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 6 - Scientific and Educational Projects
5 AAC 41.610 - Permit Classifications
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 41.610
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The commissioner may issue an aquatic resource permit for scientific and educational activities:
(1) to authorize
collection, transport, or possession of aquatic organism; to qualify an
applicant must be involved in scientific or educational research
activities;
(2) to authorize
propagation of aquatic organism; to qualify an applicant must be involved in
scientific or educational research activities; a permit issued under this
paragraph include specifications as follows:
(A) for classroom incubation projects, to
authorize the permit holder to collect up to 500 eggs or one spawning pair,
transport, hold alive, and release aquatic organisms.
(B) for vocational, technical, and
post-secondary school programs, to authorize the permit holder to collect eggs,
transport, hold alive, and release aquatic organisms as follows:
(i) salmonids: may collect up to 50,000 eggs
or equivalent in spawning pairs;
(ii) invertebrates and aquatic plants: may
collect the number necessary to achieve educational objectives;
(C) for propagative research, to
authorize accredited institutions of higher learning, or federal, state, local,
tribal entities, and persons or entities cooperating therewith to collect,
propagate, transport, and release aquatic organisms for purposes of propagative
research as follows:
(i) finfish: may collect
the number necessary to achieve the objectives of the research, not to exceed
the number of eggs expected to result in 5,000 or fewer adults;
(ii) invertebrates and aquatic plants: may
collect the number necessary to achieve the objectives of the
research.
(b) The department may require inspection and approval of activities in subsection (a) by the appropriate fish pathology section of the department's division of commercial fisheries, or by a person designated by the fish pathology section, genetic sampling, and additional conditions for fisheries management and conservation needs, including review by a regional planning team.
(4) [(1)] any
resultant aquatic organisms from a project are considered common property and
may not be claimed for cost recovery or any other reason.
Authority:AS 16.05.020
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.340
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