5 AAC 75.076 - Sport fishing guide and operator guides reporting requirements
(a) A sport fishing
guide shall obtain and complete a
(1) State of
Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2025
eLogbook Backup/Transcription Logbook For Saltwater Charter Operators and
Vessel Registration, adopted by reference, if operating in salt water;
(2) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and
Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2025 Vessel Registration,
adopted by reference, if operating in fresh water.
(b) A logbook requires information necessary
for the management and conservation of fishery resources and regulation of the
guided sport fishing industry, including
(1)
the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70,
or United States Coast Guard documentation number, of the vessels that are used
to provide sport fishing guide services in salt water;
(2) the locations where the sport fishing
guide services were provided;
(3)
the effort, catch, and harvest of sport fish by persons who are clients,
owners, or employees of a business that conducts sport fishing services or by a
person who provides sport fishing guide services; and
(4) any other information the department
determines is necessary for the management and conservation of the fishery
resource or the regulation of the guided sport fishing industry.
(c) A sport fishing guide
operating in salt water shall complete a logbook in the manner and at the
location specified in the logbook and present the guide's logbook for
inspection as required in
5
AAC 75.075
(d) A person may not make a false entry in
the logbook required in (a) of this section.
(e) The holder of a sport fishing operator
registration issued under
5
AAC 75.075 for a business that conducts sport fishing
services in salt water shall return the completed logbook of each sport fishing
guide employed by the business to the department in the manner and time frame
specified in the logbook.
(f) In
this section, "logbook" includes
(1) a
department issued paper copy booklet for recording guided sport fishing trip
information; or
(2) a department
issued eLogBook software program for electronic recording of guided sport
fishing trip information.
(g) a sport fishing guide may comply with
subsection (a) of this section by obtaining and completing an
eLogbook.
Notes
Authority: AS 16.05.251
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