Current through October 17, 2024
Section 5 AAC 75.075 - Sport fishing services and sport fishing guide services; registration requirements; regulation of activities(e) An owner of a business shall register with the department before the business conducts sport fishing services. To meet the registration requirements of this section, the owner shall complete and submit to the department a current annual sport fishing operator registration form provided by the department. The following information regarding the business conducting sport fishing services must be provided on the form: (1) the name and permannet mailing address of the owner;(2) the name of the business and current Alaska Business License number. issued under 12 AAC 12.(f) A person shall register with the department before the person conducts sport fishing guide services. To meet the registration requirements of this section, a person shall complete and submit to the department a current annual sport fishing guide registration form provided by the department. The following information regarding the applicant must be provided on the form: (1) the applicant's name and permanent mailing address;(2) the applicant's current Alaska sport fishing license number.(g) While providing sport fishing guide services, a person shall have readily available for inspection and shall display upon request of a representative of the department or a peace officer of the state, and while providing sport fishing guide services on salt water or while on navigable fresh water within six hours after providing such services on salt water, a person shall have readilv available for inspection and shall display upon request of a law enforcement representative of the National Marine Fisheries Service or a representative of the United States Coast Guard, the following: (1) the person's current (A) sport fishing guide registration or card; and(B) applicable logbooks as required in 5 AAC 75.076 for sport fishing guides operating in salt water;(2) the current sport fishing operator registration or card, or a copy, of the person's employer or the person;(3) the person's current sport fishing license, harvest records, tags, stamps, or permits that are required to engage in the sport fishery for which the sport fishing guide services are provided;(4) an identification card issued to the person by a state or federal agency that bears a photograph of the person;(5) if on a vessel in salt water, the sport fishing license and harvest record of each client on board the vessel.(h) A sport fishing guide or a registered sport fishing operator may not (1) aid in the commission of a violation of AS 16.05 -AS 16.40 or a regulation adopted under AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 by an angler who is a client of the person or operator; or(2) permit the commission by an angler who is a client of the person or operator of a violation of AS 16.05 - 16.40 or a regulation adopted under AS 16.05 - 16.40 that the sport fishing guide knows or reasonably believes is being or will be committed without (A) attempting to prevent it, short of using force; and(B) reporting the violation.Eff. 4/18/86, Register 98; am 5/13/95, Register 134; am 4/23/98, Register 146; am 5/19/98, Register 146; am 2/10/2005, Register 173; am 1/1/2008, Register 184; am 3/4/2015, Register 213, April 2015; am 3/15/2017, Register 221, April 2017; am 3/28/2019,Register 229, April 2019; am 5/26/2019,Register 230, July 2019