5 AAC 75.026 - Use of sport-caught fish as bait
(a) Unless provided
in this section, sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may not be
used as bait.
(b) In addition to
the head, tail, fins, closely trimmed skeleton, and viscera of legally taken
sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, whole or cut whitefish,
herring, and species of fish for which there is not a seasonal or harvest limit
specified in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used for bait and other
purposes.
(c) Herring and other
species of fish for which no seasonal or harvest limits are specified in 5 AAC
47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used as live bait, except that live fish may not be used
as bait for sport fishing in fresh water. Live bait may be possessed,
transported, or released only in the salt waters of the regulatory area in
which it was taken.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.251
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