5 Alaska Admin. Code § 41.075

Current through September 25, 2024
Section 5 AAC 41.075 - Classification of banned invasive species
(a) In consultation with the department, the board will classify certain normative species as banned invasive species under this section.
(b) When considering proposals to classify a certain normative species as a banned invasive species, or removing a species from the list of banned invasive species specified in (c) of this section, the board will consider and determine the potential of the species to
(1) survive, grow, reproduce, and establish reproductive populations in this state;
(2) cause a genetic alteration of a species indigenous to this state;
(3) compete for food, habitat, and resources with a species indigenous to this state;
(4) degrade or make uninhabitable habitats used by species indigenous to this state;
(5) transmit a disease to a species indigenous to this state or to humans;
(6) threaten the health or population of a species indigenous to this state or to humans;
(7) cause economic or environmental harm.
(c) The following species are classified as banned invasive species:
(1) Class A banned invasive species:

Common Name

Scientific Name

Amphibians

Pacific chorus frog

Pseudacris regilla or Hyla regilla

Red-legged frog

Rana aurora

Crustaceans

Rusty crayfish

Orconectes rusticus

European green crab

Carcinus maenas

Virile crayfish/Northern crayfish

Faxonius virilis

Fish

Yellow perch

Perca flavescens

Cyprinid fishes

Cyprinidae Family (includes invasive carps, redside shiners, solden shiners, and fathead minnows)

American shad

Alosa sapidissima

Eastern Mosauitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

Round goby

Apollonia melanostromus

Mollusks

New Zealand mudsnail

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Dreissenid mussels

Dreissenidae Family

Quagga mussel

Dreissenia bugensis

Zebra mussel

Dreissenia polymorpha

Conrad's or dark false mussel

Mytilopsis leucophaeta

Asian clam

Corbicula fluminea

(2) Class B banned invasive species;

Common Name

Scientific Name

Amphibians

American bull fros

Lithobates catesbeianus

Crustaceans

Signal crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Red swamp crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

European green crab

Carcinus maenas

Fish

Yellow perch

Perca flavescens

Muskellunse

Esox masauinonsv

Walleye

Sander vitreus

Blue2ill

Lepomis macrocbirus

Larsemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides

Smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolontieu

Black crappie

Pomoxis nisromaculatus

White crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Ictalurid fishes

Ictaluridae Familv (catfish)

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

White Perch

Morone americana

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis sihbosus

(d) A person may not possess any part of a Class A banned invasive species, including reproductive or genetic material, at any stage of its life cycle, except as follows:
(1) when transporting a specimen to any department office or another location as directed by the department In a sealed container for the purpose of containing, Identifying, or reporting the presence of the species; or
(2) under the provisions of an aquatic resource permit as described in 5 AAC 41.005.
(e) A person may not possess any live Class B banned invasive species at any stage of its life cycle.

5 AAC 41.075

Eff. 4/25/2021, Register 238, July 2021; am 6/25/2023, Register 246, July 2023

Authority:AS 16.05.050

AS 16.05.251