Sec. 16.05.510. Unlicensed vessel unlawful.
A person may not operate a vessel to which AS 16.05.490 – 16.05.530 apply without a vessel license, whether the absence of a vessel license results from initial failure to purchase or from another reason.
Sec. 16.05.520. Number plate.
(a) The vessel license includes a permanent number plate. The number plate shall be accompanied by a tab affixed to the number plate designating the year to be fished. A number plate is not transferable, and the number plate shall be considered a permanent fixture upon the vessel upon which the number plate is originally […]
Sec. 16.05.530. Renewal of vessel license.
(a) Upon payment of the vessel license fee and filing of the name and address of the owner of the vessel or the owner’s authorized agent, the name and number of the vessel, a description of the vessel, the vessel license number, if any, the area to be fished, and other reasonable information required by […]
Sec. 16.05.632. Identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab and requirements for buoys.
(a) Registration tags for the identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab are required in areas in which the board has regulations limiting the total amount of shellfish pots allowed per vessel. Registration tags shall (1) be issued by the department under regulations adopted by the board; […]
Sec. 16.05.660. License exemption.
A person may, by complying with the $5 license requirement of AS 16.05.340(a)(6), take not more than 2,000 pounds each of tom cod, blue cod, smelt, pickerel, white fish, and spider crab a year from waters of the state.
Sec. 16.05.662. Fishing derbies.
(a) The commissioner may issue without cost a permit to a fishing derby association that has complied with the provisions of AS 05.15.100 – 05.15.180 to sell or offer for sale sport caught fish obtained as a direct result of a fishing derby. (b) In this section “fishing derby association” means a civic, service, or […]
Sec. 16.05.665. Falsification of application for license.
(a) A person who knowingly makes a false statement as to a material fact on an application for a license under AS 16.05.440 – 16.05.660 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both. […]
Sec. 16.05.671. Transportation and sale of certain fish by an agent of the fisherman who caught the fish.
(a) A person may transport and sell commercially taken fish as the agent of the commercial fisherman who caught the fish if the person holds a fish transporter permit issued by the commissioner under this section. (b) The commissioner may issue a fish transporter permit to a natural person. A fish transporter permit authorizes the […]
Sec. 16.05.675. Landing permits.
(a) A person who does not hold a limited entry permit or interim-use permit issued under AS 16.43 or a fish transporter permit issued under AS 16.05.671 may not deliver or land fish in the state unless the person (1) holds a valid federal permit to operate commercial fishing gear in the fishery conservation zone; […]
Sec. 16.05.680. Unlawful practices.
(a) It is unlawful for a person, or an agent or representative of the person, (1) to employ, in the harvesting, transporting, or purchasing of fish, a fisherman who neither is licensed under AS 16.05.480 nor is the holder of a permit issued under AS 16.43; (2) to purchase fish from a person who is […]