Records required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department concerning aquatic farm stocks or production, prices, and harvests of aquatic farm products and wild stocks, and annual statistical reports of individual aquatic farms or hatcheries required by statute or by a regulation adopted by the department are confidential and may not be released by the department, except that the department may release the records and reports
(1) to the Department of Revenue and the Department of Natural Resources to assist the departments in carrying out their respective statutory responsibilities;
(2) as necessary to comply with a court order;
(3) provided by an aquatic farm or hatchery permit holder to the permit holder whose activity is the subject of the records or reports;
(4) regarding cumulative annual harvests of wild stocks at individual aquatic farm sites.