eff. 7/25/95, Register 135; am 4/23/98, Register 146 Authority:AS 16.05.251 AS 16.10.190 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions a…

Notes 5 AAC 49.001 In effect before 1988; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be adde…

Notes 5 AAC 49.005 In effect before 1988; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be adde…

Notes 5 AAC 49.010 In effect before 1984; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 4/30/91, Register 118; am 5/15/92, Register 122; am 4/1/94, Register 129; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison …

Notes 5 AAC 49.020 In effect before 1983; am 4/3/83, Register 85; am 5/31/85, Register 94; am 5/22/88, Register 106; em am 7/8/88 - 11/4/88, Register 107; am 6/7/89, Register 110; am 5/15/92, Register 122; am 4/1/94, Register 129; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations …

Notes 5 AAC 49.025 Repealed 4/30/91. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

Notes 5 AAC 49.030 Repealed 4/3/83. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare…

Notes 5 AAC 49.035 In effect before 1985; am 5/31/85, Register 94; em am 7/8/88 - 11/4/88, Register 107; am 6/7/89, Register 110; am 4/1/94, Register 129; repealed 4/15/94, Register 130 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a …