In Registration Area A, the commissioner may require a person to obtain a transport permit from the department before transporting unprocessed red sea urchins from Registration Area A, if the commissioner determines that the call-in reporting process is inadequate. Before issuing a transport permit, a local representative of the department shall inspect the unprocessed urchins and the fish tickets, and take biological samples of the urchins. The department shall conduct the inspections and sampling in Ketchikan or at other locations specified by the department. A person shall request the inspections and sampling by contacting the department office in Ketchikan in person, by telephone, or by radio from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays.

(Eff. 8/8/2007, Register 183)

Authority: AS 16.05.251