(a) A salmon fishery assessment shall be levied on the value of the salmon sold in a salmon fishery. The rate of the assessment, not to exceed five percent, and the termination date of the assessment shall be determined by an election under AS 43.76.230. (b) A salmon fishery assessment may only be levied or […]
(a) A qualified salmon fishery association may conduct an election under this section after the commissioner of fish and game approves (1) the notice to be published by the qualified salmon fishery association; the notice must state that all salmon sold in the fishery are subject to the salmon fishery assessment, the rate of the […]
(a) The rate or termination date of the salmon fishery assessment levied on salmon under AS 43.76.220 may be amended by the commissioner of revenue upon a two-thirds majority vote at an election held under AS 43.76.230 among the eligible permit holders for the fishery in which the salmon fishery assessment is levied. (b) The […]
(a) The salmon fishery assessment levied under AS 43.76.220 shall be terminated by the commissioner of revenue on the termination date determined at an election held under AS 43.76.230 to establish or amend the assessment. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the commissioner of revenue shall terminate the salmon fishery assessment before the termination date […]
(a) Except as otherwise provided under (f) of this section, a buyer who acquires salmon that is subject to a salmon fishery assessment levied under AS 43.76.220 shall collect the salmon fishery assessment at the time of purchase and shall remit the total salmon fishery assessment collected during each month to the Department of Revenue […]
(a) The legislature may make appropriations of revenue collected under AS 43.76.260 to the Department of Fish and Game for funding of the qualified salmon fishery association for the fishery in which the assessment was collected. Funds received under this section by a qualified salmon fishery association may be expended in accordance with the annual […]
In AS 43.76.220 – 43.76.280, (1) “administrative area” means an area established by the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission under AS 16.43.200 for regulating and controlling entry into salmon fisheries; (2) “buyer” has the meaning given in AS 43.76.040; (3) “fishery” has the meaning given in AS 16.43.990; (4) “qualified salmon fishery association” means an […]
