Whereas commercial fishing in Alaska is critically dependent on maintaining water quality and healthy fish rearing habitat from both a biological basis and a market perception basis United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Association will:

1.  Participate in the development of government (national, state and local) policy actions that involve setting standards for water quality and habitat usage. The goal should be to maintain our current pristine water conditions and our viable and healthy fish rearing habitat.

2.  Participate in public hearings for resource extracting projects or industrial development projects and insist that such projects be carried out according to standards that will insure and maintain present water quality and fish rearing habitat.

3.  Strive to make it clear that fishermen are not opposed to economic development. Expansion or development of new industries can be good for everyone if it is conducted in a manner that protects the interests of those currently dependent on present resource quality and quantity. (In simple terms, creating new jobs is a good thing only if it doesn't come at the expense of current jobs!)