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September 22, 2004 UFA Board Meeting, Kodiak October 12-14 Members are invited - To join UFA or renew your dues see our website at www.ufa-fish.org Make plans now to vote Absentee: Absentee Voting Information: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/abinfo.htm Voter Registration Information: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/regapp.htm Division of Elections Home page: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/homepage.html Table of Contents: 1. Governor Testifies on Ocean Commission 2. North Pacific no dead zone, says Stevens at Oceans Commission hearing 3. Lawmakers discuss revamping NPFMC 4. Board of Fisheries Salmon Restructuring Panel named 5. Juneau Auke Bay Marina set afire; 1,600 gallons of fuel spill 6. Fast ferry plows through ship's lines - Fairweather out of commission indefinitely 7. Senator Murkowski welcomes appropriations committee approval 8. Senate Appropriations funds $99M for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. 9. AK FSA requests participation of AK Natives in County Committee elections 10. Duffy to RDC: Cooperation has smoothed permit process 11. ADF&G reports excellent King Salmon escapement throughout Southeast 12. DEC works to seize discharge oversight 13. Agencies (DNR, DEC, and ADF&G) move to restrict dissent 14. Alaska fishing industry looks for benefit in value-added products 15. NMFS Director Hogarth asks for review of recreational fishing data program 16. Senate committee reaches tie vote on COOL Beef & Pork date 17. Cannery culture Developers hope to cash in on a piece of Alaska's past 18. Icy Strait Point Means Business to Hoonah 19. Scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska 20. Smart Gear competition seeks solutions to reduce commercial fishing bycatch 21. Two rare right whales tracked by satellite 22. Benefits of Omega-3s & New Data on Farmed and Wild Salmon Are Good News 23. Ask the Chef: Monterey Herald recommends salmon 24. Canadian Geographic in depth issue on Farmed Salmon: 25. OR: Fisheries officials, charter boat owners discuss life after closure 26. HI: Offshore Aquaculture Project Yields a Traditional Hawaiian Delicacy 27. Canadian officials say time too short to prevent sockeye losses 28. Cook Inlet Salmon Brand receives $725K DCED grant 29. Alaskan wild salmon fishery survives global competition, low prices 30. USDA Canned salmon purchase of 63,536 cases - deadline October 4, 2004. 31. Banner year for salmon trollers 32. US Seafood exports up, surimi down in first half of 2004 33. Laine Welch's Fish Radio Topics at vesselconnection.com 34. SWAMC Business Financing Workshops: 35. Sea Lions of the World: Sea Grant Symposium Anchorage Sept 30-Oct 3 36. BOF Cook Inlet Finfish Proposals agenda, & roadmap for November 11-13 37. BOF Chignik finfish Proposals, agenda, & roadmap for November 14-16 38. BOF Agendas and Roadmaps for Kodiak, Upper CI, Statewide King & Tanner 39. BOF Work Session October 5, Anchorage 40. ADF&G announces 2005 Bering Sea Snow Crab season 41. Final EIS statement released for crab rationalization plan 42. NOAA Fisheries Workshops On Crab Regs - Seattle 11/11 & Anch. 12/6&7 43. Revision of Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for GOA Pollock and PCod 44. NMFS closes directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using trawl gear in GOA 45. NMFS reopens Chiniak Gully to trawl gear 46. NOAA BSAI King and Tanner Crab Plan amendments- comment by Nov. 1. 47. Gulf Council to prepare DSIES on Offshore Aquaculture - Comment by Oct. 4 48. NPFMC Meeting in Sitka, Oct 4-12…and September committee meetings 49. Marine Mammals Draft Stock Assessment Reports 50. From Land & Water - the Federal Subsistence Management Program Newsletter, etc. 51. USFS Says Stikine subsistence sockeye salmon fishery completed successfully 52. IPHC 2004 Landing Report # 11 53. Fishlines - SeaGrant newsletter for September 54. DCED posts Community Quota Loan Application Packets 1. Governor Testifies on Ocean Commission On behalf of the nation's
governors, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, who is chairman of the National
Governors Association (NGA) Natural Resources Committee, addressed a Senate
Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing in Washington Tuesday
stressing the importance of a strong state role and participation in forming
national ocean policy…
http://www.sitnews.us/0904news/092204/092204 Fairbanks N-M: Governor backs state control of ocean policy: http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2418763,00.html Statement by the President on Oceans report:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/ Full Testimony from
hearings:
