1. (a) Salmon eggs are surplus if the following conditions are met:

   1. (1) the hatchery operator no longer needs to return to the indigenous stocks in order to develop the broodstock for the hatchery; and
   2. (2) broodstock needs for the hatchery, as identified in the annual management plan, must have been achieved through salmon returning to the facility.
2. (b) A proposed sale of surplus salmon eggs by a hatchery permit holder must be identified in the annual management plan for the facility.
3. (c) A hatchery permit holder shall obtain a permit alteration from the commissioner if the eggs taken for sale purposes are to be incubated at the facility before transfer to the recipient facility.
4. (d) The appropriate fish-transport permit must be approved by the commissioner before any surplus salmon eggs are transferred from the facility to the recipient facility.

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

Authority: AS 16.05.020, AS 16.05.092, AS 16.10.450