(a) A dive fishery management assessment on fishery resources taken by dive gear shall be levied on the value of the fishery resource taken in a dive gear fishery. The species of fishery resources subject to the assessment and the rate of the assessment, as determined under (b) - (h) of this section, shall be determined by an election under AS 43.76.160.

(b) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of one percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(c) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of two percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(d) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of three percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(e) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of four percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(f) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of five percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(g) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of six percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(h) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of seven percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160, that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(i) A dive fishery management assessment may only be levied or collected on a fishery resource in an administrative area if

(1) there exists in that administrative area an association determined by the commissioner of fish and game to be a qualified regional dive fishery development association under AS 16.40.240; and

(2) the species of fishery resource subject to the dive fishery management assessment and the rate of the dive fishery management assessment, as provided under (b) - (h) of this section, is approved by an election under AS 43.76.160.