Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions
Article 4 - Fishing Services and Sport Fishing Guides
5 AAC 75.076 - Sport fishing guide and operator guides reporting requirements

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 75.076

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) A sport fishing guide shall obtain and complete a

(1) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2024 Saltwater Charter Logbook and Vessel Registration, adopted by reference, if operating in salt water;

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(2) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2024 Vessel Registration, adopted by reference, if operating in fresh water.

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(b) A logbook requires information necessary for the management and conservation of fishery resources and regulation of the guided sport fishing industry, including

(1) the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, or United States Coast Guard documentation number, of the vessels that are used to provide sport fishing guide services in salt water;

(2) the locations where the sport fishing guide services were provided;

(3) the effort, catch, and harvest of sport fish by persons who are clients, owners, or employees of a business that conducts sport fishing services or by a person who provides sport fishing guide services; and

(4) any other information the department determines is necessary for the management and conservation of the fishery resource or the regulation of the guided sport fishing industry.

(c) A sport fishing guide operating in salt water shall complete a logbook in the manner and at the location specified in the logbook and present the guide's logbook for inspection as required in 5 AAC 75.075

(d) A person may not make a false entry in the logbook required in (a) of this section.

(e) The holder of a sport fishing operator registration issued under 5 AAC 75.075 for a business that conducts sport fishing services in salt water shall return the completed logbook of each sport fishing guide employed by the business to the department in the manner and time frame specified in the logbook.

(f) In this section, "logbook" includes

(1) a department issued paper copy booklet for recording guided sport fishing trip information; or

(2) a department issued eLogBook software program for electronic recording of guided sport fishing trip information.

(g) a sport fishing guide may comply with subsection (a) of this section by obtaining and completing an eLogbook.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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