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 will not be published)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?

To reinstate the Gillnet King Fishery in District 11B. (Taku Inlet and Stephens Passage)

 

 

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

The king stocks have rebuilt and at the time our fishery was closed for conservation concerns we were promised to reestablish this fishery when the stocks have rebuilt.

 

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

The new regulation would direct the department to open the king fishery by Emergency Order to the gillnet fleet.

 

 

5. Solutions to difficult problems benefit some people and hurt others:

1. Who is likely to benefit if your solution is adopted?

Gillnet fleet would have access to a stock we voluntarily stopped fishing on for conservation concerns until the stock was rebuilt.

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

No other solution was considered

Submitted By: Name ____United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Assoc.____________________________

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