5 AAC 01.640 - Marking of subsistence-taken fish

(a) A person may not possess salmon taken under the authority of an Upper Copper River District subsistence permit unless both tips (lobes) of the tail fin (caudal) have been removed from the salmon before the person conceals the salmon from plain view or transports the salmon from the fishing site.

(b) A person may not possess rainbow trout or steelhead trout retained under 5 AAC 01.610(e) unless both tips (lobes) of the tail fin (caudal) have been removed from the fish before the person conceals the fish from plain view or transports the fish from the fishing site.

(c) A person may not possess salmon taken under the authority of a Prince William Sound Area subsistence permit unless both the top and bottom lobes of the tail fin (caudal) have been completely removed from the salmon before the person conceals the salmon from plain view or transports the salmon from the fishing site.

(d) For the purposes of this section, "fishing site" means the location where the fish is removed from the water and becomes part of the permit holder's bag limit or is retained.

Notes

5 AAC 01.640

Eff. 4/28/84, Register 90; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 5/22/94, Register 130; am 5/24/97, Register 142; am 5/11/2003, Register 166 am 3/14/2009, Register 189

At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 01.640 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

AS 16.05.258