Alaska § 16.05.730 - Management of wild and enhanced stocks of fish.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 16.05.730 — Management of wild and enhanced stocks of fish., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16.05.730 ("Management of wild and enhanced stocks of fish.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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