{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.10.180","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.10.180","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"The legislature finds and recognizes these facts:\n(1) migratory fish and migratory shellfish are present in commercial quantities inside and outside the territorial waters of the state;\n(2) migratory fish and migratory shellfish taken from the waters of the state are indistinguishable, in most cases, from those taken from the adjacent high seas;\n(3) substantial quantities of migratory fish and migratory shellfish move inshore and offshore intermittently and at various times during a given year and in so doing often enter and leave territorial waters of the state;\n(4) to conserve the migratory fish and migratory shellfish found inside the waters of the state it is necessary to strictly enforce local laws and regulations;\n(5) by making certain laws and regulations enacted or adopted for the regulation of the coastal fishery applicable to the adjacent high sea areas, enforcement of these laws and regulations is facilitated;\n(6) conservation regulations should not be adopted to impose economic sanctions.","path":["Title 16. Fish and Game.","Chapter 10. Fisheries and Fishing Regulations.","Article 5. Migratory Fish and Shellfish."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#16.10.180","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"678b5ad115a9af1545f938313cee2f134817c3ea919750287047201c31e7f72e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.10.175","next":"us-ak/as-16.10.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}