1. (a) Past and Consistent Participation. The commission will award a maximum of 22 points to an applicant for past and consistent participation in the Goodnews Bay herring gillnet fishery as follows:

   1. (1) the commission will award a maximum of 18 points to an applicant who commercially harvested herring as a gear operator using a gillnet based on the following table. For each year, the commission will use the category (poundage/year or days/year) that gives the applicant the most points for that year;
   2. (2) the commission will award three points to an applicant who commercially harvested herring as a gear operator using a gillnet in at least two calendar years from 1993 through 1996, or four points to an applicant who commercially harvested herring as a gear operator using a gillnet in at least three calendar years from 1993 through 1996.

   Days in that Year withYearPounds/YearFish TicketsPoints199610,700 pounds or moreor5 days or more12At least 4,800 pounds,

   but less than 10,700

   poundsor3 days or 4 days8Less than 4,800 poundsor3 days or 4 days4199514,600 pounds or moreor5 days or more9At least 6,500 pounds,

   but less than 14,600

   poundsor3 days or 4 days6Less than 6,500 poundsor1 day or 2 days3199418,000 pounds or moreor4 days or more6At least 6,000 pounds,

   but less than 18,000

   poundsor2 days or 3 days4Less than 6,000 poundsor1 day2199331,000 pounds or moreor8 days or more3At least 9,100 pounds,

   but less than 31,000

   poundsor4 days to 7 days2Less than 9,100 poundsor1 day to 3 days1

2. (b) Economic Dependence. An applicant will be awarded a maximum of five points if the applicant owned as of January 1, 1997, a vessel that the applicant used or intended to use in the fishery. An applicant who co-owns a vessel will receive a percentage of the give points available for vessel ownership equal to the percentage of the ownership that the applicant has in the vessel as demonstrated by evidence submitted to the commission, regardless of whether other co-owners apply for an entry permit.

(Eff. 12/31/98, Register 148)

Authority: AS 16.43.100, AS 16.43.110, AS 16.43.250, AS 16.43.260