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20-25 — Bail/Forfeiture Schedule for the United MISCELLANEOUS

D. Alaska Standing Order — 20-25 — Bail/Forfeiture Schedule for the United

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA In the Matter of Bail/Forfeiture Schedule for the United MISCELLANEOUS States Fish & Wildlife Service/National GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-25 Parks Service/Bureau of Land Management. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The attached Bail/Forfeiture Schedule for violations of the laws and regulations enforced by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service/National Parks Service/Bureau of Land Management is hereby adopted by the Court. The Forfeiture of Collateral Schedule adopted hereby becomes effective immediately and supersedes MGO 10-03. DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this 29th day of July, 2020. /s/ Timothy M. Burgess______________ Timothy M. Burgess, Chief Judge United States District Court Distribution: District Judges Magistrate Judges U.S. Attorney Federal Public Defender Clerk of Court U.S. Marshal Court Librarian Court Rules Attorney Bankruptcy Judge Bankruptcy Clerk of Court U.S. Probation BAIL/FORFEITURE SCHEDULE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – MULTI- AGENCY SUBSISTENCE 50 CFR 100 – S UBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA [U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE/NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE /B UREAU OF LAND M ANAGEMENT ] AS MODIFIED AND ADOPTED M ISCELLANEOUS G ENERAL O RDER 20-25 SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT SUBPART A – GENERAL PROVISIONS 100.3(a) Subsistence uses are not permitted in Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords or Table 1 original Mt. McKinley National Parks 100.5 (a)–(d) Subsistence take of fish and wildlife by unauthorized persons Table 1 100.6(a) Fail to Possess and comply with pertinent permits, harvest tickets, or tags required 250 or by the State, or Federal permits, harvest tickets or tags as required by the board; Table 1 if fail to possess valid hunting, fishing or trapping licenses unless Federal licenses harvested are required or unless otherwise provided for in regulations 100.6(c) Fail to allow inspection by law enforcement agents 250 100.6(d) Fail to validate ticket, tag or permit before removing kill from harvest site 150 100.6(e) Fail to comply with reporting provisions 150 100.6(f) Make fraudulent application for Federal or State license, permits, harvest ticket or 500 tag, file incorrect harvest report 100.7(a) Illegal use of subsistence-taken fish, wildlife or their parts 250/per specimen 100.7(b) Exchange of fish and wildlife taken for subsistence use other than customary 250/per trade or barter specimen SUBPART B – PROGRAM STRUCTURE 100.19(g) You may not take fish and wildlife in violation of a restriction, closure, opening, or Table 1 temporary change authorized by the Board SUBPART D SUBSISTENCE TAKING OF FISH AND WILDLIFE 100.25 Subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, and shellfish: general regulations 100.25(c)(4) Fail to furnish upon request by State or Federal officer required information when 250 that person gives or receives wildlife to another person 100.25(d)(2) Fail to obtain designated harvest permit prior to attempting to harvest fish and return 250 completed report; possession of more than two harvest limits at one time 100.25(d)(3) Fail to possess valid designed fishing permit when taking, attempting to take, or 250 transporting fish 100.25(d)(4) Use of more than one legal limit of gear 250/per 100.25(d)(5) Designating more than one person at a time to take or attempt to take fish on 250 or your behalf; taking or attempting to take fish at the same time as designated Table 1 if Fisherman harvested SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT 100.25(e) Fail to obtain designated hunter permit prior to attempting to harvest wildlife on 100 or behalf of another Table 1 if harvested 100.25(f) Fail to promptly deliver wildlife when designated to take wildlife on behalf of 150 th 100.25(f) Charging for services 1000 or Table 1 if harvested 100.25(h)(1-5) Fail to obtain or comply with permit requirements 250 100.25(i) Possess, transport, give, receive or barter fish, wildlife or shellfish taken in Table 1 violation of Federal or State law or regulation 100.25(j)(1) Use wildlife as food for dog or furbearer, or as bait, except as authorized Table 1 100.25(j)(2)(i) Fail to salvage for human use the hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, Table 1 ti i k l tt 100.25(j)(2)(ii) Fail to salvage for human use the hide and edible meat of a brown/grizzly bear Table 1 ( t i th h th hid t i dt b l d) 100.25(j)(2)(iii) Fail to salvage for human use hide and edible meat of black bear Table 1 100.25(j)(2)(iv) Fail to salvage for human use hide or meat of squirrels, hares, marmots, beaver, Table 1 k t l ifi d 100.25(j)(3) Fail to salvage edible meat of ungulates, bear, grouse or ptarmigan Table 1 100.25(j)(4) Unauthorized intentional wasting or destroying subsistence caught fish or Table 1 shellfish except as permitted 100.26 Subsistence taking of wildlife 100.26(b)(1) Shooting from, on, or across highway 300 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(2) Use