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UFA Update October 9, 2005 UFA Board of Directors Meeting – The Frontier Building, Cordova – October 20-22 Open to all current UFA Members Expect the next UFA Email Update within a week after our meeting. Current members will be mailed a summary of the results. Thank you for Juneau Fish Aid Success:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100705/nei_ Contents: 1. Gulf fisheries, hit by Katrina, see slow recovery 2. AK Senate Resources Legislative Hearings on SB 170 - Power of Board of Fish… 3. Gov. Accepts CDQ Panel Report 4. AK Airline Salmon-thirty-salmon – Positive press outnumbers cries of pork 5. Geoduck experiment expands 6. Warm water brings spate of weird fish 7. State Magnuson Stevens Reauthorization hearing –Girdwood, Oct 14 8. Orca Bay Foods, Inc. Recalls Red King Crab … Due to Possible Health Risk 9. Owner of Adak Fisheries Solberg calls himself ‘naïve’ 10. Coast Guard, Good Samaritan respond to vessel fire 11. Crabbing limits get a boost this season 12. Crab fishing reforms divide industry into haves and have-nots 13. Kodiak Maritime Museum plans to preserve a piece of Kodiak history 14. Past Kodiakan can’t find anything rational in rationalization 15. Shell looks to Bristol Bay for new development 16. Seattle firm building marine research institute in Juneau 17. Fishermen to help save Alaska whales 18. Environmentalists, firm agree to mediate over Kensington Mine 19. Feds release plan to manage Southeast lands 20. ASMI's New Asian Marketing Specialist Brings Wealth of Industry Experience 21. Copper River Seafoods aims to hook Asian market 22. USFWS moves on Beluga Sturgeon caviar ban 23. Illegal fishing nets men many charges 24. Fishermen's Terminal is losing its fishermen 25. Television's Boston Legal takes on B.C. fish farms 26. Astoria, Ore., Hosts Ninth Annual Fisher Poets Gathering - Feb 24-26, 2006 27. National Fisherman Editorial: Divide and conquer 28. RI: Trawling reveals wonders of creatures in watery world 29. OR: Daily Astorian Letter: Support the fishermen 30. NE: Fishing Quotas Deserve Another Look in New England 31. Austrailia Fish farm loses 35,000 prize fish 32. Deep-sea fish markets shut down in Spain over fuel prices 33. Laine Welch's Fish Radio 34. MPA group seeks fisherman panelist -Deadline Extended to October 31 35. USFWS Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Subbasin Plan 36. 2005 Halibut Landing Report No. 11 - Quota Share Commercial Fisheries Update 37. NPRB requests $5.15M in research proposals for 2006 – deadline Dec 9 38. BOF Salmon Industry Restructuring Panel to meet Oct 17, Anchorage 39. ASMI Fall Board and All Committees Meeting, Downtown Seattle Hilton, Nov 2-4 40. ASMI Foodservice Newsletter – September – 77% Prefer Wild 41. DCCED SE AK Salmon Shelf Life Grant Applications due October 28 42. Pacific Marine Expo - Seattle – November 17-19 43. State Website Scheduled Outage Announced for October 16, 2005 44. NPDES Primacy Work Group Teleconference Monday Oct 10. 45. DEIS released on AK Coastal management program – comment by Nov 7 46. NPFMC posts Groaudfish Ratz documents for the October Meeting
Previously posted meetings and comment periods approaching, for your convenience: 47. US Marine Mammal Commission to Meet in Anchorage, Oct 12-14 48. BOF meetings Oct 13 (nonregulatory actions) & Oct. 15 (groundfish), Girdwood 49. CFEC & ADFG propose changes for halibut & sablefish, groundfish -October 17. 50. Pacific Salmon Commission agendas for Juneau October 18-20 & forward 51. Comment deadline Oct 21 on National Standard 1 guidelines 52. MMPA List of Fisheries comment –five AK fisheries upgraded-deadline October 24 53. Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils Fall Meetings Statewide 54. DEC Klukwan Long Island pesticide spraying application – Comment by Oct 31 55. AK Aquatic Farm sites for review – comment by Nov 3 56. DEC seeks comments on Oil Pollution Prevention Regs – comment by Nov 28 1. Gulf fisheries, hit by Katrina, see slow recovery The fishermen whose shrimp and oyster boats survived Hurricane Katrina consider themselves the fortunate few, but now they wonder how they will survive in an industry gutted by the powerful storm. Commercial fishing, a 2.75 billion dollar a year industry in Louisiana, is all but closed down along its southeastern Gulf coast. According to official estimates, it could be months or years before the region's fishermen are back in business… http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=28985 & Louisiana seafood products safe for consumption -- LSU AgCenter Louisiana seafood products making their way to the market now