A person must obtain a personal use shellfish permit as set out under 5 AAC 77.015 from the department before harvesting razor clams or shellfish with pots in the Cook Inlet Area. Upon taking shellfish and before concealing the shellfish from plain view or removing the shellfish from the fishing site, the person must enter the catch information requested on the personal use permit. A person who fails to comply with the requirements of 5 AAC 77.015 or this section, including a requirement to return harvest and catch information to the department, may be ineligible to obtain a shellfish harvest recording form during the following season in the fishery for which the form was required, unless the permit applicant demonstrates to the department that failure to report was due to unavoidable circumstances.

(Eff. 9/12/2008, Register 187; am 9/19/2019, Register 231)

Authority: AS 16.05.251