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 40.880 - Surplus salmon eggs

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 40.880

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Salmon eggs are surplus if the following conditions are met:

(1) the hatchery operator no longer needs to return to the indigenous stocks in order to develop the broodstock for the hatchery; and

(2) broodstock needs for the hatchery, as identified in the annual management plan, must have been achieved through salmon returning to the facility.

(b) A proposed sale of surplus salmon eggs by a permit holder must be identified in the annual management plan for the facility.

(c) A permit holder shall obtain a permit alteration from the commissioner if the eggs taken for sale purposes are to be incubated at the facility before transferral to the recipient facility.

(d) The appropriate fish-transport permit must be approved by the commissioner before any surplus salmon eggs are transferred from the facility to the recipient facility.

Authority:AS 16.05.020

AS 16.05.092

AS 16.10.450

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