are safe – despite disruptions and losses the industry suffered as the result of Hurricane Katrina, according to experts at the LSU AgCenter. Oyster beds in the Gulf of Mexico east of Terrebonne Parish are closed, but shellfish, including oysters, harvested from other areas are safe to eat, said Dr. Jon Bell, a seafood technology professor in the LSU AgCenter. http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1002-la_fisheries.html & Hurricane Rita triggers additional fishery failure and fishery resource disaster declaration in Louisiana, Texas U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced a formal determination of a fishery failure in Louisiana and Texas due to the devastation following Hurricane Rita. The affected area includes the Gulf of Mexico coastal areas of both states. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/docs/05-126%20Texas%20Disaster%20Release%20v5%2010-04-05.pdf 2. AK Senate Resources Legislative Hearings on SB 170 - Power of Board of Fish and Game Oct 10 6:30 PM NOME - Old St. Joseph's Church, 6:30 p.m.to 8:00 p.m. Oct 11 6:30 PM Fairbanks -Fairbanks City Hall -6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Oct 12 6:30 PM Coldfoot -Coldfoot Camp - 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Oct 14 2:00 PM Barrow -North Slope Borough Assembly Chambers - 2:00 PM Oct 15 3:00 PM Chugiak -Peters Creek Christian Center – 3:00 pm
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session For pdf of original bill see: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/24/Bills/SB0170A.PDF Unfortunately, a committee substitute draft that will be discussed is not posted online… 3. Gov. Accepts CDQ Panel Report Governor Frank H. Murkowski accepted the recommendations of the CDQ Blue Ribbon Panel’s report on the Western Alaska program this week and relayed his decision regarding allocations. The report offers four key recommendations affecting federal and state regulations… http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1978 4. AK Airline Salmon-thirty-salmon – Positive press outnumbers cries of pork Alaska Airlines Salmon-thirty-salmon: out of about fifty news stories we found by Google on the salmon jet, only seven included the word “pork”. Alaska Airlines lands a king in Anchorage
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/100905/hom_2005 Alaska Airlines takes flying fish to a whole new level http://www.adn.com/front/story/7038924p-6942571c.html KTUU Anchorage: Salmon-Thirty-Salmon a swimming success
http://www.ktuu.com/cms/templates/master.asp?articleid NBC: Plane Painted To Look Like Alaskan Salmon Most U.S. Airports Will See Plane… http://www.nbc10.com/news/5051771/detail.html ABC News: Some Call Flying Fish Just Plain Pork http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Politics/story?id=1183436 Seattle Times: Any way you slice it, the salmon plane is pork
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ Associated Press & KING 5: Alaska's flying fish looks like 'pork' to some
http://www.kgw.com/business/stories/kgw_100505_biz Anchorage Daily News: Salmon jet lures federal fund questions
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7053060p- 5. Geoduck experiment expands Juneau geoduck farmer Tom Manning wants to set up a small nursery to help boost the survival rate of his baby geoducks…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100205/loc_ 6. Warm water brings spate of weird fish Squid, sharks, barracuda are among species newly arrived in Alaska waters… An array of exotic fish and other unusual marine critters flooded the waters of Southeast Alaska this summer…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092505/loc_ 7. State Magnuson Stevens Reauthorization hearing –Girdwood, Oct 14 Alyeska Prince Hotel, 6:30-8:30 p.m. NOAA MSA Information home page: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2005/ ADF&G home page for Magnuson-Stevens documents http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/special/oceans/policy.php#msa 8. Orca Bay Foods, Inc. Recalls Red King Crab … Due to Possible Health Risk No Illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem… Orca Bay Foods, Inc. of Renton, Washington is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of approximately 40,000 pounds of "red king crab legs and claws" because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly people, and immuno-compromised individuals... Consumers with questions may call 1-800-832-ORCA
