Title 16 — Fish and Game
15 chapters · 520 sections in this title.
AS 16.05.310 Special board meetings.
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A board may meet at any time upon the call of the commissioner or upon the request of two board members.
AS 16.05.315 Joint board meetings.
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The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may hold a joint meeting upon the call of the commissioner or a board to resolve any conflicts in regulations of the boards and to consider matters, as determined by the commissioner or a board, that require the consideration of both b…
AS 16.05.320 Quorum.
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Article 3. Licensing of Sport Fishing and Hunting. A majority of the members of a board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, for the performance of any duty, and for the exercise of any power. However, a majority of the full board membership is required to carry …
AS 16.05.330 Licenses, tags, and subsistence permits; electronic devices.
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(a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having the appropriate license, tag, or permit in actual possession, a person may not engage in (1) sport fishing, including the taking of razor clams; (2) hunting or trapping; (3) the farming of fish, fur, or game; (4) t…
AS 16.05.331 Elk farming. [Renumbered as AS 16.40.050.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.332 Wildlife Violator Compact.
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The Wildlife Violator Compact as contained in this section is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the State of Alaska with any other states legally joining it in a form substantially as follows: Section 1. Findings. The party states find that (a) Wildlife resources are…
AS 16.05.334 Application of Wildlife Violator Compact.
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The provisions of AS 16.05.332 do not apply to violations involving (1) commercial fishing; or (2) commercial activities of providers of services to big game hunters; for purposes of this section, “services to big game hunters” has the meaning given to “big game hunting services”…
AS 16.05.335 Complimentary licenses.
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The commissioner shall annually, at the request of the governor, provide the governor with not more than 50 complimentary fishing and hunting licenses and appropriate big game tags which the governor may distribute to distinguished visitors to the state for their use in any one s…
AS 16.05.340 License, permit, and tag fees; surcharge; miscellaneous permits to take fish and game.
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(a) Fees for licenses, permits, and tags are as follows: (1) Resident sport fishing license ..... $ 20 However, the fee is 50 cents for a resident who is blind. (2) Resident hunting license ..... 35 (3) Resident hunting and trapping license ..... 55 (4) Resident trapping license …
AS 16.05.341 Free license for active members of the Alaska National Guard and military reserves.
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A person may receive a resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license under AS 16.05.340(a)(6) without charge if the person is an active member of the (1) Alaska National Guard; (2) United States Army reserves; (3) United States Air Force reserves; (4) United States Navy r…
AS 16.05.343 Auctions or raffles for certain harvest permits.
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(a) The department may donate each year for a competitive auction or raffle up to two harvest permits for elk from the Etolin, Afognak, or Raspberry Island herds and one harvest permit for bison. The donation may be made only to a nonprofit corporation established to promote educ…
AS 16.05.345 Musk oxen. [Repealed, § 4 ch 57 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.346 Permit applications.
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(a) If the Board of Game establishes an open season for musk oxen and has not reduced or eliminated the $500 resident tag and fee under AS 16.05.340(a)(16), the department shall conduct a drawing for permits to take the musk oxen. If the Board of Game establishes an open season f…
AS 16.05.350 Expiration of licenses, permits, and tags.
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(a) Licenses, permits, and tags required under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430, except biennial licenses, triennial licenses, the nonresident sport fishing licenses, the resident trapping license, the nonresident anadromous king salmon tags, the waterfowl conservation tag, and permits h…
AS 16.05.352 Fish and game conservation decal.
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The department shall annually produce and make available to the public fish and game conservation decals. The department shall, by appropriate means, provide for the selection of designs for fish and game conservation decals and for the production and sale of the decals. The depa…
AS 16.05.360 Commissioner charged with license issuance.
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(a) The commissioner or an authorized deputy shall issue each license and tag to a qualified person under written application containing such reasonable information as required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall designate the license and tag form or type. The form or typ…
AS 16.05.370 Reports by licensees.
