(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.
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