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/ 9. Owner of Adak Fisheries Solberg calls himself ‘naïve’ A naïve immigrant from Norway. That's how some describe Kjetil Solberg. He came to Alaska in 1998 and started a fish company on remote Adak Island. Solberg built his business, Adak Fisheries, into a multimillion-dollar venture, partnering with giant seafood companies and one influential politician. Solberg sat down today to talk about the legal and political turmoil he now finds himself in…
http://www.ktuu.com/cms/templates/master.asp? 10. Coast Guard, Good Samaritan respond to vessel fire A crewmember from the Good Samaritan Vessel Steadfast attempts to extinguish a fire aboard the motor vessel David V near St. Mary's Point Thursday afternoon… Coast Guard 17th District Photo release…http://www.uscgalaska.com/go/doc/780/85145/ 11. Crabbing limits get a boost this season BERING SEA: Fishermen preparing to set out on a new, safer season get welcome news from Fish and Game. Late Thursday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced catch limits for the upcoming crab fisheries, which open Oct. 15. The crab fleet will be allowed to catch a total of 16.5 million pounds of Bristol Bay red king crab -- giant orange spiders that often command the highest menu prices. That's a 17 percent jump over last season's catch, for which crabbers received an average $4.70 per pound at the docks.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7033978p- NOAA BSAI Crab page w TACS: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/crfaq.htm 12. Crab fishing reforms divide industry into haves and have-nots …On the cusp of the 2005 king crab season, changes to Alaska's billion-dollar crab fishery -- touted as a way to make crabbing safer and slower -- have had a dramatic effect on the Seattle-based industry, on the docks, in the offices of boat owners and local seafood processors…
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/243039_ 13. Kodiak Maritime Museum plans to preserve a piece of Kodiak history The Kodiak Maritime Museum has begun restoring the Thelma C., a 36-foot wooden salmon seine boat that may be the last of its kind. “We’re losing a lot of history when those boats are burned,” said Mike Pfeffer, museum director… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=2108 14. Past Kodiakan can’t find anything rational in rationalization Letter to the Editor by Andre Nault http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=2086 & State of the fisheries is at its worst - Article by John Finley Any honest analysis would reveal Gulf Rats and PQ’s as the most momentous turn of events for Kodiak since statehood… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=2094 & SB 113 should include Kodiak or be voted down Guest Opinion by Steven P. Mathieu …I believe we are correct in unanimously voting to object to SB 113 and wanting to be included in it, if it passes… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=2096 & Clarification… … the Alaska Jig Association wants to be included, to best influence our participation, protect our quotas, investments and careers… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=2106 15. Shell looks to Bristol Bay for new development Dutch oil giant Shell is fishing for an ambitious new oil and gas development in Bristol Bay, a remote corner of Alaska that once booted out the oil companies…
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7061308p- 16. Seattle firm building marine research institute in Juneau J.E. Dunn Construction of Seattle expects to complete by November 2006 the new Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute in Juneau. The current $30 million construction phase of the 65,000-square-foot facility began in July.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/100205/bul_ 17. Fishermen to help save Alaska whales Alaska's commercial fishing fleet is joining in an effort to save the world's most endangered whales…
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/ This positive story ran nationwide.… 18. Environmentalists, firm agree to mediate over Kensington Mine Three environmental groups and the developers of the Kensington Mine have agreed to enter mediation over their legal battle about tailings disposal at the gold mine, northwest of Juneau, according to Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100905/loc_ & State will pay for mine road from Slate Creek Cove The state of Alaska will foot the bill for construction of the Kensington gold mine's access road from Slate Creek Cove to its mill site on the west side of Berners Bay…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092905/sta_ 19. Feds release plan to manage Southeast lands The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has unveiled a draft plan for managing its 320,000 acres of