In AS 16.10.300 - 16.10.370, (1) 'commission' means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission; (2) 'commissioner' means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; (3) 'debtor' means an individual commercial fisherman who either initially contracts for a loan under AS 16.10.333 - 16.10.337 or assumes a loan as provided in those sections; (4) 'department' means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (5) 'quota share' means a transferable license, permit, or right issued by the federal government that conveys a right to engage in a fishery in or off Alaska and to take a specified portion of the annual harvest quota for that fishery.
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