Alaska Statutes Title 16, Chapter 16.05, Article 04 - Licensing of Commercial Fishing Crewmembers and Vessels

• Sec. 16.05.440 Expiration Date for Licenses.
  Licenses issued under AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.723 expire at the close of December 31 following their issuance or, for licenses that are valid for...
• Sec. 16.05.450 Issuance of Licenses; Disclosure for Child Support Purposes.
  (a) The commissioner or an authorized agent shall issue a crewmember fishing license under AS 16.05.480 to each qualified person who files a written...
• Sec. 16.05.460 Commissioner May Appoint Agents.
  The commissioner may appoint qualified persons as agents to receive applications, issue licenses, and collect license fees under AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.480.
• Sec. 16.05.470 Fee for Issuance of Licenses.
  (a) A person appointed by the commissioner to sell licenses under AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.480, except salaried employees of the state, shall retain the...
• Sec. 16.05.475 Registration of Fishing Vessels.
  (a) A person may not employ a fishing vessel in the water of this state unless it is registered under the laws of the...
• Sec. 16.05.480 Commercial Fishing License; Disclosure for Child Support Purposes.
  (a) A person engaged in commercial fishing shall obtain a commercial fishing license and shall retain the license in possession and readily available for...
• Sec. 16.05.490 Vessel License.
  (a) As a condition to delivery or landing of fish or engaging in commercial fishing in the state, a license is required for a...
• Sec. 16.05.495 Vessel License Exemption.
  A vessel used exclusively for the commercial capture of salmon in commercial salmon administrative management areas that include state water between the latitude of...
• Sec. 16.05.500 Revocation of Vessel License. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 105 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.510 Unlicensed Vessel Unlawful.
  A person may not operate a vessel to which AS 16.05.490 - 16.05.530 apply without a vessel license, whether the absence of a vessel...
• Sec. 16.05.520 Number Plate.
  (a) The vessel license includes a permanent number plate. The number plate shall be accompanied by a tab affixed to the number plate designating...
• Sec. 16.05.530 Renewal of Vessel License.
  (a) Upon payment of the vessel license fee and filing of the name and address of the owner of the vessel or the owner's...
• Sec. 16.05.536 Persons Eligible for Gear Licenses. [Repealed, Sec. 12 Ch 71 Sla 1972].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.540 - 16.05.610. Limitation on Issuance of Fishing Gear Licenses; Issuance of Licenses for Various Types of Fishing Gear. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 105 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.620 Otter Trawl License. [Repealed, Sec. 2 Ch 159 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.630 Shellfish Pot License. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 105 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.632 Identification of Shellfish Pots or Buoys, or Both, Used in the Taking of King Crab and Requirements for Buoys.
  (a) Registration tags for the identification of shellfish pots or buoys, or both, used in the taking of king crab are required in areas...
• Sec. 16.05.640 - 16.05.650. Clam Digger's License; Licensing of Small Commercial Operations. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 105 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.660 License Exemption.
  A person may, by complying with the $5 license requirement of AS 16.05.340(a)(6), take not more than 2,000 pounds each of tom cod, blue...
• Sec. 16.05.662 Fishing Derbies.
  (a) The commissioner may issue without cost a permit to a fishing derby association that has complied with the provisions of AS 05.15.100 -...
• Sec. 16.05.665 Falsification of Application for License.
  (a) A person who knowingly makes a false statement as to a material fact on an application for a license under AS 16.05.440 -...
• Sec. 16.05.670 Fishing Gear License in General. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 105 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.671 Transportation and Sale of Certain Fish by an Agent of the Fisherman Who Caught the Fish.
  (a) A person may transport and sell commercially taken fish as the agent of the commercial fisherman who caught the fish if the person...
• Sec. 16.05.675 Landing Permits.
  (a) A person who does not hold a limited entry permit or interim-use permit issued under AS 16.43 or a fish transporter permit issued...
• Sec. 16.05.680 Unlawful Practices.
  (a) It is unlawful for a person, or an agent or representative of the person,(1) to employ, in the harvesting, transporting, or purchasing of...
• Sec. 16.05.685 Processing on Commercial King Crab Fishing Vessels.
  (a) Crab of any species may not be processed on a commercial crab fishing vessel unless(1) the vessel remains within one registration area from...
• Sec. 16.05.690 Record of Purchases.
  (a) Each buyer of fish shall keep a record of each purchase showing the name or number of the vessel from which the catch...
• Sec. 16.05.700 Penalty for Violation of As 16.05.680 and 16.05.690. [Repealed, Sec. 25 Ch 127 Sla 1974].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.710 Suspension of Commercial License and Entry Permit.
  (a) Upon the conviction of a person for a misdemeanor or felony violation of a commercial fishing law of this state, in a fishery...
• Sec. 16.05.720 Penalties. [Repealed, Sec. 5 Ch 46 Sla 1988].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 16.05.722 Strict Liability Commercial Fishing Penalties.
  (a) A person who without any culpable mental state violates AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.690, or a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the...
• Sec. 16.05.723 Misdemeanor Commercial Fishing Penalties.
  (a) A person who negligently violates AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.690, or a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the department governing commercial fishing,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016