land scattered throughout Southeast Alaska. The document isn't limited to BLM land in Southeast Alaska though. It also covers the Aleutian Island chain and parts of Southcentral Alaska…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100705/sta_ 20. ASMI's New Asian Marketing Specialist Brings Wealth of Industry Experience Heidi Bundy brings a wealth of experience to her new post: Marketing Specialist for Asia with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI). Since accepting the position in September, she has focused her talent on Alaska’s promotional campaigns in Japan and China… http://www.alaskaseafood.org/aboutus/100505.htm 21. Copper River Seafoods aims to hook Asian market Copper River Seafoods, a seafood processing company spawned in 1996 by four fishermen who believed in the potential of wild Alaska seafood, is expanding slowly into overseas markets…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/100905/foc_ 22. USFWS moves on Beluga Sturgeon caviar ban We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), give notice that we are suspending import of and foreign commerce in beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) caviar and meat originating in the Caspian Sea littoral states of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Turkmenistan effective immediately…
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 23. Illegal fishing nets men many charges Under cover of darkness, three men in a 17-foot skiff depart from the Homer harbor. It's late at night, not exactly the time for a pleasure cruise… Five days later, after observing the men leaving the harbor each night and returning with boatloads of fish, officers move in…
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/100605/news_ 24. Fishermen's Terminal is losing its fishermen
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ 25. Television's Boston Legal takes on B.C. fish farms Nimmo Bay resort the backdrop for drama where farms, sea lice are the bad guys
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/bus 26. Astoria, Ore., Hosts Ninth Annual Fisher Poets Gathering - Feb 24-26, 2006 Industry Poets Gather on Oregon's North Coast to Share Stories of Seafaring Life…
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp 27. National Fisherman Editorial: Divide and conquer I am not a conspiracy theorist, but it's hard not to conclude that fishery management in this country practices the “divide and conquer” model… http://www.nationalfisherman.com/ 28. RI: Trawling reveals wonders of creatures in watery world Young and old were treated to such a scene on a special day trip on a fishing vessel, The Cap'n Bert, Saturday as part of Coastweeks 2005, a nationwide program to teach people about the commercial fishing industry and to foster awareness and understanding of coastal issues. "Our mission is to connect research, science, coastal management and the fishing industry to the public," said David Beutel, a specialist with the Rhode Island Sea Grant Sustainable Fisheries program. "Bottom trawling is the type of fishing that lands most of the fish we eat, so it's an important industry to Rhode Island."
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15326250 29. OR: Daily Astorian Letter: Support the fishermen This letter is in response to guest columnist Peter Huhtala’s (“Say no to Exclusive access to Fishing,” The Daily Astorian, Aug. 29). Monumental changes have been forced on the West Coast drag fishermen in the last four years. Two separate lawsuits brought against the National Marine Fisheries Service by the extreme environmental group Oceana, with the support of the Pacific Marine Conservation Council, have forced the closure of 75 percent of all fishable waters formerly open to the drag fleet…
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&Sub 30. NE: Fishing Quotas Deserve Another Look in New England The President Has Proposed an Idea That Could Benefit the Fish and Fishermen Alike… Yankee fishermen have long been too efficient for their own good. The once-rich fishing grounds of the North Atlantic now support tiny fractions, perhaps as little as 3 percent, of the cod that once thrived there. When the fish do become effectively extinct - either wiped out or so low in population that fishing will have to be banned for years to replenish the stock - the independent fishermen will inevitably follow. Hope for the fishermen, as well as the fish, is now spelled DAP. That means "dedicated fishing privilege." But really, this is not a new idea. Rather, it's one that has been repackaged. DAPs are not substantially different from IFQs, or individual fishing quotas.
