SPORT FISHERY COMMITTEE    Proposal #286 – fails – redefine possession limits.  The board committed to developing a task force to address the definition of possession limits; preserved vs unpreserved product; possible changes to the daily and possession limit for individual species if changes to the possession limit definition is adopted by the task force; […]

GROUNDFISH COMMITTEE Proposal #43 – no action as it doesn’t apply to groundfish fisheries in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska – delete portions of groundfish guiding principals Proposal #331 – no action – Close guided sport and commercial bottom fisheries in Port Fredrick between Christ Point and Cannery Point.  Proposal #332 – no action – […]

TROLL FISHERY: Proposal #320 – Passes as amended – The proposal to amend the regulation to allow uncaught king salmon remaining from the winter fishery GHL to be available during spring troll fishery.  Amended Language:             5 AAC 29.090 (F) when the pre-season Chinook salmon Abundance Index is at least 1.15 and the amount of […]

The Board of Fish meeting ended February 26 at 7:15pm.  The meeting was confusing, you couldn’t report on what was happening until the final gavel came down as it kept changing. I will keep posting as I get the actions for each committee typed up.  NET FISHERIES COMMITTEE: The Board of Fish accepted the Joint […]

WASHINGTON, DC — U. S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding for Alaska contained in the Fiscal Year 2009 (FY 09) Omnibus Appropriations Bill.  The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up the legislation later this week, followed by consideration in the Senate.    The […]

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the commercial golden (brown) king crab fishery in the East Central Area will close at 12:00 noon Thursday, February 26,2009.

The GHL for the 2009 Sitka Sound Sac Roe fishery is 14,504 tons.  This is a 5% decrease from the preliminary announcement this fall.

Senator Gregg has withdrawn his name for consideration for the position of Secretary of Commerce.  Based on news reports the simple reason is that he could not agree with all of the new administrations policy positions. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/12/gregg.nomination/

Agenda http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009/Sitka/fin-agenda09.pdf Staff Comments http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009/Petersburg/staff-comm.pdf ADFG Fishery Reports http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009/deprep08-09.php Ontime Public and AC comments http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/archive/bof/farch.php

NOAA Fisheries Service has decided to exempt fishermen using dinglebar fishing gear in federal waters of the Gulf of Alaska from the requirement to carry a vessel monitoring system (VMS). The agency has determined that any risk of damage posed to protected corals in the Gulf of Alaska by the dinglebar gear fishery is minor, […]