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 4 - Permit Application Procedures
5 AAC 40.130 - Management feasibility analysis

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 40.130

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The department will assist an applicant by preparing a management feasibility analysis for each proposed hatchery site. The analysis will be completed before submittal of an application for a private nonprofit salmon hatchery permit. An analysis is based on information provided by the applicant to the PNP coordinator, including

(1) the location of the facility;

(2) the species desired for hatchery production;

(3) the run timing, by species;

(4) the incubation and rearing levels desired during the first reproductive cycle, by species; and

(5) the incubation and rearing levels desired at full capacity, by species.

(b) Not later than 90 days after the PNP coordinator receives from the applicant the information described in (a) of this section, the department will complete a management feasibility analysis of the proposed hatchery. A management feasibility analysis includes, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) an estimate of potential contributions to the common property fishery;

(2) potential size and location of a special harvest area;

(3) special management considerations or the need for additional studies;

(4) potential broodstock sources;

(5) an assessment of production potentials for each species; and

(6) additional factors considered by the department to be relevant to the proposed hatchery operation.

Authority:AS 16.05.020

AS 16.05.092

AS 16.10.400

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