(a) The commissioner shall assist in and encourage the formation of qualified regional dive fishery development associations for the purpose of developing dive fisheries in administrative areas of the state in which dive fisheries exist. A regional dive fishery development association is qualified if the commissioner determines that the regional association

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 16.40.240

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under Alaska Stat. Chapter 10.20;
(2) represents commercial fishermen who participate in each dive fishery in the region; and
(3) possesses a board of directors that

(A) is representative of commercial dive fishermen who fish in each of the significant commercial dive fishing areas in the administrative area;
(B) has a member who is representative of fish processors who process dive fishery resources in the administrative area; and
(C) has a member who is representative of municipalities in the administrative area.
(b) In this section, “administrative area” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 43.76.210.
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