Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions
Article 1 - General
5 AAC 75.012 - Sport Shark Fishery Management Plan
Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 75.012
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The department shall manage sport shark fisheries for sustained yield.
(b) Recognizing the lack of stock status information, the potential for rapid growth in the sport shark fishery, and the potential for over-exploitation, the following provisions apply to the sport shark fishery:
(1) sharks may be taken from January 1
through December 31; the bag and possession limits for sharks in salt water is
one fish;
(2) the annual limit for
sharks in salt water is two fish;
(3) a non-transferable harvest record is
required and must be in the possession of each angler sport fishing for sharks
in salt water; the harvest record
(A) for a
licensed angler is located on the back of the angler's sport fishing
license;
(B) for an angler not
required to have a sport fishing license may be obtained, without charge, from
department offices and sport fishing license vendors throughout the
state;
(4) immediately
upon landing a shark from salt water, an angler shall enter the date, location
(water body), and species of the catch on the harvest record; and
(5) notwithstanding (1) - (4) of this
subsection, the bag and possession limit for spiny dogfish is five fish, with
no size or annual limit; a harvest record is not required for spiny
dogfish.
(c) The provisions of (b) of this section also apply in the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic zone.
(d) For the purpose of this section, "shark" means a species of the orders Lamniformes, Squaliformes, or Carcharhiniformes.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.10.190
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