Sec. 16.43.480. - Transfer and expiration of vessel entry permits. - Alaska Statutes

(a) The commission may adopt regulations authorizing the transfer of a transferable vessel entry permit to an eligible transferee and establishing the terms and conditions under which vessel entry permits may be transferred. The commission may require that the transferee of a vessel entry permit must have a legal ownership interest in the vessel identified on the vessel entry permit. The commission may establish by regulation minimum requirements for the nature and degree of ownership interest that the transferee must have in the vessel.

(b) The commission may adopt regulations authorizing the simultaneous transfer of a transferable vessel entry permit to an eligible transferee and the substitution of another vessel for the vessel identified on the permit under AS 16.43.490 .

(c) The commission shall adopt regulations relating to the expiration of nontransferable vessel entry permits.