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy press release: http://oceancommission.gov/newsnotices/sep17_04.html 2. North Pacific no dead zone, says Stevens at Oceans Commission hearing "We've got dead zones all over," said James Watkins, the retired Navy admiral who chaired the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy… "The oceans are saying: 'We've had it, human beings. Give us a break,' " Watkins said. Hearing this, Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens stepped forward and said to Watkins that the North Pacific is an exception. It is biologically healthy and well managed, he said… http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5580081p-5511706c.html 3. Lawmakers discuss revamping NPFMC The head of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council urged caution and Sen. Stevens groused at the director of a combined environmental and fishermen’s group at a much-delayed U.S. Senate hearing on revamping the nation’s fisheries law last Tuesday… Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine and chairwoman of the subcommittee, has introduced S. 2066 to reauthorize and amend the law (Magnuson-Stevens), and two panels of oceans experts testified on the proposal at the meeting... http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=392 Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny Full testimony:
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witne 4. Board of Fisheries Salmon Restructuring Panel named Chairman Ed Dersham, and BOF panel members Robert Heyano and John Jensen asked the following individuals to serve on the panel: Steve Brown, Sam Cotton, Karen Dunmall, Pete Esquiro, Wallace Fields, John Garner, Andy Golia, Jill Klein, Stephanie Madsen, Chuck McCallum, Jerry McCune, Kris Norosz, Bob Thorstenson, Jr., Gale Vick, Bob Waldrop and Dr. Charles Crapo…
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/news/ 5. Juneau Auke Bay Marina set afire; 1,600 gallons of fuel spill …"We were very fortunate the wind direction was headed in the direction it was (away from boats). Otherwise we could have had thousands or millions of dollars of damage," Juneau Fire Chief Eric Mohrmann said…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092204/loc_ 6. Fast ferry plows through ship's lines - Fairweather out of commission indefinitely The state's new
fast ferry Fairweather slammed into three stern lines of a cruise ship
docked in Skagway on Tuesday and also may have hit a mooring dolphin,
leaving cracks in the side of the ferry…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092204/ Juneau Empire Letter: Marine highway suffers from state's decisions http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092204/let_letter1.shtml 7. Senator Murkowski welcomes appropriations committee approval Including: $4 million in additional funding for economic development grants $2.5 million to fund the Alaska Ocean Observing system. $2 million for the International Arctic Research Center to improve Arctic climate research. $8.1 million to fully fund implementation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty next year. …and millions more… http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=226298 Fairbanks News Miner Story: http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2411025,00.html 8. Senate Appropriations funds $99M for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. …The recommendation is $9,948,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,000,000 below the budget request…
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/31?&sid=cp108wYcWO&item=31&hd_count= 9. AK FSA requests participation of AK Natives in County Committee elections The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) is trying to get the word out that ALL Native Alaskans who are agricultural producers or salmon fishermen are eligible to participate in the County Office Committee election process…
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/AK/COC%20AN%2004%20 10. Duffy to RDC: Cooperation has smoothed permit process Alaska Fish and Game Commissioner Kevin Duffy said Sept. 2 that changes made within state agencies 18 months ago have paid off in expediting the permitting process to facilitate resource development…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/091304/loc_ 11. ADF&G reports excellent King Salmon escapement throughout Southeast http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/news/2004/9-15-04_nr.php 12. DEC works to seize discharge oversight The state is reviving a push to take over a federal program that regulates water pollution. Alaska's chief environmental regulator says it will result in both faster turnaround for companies needing discharge permits and a better-run program that addresses local concerns…http://www.adn.com/business/story/5563436p-5495630c.html 13. Agencies (DNR, DEC, and ADF&G) move to restrict dissent In a move that has outraged environmentalists and advocates of open government, the heads of Alaska's three resource agencies have agreed not to voice separate opinions about controversial subjects, or at least not to write them down on paper. …Instead of each agency commenting in writing about a particular topic, such as pollution in salmon streams, they will "work cooperatively" to ensure that "we all benefit from each other's expertise and authority," the memo states. The public often relies on different agencies' comments to develop informed opinions about proposed government actions…http://www.adn.com/front/story/5583686p-5515352c.html 14. Alaska fishing industry looks for benefit in value-added products …It adds up to $3.33 a pound for Premium Alaskan Trident Salmon Burgers, sold for $9.99 a 12-pack at Costco Wholesale Corp… "It's a very consistent selling item for us," said Deb Cain, vice president and general merchandise manager for Costco's Northwest region. "In the Northwest right now, it's doing great. We are very happy with the sales."
