Animal traps in Southeast and Tok no longer need identification

Alaska’s Board of Game voted to remove a requirement that animal traps have some kind of identification in Southeast Alaska and the Tok region. The Board met on statewide proposals to change hunting and trapping regulations last week in Fairbanks.
The Alaska Trappers Association submitted Proposal 78 seeking to remove the trapping ID requirement statewide. Markers with the trappers name or some other identifying information are required in Southeast. It’s also required around Tok if