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Fishing License Costs and Regulations | ||||
| Licenses | Resident | Nonresident | Nonresident Alien | Nonresident Military |
| 1-day sport fishing licence | N/A | $20 | $20 | N/A |
| 3-day sport fishing licence | N/A | $35 | $35 | N/A |
| 7-day sport fishing licence | N/A | $55 | $55 | N/A |
| 14-day sport fishing licence | N/A | $80 | $80 | N/A |
| Annual sport fishing licence | $24 | $145 | $145 | $24 |
| Fish breed/type | Size restrictions | Daily limit |
| King Salmon | 28 inches or greater: 20 inches to 27.99 inches: Less than 20 inches: |
2 3 10 |
| All other Salmon | No size restrictions | 5 |
| Arctic Char Dolly Varden Lake Trout |
No size restrictions |
2 in any combination. Applies to lake fishing specifically. |
| Arctic Char Dolly Varden Lake Trout |
20 inches or greater: Less than 20 inches: |
2 10, of which 2 can be Lake Trout. Applies to river fishing specifically |
| Rainbow Trout | Greater than 20 inches: Less than 20 inches. |
1 2 |
| Arctic grayling | No size restrictions | 5 |
| Sheefish | No size restrictions | 10 |
| Burbot | No size restrictions | 15 |
| Halibut | No size restrictions |
2 limit 4 in possession |
| All other fish | No size restrictions | No daily limits |
| An Alaska sport fishing license is required for all nonresidents 16 and over, and most residents from 16 to 59, to fish in all Alaskan fresh and salt waters. | ||||
| Anyone under the age of 16 is not required to have a sport fishing license. | ||||
| Sport fishing license and King Salmon harvest stamps may be purchased from a licence vendor by mail from:
1255 W. 8th Street P.O. Box 115525 Juneau, AK 99811-5525 907-465-2376 or online at http://www.admin.adfg.state.ak.us/license |
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| Alaska residents age 60 or alder are not reuqired to purchase a sport fishing license, but must apply for an ADF&G permananet identification card (PID) which is a lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licnese. Alaska redident disable ventrals (50% or greater) may apply for a lifetime hunting and fishing license (DAV). Application forms are availible at ADF&G offices, same as listed above. | ||||
| Your fishing license or PID card must be in your possession while you are sport fishing, personal use fishing or clam digging | ||||
| In accordance with regluations, a sport fishing license permits you to take or attempt to take any finfish or shellfish in fresh or salt waters, except anadromous (sea-run) King Salmon, which also requires a King Salmon stamp | ||||
| All persons engaged in sport fishing or in possession of finfish or shellfish must show their sport fishing licnse/PID card, harvest record | ||||
| A lost sport fishing license may be replaced for a small fee at any license vendor. A lost PID card may be replaced for free at any ADF&G office. | ||||
| No person may alter, loan or transfer to any other person any sport fishing license issued to him/her; and no person may use any license issued to another person. | ||||
| Licenses, stamps and tags are non-refundable. |