of poison 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(3) Use of helicopter in any manner 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(4) From motorized land or air vehicle, when that vehicle is in motion, or from a 250 or motor-driven boat when the boat progress from the motor’s power has not Table 1 or ceased unless otherwise authorized harvested 100.26(b)(5) Use motorized vehicle to herd, drive or molest wildlife 500 100.26(b)(6) Use or aid of machine gun, set gun, or shotgun larger than 10 gauge 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(7) Use of firearm other than shotgun, muzzle-loading rifle, rifle or pistol using 250 or center-fire cartridge for taking ungulates, bear, wolves, wolverine, except as Table 1 if provided. harvested 100.26(b)(8) Use of pit, fire, artificial light, radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, 250 or barbed arrow, bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with jaw spread Table 1 if over 9" or conibear style trap with jaw spread over 11" harvested SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT 100.26(b)(9) Use of snare except as provided 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(10) Use of trap to take ungulates or bear 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(11) Use hooks to physically snag or impale wildlife 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(12) Use of crossbow in area restricted to hunting with bow and arrow only to take 250 or ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(13) Take ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with inadequate bow or arrow 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(14) Use bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf or wolverine unless otherwise authorized 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(15) Take swimming ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverines unless otherwise 500 or authorized Table 1 if harvested 100.26(b)(16) Take or assist in taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, wolverine, or other fur bearers 500 or before 3:00 a.m. following the day in which airborne travel occurred (excludes Table 1 if regularly scheduled commercial aircraft and the taking of deer) harvested 100.26(b)(17) Take bear cub or sow accompanied by cubs 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(c) Fail to comply with State law when taking wildlife in defense of life or property 250 100.26(d)(1) Disturbing, destroying den (excluding muskrat houses in course of trapping) 250 100.26(d)(2) Disturbing, destroying beaver house 250 100.26(d)(3) Taking beaver by means other than steel trap or snare, except where permitted Table 1 by firearm 100.26(d)(4) Take otter with trap having jaw spread less than five and seven-eighths inches Table 1 during any closed mink or martin season in same GMU 100.26(d)(5) Use of net or fish trap except as authorized 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.26(d)(6) Take or assist in taking furbearer by firearm before 3:00 a.m. on the day following Table 1 the day airborne transport occurred, except as provided 100.26(e)(1) Exceed bag limit for a species, except as provided Table 1 100.26(e)(2) Exceed community harvest limit Table 1 100.26(f)(2) Take more than one brown/grizzly bear in a regulatory year Table 1 SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT 100.26(g)(1), Possess or transport animal without proof of sex and/or identity as required 250 (2), (3) 100.26(h) Fail to leave edible meat on front/hind quarter bones of moose and caribou 250 per harvested as provided, prior to October 1 until removed from field or processed for Specimen 100.26(i) Fail to notify appropriate agency within reasonable time upon taking marked or 250 tagged animal 100.26(j)(2) Possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin/skull of a bear unless first 250 sealed in accordance with State and Federal regulations unless otherwise 100.26(j)(3) Fail to keep bear skin and skull together until delivered for sealing 250 100.26(j)(3)(i) Fail to keep proof of sex naturally attached to bear skin until delivered for sealing 250 where required 100.26(j)(3) Remove from the area the unsealed skin or skull of a bear taken in an Alaska 250 (ii)–(v) Brown Bear Management Area and GMU 5, as provided 100.26(j)(4) Provide false information on sealing certificate of bear hide or skull 300 100.26(k) Fail to comply with sealing provisions for beaver, lynx, wolf, wolverine, marten, 250 otter 100.26(l) Fail to complete, sign and present temporary sealing form and skin 250 100.26(n) Subsistence taking of wildlife outside of unit seasons, in excess of harvest limits, Table 1 or in violation of unit-specific regulations for GMU 1–26 100.27(b)(2) Fail to use pots with escape mechanism 250/per 100.27 Subsistence Taking of Fish 100.27(b)(3) Use improperly sized gillnet for salmon 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(b)(4) Obstruct more than one-half width of stream with subsistence fishing gear 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(b)(5) Use of live non-indigenous fish as bait 250 100.27(b)(6) Fail to properly mark fish wheel with name and address 100/wheel 100.27(b)(7) Use of red buoys and kegs 100/per 100.27(b)(8) Fail to mark key, buoy, stakes, or fishing gear and nets