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 40.010 - Modifications of applicable regulations

(a) Hatchery permit holders shall, with respect to salmon harvested by them (or their agents, contractees, or employees), comply with applicable provisions of 5 AAC 39.130(a) and (b) as though they were a purchaser of fish.

(b) Hatchery permit holders harvesting salmon within a special harvest area, to the extent those salmon are used as egg sources for broodstock, will be exempted by the commissioner from the provisions of AS 16.05.831 if the permit holder so requests. The commissioner may condition the exemption on terms he considers necessary to carry out the intent of AS 16.05.831.

(c) Hatchery permit holders conducting a hatchery harvest of salmon within a special harvest area are exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 39.290.

(d) Fishermen taking salmon in a special harvest area under authorization from the hatchery permit holder and operating under a special harvest area entry permit are exempt from the provisions of 5 AAC 39.120.