Alaska Statutes 16.10.180 – Legislative findings

The legislature finds and recognizes these facts:

(1) migratory fish and migratory shellfish are present in commercial quantities inside and outside the territorial waters of the state;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 16.10.180

state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(2) migratory fish and migratory shellfish taken from the waters of the state are indistinguishable, in most cases, from those taken from the adjacent high seas;

(3) substantial quantities of migratory fish and migratory shellfish move inshore and offshore intermittently and at various times during a given year and in so doing often enter and leave territorial waters of the state;

(4) to conserve the migratory fish and migratory shellfish found inside the waters of the state it is necessary to strictly enforce local laws and regulations;

(5) by making certain laws and regulations enacted or adopted for the regulation of the coastal fishery applicable to the adjacent high sea areas, enforcement of these laws and regulations is facilitated;

(6) conservation regulations should not be adopted to impose economic sanctions.

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