§ 13-0328. Commercial licenses; limited entry.\n 1. Commercial food fish licenses. Commercial food fish licenses\nprovided for by section 13-0335 of this title shall be issued as\nfollows:\n a. for the period beginning January first, two thousand eighteen\nthrough December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the number of\nresident commercial food fish licenses and the number of non-resident\ncommercial food fish licenses shall not exceed the following annual\nlimits:\n (i) for two thousand eighteen, the number of licenses shall be limited\nto the number of licenses issued in two thousand seventeen, plus fifty\npercent of any difference between the number of licenses issued in two\nthousand seventeen and nine hundred sixty-nine;\n (ii) for two thousand nineteen, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph;\n (iii) for two thousand twenty, the number of licenses shall be limited\nto the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of this\nparagraph;\n (iv) for two thousand twenty-one, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph;\n (v) for two thousand twenty-two, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph;\n (vi) for two thousand twenty-three, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph;\n (vii) for two thousand twenty-four, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph;\n (viii) for two thousand twenty-five, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph; and\n (ix) for two thousand twenty-six, the number of licenses shall be\nlimited to the number of licenses established in subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph.\n b. for the period beginning January first, two thousand twenty-three\nthrough December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, persons who were\nissued a commercial food fish license in the previous year shall be\neligible to be issued such license.\n c. for the period beginning January first, two thousand twenty-three\nthrough December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the department\nshall issue commercial food fish licenses to persons who were not issued\nsuch license in the previous year provided that the total number of such\nlicenses issued to such persons does not exceed the difference between\nthe number of licenses established in paragraph a of this subdivision\nand the number of such licenses issued pursuant to paragraph b of this\nsubdivision, subject to the following:\n (i) licenses shall be issued in the order in which the applications\nwere received, except that where multiple applications are received by\nthe department on the same day, applicants for whom the department has\nreceived notice of successful completion of an apprenticeship pursuant\nto subdivision seven of this section shall be considered by the\ndepartment prior to other applicants;\n (ii) licenses may be issued to individuals only;\n (iii) licenses shall be issued to applicants who are sixteen years of\nage or older at the time of the application; and\n (iv) licenses shall be issued only to persons who demonstrate in a\nmanner acceptable to the department that they received an average of at\nleast fifteen thousand dollars of income over three consecutive years\nfrom commercial fishing or fishing, or who successfully complete a\ncommercial food fish apprenticeship pursuant to subdivision seven of\nthis section. As used in this subparagraph, "commercial fishing" means\nthe taking and sale of marine resources including fish, shellfish,\ncrustacea or other marine biota and "fishing" means commercial fishing\nand carrying fishing passengers for hire. Individuals who wish to\nquali
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