HB 152: "An Act relating to game management and to regulations of the Board of Game."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 152 01 "An Act relating to game management and to regulations of the Board of Game." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(a)(15) is amended to read: 04 (15) Nonresident big game tags 05 A nonresident may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 06 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under this paragraph. The tag must 07 be affixed to the animal immediately upon capture and must remain affixed until the 08 animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported. A tag issued but not used for an 09 animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement for an animal of any other 10 species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value. 11 (A) Bear, black, each .......................................................... 225 12 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each ........................................ 500 13 (C) Bison, each ................................................................... 450 14 (D) Caribou, each ............................................................... 325 15 (E) Deer, each ..................................................................... 150
01 (F) Elk, each ....................................................................... 300 02 (G) Goat, each .................................................................... 300 03 (H) Moose, each ................................................................. 400 04 (I) Sheep, each .................................................................... 425 05 (J) Wolf, each ....................................................................... 30 06 [A NONRESIDENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A NONRESIDENT WOLF 07 TAG TO TAKE A WOLF IN A GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT IF THE BOARD 08 OF GAME HAS ADOPTED AN INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 09 UNDER AS 16.05.255 FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE GAME 10 MANAGEMENT UNIT.] 11 (K) Wolverine, each ........................................................... 175 12 (L) Musk oxen, each ........................................................ 1,100 13 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(a)(21) is amended to read: 14 (21) Nonresident alien big game tags 15 (A) Bear, black, each ......................................................... 300 16 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each ........................................ 650 17 (C) Bison, each ................................................................... 650 18 (D) Caribou, each ............................................................... 425 19 (E) Deer, each ..................................................................... 200 20 (F) Elk, each ....................................................................... 400 21 (G) Goat, each .................................................................... 400 22 (H) Moose, each ................................................................. 500 23 (I) Musk oxen, each ......................................................... 1,500 24 (J) Sheep, each .................................................................... 550 25 (K) Wolf, each ...................................................................... 50 26 [A NONRESIDENT ALIEN IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A NONRESIDENT 27 ALIEN WOLF TAG TO TAKE A WOLF IN A GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT IF 28 THE BOARD OF GAME HAS ADOPTED AN INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT 29 PROGRAM UNDER AS 16.05.255 FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE GAME 30 MANAGEMENT UNIT.] 31 (L) Wolverine, each ............................................................ 250
01 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.783(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) A person may not shoot or assist in shooting a free-ranging wolf or 03 wolverine the same day that a person has been airborne. However, the Board of Game 04 may authorize a predator control program as part of a game management plan that 05 involves airborne or same day airborne shooting if the board has determined based on 06 information provided by the department 07 [(1) IN REGARD TO AN IDENTIFIED BIG GAME PREY 08 POPULATION UNDER AS 16.05.255(g) THAT OBJECTIVES SET BY THE 09 BOARD FOR THE POPULATION HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED AND THAT 10 PREDATION IS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 11 THE OBJECTIVES SET BY THE BOARD, AND THAT A REDUCTION OF 12 PREDATION CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO AID IN THE 13 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES; OR 14 (2)] that a disease or parasite of a predator population 15 (1) [(A)] is threatening the normal biological condition of the predator 16 population; or 17 (2) [(B)] if left untreated, would spread to other populations. 18 * Sec. 4. AS 08.54.750(e); AS 16.05.050(b), AS 16.05.255(e), 16.05.255(f), 16.05.255(g), 19 and 16.05.255(k) are repealed.