1. (a) In consultation with the department, the board will classify certain nonnative species as banned invasive species under this section.

2. (b) When considering proposals to classify a certain nonnative species as a banned invasive species, or removing a species from the list of banned invasive species specified in (c) of this section, the board will consider and determine the potential of the species to

   1. (1) survive, grow, reproduce, and establish reproductive populations in this state;
   2. (2) cause a genetic alteration of a species indigenous to this state;
   3. (3) compete for food, habitat, and resources with a species indigenous to this state;
   4. (4) degrade or make uninhabitable habitats used by species indigenous to this state;
   5. (5) transmit a disease to a species indigenous to this state or to humans;
   6. (6) threaten the health or population of a species indigenous to this state or to humans;
   7. (7) cause economic or environmental harm.

3. (c) The following species are classified as banned invasive species:

   1. (1) Class A banned invasive species:Common Name Scientific Name Amphibians Pacific chorus frogPseudacris regilla or Hyla regillaRed-legged frogRana aurora Crustaceans Rusty crayfishOrconectes rusticusEuropean green crabCarcinus maenasVirile crayfish/Northern crayfishFaxonius virilisFish Cyprinid fishesCyprinidae Family (includes invasive carps, redside shiners, golden shiners, and fathead minnows)American shadAlosa sapidissimaEastern MosquitofishGambusia holbrookiRound gobyApollonia melanostromus Mollusks New Zealand mudsnailPotamopyrgus antipodarumDreissenid musselsDreissenidae FamilyQuagga musselsDreissenia bugensisZebra musselDreissenia polymorphaConrad's or dark false musselMytilopsis leucophaetaAsian clamCorbicula fluminea
4. (2) Class B banned invasive species: Common Name Scientific Name Amphibians American bull frogLithobates catesbeianusCrustaceans Signal crayfishPacifastacus leniusculusRed swamp crayfishProcambarus clarkiiFish Yellow perchPerca flavescensMuskellungeEsox masquinongyWalleyeSander vitreusBluegillLepomis macrochirusLargemouth bassMicropterus salmoidesSmallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieuBlack crappiePomoxis nigromaculatusWhite crappiePomoxis annularislctalurid fishesIctaluridae Family (catfish)Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalisBrown troutSalmo truttaWhite Perch Morone americanaPumpkinseedLepomis gibbosus

5. (d) A person may not possess any part of a Class A banned invasive species, including reproductive or genetic material, at any stage of its life cycle, except as follows:

   1. (1) when transporting a specimen to any department office or another location as directed by the department in a sealed container for the purpose of containing, identifying, or reporting the presence of the species; or
   2. (2) under the provisions of an aquatic resource permit as described in 5 AAC 41.005.
6. (e) A person may not possess any live Class B banned invasive species at any stage of its life cycle.

(Eff. 4/25/2021, Register 238; am 6/25/2023, Register 246)