Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 05 - Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission › Article 4 - Interim-Use Permits › 20 AAC 05.425 - Application and annual renewal of interim-use permit

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				Application for the issuance or renewal of an interim-use permit must be made to
				the commission on a form provided by the commission. If the application is
				submitted by mail or electronic imaging, the application must be signed by the
				applicant or by an agent authorized in accordance with
				20 AAC 05.1960. An applicant may submit an application to
				renew an interim-use permit on the online licensing system at the commission's
				website. The total annual fee for the permit or permits being applied for or
				renewed must be submitted with the application.
(b) Repealed 11/26/87.
(c) Fees submitted for an interim-use permit
				for a specific fishery will be refunded only in the event of a season-long
				administrative closure of the fishery. However, the commission may; refund fees
				if the commission finds that a circumstance applicable to all permittees in that
				fishery has prevented a substantial number of permittees from participating. The
				commission may refund fees if the permittee erroneously applied for the wrong
				permit for the permittee's intended fishing activities during the season and did
				not try to participate in the fishery with the erroneous permit. A permittee may
				request a refund described in this subsection by submitting a written request to
				the commission that specifies the circumstances relevant to the request. The
				permit card or compelling evidence of the destruction of the permit card must
				accompany the request. The commission may require an applicant to submit
				additional affidavits or other evidence in support of a request for
				refund.
(d) Before the commission
				will issue an interim-use permit card in a given year, the annual renewal form
				submitted to the commission must show the ADF&G number of the vessel on which
				the card is to be used, and, except when excused for good cause or exempt by law,
				the vessel so designated must be licensed for that year.
(e) A person applying for or renewing an
				interim-use permit who needs to fish immediately, and has not yet renewed,
				applied for, or paid the current year fees for an interim-use permit, may instead
				apply using the Application for Immediate Fishing form provided by the
				commission. The application form may be used for fishing only if the form has
				been submitted to the commission through commission staff or an agent of the
				commission who has certified the form is complete by signing it. The signed
				application form may be used for fishing for no more than the 14 days immediately
				following the date that the form is signed by commission staff or an agent of the
				commission, unless extended by the commission. In addition to the total annual
				fee for the permits and vessel licenses being applied for, a processing fee of
				$80 must be submitted with the application. The commission may waive the
				processing fee for
(1) an applicant who
				qualifies for the reduced permit fee in accordance with
				20 AAC 05.245; or
(2) good cause shown.