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Title 18 . Environmental Conservation
Chapter 34 . Administrative Enforcement
Section 500. Applicable standards

18 AAC 34.500. Applicable standards

(a) A person who operates a direct-market fishing vessel to process seafood products for sale as part of commerce intended for human consumption shall meet the requirements of 18 AAC 34.500 - 18 AAC 34.525. In addition, an operator of a direct-market fishing vessel must meet the requirements of 18 AAC 34.030, 18 AAC 34.035(a) (1), (3), (5), and (6), 18 AAC 34.035(c) - (g), 18 AAC 34.045, 18 AAC 34.055, 18 AAC 34.060(1) (A), (B), (D), and (E), 18 AAC 34.060(2) - (3), 18 AAC 34.060(4) (A), (B), and (D), 18 AAC 34.060(5) , 18 AAC 34.065 - 18 AAC 34.075, 18 AAC 34.090 - 18 AAC 34.122, 18 AAC 34.125(a) , (c), and (h), and 18 AAC 34.900 - 18 AAC 34.990.

(b) A direct-market fishing vessel operator shall limit processing to butchering, freezing, and packaging the operator's own catch of seafood products on board the vessel.

(c) The operator of a direct-market fishing vessel may butcher seafood products only while on the fishing grounds but no closer than one-half nautical mile to shore. Butchering, packaging, and freezing must be done under sanitary conditions.

(d) A direct-market fishing vessel operator who uses chemicals or additives shall ensure there is adequate room aboard the vessel for the sanitary storage, mixing, and use of the chemicals or additives.

History: Eff. 12/18/97, Register 144; am/readopt 12/2/99, Register 152

Authority: AS 17.20.005

AS 17.20.065

AS 17.20.072

AS 17.20.180

AS 44.46.020

Editor's note: Effective 12/2/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 34.500, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. The department also amended 18 AAC 34.500(a) and added new subsection (d). Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 34 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.

The International Pacific Halibut Commission may have other restrictions on processing halibut. Information on those restrictions may be obtained by contacting the International Pacific Halibut Commission, P.O. Box 95009, Seattle, Washington 98145-2009.


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