(a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having the appropriate license, tag, or permit in actual possession, a person may not engage in (1) sport fishing, including the taking of razor clams; (2) hunting or trapping ; (3) the farming of fish, fur, or game; (4) taxidermy or fur dealing; or (5) control […]
The Wildlife Violator Compact as contained in this section is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the State of Alaska with any other states legally joining it in a form substantially as follows: Section 1. Findings. The party states find that (a) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states […]
The provisions of AS 16.05.332 do not apply to violations involving (1) commercial fishing; or (2) commercial activities of providers of services to big game hunters; for purposes of this section, “services to big game hunters” has the meaning given to “big game hunting services” under AS 08.54.790.
The commissioner shall annually, at the request of the governor, provide the governor with not more than 50 complimentary fishing and hunting licenses and appropriate big game tags which the governor may distribute to distinguished visitors to the state for their use in any one season during their visits to the state. The complimentary license […]
A person may receive a resident hunting and sport fishing license under AS 16.05.340(a)(5) without charge if the person (1) has been discharged from military service under honorable conditions, is eligible for a loan under AS 18.56.101, and is certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as having incurred a 50 percent or […]
(a) The department may donate each year for a competitive auction or raffle up to two harvest permits for elk from the Etolin, Afognak, or Raspberry Island herds and one harvest permit for bison. The donation may be made only to a nonprofit corporation established to promote education in outdoor traditions and wildlife conservation and […]
(a) If the Board of Game establishes an open season for musk oxen and has not reduced or eliminated the $500 resident tag and fee under AS 16.05.340(a)(16), the department shall conduct a drawing for permits to take the musk oxen. If the Board of Game establishes an open season for musk oxen for which […]
(a) Licenses, permits, and tags required under AS 16.05.330 – 16.05.430, except biennial licenses, triennial licenses, the nonresident sport fishing licenses, the resident trapping license, the nonresident anadromous king salmon tags, the waterfowl conservation tag, and permits having a different specified expiration date, expire at the close of December 31 following issuance. (b) Biennial licenses […]
The department shall annually produce and make available to the public fish and game conservation decals. The department shall, by appropriate means, provide for the selection of designs for fish and game conservation decals and for the production and sale of the decals. The department may produce and sell different decals in quantities that the […]
(a) The commissioner or an authorized deputy shall issue each license and tag to a qualified person under written application containing such reasonable information as required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall designate the license and tag form or type. The form or type must be sufficient to identify and locate the applicant and establish […]
(a) The commissioner may require a report to be made by each licensee concerning the time, manner, and place of taking fish and game, the kinds and quantity taken, and other information helpful in administering the fish and game resources of the state. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 SLA 1989.] (c) [Repealed, § 18 […]
The commissioner may appoint state employees or other persons to take applications, issue licenses, permits, and tags, and collect fees. The commissioner is not liable for defalcation or failure to account for the fees collected by any person so appointed, but the commissioner shall require a bond in an adequate sum, conditioned upon faithfully accounting […]
(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, an agent appointed by the commissioner under AS 16.05.380 to sell licenses, permits, and tags is entitled to (1) retain five percent of the fee that is charged for a license, permit, or tag or 25 cents for each license, permit, or tag sold, whichever is […]
A person may not use a vessel to provide sport fishing services unless the vessel is registered with the department and proof of registration is attached to and clearly visible on the vessel while the vessel is used to provide sport fishing services. The department shall register vessels used to provide sport fishing services, and […]
(a) A license is not required of a resident under 18 years of age or a nonresident under 16 years of age for sport fishing nor is a license required of a resident under 18 years of age for hunting or trapping. (b) Upon request, and without charge, the commissioner shall issue a sport fishing, […]
(a) A resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is blind may be obtained from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 – 16.05.430 and upon presentation of either an affidavit of the applicant […]
(a) The department may transfer or reissue a hunting permit for a hunt that was originally awarded to a resident by drawing established by the Board of Game under AS 16.05.255(a) to a qualified substitute, if the person to whom the hunting permit was originally awarded has died and the person’s spouse, or if there […]
(a) Subject to regulations adopted by the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game to implement this section, including regulations relating to or restricting seasons, areas, methods and means, and species, a resident may take fish or game harvested primarily for food on behalf of another person under this section. (b) Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), […]
(a) It is unlawful for a nonresident to hunt, pursue, or take brown bear, grizzly bear, mountain goat, or sheep in this state, unless personally accompanied by (1) a person who is licensed as (A) a registered guide-outfitter or a master guide-outfitter under AS 08.54 and who is providing big game hunting services to the […]
(a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a nonresident alien to hunt, pursue, or take a big game animal as defined by the Board of Game unless personally accompanied by (1) a registered guide-outfitter or a master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54 who is providing big game hunting services to the nonresident alien under […]
