Alaska Statutes Title 16, Chapter 16.05, Article 01 - The Department of Fish and Game

• Sec. 16.05.010 Commissioner of Fish and Game.
  The commissioner is the principal executive officer of the Department of Fish and Game. The commissioner shall be a qualified executive with knowledge of...
• Sec. 16.05.020 Functions of Commissioner.
  The commissioner shall(1) supervise and control the department, and may appoint and employ division heads, enforcement agents, and the technical, clerical, and other assistants...
• Sec. 16.05.030 Status of Commissioner. [Repealed, Sec. 40 Ch 206 Sla 1975].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.040 Compensation of Commissioner.
  The commissioner is entitled to the compensation fixed by law and, subject to appropriate state travel regulations, is entitled to reimbursement for actual and...
• Sec. 16.05.050 Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
  (a) The commissioner has, but not by way of limitation, the following powers and duties:(1) through the appropriate state agency and under the provisions...
• Sec. 16.05.052 Nuisance Moose.
  The department shall avoid destruction of nuisance moose if a practicable alternative exists for the relocation of the moose to suitable habitat where the...
• Sec. 16.05.053 Accounting and Disposition of Receipts. [Repealed, Sec. 92 Ch 36 Sla 1990. for Current Law, See As 37.05.142 - 37.05.144].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.055 On-Board Observer Program.
  (a) The commissioner may enter into appropriate contracts and agreements with agencies, such as the National Marine Fisheries Service, the North Pacific Fishery Management...
• Sec. 16.05.060 Emergency Orders.
  (a) This chapter does not limit the power of the commissioner or an authorized designee, when circumstances require, to summarily open or close seasons...
• Sec. 16.05.065 Application Extension.
  (a) The commissioner shall extend the time and dates during which application may be made for fish or game registration if the commissioner finds...
• Sec. 16.05.070 Regulations As Evidence.
  Regulations of a board and of the commissioner, including emergency openings and closures, are admissible as evidence in the courts of the state in...
• Sec. 16.05.080 Limitation of Power.
  Nothing in this chapter authorizes the department or a board to change the amount of fees or licenses.
• Sec. 16.05.090 Organization of the Department.
  (a) The commissioner may, with the approval of the governor, establish a departmental division of commercial fisheries, a departmental division of sport fisheries, a...
• Sec. 16.05.092 Fisheries Rehabilitation, Enhancement, and Development.
  The department shall(1) develop and continually maintain a comprehensive, coordinated state plan for the orderly present and long-range rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of all...
• Sec. 16.05.094 Duties of Section of Subsistence Hunting and Fishing.
  The section of subsistence hunting and fishing shall(1) compile existing data and conduct studies to gather information, including data from subsistence users, on all...
• Sec. 16.05.100 Fish and Game Fund Established.
  There is created a revolving fish and game fund, which shall be used exclusively for the following:(1) to carry out the purposes and provisions...
• Sec. 16.05.110 Composition of Fund.
  (a) The fish and game fund shall be made up of the following money and other money the legislature appropriates, which shall be deposited...
• Sec. 16.05.120 Disbursement of Funds.
  Upon authorization of the commissioner, disbursements from the fish and game fund shall be paid by the proper state officer on presentation of vouchers...
• Sec. 16.05.130 Diversion of Funds Prohibited; Separate Accounts.
  (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, money accruing to the state from sport fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses, tags, or permit...
• Sec. 16.05.140 Assent to Provisions of Federal Aid Acts.
  The state assents to the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act of September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669-669j), to the Federal Aid in Fish...
• Sec. 16.05.150 Enforcement Authority.
  The following persons are peace officers of the state and they shall enforce this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52:(1) an employee of...
• Sec. 16.05.160 Duty to Arrest.
  Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 shall arrest a person violating a provision of this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52, or...
• Sec. 16.05.165 Form and Issuance of Citation.
  (a) When a peace officer stops or contacts a person concerning a violation of this title except AS 16.51 and AS 16.52 or of...
• Sec. 16.05.170 Power to Execute Warrant.
  Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may execute a warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for...
• Sec. 16.05.180 Power to Search Without Warrant.
  Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may without a warrant search any thing or place if the search is reasonable or is not...
• Sec. 16.05.190 Seizure and Disposition of Equipment.
  Guns, traps, nets, fishing tackle, boats, aircraft, automobiles or other vehicles, sleds, and other paraphernalia used in or in aid of a violation of...
• Sec. 16.05.195 Forfeiture of Equipment.
  (a) Guns, traps, nets, fishing gear, vessels, aircraft, other motor vehicles, sleds, and other paraphernalia or gear used in or in aid of a...
• Sec. 16.05.200 Power to Administer Oaths.
  Each peace officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may administer to or take from any person, an oath, affirmation, or affidavit when it is for...
• Sec. 16.05.210 Ineligibility for Bounties.
  An employee or special hunter of the department may not receive or attempt to receive a bounty for the killing of a predator, or...

Last modified: November 15, 2016