with name and address 150/per 100.27(b)(9) Take fish by explosives or chemicals 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(b)(10) Take fish within 300 feet of dam, ladder, weir, culvert or other artificial obstruction 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(b)(14) The taking of rainbow trout or steel head trout, except as provided 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(b)(15) Use of subsistence taken fish for bait in commercial or sport fishing 250 or Table 1 if harvested SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT 100.27(c)(2)(i) Taking more fish than allowed by permit 250 or Table 1 if harvested 100.27(c)(2)(ii) Fail to obtain permit prior to fishing 250 100.27(c)(2)(iii) Fail to have permit in possession while fishing or transporting 250 100.27(c)(2)(iv) Fail to keep records as required by permit, i.e. number, species, location 250 100.27(d)(2) Use combined fishing gear that exceeds commercial limit, when participating in 250/per commercial and subsistence fishing at the same time 100.27(a)(3) Possess, transport, give, receive, or barter subsistence-taken fish or their parts Table 1 contrary to Federal or State law or regulations 100.27(e) Fail to comply with specific management area restrictions (list/area restriction) 250 (1-13) 100.28 Subsistence Taking of Shellfish 100.28(c) Taking Shellfish for subsistence in violation of subsistence fishing regulation Table 1 100.28(d)(1) Exceed harvest limit Table 1 100.28(b(2) Take shellfish with illegal gear 250/ shellfish 100.28(b)(3) Buying or selling subsistence -taken shellfish, their parts, or their eggs, unless Table 1 otherwise permitted 100.28(b)(4) Use of explosives and chemicals 500 or Table 1 if harvested 100.28(b)(5) Fail to properly mark gear 100/per (i-ii) 100.28(b)(6) Fail to use pots with escape mechanism 250/pot 100.28(b)(7) Mutilation or disfigurement of a crab in a manner that would prevent determining 100 + minimum size requirements 25/Crab 100.28(c)(2) Fail to obtain designated harvest permit prior to attempting to harvest shellfish; fail 250 to return completed harvest report; exceed two harvest limits 100.28(c)(3) Fail to have designated harvest permit in possession when taking, attempting to 250 take, or transporting shellfish 100.28(c)(4) Fishing with more than one legal limit of gear 250/per 100.28(c)(5) Designate more than one person to fish on your behalf; personally taking or 250/per or attempting to take shellfish at the same time a designated fisherman is taking or Table 1 if attempting to take shellfish on your behalf harvested 100.28(d)(1) Exceed limit set out in permit Table 1 100.28(d)(2) Fail to obtain permit prior to fishing 250 100.28(d)(3) Fail to have permit in possession while taking or transporting shellfish 250 SECTION VIOLATION AMOUNT 100.28(d)(5) Fail to keep accurate records of catch, species, location, date as required by 250 permit 100.28(d)(6) Fail to complete and timely submit reports 250 100.28(e) Use of fishing vessel which is commercially licensed and registered for shrimp or 250 crab fishing for subsistence shell fishing during the period starting 14 days before an opening until 14 days after the closure of a respective open season for which the vessel is registered 100.28(f) Possess shellfish smaller than minimum size limit Table 1 100.28(g) Possess, transport, give, receive or barter shellfish or their parts taken in violation Table 1 of Federal or State Regulations 100.28(h)(1) Furnish subsistence taken shellfish by owner, operator, employee of lodge, Table 1 (i-iii) charter vessel, or other enterprise that furnishes food, lodging, or guide service to a client unless otherwise permitted 100.28(h)(2) Deploy, set, or retrieve personal gear by captain or crew of charter vessel while 250/per engaged in charter 100.28(h)(1-6) Fail to comply with specific shellfish area pertinent restrictions (list 250 area/regulation) WILDLIFE/PROPERTY FORFEITURE ORDER Unless specifically ordered by the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, any wildlife or property that has been seized within a National Wildlife Refuge within the jurisdiction of the District of Alaska under the Authority of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 668dd(g), where final disposition of the case has been made by payment of a forfeiture of collateral, such wildlife or property must be forfeited to the U.S. Government and disposed of by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in such manner as described by Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 12 Table 1 - General Season, Subsistence Hunting and Lacey Act Species Commercial Non-Commercial Big Game Animals $3000 + $250/specimen $2000 + $250/specimen Small Game Animals $1000 + $50/specimen $500 + $50/specimen Non-Game Animals $1000 + $50/specimen $500 + $50/specimen Fur Bearer $1000 + $50/specimen $500 + $50/specimen Birds Raptors $2000 + $250/specimen $1000 + $250/specimen All others $1000 + $50/specimen $500 + $50/specimen Fish King Salmon $500 + $150/specimen $250 + $50/specimen Others $500 + $25/specimen $250 + $25/specimen Shellfish $350 + $15/specimen $250 + $5/specimen Other $500 + $25/specimen $250 + $25/specimen
Official source: https://www.akd.uscourts.gov/sites/akd/files/20-25_USFW_Bail_Forfeiture_Schedule.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23