Section 5.38.062. Permits for octopi, squid, hair crab, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea snails, and other marine invertebrates.

	(a)  Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39, marine invertebrates, except king crab, Tanner crab, Dungeness crab, clams, scallops, and spot, coonstripe, sidestripe, and pink shrimp, and krill (species of the Order Euphausiacea), may be taken only under the authority of a permit issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized designee.  
	(b)  The permit may  
		(1) stipulate location and duration of harvests;  
		(2) limit gear and other harvest procedures; and  
		(3) require periodic or annual reporting.  
	(c)  The commissioner may require an application for a permit.  
	(d)  The commissioner may refuse or terminate a permit if the commissioner finds that the terms of the permit have been violated or that the harvest operations jeopardize the sustained viability of the resource.  
	(e)  The commissioner will not issue a permit under this section to take corals and sponges.  

Authorities

16.05.251;44.62.125

Notes

Reference

20 AAC 05.1408
20 AAC 05.1420
5 AAC 38.140
5 AAC 38.142
5 AAC 38.145
5 AAC 38.206
5 AAC 38.310
5 AAC 38.411
5 AAC 38.412
5 AAC 38.415
5 AAC 38.417
5 AAC 39.645

Authority

AS 16.05.251 Editor's note: In accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board of Fisheries in 5 AAC 39.210, the board, at its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, approved, without change, the commissioner of fish and game's amendment of 5 AAC 38.062(a), which took effect 6/27/93. Publisher's note: In Register 214, July, 2015, under the authority of AS 44.62.125(b), the regulations attorney made a punctuation change in this section.

History

In effect before 1983; am 6/30/83, Register 86; am 7/14/85, Register 95; am 6/27/93, Register 126; am 5/8/98, Register 146; am 7/21/99, Register 151; am 7/31/2003, Register 167

References

5.39.210;5.38.062