Current through August 30, 2024
(a) In accordance
with AS
16.05.920(a) and
16.05.930(e), the
purchase, sale, or barter of game or any part of game is permitted except as
provided in this section.
(b)
Except as provided in
5
AAC 92.031, a person may not purchase, sell,
advertise, or otherwise offer for sale:
(1)
any part of a brown bear, except an article of handicraft made from the fur of
a brown bear, and except skulls and hides with claws attached of brown bears
harvested in areas where the bag limit is two bears per regulatory year by
permit issued under
5
AAC 92.031;
(2) a big game trophy, or a black bear trophy
of any kind;
(3) a big game animal
skull, except the skull of a black bear, wolf, or wolverine, or a horn or
antler that is still attached to any part of the skull;
(4) the antler of a caribou taken in Unit 23,
unless the antler is a naturally shed antler or has been made into an article
of handicraft;
(5) unsealed marten
taken in Units 1 - 7, and 15, or unsealed fisher taken in Units 1 - 5, except
as provided in
5
AAC 92.170(a);
(6) unsealed beaver taken in Units 1 - 11 and
Units 13 - 17;
(7) unsealed land
otter, lynx, wolf, or wolverine;
(8) the meat of big game and small game,
except hares and rabbits;
(9) the
gallbladder of a bear.
(c) A person may not barter, advertise for
barter, or otherwise offer for barter
(1) a
big game trophy, or a black bear trophy of any kind;
(2) the antler of a caribou taken in Unit 23,
unless the antler is a naturally shed antler or has been made into an article
of handicraft;
(3) the gallbladder
of a bear.
(d)
Notwithstanding (b)(2) and (3) of this section, a licensed taxidermist, estate
executor, divorced person, or bankruptcy referee, may sell a skin or trophy by
permit issued under
5
AAC 92.031, and the state may sell a skin or trophy as
excess property. A person may purchase and possess an animal skin or trophy
sold under this subsection. However, a person may not resell a skin or trophy
purchased from a seller under this subsection.
(e) the barter of subsistence-taken game meat
is subject to the following:
(1) the
following individuals and businesses are prohibited from engaging in the barter
of game meat taken for subsistence uses:
(A)
a person or business holding a license under AS 43.70 or AS 43 .75, or its
employee, to engage in the commercial sale of the food items or nonedible items
provided by the barter exchange; and
(B) a person or business licensed under AS
43.70 or AS 43.75, or its employee, to engage in providing the services
provided by the barter exchange;
(2) the terms of this subsection do not
restrict barter of furs and furbearers, or barter of handicrafts;
(3) a person may not barter a big game animal
horn or antler that is still attached to any part of the skull, or a big game
animal skull, except the skull of a black bear, wolf, or wolverine;
(4) in this subsection, "commercial" means
for profit or disposal in commercial channels.
At its November 9 - 11, 1992, January 19 - 28, 1993
meeting, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 92.200 in its entirety, without
change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and
reenacted AS
16.05.258.
Authority:AS
16.05.255
AS 16.05.258
AS 16.05.920
AS
16.05.930
