Title 16, Fish and Game

Four members of the board appointed under AS 16.51.020 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the exercise of the powers and duties of the board.

Board members receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other state boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.

The board shall meet at least once a year. A meeting of the board shall occur at the call of the chairman, or upon the written request of two members of the board.

The board may employ and determine the salary of an executive director. The executive director may, with the approval of the board, select and employ additional staff as necessary. The executive director and all employees of the board are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.

In carrying out the powers of the institute, the board may (1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; (2) prescribe, adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws; (3) sue and be sued in the name of the institute; (4) enter into any agreements necessary to the exercise of its powers and funct…

The operating budget of the institute shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).

The board shall (1) conduct programs of education, research, advertising, or sales promotion designed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter; (2) promote all species of seafood and their by-products that are harvested in the state and processed for sale; (3) develop market-or…

The board may not promote or make a contract that promotes seafood by (1) geographic origin other than from the state generally; (2) geographic region of the state; or (3) specific brand name.

(a) A seafood marketing assessment shall be levied on the value of seafood products produced in Alaska as provided in (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) of this section if an election is held under AS 16.51.140 at which the assessment is approved by eligible processors who together …

(a) A seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) shall be terminated by the commissioner of revenue if an election is held under AS 16.51.140 in which the termination is approved by eligible processors who together produce at least 51 pe…

(a) The institute may conduct an election under this section after the director of elections approves (1) the notice to be published by the institute; (2) the ballot to be used in the election; and (3) the registration and voting procedures for the approval or termination of the …

(a) Upon request from the director of elections, the commissioner of revenue shall determine (1) the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during any calendar year; (2) whether the eligible processors approving the levy or termination of a seafood marketing assessmen…

(a) Each processor shall remit to the Department of Revenue before April 1 of each year the total amount of the seafood marketing assessment owed on the value of seafood products produced in Alaska by the processor in the previous calendar year. (b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991…

The provisions of AS 43.05 and AS 43.10 apply for the enforcement and collection of the seafood marketing assessment.

In this chapter, (1) “board” means the board of directors of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; (2) “eligible processor” means a processor who would be liable for payment of a seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120; (3) “institute” means the Alaska Seafood Ma…