(a) A person taking, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring a fishery resource that has not been subject to the tax imposed in AS 43.75.015 is subject to the tax levied in AS 43.75.015 on the value of the fishery resource if the person
(1) transports the fishery resource to a point outside the taxing jurisdiction of the state for subsequent processing or sale outside the taxing jurisdiction of the state;
(2) sells the fishery resource outside the taxing jurisdiction of the state; or
(3) has the fishery resource processed by a fisheries business in the state.
(b) The rate of tax that shall be paid by a person whose liability for the tax is established by this section is the rate of tax that would have been due under AS 43.75.015 if the fisheries business that first actually and physically processed the fish had been liable to pay the tax.