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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 77 . Personal Use Fishery
Section 508. Personal use permit for shellfish

5 AAC 77.508. Personal use permit for shellfish

(a) Before harvesting hardshell clams in the Southern District, as described in 5 AAC 21.200(d) , and shellfish with pots for personal use, a person must obtain from the department a personal use permit, as described in 5 AAC 77.015. Upon taking shellfish, and before concealing the shellfish from plain view or removing the shellfish from the fishing site, the person must enter, in ink, the catch information requested on the personal use permit. A person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section or 5 AAC 77.015 is ineligible to participate during the following calendar year in the fishery for which the form was required.

(b) For purposes of 5 AAC 77.508 - 5 AAC 77.549,

(1) "hardshell clams" means Pacific littleneck clams ( Protothaca staminea ) and butter clams ( Saxidomus giganteus );

(2) "shellfish" includes all shellfish and marine invertebrates.

History: Eff. 6/1/96, Register 138; am 6/5/2003, Register 166

Authority: AS 16.05.251


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