http://ap.peninsulaclarion.com/pstories/state/ak/ 15. NMFS Director Hogarth asks for review of recreational fishing data program "In closing, I’d like to say I was very disappointed in the recent study on impacts of recreational fisheries published in Science Magazine.… To imply that we do not fully account for the impacts of recreational anglers is wrong." http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/features/billscorner/index.htm 16. Senate committee reaches tie vote on COOL Beef & Pork date Earlier this week, the Senate Appropriations Committee reached a tie vote of 14-14 on a proposed amendment to move the mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) date to Jan. 1, 2005, instead of Sept. 30, 2006… "I am deeply disappointed that the Senate Appropriations Committee failed to pass a provision offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to repeal the two-year delay in implementing COOL," said National Farmers Union President Dave Frederickson.
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/091804/ 17. Cannery culture Developers hope to cash in on a piece of Alaska's past Last spring, Jon Faulkner of Homer and Steve Agni of Anchorage teamed up to buy the old Wards Cove Packing Co. cannery near the mouth of the Kenai River, on the bank opposite the town… Faulkner and Agni, both experienced commercial developers, are banking that tourists will want to see a real cannery, spend a night or weekend there, and see workers clean salmon delivered fresh to the docks.
http://www.adn.com/business/story/5572496p- 18. Icy Strait Point Means Business to Hoonah The former Hoonah Packing cannery finished its first summer as a cruise ship destination with a visit from Governor Murkowski and friends….
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092004/ 19. Scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska PWS Rhodolith beds likely to fuel protection debate… http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/news/story/?ni=66 20. Smart Gear competition seeks solutions to reduce commercial fishing bycatch Now, there is something that we as Big Fish supporters can contribute to help alleviate this problem. The International Smart Gear Competition (http://www.smartgear.org./), sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, is a collaborative effort between scientists, fishermen, seafood suppliers, conservationists, policy experts, and gear technologists to seek original ideas for new methods and gear inventions that can reduce the problem of incidental bycatch in commercial fisheries. Some new fishing gear initiatives are already having huge impacts… http://www.ibfn.org/news/newsarticle.asp?a=211 International Smart Gear Competition Home Page: http://www.smartgear.org/ 21. Two rare right whales tracked by satellite Scientists hope to learn where they feed in Bering Sea… http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5547453p-5482384c.html AFSC North Pacific right whale satellite tagging project – Project summary.
