(a) Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 16.43.270(a), the maximum number of entry permits for a distressed fishery designated under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.230 shall be the highest number of units of gear fished in that fishery during any one of the four years immediately preceding January 1, 1973.
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(b) When the commission finds that a fishery, not designated as a distressed fishery under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.230 or not subject to a moratorium under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.225, has reached levels of participation that require the limitation of entry under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.140 – 16.43.330 in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the commission shall establish the maximum number of entry permits for that fishery.(c) When the commission finds that a fishery subject to a moratorium under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.225 has reached levels of participation that require the limitation of entry under Alaska Stat. § 16.43.140 – 16.43.330 in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the commission shall establish the maximum number of entry permits for that fishery.
