00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 110                                                                          
01 "An Act prohibiting the use of barbed hooks in certain freshwater areas."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 16.10.135. Prohibition on the use of barbed hooks. (a) A person may                                   
05       not use a barbed hook when participating in a freshwater fishery for a species that may                           
06       not be retained under a regulation adopted by the Board of Fisheries.                                             
07            (b)  A person may not use a barbed hook when participating in a freshwater                                   
08       fishery in which more than one species is present if there is a significant probability of                        
09       catching a species that may not be retained under a regulation adopted by the Board of                            
10       Fisheries.                                                                                                        
11            (c)  Whether there is a significant probability of catching a species that may                               
12       not be retained may be determined by the Board of Fisheries or by emergency order                                 
13       issued by the commissioner under AS 16.05.060.