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Title 5 . Fish and Game
Chapter 75 . Personal Use Fishery
Section 76. Sport fishing services and sport fishing guides reporting requirements

5 AAC 75.076. Sport fishing services and sport fishing guides reporting requirements

(a) A sport fishing guide shall obtain and complete a

(1) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2005 Saltwater Charter Logbook and Vessel Registration, adopted by reference, if operating in salt waters;

(2) State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 2005 Freshwater Guide Logbook and Vessel Registration, adopted by reference, if operating in fresh waters.

(b) A logbook requires information necessary for the management and conservation of fishery resources or the regulation of the guided sport fishing industry, including

(1) the division of motor vehicles boat registration number, issued under 2 AAC 70, or United States Coast Guard documentation number, of the vessels that are used to provide sport fishing guide services in fresh or salt waters;

(2) the locations where the sport fishing guide services were provided;

(3) the effort, catch, and harvest of sport fish by persons who are clients, owners, or employees of a business that conducts sport fishing services or a person who provides sport fishing guide services; and

(4) any other information the department determines is necessary for the management and conservation of the fishery resource or the regulation of the guided sport fishing industry.

(c) A sport fishing guide shall complete a logbook in the manner and at the location specified in the logbook and present the guide's logbook for inspection, at the location where the logbook is required to be filled out, upon request from a local representative of the department or a peace officer of the state.

(d) A person may not make a false entry in the logbook required in (a) of this section.

(e) The holder of a sport fishing operator license issued under AS 16.40.260 and 5 AAC 75.075 is responsible for reporting logbook information and returning the completed logbook of each sport fishing guide it employs to the department in the manner and time frame specified in the logbook.

History: Eff. 5/19/98, Register 146; am 9/23/98, Register 147; am 5/15/99, Register 150; am 4/16/2000, Register 154; am 5/20/2000, Register 154; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 4/5/2002, Register 162; am 2/28/2003, Register 165; am 3/25/2004, Register 169; am 2/10/2005, Register 173; am 5/19/2005, Register 174

Authority: AS 16.05.251

AS 16.40.280

Editor's note: The logbooks adopted by reference in 5 AAC 75.076(a) are available from Department of Fish and Game offices in Anchorage, Soldotna, Palmer, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Douglas, or by writing to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, P.O. Box 25526, Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526. In addition, the logbooks are available for inspection at the Lieutenant Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska.


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