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. 16.43.150. Terms and conditions of entry permit; annual renewal.
(a) Except as may be otherwise provided under AS 16.43.270(d), an entry permit authorizes the permittee to operate a unit of gear within a specified fishery. (b) The holder of an entry permit shall have the permit in possession at all times when engaged in the operation of gear for which it was issued. (c) […]
Sec. 16.43.160. Fees.
(a) Except as specifically provided in this section, the commission shall establish annual fees for the issuance and annual renewal of entry permits or interim-use permits. (b) The commission may charge interest at a rate not to exceed the legal rate of interest established in AS 45.45.010 on fees more than 60 days overdue. (c) […]
Sec. 16.43.170. Transfer of entry permits.
(a) Except as provided in AS 16.10.333 – 16.10.338 and in AS 44.81.231 – 44.81.250, entry permits and interim-use permits are transferable only through the commission as provided in this section and AS 16.43.180 and under regulations adopted by the commission. An involuntary transfer of an entry permit in a manner inconsistent with the statutes […]
Sec. 16.43.180. Emergency transfers.
(a) The commission shall adopt regulations providing for the temporary emergency transfer of entry permits and interim-use permits when illness, disability, death, required military or government service, or other unavoidable hardship prevents the permit holder from participating in the fishery. To alleviate hardship pending a final determination of the permit holder’s eligibility for an entry […]
Sec. 16.43.200. Administrative areas.
(a) The commission shall establish administrative areas suitable for regulating and controlling entry into the commercial fisheries. The commission shall make the administrative areas reasonably compatible with the geographic areas for which specific commercial fishing regulations are adopted by the Board of Fisheries. (b) The commission may modify or change the boundaries of administrative areas […]