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/CetaceanAssessment/ 22. Benefits of Omega-3s & New Data on Farmed and Wild Salmon Are Good News …with new data from recently completed monitoring studies in Alaska for wild salmon and in Canada and Chile for farmed salmon, the eat wild or farmed debate is irrelevant, says Alex Trent, executive director, Salmon of the Americas (SOTA). The latest round of PCB monitoring carried out by SOTA shows levels of PCBs in farmed salmon sampled from its members at about the same levels as the most recent data from wild Alaska Chinook and sockeye salmon tested by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)… http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040922/phw018_1.html 23. Ask the Chef: Monterey Herald recommends salmon Q: My daughter is a very finicky eater but one thing she will always eat is tuna… Lately I have heard that it is not advisable to eat tuna every day due to the mercury content. Should I stop giving her tuna every day? A: …A friend of mine who ate tuna salad every day had so much mercury in his system that the F.B.I. was contacted to be sure someone wasn't poisoning him… I believe the better
answer is to switch to canned salmon, which has many advantages over canned
tuna…
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/ 24. Canadian Geographic in depth issue on Farmed Salmon: Lessons Learned in Schools: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so04/indepth/ 25. OR: Fisheries officials, charter boat owners discuss life after closure Coastal charter and sport fishing boat owners are still feeling the effects of ODFW's closure announcement the Monday before that Labor Day Friday. But even as they look with some trepidation at a winter without the financial cushion Labor Day customarily gives them, they, like ODFW and others, are wondering what to do next year. The suggestions trend in different directions. Some are calling for separate regulation of the commercial and sport groundfish fisheries…
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2004/09/ 26. HI: Offshore Aquaculture Project Yields a Traditional Hawaiian Delicacy In Hawaii, the largest consumer of seafood in the nation, the ocean's dwindling supply of fish has become a growing concern. The seafood consumption rate in the islands is three times that of the U.S. mainland. Yet, despite its mid-Pacific location, Hawaii imports 75 percent of all fish it consumes. Over the last 20 years, the trend of increasing demand for seafood products has collided with a decreasing supply from depleted fishing grounds worldwide. So, with an eye on the ocean's dwindling supply of fish, scientists at the University of Hawaii's Sea Grant College Program and the Oceanic Institute have teamed up for a research project in marine aquaculture that offers the opportunity to expand these resources. http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_hawaii.html 27. Canadian officials say time too short to prevent sockeye losses Water in the Fraser River warmed up too fast last summer for regulators to avoid huge losses of spawning salmon, Canadian Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan says…
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp? 28. Cook Inlet Salmon Brand receives $725K DCED grant …The purpose of the grant is to provide project management and icing infrastructure to the Kenai Peninsula...
http://www.kenaiwild.org/content_sub.asp?SUB_ 29. Alaskan wild salmon fishery survives global competition, low prices … Marketing efforts to promote wild salmon and recent reports that raised public fears about contaminants in farmed salmon have helped boost sales and prices, but wild salmon is now and probably will remain a niche item in world markets…
http://www.workingwaterfront.com/article.asp? 30. USDA Canned salmon purchase of 63,536 cases - deadline October 4, 2004. http://www.ams.usda.gov/lscp/fish/7i16inv.txt Conflicting info - Lisa Murkowski Press release says deadline was 9/20 http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=226321 31. Banner year for salmon trollers Troll-caught fish bring highest prices since 1985… The prices for troll-caught wild Alaska salmon were higher than they've been since the signing of the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada in 1985, Southeast Alaska seafood processors said…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091904/sta 32. US Seafood exports up, surimi down in first half of 2004 Surimi on upward trend in EU… U.S. exports of seafood products were valued at nearly $1.96 billion during the first seven months of 2004, up 16 percent, or $266 million, compared with the