Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 39 - General Provisions › Article 1 - General › 5 AAC 39.132 - Annual statistical survey of processor capacity

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For fishery
				  management or conservation purposes, or to assist the governor's determination
				  on the issuance of foreign fish processing permits under
				  5 AAC 39.198, the commissioner or the commissioner's
				  designee may conduct annual statistical surveys of fish buyers and processors
				  intending to purchase and process fish for an upcoming fishing
				  season.
(b) The commissioner, or
				  the commissioner's designee, will determine annually the specific fisheries
				  that require a statistical survey as specified in (a) of this
				  section.
(c) The commissioner, or
				  the commissioner's designee, will select survey participants based on the
				  amount of fish the participants purchased and processed in the subject fishery
				  in prior years. The participant's previous purchasing and processing activity
				  will be assessed from fish ticket records, annual statistical reports required
				  under 5 AAC 39.130, and any other
				  pertinent information collected by the department.
(d) The department will provide to selected
				  survey participants written notification of the department's intent to conduct
				  a statistical survey regarding the participant's intent and capacity to
				  purchase and process fish in a fishery during the upcoming fishing season.
				  Within 72 hours of receipt of the written notification of participation, a
				  selected survey participant shall furnish to the department the name, mailing
				  address, facsimile number, and telephone contact number for the person able to
				  accurately provide the information requested on the participant's
				  behalf.
(e) A statistical survey
				  under this section will address the following data:
(1) the maximum amount of fish in pounds or
				  numbers of fish that the participant intends to purchase and process during the
				  upcoming fishing season;
(2) the
				  approximate maximum daily amount of fish in pounds or numbers of fish that the
				  participant intends to purchase and process in the upcoming fishing
				  season;
(3) the approximate number
				  of vessels or fishermen from which the participant intends to purchase and
				  process fish;
(4) the number of
				  tenders and remote fish buying stations that the participant intends to operate
				  during the upcoming fishing season;
(5) the approximate beginning and ending
				  dates for the time period the participant intends to purchase and process fish
				  in the subject fishery;
(6) any
				  anticipated changes in facilities, processes, or operations that would
				  substantially change the intended purchasing and processing capacity in the
				  subject fishery from the participant's operation the previous year;
				  and
(7) any other information the
				  commissioner or commissioner's designee determines to be important for fishery
				  management or conservation purposes or for the governor's determinations
				  regarding foreign fish processing permits.