A.__A person producing finfish in an aquacultural facility subject to section 6072 shall pay to the commissioner a fee of 1__per pound of whole fish harvested.__The person shall pay the fee within 30 days of harvest.__Timely payment of the fee is a condition of a lease granted under section 6072 for the production of finfish in net-pen aquacultural facilities.__The commissioner may assess a late payment charge on an overdue payment computed at the annual interest rate established by the State Tax Assessor under Title 36, section 186.__The commissioner may establish by rule any procedural requirements for collection of the fee, including without limitation monthly reporting of harvest amounts and reporting forms.__A person who does not pay the fee commits a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 may be adjudged.

The commissioner may develop by rule an alternative production fee schedule based on the amount of feed that is used at finfish facilities.__Any alternative production fee must be designed to return an equivalent and sufficient revenue stream to the production fee in this paragraph in order to support the purposes of subsection 3.

B.__In accordance with the authority of the commissioner to levy lease rents pursuant to section 6072, subsection 9 and section 6072-A, subsection 14 and application fees pursuant to section 6072, subsection 4, the commissioner shall adopt rules to implement a fee structure for lease rents and application fees that are in addition to the minimum lease rents and application fees that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph.__Any rent or fee assessed in addition to the fees that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph must be credited to the fund.__A person who does not pay the rent or fee commits a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 may be adjudged.

C.__The commissioner may develop by rule a fee schedule for the production of shellfish reared on an aquaculture lease.__ A person who does not pay a fee under this paragraph commits a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 may be adjudged.

A fee received pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately within the fund according to whether it is from a finfish or shellfish source so that at any point the commissioner or the Marine Resources Advisory Council may determine the total