Alaska Statutes: AS 16.05.730. Management of Wild and Enhanced Stocks of Fish.

Alaska Statutes. Title 16. Fish and Game Chapter 5. Fish and Game Code and Definitions Section 730. Management of Wild and Enhanced Stocks of Fish.

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AS 16.05.730. Management of Wild and Enhanced Stocks of Fish.

   (a) Fish stocks in the state shall be managed consistent with sustained yield of wild fish stocks and may be managed consistent with sustained yield of enhanced fish stocks.
   (b) In allocating enhanced fish stocks, the board shall consider the need of fish enhancement projects to obtain brood stock. The board may direct the department to manage fisheries in the state to achieve an adequate return of fish from enhanced stocks to enhancement projects for brood stock; however, management to achieve an adequate return of fish to enhancement projects for brood stock shall be consistent with sustained yield of wild fish stocks.
   (c) The board may
        (1) consider the need of enhancement projects authorized under AS 16.10.400 and contractors who operate state-owned enhancement projects under AS 16.10.480 to harvest and sell fish produced by the enhancement project that are not needed for brood stock to obtain funds for the purposes allowed under AS 16.10.450 or 16.10.480(d);
        (2) consider the need of projects authorized under AS 16.12.010 to harvest and sell shellfish that are not needed for brood stock to obtain funds for the purposes allowed under AS 16.12.080;
        (3) exercise its authority under this title as it considers necessary to direct the department to provide a reasonable harvest of fish, in addition to the fish needed for brood stock, to an enhancement project to obtain funds for the enhancement project if the harvest is consistent with sustained yield of wild fish stocks; and
        (4) adopt a fishery management plan to provide fish to an enhancement project to obtain funds for the purposes allowed under AS 16.10.450, 16.10.480(d), or AS 16.12.080.
   (d) In this section, "enhancement project" means a project, facility, or hatchery for the enhancement of fishery resources of the state for which the department has issued a permit.

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