00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 117                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to commercial set gillnet fishing; and providing for an effective date."                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.05.251 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
04 (j)  Two or more set gillnet entry permit holders in a salmon fishery may fish                                          
05 their respective authorized set gillnet gear as a cooperative. However, a permit holder                                 
06 may not operate a unit of gear belonging to another permit holder without the other                                     
07 permit holder being present at all times and actively engaged in the operation. Not                                     
08 more than 10 set gillnet entry permit holders may fish as one cooperative. Fish                                         
09 harvested under this subsection do not need to be stored or delivered separately on the                                 
10       basis of the individual entry permits fished cooperatively. The Board of Fisheries shall                          
11       adopt regulations to implement this subsection. The regulations must                                              
12                 (1)  require set gillnet permit holders fishing multiple units of gear as                               
13       part of a cooperative to register with the department;                                                            
14                 (2)  specify how a set gillnet permit holder must report fish harvested                                 
15       when fishing cooperatively with other permit holders.                                                             
01    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.680 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
02 (c)  For the purposes of this section, a commercial set gillnet entry permit                                            
03 holder who is a member of a cooperative authorized under AS 16.05.251(j) may sell                                       
04 all salmon that was harvested in combination with other permit holder members of the                                    
05 cooperative. Fish harvested collectively by the cooperative may be sold by a single                                     
06 permit holder member of the cooperative or by a transporter acting as the cooperative's                                 
07       agent.                                                                                                            
08    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).