5 AAC 75.075. Sport fishing services and sport fishing guide services; license requirements; regulation of activities

(a) An owner of a business intending to conduct sport fishing services shall obtain a current annual sport fishing operator license form the department before the business conducts sport fishing services. To meet the licensing requirements of AS 16.40.260 and this section, the owner shall complete and submit, along with the applicable fee prescribed in AS 16.05.340 (a), a sport fishing operator license application form provided by the department. The following information regarding the business conducting the sport fishing service must be provided on the sport fishing operator license application form:

(1) the name, permanent residence address, local residence address, and mailing address of the owner;

(2) the name of the business;

(3) the Alaska business license number, issued under 12 AAC 12, and expiration date of the business license;

(4) the business' insurance policy number, with the company name and expiration date, of the policy that meets the insurance requirements specified in AS 16.40.260 ;

(5) the areas in which the fishing services will be provided;

(6) any other information required by the department on the license application form to verify that the applicant meets the requirements of AS 16.40.260 .

(b) Before providing sport fishing guide services, and applicant shall complete and submit, along with the applicable fee prescribe in AS 16.05.340 (a), a current annual sport fishing guide license form provided by the department. The following information regarding the applicant must be provided on the sport fishing guide license form:

(1) the name, permanent residence address, and mailing address of the applicant;

(2) a declaration of citizenship;

(3) first aid card information;

(4) current Alaska sport fishing license number;

(5) if operating a vessel, the current United States Coast Guard license information;

(6) any other information required by the department on the license application form to verity that the applicant meets the requirements of AS 16.40.270 .

(c) While engaged in providing sport fishing guide services, a sport fishing guide shall have readily available for inspection, and shall display upon request of a local representative of the department or a peace officer of the state the following:

(1) the sport fishing guide's current sport fishing guide license;

(2) a copy of the current sport fishing operator license of the sport fishing guide's employer, or, if the sport fishing guide is also a sport fishing operator, the guide's current sport fishing operator license;

(3) current sport fishing licenses, tags, stamps, or permits that are required to engage in the sport fishery for which the sport fishing guide services are provide;

(4) an identification card issued to the sport fishing guide by a state or federal agency that bears a photograph of the sport fishing guide.

History: 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

Authority: AS 16.05.251

AS 16.40.260

AS 16.40.270

Editor's note: The forms specified in 5 AAC 75.075 are available at any Division of Sport Fish regional office of the Department of Fish and Game.

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