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HB 59: "An Act relating to the sale of farmed salmon products."

00HOUSE BILL NO. 59 01 "An Act relating to the sale of farmed salmon products." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 17.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04  Sec. 17.05.025. Sale of farmed salmon products. (a) A person may not sell, 05 trade, or barter a farmed salmon product in the state. 06  (b) In this section, "farmed salmon product" means a food product that 07 contains salmon that is propagated, farmed, or cultivated in an aquatic farm; in this 08 subsection, 09  (1) "aquatic farm" means a facility that grows, farms, or cultivates 10 salmon in captivity or under positive control, but does not include a salmon hatchery 11 that is owned by the state or that holds a salmon hatchery permit under AS 16.10.400; 12  (2) "positive control" has the meaning given in AS 16.40.199; 13  (3) "salmon" means a Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, or hybrid 14 salmon.

01 * Sec. 2. AS 17.20.040(12) and 17.20.370(7) are repealed.