Guide Requirements
    for saltwater and freshwater operations

Guides must register annually with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game before guide services are rendered.

Registration forms are available on line or can be picked up at Alaska Fish & Game offices. A department representative will sign and date the form and the guide can carry the pink copy of form on their person until the wallet-sized card is received in the mail. Note, the 3-part form is not valid until a department representative signs the form. The guide must carry the wallet-sized guide card issued by ADF&G; on their person while guiding.

Renewal forms are mailed the first part of January to those guides who were registered in the previous year. If you have not received your renewal form by Febuary contact the Anchorage ADF&G; office at (907) 267-2369.

Assistants, deckhands, and similar persons who work directly under the supervision of and on the same vessel as a fishing guide are exempt from the guide registration requirements.

• The guide must carry the pink copy of the registration form or wallet-sized card issued by ADF&G; on their person while guiding.
  
• Must be working for a registered fishing service business. They must carry a copy of the registration of the business they work for and their own guide registration while operating.
  
• Must carry copies of vessel licenses, Coast Guard operator's licenses, and other required permits, if applicable.
  
• See the current year Fishing Regulations for Special Guiding Regulations.
  
• Before guiding sport anglers on the Kenai River, each guide and vessel must register annually with both ADF&G; and the Soldotna office of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources/Division of Parks. For more information call the Kenai River Center at (907) 260-4882.