5 AAC 37.100 - Permits
(a) A processor, buyer, harvester of aquatic
plants, aquatic plant farmer operating under a permit authorized by
AS
16.40.100, or a person intending to collect
and supply wild stock to such an aquatic farm must obtain a harvest permit
issued by the commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized representative,
before operating. The permit must include the following provisions:
(1) the area of operation shall be restricted
to one or more fishing districts;
(2) species to be harvested;
(3) method of harvest shall be restricted to
mechanical cutting or handpicking;
(4) plants shall be removed from the water at
the time of harvesting;
(5) aquatic
plants where used as a substrate for herring spawn may be harvested only as
otherwise provided in this title.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section,
outside of the nonsubsistence areas defined in
5
AAC 99.015, a permit is not required for the
harvesting of aquatic plants for noncommercial uses.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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