Alaska Statutes 16.10.230 – Exemptions

Alaska Stat. § 16.10.180 – 16.10.220 do not apply to

(1) the use of nets for fishing for or taking salmon for the purposes of scientific investigation authorized by state law; and

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) existing laws and regulations prohibiting the taking of salmon by means of nets on the high seas.