(a) Based on the information provided in reports submitted under Alaska Stat. § 43.80.050, the department shall determine the average wholesale prices paid to fish processors and their affiliates for the sale of salmon products.
(b) The department shall determine under this section the monthly and annual wholesale price averages for

(1) each species of salmon for each size of the container in which thermally processed salmon products are sold;
(2) each pound of other salmon products by area of production by species by product form.
(c) The department shall publish the average wholesale prices paid for salmon products in a report entitled the “Alaska Salmon Price Report.”