CSHB 181(FSH): "An Act requiring the Department of Fish and Game annually to collect confidential information related to days worked by commercial fishing crewmembers and to compile statistical data."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 181(FSH) 01 "An Act requiring the Department of Fish and Game annually to collect confidential 02 information related to days worked by commercial fishing crewmembers and to compile 03 statistical data." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 06 Sec. 16.05.465. Commercial fishing crewmember activity form and data. 07 (a) For the purpose of creating and publishing annual statistics, the department shall 08 establish a system for the collection, processing, and publication of information related 09 to the number of days obligated to a vessel or set net site by crewmembers who are 10 employed in fisheries in the state. 11 (b) The department shall produce a crew activity form in which a crewmember 12 shall record the following information regarding employment: 13 (1) the crewmember's full name and home address; 14 (2) the crewmember's license number or Alaska Commercial Fisheries
01 Entry Commission landing card used in lieu of a crew license; 02 (3) the start date and end date for the period that the crewmember was 03 obligated to a vessel or set net site; 04 (4) the fishery in which the crewmember worked while employed on 05 the vessel or set net site, including the area of the state and gear type; and 06 (5) other information the department finds necessary. 07 (c) Information recorded on a crew activity form collected by the department 08 under this section is confidential, except as provided in (e) and (f) of this section. 09 (d) The department shall annually, before April 15, collect from crewmembers 10 as many completed or partially completed crew activity forms for the preceding 11 calendar year as is reasonably practicable. 12 (e) The department 13 (1) shall provide each fishing vessel or set net site operator and fishing 14 vessel or set net site owner the opportunity to review and contest the information 15 recorded on a crew activity form collected under (d) of this section; if the department 16 does not receive a crew activity form back from a fishing vessel or set net operator or 17 fishing vessel or set net owner, it is presumed that the information on the crew activity 18 form is not disputed; 19 (2) may use information recorded on a crew activity form collected 20 under (d) of this section to create statistical data in a manner that preserves the 21 anonymity of the fishing vessel or set net site and the individual crewmember; 22 statistical data created in compliance with this paragraph is not confidential; and 23 (3) may make information reported on a crew activity form available 24 to the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Department of Agriculture, 25 or the United States Department of Labor, as the department considers necessary. 26 (f) The department shall make the information reported on a crew activity 27 form available to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the 28 publication of statistical data gathered. 29 (g) The department may adopt regulations necessary to implement this 30 section. 31 (h) In this section,
01 (1) "crewmember" means an individual who holds or is required to 02 hold a commercial fishing license under AS 16.05.480; 03 (2) "fishing vessel or set net site operator" means an individual who is 04 responsible by law for the operation of a fishing vessel or set net site; 05 (3) "obligated to a vessel or set net site" means the days 06 (A) during which a crewmember is on land and is not landing 07 or taking fish, but is either on call or otherwise performing work for a fishing 08 vessel or set net site; and 09 (B) during which a crewmember is aboard a fishing vessel or at 10 a set net site for the purpose of commercial fishing. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.450(e) and 16.05.465 are repealed January 1, 2015.