00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 286                                                                          
01 "An Act allowing a person to hold more than one commercial fishing entry permit for a                                   
02 fishery; relating to the power of the Board of Fisheries to establish fishing periods and                               
03 areas for subgroups of commercial fishing permits and commercial fishing permit                                         
04 holders and to establish limits on the amount of fishing gear that may be used by certain                               
05 commercial fishing permit holders; and providing for an effective date."                                                
06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
07    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.251 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
08            (i)  The Board of Fisheries, after consultation with the Alaska Commercial                                   
09       Fisheries Entry Commission, may                                                                                   
10                 (1)  restrict distinct, identified subgroups of commercial fishing permits                              
11       or permit holders in a fishery to certain fishing periods or fishing areas within the                             
12       fishery; the board shall provide, to the extent practicable, reasonable fishing                                   
13       opportunities for subgroups of permits or permit holders in the fishery;                                          
01                 (2)  establish the amount of gear that a commercial fishing entry permit                                
02       holder who holds more than one entry permit for a fishery may employ in the fishery                               
03       under each additional entry permit that the permit holder holds for the fishery.                                  
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.43.140(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
05            (c)  A person may hold more than one interim-use or entry permit issued or                                   
06       transferred under this chapter only for the following purposes:                                                   
07                 (1)  fishing more than one type of gear;                                                                
08                 (2)  fishing in more than one administrative area;                                                      
09                 (3)  harvesting particular species for which separate interim-use or                                    
10       entry permits are issued;                                                                                         
11                 (4)  if authorized by regulations of the commission, fishing an entire                                  
12       unit of gear in a fishery in which the commission has issued entry permits for less than                          
13       a unit of gear under AS 16.43.270(d); under this paragraph, a person may not hold                                 
14       more than two entry permits for a fishery; however, the person may not                                            
15                      (A)  fish more than one unit of gear in the fishery; or                                            
16                      (B)  acquire a second entry permit for the fishery after the                                       
17            person has acquired an entry permit that authorizes the use of an entire unit of                             
18            gear in the fishery;                                                                                     
19                 (5)  fishing an additional unit of gear or an additional increment of                               
20       a unit of gear in a fishery if the Board of Fisheries authorizes persons to fish                              
21       more than one unit of gear in a fishery;                                                                      
22                 (6)  fishing during fishing periods for more than one subgroup of                                   
23       entry permits or entry permit holders for a fishery if the Board of Fisheries has                             
24       established separate fishing periods in a fishery for distinct, identified subgroups                          
25       of entry permits or entry permit holders for the fishery;                                                     
26                 (7)  fishing in open areas for more than one subgroup of entry                                      
27       permits or entry permit holders for a fishery if the Board of Fisheries has                                   
28       established separate fishing areas in a fishery for distinct, identified subgroups of                         
29       entry permits or entry permit holders for the fishery;                                                        
30                 (8)  if authorized by regulations of the commission, reducing the                                   
31       number of persons participating in a fishery by allowing a person to acquire and                              
01       hold two or more entry permits for the fishery.                                                               
02    * Sec. 3.  AS 16.43.150(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
03            (a)  Except as may be otherwise provided under AS 16.05.251(i) or                                        
04       AS 16.43.270(d), an entry permit authorizes the permit holder [PERMITTEE] to                                  
05       operate a unit of gear within a specified fishery.                                                                
06    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2003.