Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries
Chapter 41 - Collection, Transportation, Possession, Propagation, or Release of Aquatic Organisms; Aquatic Farming
Article 4 - Aquatic Farming
5 AAC 41.277 - Marking requirement for aquatic farm or hatchery site

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 41.277

Current through August 30, 2024

An aquatic farm or hatchery site must be marked as follows:

(1) for a suspended culture operation, an identification surface buoy or sign with the name, physical address, and telephone number of the principal operator with legible numbers and letters that are at least one and one-half inches high and one-quarter inch wide in a color that contrasts with the background must be placed on one corner of the suspended culture operation;

(2) for an intertidal culture operation, on-bottom delineation must be visibly marked with a weighted marker or stake that is

(A) adequately secured and placed on all corners of the site parcel; or

(B) if the site is not fully operational, placed on all corners of the operational area within the coordinates of the site parcel defined in the operation permit;

(3) for a subtidal culture operation,

(A) on-bottom delineation must be visibly marked with a weighted marker or stake that is
(i) anchored securely and placed on all corners of the site parcel; or

(ii) if the site is not fully operational, placed on all corners of the operational area within the coordinates of the site parcel defined in the operation permit;

(B) during harvest activity, surface buoys must be placed on the corners of the site.

Authority:AS 16.05.050

AS 16.05.092

AS 16.40.100

AS 16.40.160

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