Sec. 16.43.410. Term and conditions of special harvest area entry permits.
(a) Special harvest area entry permits may be applied for on an annual basis and shall be issued for a term of one year. A permit is nontransferable. (b) A special harvest area entry permit may only be issued for the applicable area designated by the Department of Fish and Game as a special harvest […]
Sec. 16.43.250. Standards for initial issue of entry permits.
(a) Following the establishment of the maximum number of units of gear for a particular fishery under AS 16.43.240, the commission shall adopt regulations establishing qualifications for ranking applicants for entry permits according to the degree of hardship that they would suffer by exclusion from the fishery. The regulations shall define priority classifications of similarly […]
Sec. 16.43.420. Disposition of fish.
Fish caught under the authority of a special harvest area entry permit are the property of the permit holder. The permit holder may sell the fish if the proceeds are used in the manner described in AS 16.10.450.
Sec. 16.43.260. Application for initial issue of entry permits.
(a) The commission shall accept applications for entry permits only from applicants who have harvested fishery resources commercially while participating in the fishery as holders of gear licenses issued under former AS 16.05.536 – 16.05.670 or interim-use permits under AS 16.43.210(a) or 16.43.225 before the qualification date established in (d), (e), or (f) of this […]
Sec. 16.43.430. Authorized gear.
For the purposes of harvesting salmon or shellfish, a special harvest area entry permit holder may employ any fishing gear designated as legal gear in the applicable special harvest area by the Board of Fisheries.
Sec. 16.43.270. Initial issuance of entry permits.
(a) The commission shall issue entry permits, for each fishery, first to all qualified applicants in the priority classifications designated under AS 16.43.250(b) and then to qualified applicants in order of descending priority classification, until the number of entry permits issued equals the maximum number of entry permits established under AS 16.43.230 and 16.43.240 for […]
Sec. 16.43.440. Adoption of regulations.
(a) Use privileges granted under AS 16.43.400 – 16.43.440 are subject to the regulations of the Board of Fisheries. (b) The commission, after consultation with the Department of Fish and Game, shall adopt regulations that are reasonably necessary to implement AS 16.43.400 – 16.43.440.
Sec. 16.43.290. Optimum number of entry permits.
Following the issuance of entry permits under AS 16.43.270, the commission shall establish the optimum number of entry permits for each fishery based upon a reasonable balance of the following general standards: (1) the number of entry permits sufficient to maintain an economically healthy fishery that will result in a reasonable average rate of economic […]
Sec. 16.43.300. Revisions of optimum number of entry permits.
(a) The commission may increase or decrease the optimum number of entry permits for a fishery when one or more of the following conditions makes a change desirable considering the purposes of this chapter: (1) an established long-term change in the biological condition of the fishery has occurred that substantially alters the optimum number of […]
Sec. 16.43.310. Establishment of buy-back funds and permit buy-back assessments.
(a) When the optimum number of entry permits is less than the number of entry permits outstanding in a fishery, the commission may establish a buy-back program, a buy-back plan, and a buy-back fund for that fishery. (b) The commission may establish by regulation a permit buy-back assessment for each fishery for which the commission […]