If management areas are established pursuant to section 6814, then a person eligible to purchase a license under section 6821 may purchase that license for only one of the management areas.__ A person may not change from the management area in which the person harvested sea cucumbers in the previous calendar year unless the change is authorized in accordance with section 6823.__ A sea cucumber drag license authorizes the licensed activity only in the management area for which it is issued.

§6823.__Changing sea cucumber management areas

This section applies if management areas are established pursuant to section 6814.

1.__Authorization of changes.__Beginning in calendar year 2007, a person eligible to purchase a sea cucumber drag license under section 6821 who wishes to change the management area in which the person harvests sea cucumbers may not change management areas unless the change is authorized by the commissioner in accordance with this section.

2.__Management area change request on application.__A person eligible to purchase a sea cucumber drag license under section 6821 who wishes to change the management area in which that person was licensed to harvest sea cucumbers in the previous calendar year must indicate on a sea cucumber drag license application form a preference to change the management area in which the person harvests sea cucumbers.__The commissioner shall stamp each sea cucumber drag license application form with the time and date of submission.

3.__Conditions for authorization.__A request to change management areas is authorized based on the commissioner's assessment of the ability of the management area to sustain additional fishing effort.__The commissioner shall authorize management area change requests in chronological order of requests received under this section.

4.__Limitation on approving management area change.__The commissioner may not authorize a management area change during the period from October 1st to June 30th.

5.__Effective date of management area change.__The effective date of a management area change authorized by the commissioner is October 1st.