Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 27 - Herring Fishery
Article 4 - Southeastern Alaska Area (Registration Area A)
5 AAC 27.180 - Permits for herring pounds in Southeastern Alaska Area

(a) A herring pound operator shall obtain a permit before April 1 from the commissioner for fresh bait pound operations and for tray pack pound operations 30 days before starting operations.

(b) A person operating a fresh bait or tray pack herring pound may not sell, offer to sell, or otherwise enter into or authorize a commercial transaction for the disposition of herring taken from that pound if the person knows or has reason to know that the herring will be used for other than fresh or tray pack bait purposes.

(c) A person may not transport herring taken from a fresh bait or a tray pack pound to another person if the person knows or has reason to know that the herring will be used for other than fresh or tray pack bait purposes.

(d) The commissioner may attach to a permit issued under this section for fresh bait and tray pack herring pounds any condition the commissioner considers necessary to preclude or render impractical the use of herring taken by that pound for other than fresh or tray pack bait purposes. The commissioner may revoke a permit issued under this section for failure to comply with conditions attached to it.