{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.05.055","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.05.055","heading":"On-board observer program.","body":"(a) The commissioner may enter into appropriate contracts and agreements with agencies, such as the National Marine Fisheries Service, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the International Pacific Halibut Commission, designed to ensure that on-board observer programs conducted in the fisheries of the state are coordinated and consistent with each other for vessels operating in state and federal water.\n(b) The master of a vessel, as a condition of participating in a fishery for which an on-board observer program is authorized by the Board of Fisheries under AS 16.05.251, shall consent in writing to the placement of an observer aboard the vessel.","path":["Title 16. Fish and Game.","Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions.","Article 1. The Department of Fish and Game."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#16.05.055","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"85658c6dcce277c8eeedb4076ca6e6bad785e5cb9451fd4c0b2ea29a4ae29856","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.05.053","next":"us-ak/as-16.05.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}