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(a) The commissioner may require a report to be made by each licensee concerning the time, manner, and place of taking fish and game, the kinds and quantity taken, and other information helpful in administering the fish and game resources of the state. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 S…
AS 16.05.380 Commissioner may appoint agents.
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The commissioner may appoint state employees or other persons to take applications, issue licenses, permits, and tags, and collect fees. The commissioner is not liable for defalcation or failure to account for the fees collected by any person so appointed, but the commissioner sh…
AS 16.05.390 Fees and compensation for issuance of licenses, permits, and tags.
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(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an agent appointed by the commissioner under AS 16.05.380 to sell licenses, permits, and tags is entitled to (1) retain five percent of the fee that is charged for a license, permit, or tag or 25 cents for each license, permit, or ta…
AS 16.05.395 Sport fishing vessel registration.
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A person may not use a vessel to provide sport fishing services unless the vessel is registered with the department and proof of registration is attached to and clearly visible on the vessel while the vessel is used to provide sport fishing services. The department shall register…
AS 16.05.400 Persons exempt from annual licensing requirements.
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(a) A license is not required of a resident under 18 years of age or a nonresident under 16 years of age for sport fishing nor is a license required of a resident under 18 years of age for hunting or trapping. (b) Upon request, and without charge, the commissioner shall issue a p…
AS 16.05.403 Special licenses and permits.
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(a) A resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is blind may be obtained from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 — 16.05…
AS 16.05.404 Transferability of hunting permits awarded by drawing.
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(a) The department may transfer or reissue a hunting permit for a hunt that was originally awarded to a resident by drawing established by the Board of Game under AS 16.05.255(a) to a qualified substitute, if the person to whom the hunting permit was originally awarded has died a…
AS 16.05.405 Taking fish and game by proxy.
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(a) Subject to regulations adopted by the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game to implement this section, including regulations relating to or restricting seasons, areas, methods and means, and species, a resident may take fish or game harvested primarily for food on behalf of…
AS 16.05.407 Nonresident hunting big game animals must be accompanied.
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(a) It is unlawful for a nonresident to hunt, pursue, or take brown bear, grizzly bear, mountain goat, or sheep in this state, unless personally accompanied by (1) a person who is licensed as (A) a registered guide-outfitter or a master guide-outfitter under AS 08.54 and who is p…
AS 16.05.408 Nonresident alien hunter to be accompanied by guide.
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(a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a nonresident alien to hunt, pursue, or take a big game animal as defined by the Board of Game unless personally accompanied by (1) a registered guide-outfitter or a master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54 who is providing big game hunti…
AS 16.05.410 Revocation of license.
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(a) Upon conviction of a person of a first violation of AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430 or of a federal or state law or regulation for the protection of the sport fish and game of the state, the court may, in addition to the penalty imposed by law, revoke the person's license. (b) Upon …
AS 16.05.415 Determination of residency.
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(a) In AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430, a person, except as provided in (c) — (f) of this section, is a resident if the person (1) is physically present in the state with the intent to remain in the state indefinitely and to make a home in the state; (2) has maintained the person's domi…
AS 16.05.420 License, tag, permit, and registration violations.
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(a) A false statement of a material fact in an application for a license, tag, permit, and sport fishing vessel registration issued under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430 voids the license, tag, permit, or registration for which the application is made. (b) A person may not make a false …
AS 16.05.430 Penalties.
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Article 4. Licensing of Commercial Fishing Crewmembers and Vessels. (a) Except as provided in AS 16.05.330(f),16.05.407(b) and (d), 16.05.408(b), and 16.05.420(b), a person who violates AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.420 or a regulation adopted under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.420 is guilty of a…
AS 16.05.440 Expiration date for licenses.
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Licenses issued under AS 16.05.440 — 16.05.723 expire at the close of December 31 following their issuance or, for licenses that are valid for two years, after December 31 of the year after the year of issuance, and shall be renewed upon application and payment of the license fee…
AS 16.05.450 Issuance of licenses; disclosure for child support purposes.
