Sec. 16.43.490. - Substitution of vessels.

(a) The commission shall adopt regulations providing for the permanent or temporary substitution, after the initial issuance of vessel entry permits, of another vessel for the vessel that is identified on a vessel entry permit. The commission may specify by regulation the nature and degree of legal ownership interest that a permit holder must have in the vessel that is permanently or temporarily substituted for the vessel identified on the permit. Upon the approval of a permanent substitution of a vessel, the commission shall issue a new vessel entry permit for the substituted vessel.

(b) A substituted vessel and the operation of the substituted vessel are subject to all terms and conditions attached to the vessel entry permit at the time that the vessel permit is transferred from the original vessel to the substituted vessel.