Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 64 - Shore Fisheries Leasing
11 AAC 64.260 - Application

Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 11 AAC 64.260

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) An applicant shall file a shore fishery lease application with the department within 30 days after staking a shore fishery lease site. The filing date is determined by the postmark date of the application.

(b) A nonrefundable filing fee, as prescribed by 11 AAC 05.230, must accompany each application.

(c) A shore fishery lease application must contain the following information:

(1) the applicant's name, mailing address, and birthdate;

(2) if the applicant is a minor, the name and mailing address of the trustee;

(3) the applicant's limited entry permit or interim-use salmon setnet permit number;

(4) the date the site was staked;

(5) the number of seasons the applicant has commercially fished the site;

(6) the number of years the applicant has participated in a shore fishery;

(7) a description of the lease tract sufficient to locate the tract and sites on the ground and including the township, range, and protracted section in which the site is located, as well as the site's distance and bearing from the shoreward end of the net or net anchor point to a known fixed point, such as a permanent building, monument, or fixed natural feature;

(8) a U.S.G.S. map of not more than 1:63,360 scale showing the location of the site;

(9) a statement that the applicant intends to personally fish the site;

(10) a statement that the applicant has complied with the staking requirements of 11 AAC 64.090 and that the applicant is within legal net distances as established by Department of Fish and Game Commercial Finfish regulations set out in 5 AAC 04 - 5 AAC 39; and

(11) the names and addresses of adjacent right, left, shoreward and seaward setnet neighbors; if any.

(d) Upon acceptance of a shore fishery lease application, the division will send the applicant further instructions for completing a shore fishery diagram.

(e) Within 90 days after receipt of the instructions, the applicant shall provide the division with a completed and signed shore fishery diagram.

(f) If an applicant is unable to comply with any of the instructions for completing the shore fishery diagram, the applicant shall submit a notarized affidavit attesting to the reason or the cause for failing to comply. The affidavit will be made part of the lease document.

(g) Failure to provide the information required by this section constitutes grounds for denying the shore fishery lease application.

Authority:AS 38.05.020

AS 38.05.082

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