Alaska Statutes Title 16. Fish and Game § 16.35.210. Nonindigenous fish

(1) a fisherman who catches and releases a fish into the water from which the fish was taken; or

(2) generally accepted conduct in relation to permitted salt water commercial or sport fishing.

(1) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900;

(2) “nonindigenous fish” means a species of fish that is not native to the body of water in which the fish is released or is intended to be released;

(3) “ornamental fish” means an aquatic finfish, commonly referred to as tropical fish, aquarium fish, or goldfish, an aquatic invertebrate, or an amphibian that is imported, cultured, or sold in the state customarily for viewing in an aquarium or for raising in an artificial containment system and that is not customarily used for sport fishing in the state or used for human consumption;

(4) “water of the state” means any water of the state forming a river, stream, lake, pond, slough, creek, bay, sound, estuary, inlet, strait, passage, canal, sea, or ocean, or any other body of water or waterway within the territorial limits of the state.