(a) A fish processor engaged in the business of selling salmon products at wholesale and whose business sells more than 1,000,000 pounds of salmon products at wholesale during a calendar year shall submit to the department during the following calendar year, on a form provided by the department, reports of the prices received for and quantity of salmon products sold at wholesale by the processor or an affiliate of the processor. Not later than May 31 of each reporting year, a processor shall submit a report for the period January 1 through April 30 of the reporting year. Not later than September 30 of each reporting year, a processor shall submit a report for the period May 1 through August 31 of the reporting year. Not later than January 31 of each reporting year, a processor shall submit a report for the period September 1 through December 31 of the reporting year.
(b) A report submitted by a processor under (a) or (c) of this section must include
(1) the requested information for the following salmon product forms:
(A) thermally processed salmon products;
(B) fresh headed and gutted salmon products;
(C) fresh fillet salmon products;
(D) frozen headed and gutted salmon products;
(E) frozen fillet salmon products;
(F) salmon roe products;
(2) the requested information regarding the total quantity of each salmon product form sold by providing the total number of
(A) each size of container in which thermally processed salmon products were sold by the processor or its affiliate; and
(B) pounds for each of the other salmon product forms sold by the processor or its affiliate; and
(3) for sales to buyers that are not affiliates of the processor, the total quantity of each salmon product form sold by area of production by species, and the wholesale price received.
(c) A sale to an affiliate of the processor may not be included in a report submitted under this section by a processor. However, the processor shall report sales by an affiliate at wholesale of salmon products that were obtained from the processor. The report must include a description of the products and the total quantity of each salmon product form sold by the affiliate by area of production by species and the wholesale prices received by the affiliate.
(d) Information shall be reported for each size of the container in which the salmon is sold.
(e) A person excluded from the fisheries business tax under AS 43.75.017 is exempt from the requirements of this section.
(f) Each fish processor who submits a report under (a) of this section during a reporting year shall also submit an annual report of the quantity of salmon products produced by the processor or an affiliate of the processor between January 1 and December 31 of the reporting year. The report shall be submitted to the department not later than January 31 of the following reporting year. The report must include
(1) a description of the products and the total quantity of each salmon product form produced by area of production by species for each of the salmon product forms listed in (b)(1) of this section; and
(2) the requested information regarding the total quantity of each salmon product form produced by providing the total number of
(A) each size of container in which thermally processed salmon products were produced by the processor or its affiliate; and
(B) pounds for each of the other salmon product forms produced by the processor or its affiliate.