Chair · Alaska Board of Fisheries
11 articles · 11 transcripts
“there's a pretty marked difference between subsistence harvest between Sections 1 through 3 and Sections 4 and 5”
“It's pretty clear in July, specifically in late June, that there are problem areas when it comes to juvenile king salmon”
“I have a set subsistence net on Kanak Inak Beach in Dillingham.”
“Is this stock in a non-subsistence area?”
“what would be the impacts on the king salmon bound for these two places potentially, since that's what we're considering right now?”
“the other side of the island, quite frankly, doesn't quite have that potential problem or near as often when it comes to juvenile fish. So it does provide fishing opportunities still.”
“There was a large, about 1,600 people displaced.”
“will always manage the sport fishery relatively conservatively”
“There's another step in that process where the board— or the, the department comes back before the board with a recommendation to delist, and the board may or may not accept that recommendation.”
“I think in this case, where we're at at this period of time in history in the state of Alaska, when you get a stock of concern in the Nushagak and Kodiak and Chignik and Cook Inlet, whatever we can do to avoid fish that are swimming deeper is important right now, to let them go by.”
“I want to thank you and your staff for fighting for the funds for this, for producing the results, you know, as quickly as possible to try and get this before the board for this meeting.”