(a) A person may not knowingly release, or transport, possess, import, or export for the purpose of release, into the water of the state live nonindigenous fish or live fertilized eggs of nonindigenous fish, unless permitted by Alaska Stat. Chapter 16.05 – Alaska Stat. Chapter 16.40 or by a regulation adopted under Alaska Stat. Chapter 16.05 – Alaska Stat. Chapter 16.40. This subsection does not apply to

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $25,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 16.35.210

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
(1) a fisherman who catches and releases a fish into the water from which the fish was taken; or
(2) generally accepted conduct in relation to permitted salt water commercial or sport fishing.
(b) A person may not knowingly rear live ornamental fish in, or release live ornamental fish into, the water of the state.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(d) In addition to the penalty imposed under (c) of this section, a person who is convicted of violating this section may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the state to cover the costs of damages to fishery resources of the state and of removing the introduced fish species from the water of the state.
(e) In this section,

(1) “knowingly” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.81.900;
(2) “nonindigenous fish” means a species of fish that is not native to the body of water in which the fish is released or is intended to be released;
(3) “ornamental fish” means an aquatic finfish, commonly referred to as tropical fish, aquarium fish, or goldfish, an aquatic invertebrate, or an amphibian that is imported, cultured, or sold in the state customarily for viewing in an aquarium or for raising in an artificial containment system and that is not customarily used for sport fishing in the state or used for human consumption;
(4) “water of the state” means any water of the state forming a river, stream, lake, pond, slough, creek, bay, sound, estuary, inlet, strait, passage, canal, sea, or ocean, or any other body of water or waterway within the territorial limits of the state.
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