Enrolled HB 186: Relating to sharing with certain federal agencies records required of sport fishing guides; and providing for an effective date.
00Enrolled HB 186 01 Relating to sharing with certain federal agencies records required of sport fishing guides; and 02 providing for an effective date. 03 _______________ 04 * Section 1. AS 16.05.815(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, records required by 06 regulations of the department concerning the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery 07 products, and annual statistical reports of fishermen, buyers, and processors required 08 by regulation of the department are confidential and may not be released by the 09 department or by the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission except as set 10 out in this subsection. The department may release the records and reports set out in 11 this subsection to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. The 12 department and the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission may release the 13 records and reports set out in this subsection to the recipients identified in this 14 subsection if the recipient, other than a recipient under (5) - (9) of this subsection,
01 agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the records and reports. The department and 02 the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission may release 03 (1) any of the records and reports to the National Marine Fisheries 04 Service and the professional staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council as 05 required for preparation and implementation of the fishery management plans of the 06 North Pacific Fishery Management Council within the exclusive economic zone; 07 (2) any of the records and reports to the professional staff of the 08 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission who are employed in the Alaska Fisheries 09 Information Network project for the purpose of exchanging information with users 10 authorized by the department; 11 (3) any of the records and reports to the Department of Revenue to 12 assist the department in carrying out its statutory responsibilities; 13 (4) records or reports of the total value purchased by each buyer to a 14 municipality that levies and collects a tax on fish, shellfish, or fishery products if the 15 municipality requires records of the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery products to 16 be submitted to it for purposes of verification of taxes payable; 17 (5) such records and reports as necessary to be in conformity with a 18 court order; 19 (6) on request, the report of a person to the person whose fishing 20 activity is the subject of the report, or to a designee of the person whose fishing 21 activity is the subject of the report; 22 (7) on request, annual statistical reports of a fisherman, buyer, or 23 processor to the fisherman, buyer, or processor whose activity is the subject of the 24 report, or to a designee of the fisherman, buyer, or processor whose activity is the 25 subject of the report; 26 (8) any of the records and reports to the Department of Public Safety 27 for law enforcement purposes; 28 (9) fish tickets, fish ticket information, records required of sport 29 fishing guides, and annual statistical reports of fishermen, buyers, and processors and 30 information in those reports to the law enforcement personnel of the National Marine 31 Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the
01 purpose of enforcing fishery laws in waters of this state and in waters of the exclusive 02 economic zone adjacent to this state; 03 (10) fish tickets, [AND] fish ticket information, and records required 04 of sport fishing guides regarding halibut to the International Pacific Halibut 05 Commission; 06 (11) any of the records and reports to the child support services agency 07 created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for 08 child support purposes authorized under law; and 09 (12) any of the records and reports to the Department of Natural 10 Resources to assist the department in carrying out its statutory responsibilities in 11 regard to sport fishing operations and sport fishing guides within the Kenai River 12 Special Management Area under AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514. 13 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).