1. (a) An applicant may submit a request to the PNP coordinator for the department to prepare a management feasibility analysis for a proposed hatchery site. The department must complete and provide the analysis to the applicant before the applicant may submit an application for a hatchery permit under 5 AAC 40.140. The department will base the analysis on the following information that must be provided by the applicant to the PNP coordinator;

   1. (1) the location of the facility;
   2. (2) the desired species and broodstock for hatchery production;
   3. (3) if applicable, the run timing, by species of salmon;
   4. (4) he incubation and rearing levels desired during the first reproductive cycle, by species;
   5. (5) the incubation and rearing levels desired at full capacity, by species;
   6. (6) if requested by the PNP coordinator, other information necessary for the department to complete the analysis.
2. (b) Not later than 90 days after the PNP coordinator receives from the applicant the information described in (a) of this section, the department will complete a management feasibility analysis of the proposed hatchery.

3. (c) The department will include the following information in a management feasibility analysis:

   1. (1) an estimate of potential contributions to the common property fishery;
   2. (2) potential size and location of a special harvest area;
   3. (3) special management considerations or the need for additional studies;
   4. (4) potential broodstock sources;
   5. (5) an assessment of production potentials for each species; and
   6. (6) additional factors considered by the department to be relevant to a proposed hatchery operation.

(Eff. 3/31/85, Register 93; am 6/1/2013, Register 206; am 6/11/2025, Register 254)

Authority: AS 16.05.020, AS 16.05.092, AS 16.10.400, AS 16.12.010