ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES AND ALASKA BOARD OF GAME

REGULATION PROPOSAL FORM P.O. Box 25526, JUNEAU, AK 99802

BOARD OF FISHERIES REGULATIONS

__XX_ Fishing Area ___Southeast Alaska___

___ Subsistence ____ Personal Use

___ Sport __XX__ Commercial

JOINT BOARD REGULATIONS

___ Advisory Committee ___ Regional Council ___ Rural

Please answer all questions to the best of your ability. All the answers will be printed in the proposal packets along with the proposer’s name (addresses and phone nos. will not be published)

Use separate forms for each proposal.

  1. Alaska Administrative Code Number 5 AAC __33.XXX_____ Regulation Book Page No.__N/A____
  2. What is the problem you would like the Board to Address?

    3. Line change at Low Point

     

  3. What will happen if this problem is not solved?

    4. Currents and tides in that area push gillnetters into the danger of fishing over the line.

     

     

  4. What solution do you prefer? In other words, if the Board adopted your solution, what would the new regulation say?

    5. During mid-week openings in District 8 for sockeye that portion of District 6 east of a line from the NW corner of Northerly Island (56° 26’92" N, 132° 58’57" W) to Pt. Alexander shall be open.

     

  5. Solutions to difficult problems benefit some people and hurt others:
  1. Who is likely to benefit if your solution is adopted?

    2. Gillnet fleet

     

  2. Who is likely to suffer if your solution is adopted?

No one

 

6. List any other solutions you considered and why you rejected them. DO NOT WRITE HERE

A permanent line change between District 6 & 8.

The idea was not as practical as just opening a portion of

District 6A at the time of the announcement for a mid-week

Opening.

 

Submitted By: Name ____United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Assoc.____________________________

Address __PO Box 22427, Juneau, AK___________ Zip Code __99802___ Phone __907-586-5860___