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0:35

Nick Dakovich

“The department is recommending 8 additional king stocks be listed as a stock of management concern. Those are Campbell Creek, the Chulitna River with an L, Crooked Creek, Deschka River, Kenai River Early Run, Little Susitna River, Talkeetna River, and the Yetna River. In addition to these king salmon stocks of concern, the department is also recommending that Little Susitna River coho salmon be listed as a stock of management Concern.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:16
Doug Vincent-Lang“I think the department would agree Cook Inlet salmon aren't meeting yield requirements. We don't think they're at risk of extinction, but we certainly aren't meeting yield requirements right now. We'd like to get back to having those stocks provide yield.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:36
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“On April 24th, 2026, I received a letter dismissing the complaint against me, which I waived confidentiality and made public on May 22nd. Um, to read from it in part, we'll say that the complainant alleges that my determinations misapplied the Ethics Act and therefore constituted a knowing aid to an ethics violation after conducting a preliminary evaluation under 9AAC 52-140, including listening to the audio of the board's ethics disclosures and determinations, we conclude that the allegations, even if true, would not establish a violation of the act.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:42
Curt Chamberlain“I want to first enforce— first and foremost, emphasized that the board— that the Department of Law did not find a conflict, yet still voided a full slate of proposals.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:10
Doug Vincent-Lang“at this point in time, I authorized 5 rather than the desired 25 just to figure out whether we can successfully rear these in the hatchery at this point in time.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:28

Edward Lee

“law's position that I've been authorized to relay to you here now is that an advisory opinion cannot be completed because there are still outstanding questions that the Department of Law believes needs to be answered by yourself before that could be issued.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:33

Edward Lee

“Regarding your ability to vote on the Area M ACRs tomorrow, the Department of Law has determined that a member may vote on an ACR at the work session even in the event that the same member would have a conflict with underlying proposal.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:34
Mike Wood“a coho stock of concern is unprecedented in the state. This will be the first, and, um, especially on the Little Sioux, those numbers have to add up to make sure that this is justified to do this in this place for the first time, because it's a political wedge”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:57
Curt Chamberlain“Chalista has advocated for responsible fishery management, including but not limited to time and area restrictions for Area M. Since it has no commercial interests in Alaska's fisheries, Chalista's advocacy was pure political speech, which is entitled to the highest protection under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:29
Doug Vincent-Lang“King salmon to raise in the Kodiak Hatchery system as a way to build a restoration program for that. Um, unfortunately, we were able to not collect the desired 25 female king salmon from the river down there, but we got, I think, 5 or 6”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:18
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“First of all, in the— as related to the corrective action, back in, I don't know when the complaint was initially filed, there were 3 of us. That were named in a complaint, um, and that was myself, Member Irwin, and Member Chamberlain.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:18

Birch Foster

“There are currently 2 stocks designated as stocks of concern in Kodiak: Eyakulik River and Karlik River king salmon. The department recommends maintaining the stock of management concern designation for both Eyakulik River king salmon and Karlik River king salmon.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:15

Edward Lee

“I want to start by reminding the board and alerting the public to the fact that complaints or issues related to ethics are not vetted by myself as the board's attorney. Rather, the Department of Law is a large department.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:27
Curt Chamberlain“My opinion is that this is— that this filing— that this finding from the Department of Law was politically motivated and not supported by the facts or the law, and I want to bring this out in the open.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) ·

0:33
“we understand the need to do this legally, and we're ready to address it, but the questions I have kind of get into Mike Wood's, um, questions is what's the expectation of the department?”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:24
“most salmon fisheries in the state begin in June. I think Copper River starts May 22nd or as early as May 22nd. And so looking forward, Department of Law has prepared timelines for this year as well as a timeline for next year.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:13
“this is, you know, quite frankly, this is kind of a historic change to how the board does business.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:17
“the Board of Game had a lawsuit on Malchatna Caribou and the Board of Game had amended a proposal at the table and then we got sued by the public saying there wasn't an opportunity to review that regulatory language prior to going into an effect.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:56
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“we're very sensitive to trying to be able to complete this process prior to June 1st so that the public at least prior to June 1st, so that the public can know what the rules are as you guys enter the season.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:26
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“I want to make sure that this doesn't, like I said, devolve into another, you know, another reconsideration type process, especially around particularly contentious allocative decisions that the board makes during its regular cycle.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:53
“Once it gets to the Lieutenant Governor, there is a 30-day waiting period.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:29
“this process will considerably slow down if there's an expectation that for every proposal that you deliberated on, like Lower Cook Inlet, Kodiak, and Upper Cook Inlet, to have some new information brought forward.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:19
“it invites at certain points in the regulatory process challenges to actions that the board takes that then become subject to litigation and can have other effects that, you know, may lead to the board having to take additional action and to finalize regulations.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:33
“that, that could add significant time significant cost to the department and time of department staff to prepare the board for that meeting.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

1:02
“If it's a significant change, like, you know, it adds new subject matter or an area of the Fisheries Management Plan that wasn't contemplated in the original proposal, that might constitute a, uh, that might warrant another 30-day notice period, in which case, um, board would potentially have to come back or just table the proposal altogether at that point.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:16
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“one of the primary concerns that I have is that this not devolve into essentially the board's reconsideration process. That's very important to me.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: Committee on Board Process, Management, and Research Needs Meeting (10/21/2026) ·

