Title 5 . Fish and Game

Chapter 92 . Statewide Provisions

Section 70. Tier II subsistence hunting permit point system

5 AAC 92.070. Tier II subsistence hunting permit point system

(a) A Tier II subsistence permit applicant's "customary and direct dependence on the game population by the subsistence user for human consumption as a mainstay of livelihood" may provide up to 60 points. It is measured by the following indicators and points:

(1) the number of years in which the applicant has hunted on or eaten from the game population, plus the number of years in which the applicant would have hunted on or eaten from the game population but did not because state regulations canceled the hunt on the game population during a given year or years, or because the state did not issue the applicant a permit to hunt on the game population for which the applicant applied; one point is given for each year, up to 50 points; and

(2) the number of years in which a member of the applicant's household has hunted on or eaten from the game population, plus the number of years in which that member of the applicant's household would have hunted on or eaten from the game population but did not because state regulations canceled the hunt on the game population during a given year or years, or because the state did not issue that member of the applicant's household a permit to hunt on the game population for which that member of the applicant's household applied; .2 points are given for each year, up to 10 points.

(b) The "ability of a subsistence user to obtain food if subsistence use is restricted or eliminated" may provide up to 40 points. It is measured by the following indicators and points:

(1) the relative availability of alternative sources of game to the applicant's household, which may provide up to 20 points, as measured by the formula Score = 20(I/J), in which "I/J" is the percent of the applicant's household's wild game that came from the Tier II population over the past five years, in which "I" stands for the amount of game harvested by hunters from the applicant's household from the Tier II population and "J" stands for the amount of game harvested by hunters from the applicant's household from within the state; "I/J" may be a percent up to but not exceeding G/H, in which "G" stands for the amount of game harvested by hunters from the applicant's location from the Tier II population and "H" stands for the amount of game harvested by hunters from the applicant's location from within the hunt area and from all reasonably accessible game hunts within 150 miles, as calculated by the department; before January 1, 2012, the provisions of this paragraph do not apply to Units 22 and 23 musk oxen hunts;

(2) the availability of food for purchase in the community where most of the applicant's household's store-bought food was purchased during the past year, which may provide up to 10 points, as calculated by the department's current Tier II cost-of-food index; the number of points received by an applicant may not exceed the points calculated by the department using the cost-of-food index for the community nearest the applicant's residence; and

(3) the cost of gasoline in the community where most of the applicant's household's gasoline was purchased during the past year, which may provide up to 10 points; the number of points received by an applicant may not exceed the points calculated by the department using the cost of gasoline for the community nearest the applicant's residence.

(c) An applicant's total score is the sum of points given under (a) and (b) of this section, up to a maximum of 100 points.

History: Eff. 3/30/96, Register 137; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 3/30/2002, Register 161; em am 7/16/2003 - 11/5/2003, Register 166; em am 7/16/2003 - 11/5/2003, Register 166; em am 6/16/2004 - 10/14/2004, Register 171; em am 6/9/2005 - 10/6/2005, Register 175

Authority: AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.258

AS 16.05.330

AS 16.05.940