Comments on the Tulsequah Chief Mine have been extended by an additional 15 days with comments now due by Feb 4th, 2008 and the public meeting in Juneau moved to January 24, 2008.  Alaska permits that are under consideration have to do with the river barging operation.  In the application for a Fish Habitat Permit […]

The taskforce on state charter limited entry met in late November and started looking at professional occupational licensing as the first step towards limited entry in the charter industry.  The Big Game Guide licensing and board are being looked at as a model on how to design a program.  One of the purposes in  looking at […]

Governor Palin appointed Alan Andersen and Clay Bezenek to the Fishermen’s Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.  The Council oversees the administration of the Fishermen’s Fund, a state-run program which provides medical benefits to Alaska’s licensed commercial fishermen who are injured or become ill while commercial fishing in Alaska.  The Fund receives a portion of resident […]

Douglas . . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the seasons for the 2007/08 commercial Tanner and golden king crab fisheries in Southeast Alaska will open by regulation at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. The season start for the Tanner and golden king crab fisheries was changed by […]

Federal Subsistence Board News Release   For immediate release: December 14, 2007 Contact: Maureen Clark (800) 478-1456 or (907) 786-3953      E-mail: Maureen_Clark@fws.gov Federal Subsistence Board Approves Changes to Subsistence Fishing Regulations        The Federal Subsistence Board took action on 18 proposals to change Federal subsistence fishing regulations at its Dec. 11-13 meeting in […]

The Council continued refinement of the interim plan developed in October.  The charter and commercial sectors are still in agreement with the interim plan.  I am pasting the motion as the State of Alaska presented it.  There was a change in one sentence in the Stakeholder committee management objectives section and in the data collection […]

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Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today the preliminary guideline harvest level (GHL) for the 2008 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is 13,796 tons. This fall the department ran several ASA model runs exploring various biological parameters affecting the Sitka Sound herring stock and other model parameters to improve […]