5 AAC 38.062 - Permits for octopi, squid, hair crab, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea snails, and other marine invertebrates
(a) Unless
otherwise specified in 5 AAC 03 - 5 AAC 39, marine invertebrates, except king
crab, Tanner crab, Dungeness crab, clams, scallops, and spot, coonstripe,
sidestripe, and pink shrimp, and krill (species of the Order Euphausiacea), may
be taken only under the authority of a permit issued by the commissioner or the
commissioner's authorized designee.
(b) The permit may
(1) stipulate location and duration of
harvests;
(2) limit gear and other
harvest procedures; and
(3) require
periodic or annual reporting.
(c) The commissioner may require an
application for a permit.
(d) The
commissioner may refuse or terminate a permit if the commissioner finds that
the terms of the permit have been violated or that the harvest operations
jeopardize the sustained viability of the resource.
(e) The commissioner will not issue a permit
under this section to take corals and sponges.
Notes
In accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board of Fisheries in 5 AAC 39.210, the board, at its March 14 - 28, 1994 meeting, approved, without change, the commissioner of fish and game's amendment of 5 AAC 38.062(a), which took effect 6/27/93.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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