Unless otherwise provided in this chapter,
- (1) "bycatch" means any species or species group taken incidentally in the course of participating in a directed fishery for another species or species group;
- (2) "directed fishery" means a fishery that is managed for the taking of one or more target species or species groups;
- (3) "landing" means the act of offloading fish for sale or for transport to a buyer for later sale;
- (4) "target species" means a species or species group for which there is sufficient data to allow that species or species group to be managed on its own biological merits.
(Eff. 6/15/95, Register 134; am 4/4/97, Register 142)
Authority: AS 16.05.251