---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 679.3"
title: "50"
number: "679.3"
heading: "Relation to other laws."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/679.3"
---

# §679.3. Relation to other laws.

- (a) **Foreign fishing for groundfish.** Regulations governing U.S. nationals fishing in the Russian fisheries are set forth in [part 300](/cfr/50/part300.md) of chapter III of this title.
- (b) **Domestic fishing for groundfish.**
  - (1) The conservation and management of groundfish in waters of the territorial sea and internal waters of the State of Alaska are governed by the Alaska Administrative Code at 5 AAC Chapter 28 and by the Alaska Statutes at [Title 16](/cfr/16.md).
  - (2) Alaska Administrative Code (5 AAC 39.130) governs reporting and permitting requirements using ADF&G “Intent to Operate” and “Fish Tickets.”
- (c) **Halibut.** Additional regulations governing the conservation and management of halibut are set forth in [subpart E of part 300](/cfr/50/part300-subpartE.md) of chapter III of this title.
- (d) **King and Tanner crabs.** Additional regulations governing conservation and management of king crabs and Tanner crabs in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area are contained in [50 CFR part 680](/cfr/50/part680.md) and in Alaska Statutes at A.S. 16 and Alaska Administrative Code at 5 AAC Chapters 34, 35, and 39.
- (e) **Incidental catch of marine mammals.** Regulations governing exemption permits and the recordkeeping and reporting of the incidental take of marine mammals are set forth in [§ 216.24](/cfr/50/216.24.md) and [part 229 of this title](/cfr/50/part229.md).
- (f) **Domestic fishing for salmon.** Management of the salmon commercial troll fishery and recreational fishery in the East Area of the Salmon Management Area, defined at [§ 679.2](/cfr/50/679.2.md), is delegated to the State of Alaska. Regulations governing the commercial drift gillnet salmon fishery and recreational salmon fishery in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area, defined at [§ 679.2](/cfr/50/679.2.md), are set forth in [subpart J](/cfr/50/subpartJ.md) of this part.
- (g) **Scallops.** Additional regulations governing conservation and management of scallops off Alaska are contained in Alaska Statutes A.S. 16 and Alaska Administrative Code at 5 AAC Chapter 38.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 31230, June 19, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 35578, July 5, 1996; 62 FR 2045, Jan. 15, 1997; 62 FR 19688, Apr. 23, 1997; 63 FR 38502, July 17, 1998; 63 FR 47356, Sept. 4, 1998; 69 FR 877, Jan. 7, 2004; 70 FR 10232, Mar. 2, 2005; 77 FR 75587, Dec. 21, 2012; 89 FR 34758, Apr. 30, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281.

### Amendments

[61 FR 31230, June 19, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 35578, July 5, 1996; 62 FR 2045, Jan. 15, 1997; 62 FR 19688, Apr. 23, 1997; 63 FR 38502, July 17, 1998; 63 FR 47356, Sept. 4, 1998; 69 FR 877, Jan. 7, 2004; 70 FR 10232, Mar. 2, 2005; 77 FR 75587, Dec. 21, 2012; 89 FR 34758, Apr. 30, 2024]