0:33
Sarah Marrinan“In June of this year, the council modified alternatives for management measures to protect Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab around Kodiak Island and requested a second initial review analysis process for return for further consideration. The council's objective with this action is to further conserve and protect Tanner crab around Kodiak while minimizing negative impacts on groundfish fisheries”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:26
Tom Carpenter“So brought this motion before the board at our meeting to convene this. The council agreed, and so that's generally the reason that we're sitting here today to better inform at least the Board of Fisheries and how we can move forward with issues that come before us in the future.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:20
Sarah Marrinan“Specific objectives for the proposed closure areas under this alternative are to minimize groundfish interactions with Tanner crab where high densities of Tanner crab are known to occur during life stages in which available information indicates that Tanner crab are most vulnerable to fisheries interactions.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:36

Jodi Pirtle

“The regulations require that we evaluate adverse effects from fishing to essential fish habitat for a species based on a threshold of not more than minimal temporary in nature, meaning a minimal persistent effect on essential fish habitat that does not recover over time.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:17
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“what is the history behind the non-pelagic closures in state waters if you have that? Why does that exist? And so not just specific to an area, I'm talking about all that red that's notated on this, on the slide.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:40
Sarah Marrinan“the most recent review concluded that adverse effects on fishing activity on EFH are no more than minimal or temporary. So the next step for this topic is to use the upcoming staff analysis to develop new management tools to look at ways to measure and to reduce bottom contact by pelagic trawl gear.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:16
Nicole Kimball“There are some pretty significant differences between the Western Gulf and Central Gulf Fleet in terms of reliance on state waters and also size of vessels. Is that coming through this presentation, or are you relying on public comment for those kinds of differences?”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:34
Sarah Marrinan“3 Of the proposals that you received were related to pelagic trawl gear operating in state waters, and there was one specific to all trawl gear in the Aleutians Islands west of 170 west longitude.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:16
Nicole Kimball“We've also done a lot of analysis on this area and the potential kind of maybe unintended consequences of closing this area to Pollock. And so it's, it's a lot more complicated than just let's close the area and be precautionary.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:27
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“my message to the State Waters Fisheries stakeholders that are in the room and listening online is to start advocating to the department to do this, to take advantage of the resource that's available to them and answer some of the questions and get some of the information that the state fisheries managers don't have right now.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:34
Sarah Marrinan“Dr. Noel Yoakum and Shannon Carroll with Trident Seafoods, they're participating in research with an exempted fishing permit This is similar to a commissioner's permit through the, through state fisheries. It's an authorization issued by NOAA that allows for experimental fishing practices or gear design that would otherwise be prohibited under regulations.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:43

Jodi Pirtle

“The MSA requires that federal fishery management plans describe and identify EFH, minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects on EFH caused by fishing, and identify other actions to encourage the conservation enhancement EFH.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:28
Brad Harris“If we're going to make improvements and say Dr. Yokom comes up with a new design for foot rope to hear about, we want the ability to plug that in and say, okay, relative to the status quo gear, what is that likely to do?”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:23
Mike Wood“are they fishing state waters predominantly because they are smaller vessels or for safety reasons, or is it because that's where the fish are aggregating in larger numbers at different times a year so that they can harvest them more cleanly?”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:42
Tom Carpenter“If you have an overlay in an area of multiple gear types, how do you quantify when it comes to habitat or the, the length of time in which the seafloor would need to, let's say, rehabilitate itself?”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:37
Shannon Carroll“this project is really oriented around the Bering Sea fisheries and oriented around a real specific area of uncertainty, which is unobserved crab mortality.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:13
Mike Wood“in this case it does appear that you've gone to lengths to underestimate. It to add that. It's just my first glance. Anyhow, I appreciate this education.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:32
Sarah Marrinan“The council requested a discussion paper to assess the viability and enforceability of regulatory mechanisms to reduce bottom contact of pelagic trawl gear in areas is currently closed to non-pelagic trawl gear while still meeting the legal requirements such as maintaining optimal yield for the fisheries and minimizing salmon bycatch. The council stated its focus in the purpose of this action was working to prevent and reduce uncertainty around unobserved crab mortality from interactions with fishing gear.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:51
Shannon Carroll“I think it's important to recognize that there's no fishery that has zero impact on the seafloor or the habitat, and I think the way the council's approaching it is that they're not looking to mandate zero contact. They're looking to minimize uncertainty with regards to unobserved mortality and seafloor contact.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:25
Nicole Kimball“We can't force anyone to do that absent a regulation, but it's a request that we put out there saying this is pretty important to the Council. And so that was done in 2026 and will be done again in 2027 in the A season in particular, since that's where there's overlap with the fishery.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:33
Marit Carlson-Van Dort“my interest particularly, and why I'm sitting here today, is the application to state waters fisheries and the jurisdiction that the Board of Fisheries has. And so while this information is fantastic and it certainly builds confidence in the federal fishery, the question that I'm interested in is how does that apply, or can it be applied, is it being applied to state waters areas?”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

0:37
Brad Harris“We're looking to see 90% of a core EFH area for a given species undisturbed. That's a threat. That's a really high threshold for determining what is minimum, especially with the scope and scale of our fisheries.”

NPFMC: Joint Protocol Meeting Presentations ·

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