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 8 - General Provisions
5 AAC 40.820 - Basic management plans

(a) A hatchery operator shall manage the hatchery and its salmon returns in accordance with a basic management plan approved by the commissioner. Before the public hearing held under 5 AAC 40.210 on the proposed hatchery, department staff, in conjunction with the applicant, shall develop a draft basic management plan that includes a facility development schedule of no more than five years. Department staff and the applicant shall present the draft basic management plan and facility development schedule at the public hearing and shall make copies available for public review and comment at the hearing.

(b) If, following the public hearing, the commissioner decides to issue a permit for the proposed hatchery, department staff shall finalize the basic management plan and facility development schedule after all comments have been considered. The final basic management plan, which includes a facility development schedule, describes the conditions under which the permit will be implemented, and is an addendum to the permit.