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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Clips from Alaska Board of GameClear
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) ·

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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) ·

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