Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 40 - Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Article 1 - General
5 AAC 40.007 - Gear and fishing periods

(a) The commissioner may authorize legal gear for cost recovery either through the hatchery permit or by regulation.

(b) Fishing periods for each gear type may be modified by emergency order as needed to protect the public interest or wild stocks.

(c) The hatchery operator shall obtain the appropriate special harvest area entry permits from the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. The hatchery operator may also contract with licensed commercial fishermen to conduct the harvest.

(d) The commissioner may define a unit of gear to be used and under a special harvest area entry permit for that gear type.