Section 5 AAC 75.012 - Sport Shark Fishery Management Plan(a) The department shall manage sport shark fisheries for sustained yield.(b) Recognizing the lack of stock status information, the potential for rapid growth in the sport shark fishery, and the potential for over-exploitation, the following provisions apply to the sport shark fishery: (1) sharks may be taken from January 1 through December 31; the bag and possession limits for sharks in salt water is one fish;(2) the annual limit for sharks in salt water is two fish;(3) a non-transferable harvest record is required and must be in the possession of each angler sport fishing for sharks in salt water; the harvest record (A) for a licensed angler is located on the back of the angler's sport fishing license;(B) for an angler not required to have a sport fishing license may be obtained, without charge, from department offices and sport fishing license vendors throughout the state;(4) immediately upon landing a shark from salt water, an angler shall enter the date, location (water body), and species of the catch on the harvest record; and(5) notwithstanding (1) - (4) of this subsection, the bag and possession limit for spiny dogfish is five fish, with no size or annual limit; a harvest record is not required for spiny dogfish.(c) The provisions of (b) of this section also apply in the adjoining waters of the exclusive economic zone.(d) For the purpose of this section, "shark" means a species of the orders Lamniformes, Squaliformes, or Carcharhiniformes.Eff. 4/23/98, Register 146; am 6/10/2010, Register 194; am 6/1/2013, Register 206; am 9/19/2019,Register 231, August 2019Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.10.190