same period last year. Higher exports of pollock (up $62 million), other fishery products (up $61.7 million), cod (up $46.6 million), salmon (up $32.7 million), sole (up $25.1 million), canned salmon (up $21.2 million), and squid (up $19.7 million) were the major reasons for the strong overall performance to date. However, categories with decreased exports included surimi (down $33.7 million), shrimp (down $20.3 million), sablefish (down $3.7 million), trout (down $3 million), and monkfish (down $2.4 million) during the same period. http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/Fish-Circular/Market_News/market.html 33. Laine Welch's Fish Radio Topics at vesselconnection.com Laine Welch's radio Fish Radio can be heard online through the Vessel Connection website - at http://www.vesselconnection.com/cgi-bin/fish_radio.pl This weeks topics include: WEDNESDAY 09/22/04 US Oceans Report recommends some council changes, favors limited entry TUESDAY 09/21/04 Alaska salmon sales go through the roof at Boston-based Legal Seafoods MONDAY 09/20/04 AK snow crab harvest will go into plugged market FRIDAY 09/17/04 UFA meets for first time in Kodiak THURSDAY 09/16/04 Price boost for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon WEDNESDAY 09/15/04 AK jellyfish: may have important medical uses 34. SWAMC Business Financing Workshops: Dillingham: October 5 - http://www.swamc.org/BBFlyer&Registration.pdf King Salmon: October 6 - http://www.swamc.org/BBFlyer&Registration.pdf Kodiak: October 8 - http://www.swamc.org/KFlyer&Registration.pdf 35. Sea Lions of the World: Sea Grant Symposium Anchorage Sept 30-Oct 3 Conservation and Research in the 21st Century Alaska Seagrant 22nd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Conferences/sealions/prog.html 36. BOF Cook
Inlet Finfish Proposals agenda, & roadmap for November 11-13
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ Tentative agenda:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ Roadmap:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ 37. BOF Chignik
finfish Proposals, agenda, & roadmap for November 14-16
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ Tentative agenda:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ Roadmap:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ 38. BOF Agendas and Roadmaps available for Kodiak, Upper CI, Statewide King & Tanner Kodiak Finfish, January 7-10, 2005 Upper Cook Inlet Finfish, January 17-29, 2005 Statewide King and Tanner Crab, March 7-13, 2005 For links see:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/ 39. BOF Work Session October 5, Anchorage The Alaska Board of Fisheries will conduct a work session beginning Wednesday, October 5, 2004 at 8:30 am. In addition, the board will hold a new member orientation beginning 1:30 pm on Tuesday, October 4, 2004. No regulatory action will be taken at these meetings… scroll to bottom of this edition for full information, not found on web… 40. ADF&G announces 2005 Bering Sea Snow Crab season The 2005 GLH is 20.932 million pound. Of this total, 1.57 million pounds are available to the CDQ fishery with the remaining 19.362 million pounds available to the general fishery…
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/news/2004/ For story see Laine Welch's Fish factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html 41. Final EIS statement released for crab rationalization plan Federal fisheries managers are another step closer to privatizing crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, with the release of their final report on anticipated environmental, social and economic impacts…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/090704/loc_ Homer News Seawatch story:
http://www.homernews.com/stories/091604/seawatch NOAA BSAI crab EIS:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/ 42. NOAA Fisheries Workshops On Crab Regs - Seattle 11/11 & Anch. 12/6&7 The Alaska Region of NOAA Fisheries will conduct public workshops in Seattle and Anchorage to explain proposed regulations for the new crab fishery management program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands: Seattle-November 11, Room 204, 10:00 a.m., Washington Trade and Convention Center. The workshop is located with Pacific Marine Expo. Anchorage-December 6 and 7, Hilton Hotel, Dillingham-Katmai Room from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. each night. The workshops precede the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Meeting, also at the Hilton. The purpose of the workshops is to provide information on the proposed regulations in order to assist interested members of the public to provide comment.
