Sec. 16.05.680. Unlawful practices.

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(a)It is unlawful for a person, or an agent or representative of the person,

(1)to employ, in the harvesting, transporting, or purchasing of fish, a fisherman who neither is licensed under AS 16.05.480 nor is the holder of a permit issued under AS 16.43 ;

(2)to purchase fish from a person who is not

(A)the holder of a limited entry, interim-use, or landing permit issued under AS 16.43 ;

(B)a fish transporter who is selling the fish as the agent of the holder of a limited entry, interim-use, or landing permit issued under AS 16.43 ; or

(C)exempt under AS 16.05.660 ; or

(3)to purchase fish from an association other than one to which a permit has been issued under AS 16.05.662 .

(b)A person may not sell salmon that was not harvested under the authority of the entry permit, interim-use permit, or landing permit under which the salmon is sold. For purposes of this subsection, salmon sold by a fish transporter on behalf of the commercial fisherman who harvested the salmon is salmon harvested under the authority of the limited entry, interim-use, or landing permit under which the salmon is sold.