- (a) For each fishery that is not subject to a maximum number of entry permits under AS 16.43.240 and not subject to a moratorium under AS 16.43.225, the commission shall issue interim-use permits under regulations adopted by the commission to all applicants who can establish their present ability to participate actively in the fishery for which they are making application.
- (b) Before the issuance of the maximum number of entry permits for a given fishery, the commission may issue an interim-use permit to an applicant who may later become eligible for an entry permit under AS 16.43.270.
- (c) To the extent that the commissioner of fish and game authorizes it under AS 16.05.050(a)(9), the commission may grant an interim-use permit to a person to engage in the commercial taking from a fishery on an experimental basis.
(d) The sustained yield management and economic health of the following fisheries is severely impaired as a result, among other factors, of too many units of gear participating in the commercial harvest:
- (1) Bristol Bay registration area — drift gillnet fishery;
- (2) Cook Inlet registration area — drift gillnet fishery;
- (3) Prince William Sound registration area — drift gillnet fishery.
- (e) [Repealed, § 69 ch 6 SLA 1984.]