Current through September 25, 2024
Section 5 AAC 75.010 - Possession of sport-caught fish(a) Sport-caught fish, parts of the fish, and articles manufactured from the fish may be possessed within the state by any person at any time, and may be transported within and exported out of the state by any person at any time except that a person may not possess any unpreserved fish, or part of an unpreserved fish, not legally taken by an unpreserved fish, unless the person furnishes, upon request of any peace officer of the state, a statement signed by the person taking the fish stating the type of fish, number of fish, location, date taken, and license number. The signed statement is not required if the person possessing the fish is accompanied by the person who took the fish. A person may not possess fish which were not legally taken.(b) A person may possess only the limit of fish allowed for the water on which that person is fishing.(c) Upon request by an employee of the department or a peace officer of the state, a person must present for inspection any fish taken or possessed by the person in a sport fishery.(d) Upon request by an employee of the department or a peace officer of the state, a person while taking fish must present for inspection any apparatus designed to be or capable of being used to take fish in a sport fishery.In effect before 1986; am 4/18/86, Register 98; am 7/18/99, Register 151; am 3/13/2004, Register 169; am 6/26/2016, Register 218, July 2016