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/ 43. Revision of Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for GOA Pollock and PCod Deadline for Comments is October 21, 2004 NMFS publishes a proposed rule that would adjust Steller sea lion protection measures for the pollock and Pacific cod fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The revisions would adjust Pacific cod and pollock fishing closure areas near four Steller sea lion haulouts and modify the seasonal management of pollock harvest in the GOA. The intent of the revisions is to maintain protection for Steller sea lions and their critical habitat while easing the economic burden on GOA fishing communities…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 44. NMFS closes directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using trawl gear in GOA http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/infobulletins/goatrwo.html 45. NMFS reopens Chiniak Gully to trawl gear NMFS is rescinding the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully Research Area. This action is necessary to allow vessels using trawl gear to participate in directed fishing for groundfish in the Chiniak Gully Research Area after the completion of NMFS research on September 8, 2004…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 46. NOAA BSAI King and Tanner Crab Plan amendments- comment by Nov. 1. …Voluntary Three-pie Cooperative Program; Allocation of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Resources…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 47. Gulf Council to prepare DSIES on Offshore Aquaculture - Comment by Oct. 4 The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS intend to prepare a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) in support of a proposed Generic Amendment for Offshore Aquaculture. The DSEIS will evaluate alternatives for regulating aquaculture activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of this notice of intent is to solicit public comments on the range of alternatives and scope of issues to be addressed in the DSEIS…Comment by October 4
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 48. NPFMC Meeting in Sitka, Oct 4-12…and September committee meetings
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/ Updated agenda 9/17: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/Agendas/Agenda1004.pdf NPFMC home page: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ Items for October meeting: BSAI Groundfish Draft FMP: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/abl/MarFish/coralscruise.htm GOA Groundfish Draft FMP: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/fmp/bsai/BSAI.pdf EFH Maps and Letter: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/efh/efh.htm IFQ/CDQ Halibut 4C 4D:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/ GOA Rockfish Discussion
paper:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/ 49. Marine Mammals Draft Stock Assessment Reports NMFS has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs). The 2003 final SARs are now complete and available to the public. This Federal Register Notice has an incorrect link to the final reports:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800 See the reports at:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Stock_ 50. From Land & Water - the Federal Subsistence Management Program Newsletter, etc. http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/pdf/newsletter/summer04.pdf &&& Federal Subsistence RACs fall meeting schedule & Reg. Change form http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/news04/r090304.html &&& USFWS Subsistence regulations change proposal form -deadline October 22. http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/regs04/propform.pdf 51. USFS Says Stikine subsistence sockeye salmon fishery completed successfully
http://www.sitnews.us/0904news/092204/092104_ 52. IPHC 2004 Landing Report # 11
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2004 &IPHC - RFP for Bait for Year 2005 Survey Vessels - Deadline Oct 1
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2004 53. Fishlines - SeaGrant newsletter for September http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Fishlines/Sept04.html 54. DCED posts Community Quota Loan Application Packets http://www.dced.state.ak.us/pub/CQE_PR11.pdf NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES
The Alaska Board of Fisheries will conduct a work session beginning Wednesday, October 5, 2004 at 8:30 am. In addition, the board will hold a new member orientation beginning 1:30 pm on Tuesday, October 4, 2004. No regulatory action will be taken at these meetings. Among the items to be considered at the work session include: Election of officers; board committee and task force reports [may include: BS/AI Crab Rationalization, Salmon Industry Restructuring Panel, other]; 2005/2006 board meeting schedule and call for proposals; agenda change requests (ACRs); petitions; meeting organization and establishment of committees for 2004/2005 meeting cycle; application of the Sustainable Salmon Fisheries Policy, including stocks of concern; and other informational report and/or administrative issues that may come before the board. The work session will be held at the Coast International Inn at 3333 W. International Airport Rd in Anchorage, AK. This meeting is open to the public. No oral public testimony will be taken. Written comments may be sent to: Boards Support Section, PO Box 25526, Juneau, AK 99802, or FAX to: (907) 465-6094. For further information call 465-4110. An agenda will be available prior to the meeting and will be posted online at the following website: http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/index.php The new member orientation will be held at the Millennium Hotel at 4800 Spenard Road in Anchorage. The purpose of the orientation is to provide information concerning the regulatory process. If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in the public meeting, please contact Diana Cote at 907-465-4110 (to correspond by text telephone (TDD), call 1-800-478-3648) no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting, to make any necessary arrangements.
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