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ALASKA FISHING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: Information courtesy of ADF&G
• An Alaska sport fishing license is required for all nonresidents 16 and over, and most
residents from 16 to 59 (see below), 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 licenses and king salmon stamps may be purchased from a license vendor
(Wilderness Place Lodge), by mail from the ADF&G Licensing Section, 1255 W.
8th Street, P.O. Box 115525, Juneau, AK 99811-5525, (907) 465-2376, or online at:
www.admin.adfg.state.ak.us/license.
• Alaska residents 60 or older are not required to purchase sport fishing licenses, but must
apply for an ADF&G Permanent Identification Card (PID), which is a lifetime hunting,
fishing, and trapping license. Alaska resident disabled veterans (50% or greater) may
apply for a lifetime hunting and fi shing license (DAV).
Application forms are available at ADF&G offices or
by mail from the ADF&G Licensing Section at the
address and phone numbers above.
• Your fishing license or PID card must be in your
possession while you are sport fishing, personal use
fishing, and/or clam digging.
• Your sport fishing license is valid for a calendar
year.
• In accordance with regulations, 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, for which you must also have a king salmon
stamp
• All persons engaged in sport fishing or in possession of finfish or shellfish must show
their sport fishing license/PID card, harvest record, and any permits or tags to any
representative of ADF&G or any peace officer of the state, upon request.
• A lost sport fishing license may be replaced for a small fee at any license vendor. A
lost PID card may be replaced 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.
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