(a) A person may not, without a permit from the commissioner, construct or operate (1) an aquatic farm; or (2) a hatchery for the purpose of supplying aquatic plants or shellfish to an aquatic farm. (b) A permit issued under this section authorizes the permittee, subject to the conditions of AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199 and […]
The commissioner shall issue permits under AS 16.40.100 on the basis of the following criteria: (1) the physical and biological characteristics of the proposed farm or hatchery location must be suitable for the farming or the shellfish or aquatic plant proposed; (2) the proposed farm or hatchery may not require significant alterations in traditional fisheries […]
(a) An applicant for an aquatic farming or hatchery permit required under AS 16.40.100 shall apply on a form prescribed by the commissioner. An application for a permit must include a plan for the development and operation of the aquatic farm or hatchery, which must be approved by the commissioner before the permit is issued. […]
(a) A person may not acquire aquatic plants or shellfish from wild stock in the state for the purpose of supplying stock to an aquatic farm or hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100 unless the person holds an acquisition permit from the commissioner. (b) An acquisition permit authorizes the permit holder to […]
A person may not import into the state an aquatic plant or shellfish for the purpose of supplying stock to an aquatic farm or hatchery unless authorized by a regulation of the Board of Fisheries.
(a) A private hatchery required to have a permit under AS 16.40.100 may sell or transfer stock from the hatchery only to an aquatic farm or other hatchery that has a permit issued under AS 16.40.100, except that shellfish stock may also be sold or offered for sale to an aquatic farm or related hatchery […]
Consistent with AS 16.40.140(b) – (d), a hatchery certified under AS 16.40.100 may transfer geoduck seed to an aquatic farm located in a fisheries management area established under this title that is contiguous to the Gulf of Alaska.
(a) The department shall order the quarantine or the destruction and disposal of diseased hatchery stock or of aquatic farm products when necessary to protect wild stock. A holder of a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 shall report to the department an outbreak or incidence of disease among stock or aquatic farm products of the […]
Records required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department concerning aquatic farm stocks or production, prices, and harvests of aquatic farm products and wild stocks, and annual statistical reports of individual aquatic farms or hatcheries required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department are confidential and may not be […]
The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199.
A person who violates a provision of AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199, a regulation adopted under AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199, or a term or condition of a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
In AS 16.40.100 – 16.40.199, (1) “aquatic farm” means a facility that grows, farms, or cultivates aquatic farm products in captivity or under positive control; (2) “aquatic farm product” means an aquatic plant or shellfish, or part of an aquatic plant or shellfish, that is propagated, farmed, or cultivated in an aquatic farm and sold […]
