Section 15 AAC 75.300 - DefinitionsIn AS 43.75 and this chapter,
(1) "custom processor" means a fisheries business which does not own the fisheries resources it is processing;(2) "fisheries resource" means fin fish and shellfish, including but not limited to salmon, halibut, herring, flounder, crab, clam, cod, shrimp, and pollock; fish byproducts, such as roe, entrails and carcasses, are separate fisheries resources if they are transferred to another person for processing;(3) "market value" means the prevailing value paid for fisheries resources of like kind and quality by fisheries businesses in the same market area to fishermen who own their vessels;(4) "processing" means any activity which modifies the physical condition of a fisheries resource, including butchering, freezing, salting, cooking, canning, dehydrating, or smoking; however, "processing" does not include decapitating shrimp and gutting, gilling, sliming, or icing a fisheries resource solely for the purpose of maintaining the quality of the fresh resource;(5) "processing fisheries resources for sale" means the series of activities which are performed in preparing the fisheries resources for subsequent sale, regardless of whether the processor owns the fisheries resources and regardless of whether the processor is the seller in the subsequent sale of the fisheries resources;Eff. 9/9/81, Register 79; am 9/18/81, Register 80; am 12/26/2014, Register 212, January 2015Authority:AS 43.05.080
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