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(a) The commissioner or an authorized agent shall issue a crewmember fishing license under AS 16.05.480 to each qualified person who files a written application at a place in the state designated by the commissioner, containing the reasonable information required by the commissio…
AS 16.05.460 Commissioner may appoint agents.
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The commissioner may appoint qualified persons as agents to receive applications, issue licenses, and collect license fees under AS 16.05.440 — 16.05.480.
AS 16.05.470 Fee for issuance of licenses.
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(a) A person appointed by the commissioner to sell licenses under AS 16.05.440 — 16.05.480, except salaried employees of the state, shall retain the sum of 10 percent of the fee for the issuance of a license. An agent shall transmit monthly to the commissioner all license fees co…
AS 16.05.475 Registration of fishing vessels.
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(a) A person may not employ a fishing vessel in the water of this state unless it is registered under the laws of the state. Vessels registered under the laws of another state, and persons residing in another state, are not excused from this provision. (b) The term “employ”, as u…
AS 16.05.480 Commercial fishing license; disclosure for child support purposes.
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(a) A person engaged in commercial fishing shall obtain a commercial fishing license and shall retain the license in possession and readily available for inspection during fishing operations. An entry permit or interim-use permit entitles the holder to participate as a gear opera…
AS 16.05.490 Vessel license.
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(a) As a condition to delivery or landing of fish or engaging in commercial fishing in the state, a license is required for a commercial vessel. (b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.] (c) [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.] (d) [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.] (e) [Repealed, § 19 c…
AS 16.05.495 Vessel license exemption.
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A vessel used exclusively for the commercial capture of salmon in commercial salmon administrative management areas that include state water between the latitude of Point Romanof and the latitude of Cape Newenham, and state water surrounding Nunivak Island, or at a set net site, …
AS 16.05.500 Revocation of vessel license. [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.510 Unlicensed vessel unlawful.
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A person may not operate a vessel to which AS 16.05.490 — 16.05.530 apply without a vessel license, whether the absence of a vessel license results from initial failure to purchase or from another reason.
AS 16.05.520 Number plate.
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(a) The vessel license includes a permanent number plate. The number plate shall be accompanied by a tab affixed to the number plate designating the year to be fished. A number plate is not transferable, and the number plate shall be considered a permanent fixture upon the vessel…
AS 16.05.530 Renewal of vessel license.
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(a) Upon payment of the vessel license fee and filing of the name and address of the owner of the vessel or the owner's authorized agent, the name and number of the vessel, a description of the vessel, the vessel license number, if any, the area to be fished, and other reasonable…
AS 16.05.536 Persons eligible for gear licenses. [Repealed, § 12 ch 71 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.540 Secs. 16.05.540 — 16.05.610. Limitation on issuance of fishing gear licenses; issuance of licenses for various types of fishing gear. [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.620 Otter trawl license. [Repealed, § 2 ch 159 SLA 1968.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.630 Shellfish pot license. [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.632 Identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab and requirements for buoys.
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(a) Registration tags for the identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab are required in areas in which the board has regulations limiting the total amount of shellfish pots allowed per vessel. Registration tags shall (1) be issued by the …
AS 16.05.640 Secs. 16.05.640 — 16.05.650. Clam digger's license; licensing of small commercial operations. [Repealed, § 19 ch 105 SLA 1977.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 16.05.660 License exemption.
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A person may, by complying with the $5 license requirement of AS 16.05.340(a)(6), take not more than 2,000 pounds each of tom cod, blue cod, smelt, pickerel, white fish, and spider crab a year from waters of the state.
AS 16.05.662 Fishing derbies.
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(a) The commissioner may issue without cost a permit to a fishing derby association that has complied with the provisions of AS 05.15.100 — 05.15.180 to sell or offer for sale sport caught fish obtained as a direct result of a fishing derby. (b) In this section “fishing derby ass…