http://afjournal.yellowbrix.com/pages/afjournal/Story.nsp? & ME: Fish-quota plan gets mixed reviews
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/051002 & N.E. lawmakers fight Bush plan to change fishing-quota rules
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/ 31. Austrailia Fish farm loses 35,000 prize fish …Recent strong tides at a fish farm in seas north of Australia snapped chains holding cages that contained an estimated 35,000 barramundi, allowing the prized fish to flee into seas near the Tiwi Islands… http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5637428.html 32. Deep-sea fish markets shut down in Spain over fuel prices The Spanish Federation of Fisheries Organisations (FEOPE) and the Spanish Federation of Fishing Vessels Owners (FEABP) decided to close all deep-sea fish markets to protest the lack of response from the Spanish central government and the European Community, EC, to the ever growing cost of gas oil. .. http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=6538 33. Laine Welch's Fish Radio This weeks topics: Friday 10/7/05 Oct is Nat'l Seafood Month-Who in the world eats the most? Thursday 10/6/05 ADF&G seeks one big boat for octopus gear study Wednesday 10/5/05 Future for BSea crab looks good; Hundreds of crew jobs lost Tuesday 10/4/05 More demand for AK oysters due to hurricane devastation in LA Monday 10/3/05 Bering Sea crab harvests boosted http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/fishradio.htm ….& see Laine Welch's Fish Factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html 34. MPA group seeks fisherman panelist -Deadline Extended to October 31 The MPA Federal Advisory Committee is seeking nominations for an individual to represent commercial fisheries interests and perspectives. The Committee is responsible for providing expert advice to the Departments of Commerce and the Interior on the development and implementation of a national system of MPAs. Nominations should be received by October 31, 2005… see right sidebar at http://mpa.gov/ & Federal Register
Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 35. USFWS Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Subbasin Plan Amendments The subbasin plans amended into the program and the program document with the findings on recommendations and responses to comments may be found on the Council's Web site, at http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/Default.htm Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 36. 2005 Halibut Landing Report No. 11 - Quota Share Commercial Fisheries Update
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2005/ 37. NPRB requests $5.15M in research proposals for 2006 – deadline Dec 9 The Board released the 2006 Request For Proposals (RFP) October 7, 2005 for approximately $5.15 million in Environmental Improvement and Restoration Funds and other funds available to NPRB for research projects starting in 2006. The 2006 priorities relate directly to the Board’s Science Plan and associated Implementation Plan and encourage proposals with the use of Local and Traditional Knowledge (LTK). Proposals may be submitted online (preferred) or via mail (see full RFP announcement for details). Online submission will become available November 1, 2005. Proposals are due December 9, 2005. http://www.nprb.org/research/res_2006.htm 38. BOF Salmon Industry Restructuring Panel to meet Oct 17, Anchorage The Board of Fisheries’ Salmon Industry Restructuring Panel will meet beginning 9 am on Monday, October 17 in Anchorage at the Captain Cook Hotel. The meeting is open to the public. Agenda:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/sirp/ Restructuring Panel main
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http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/sirp/ 39. ASMI Fall Board and All Committees Meeting, Downtown Seattle Hilton, Nov 2-4 Nov. 2 -- 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Program briefings Nov. 3 -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Committee meetings and work sessions Nov. 4 -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Board meeting All meetings are open to the public. & Upcoming Trade Shows with ASMI Participation: Oct. 9-11, Expo Comida Latina Los Angeles 2005 - Los Angeles Convention Center. This expo runs alongside the West Coast Seafood Show Oct. 13-16, Southern Women's Show - Orlando, Florida, Orange County Convention Center Nov. 10-12, China Fishery & Seafood Expo, Guangzhou, China Nov. 17-19, Pacific Marine Expo (formerly known as Fish Expo) - Seattle, Washington, Qwest Field and Event Center. See conference schedule for Saturday for sessions sponsored by ASMI, and ASMI together with United Fishermen of Alaska. To sign up for ASMI Seafood Newsbriefs see: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101064654189 40. ASMI Foodservice Newsletter – September – 77% Prefer Wild Industry Bite Survey
shows – 77% prefer WILD
http://www.alaskaseafood.org/foodservice/news/ ASMI Foodservice News main page:
http://www.alaskaseafood.org/foodservice/news/ 41. DCCED SE AK Salmon Shelf Life Grant Applications due October 28 The Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development is pleased to announce a second application round for the Southeast Alaska Salmon Shelf Life Extension Program (SASSLE), a program under the Alaska Fisheries Revitalization Strategy. Applications are due October 28, 2005. For a copy of the
application guide, please visit the Department at the web site:
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/seafood/revitalization/ 42. Pacific Marine Expo - Seattle – November 17-19 Qwest Field and Event Center 800 Occidental Ave. South, Seattle For details on seminars and events, see… http://www.pacificmarineexpo.com/ 43. State Website Scheduled Outage Announced for October 16, 2005 There will be a COMPLETE SERVICE DELIVERY OUTAGE October 16, 2005 between 7am and noon affecting all electronic services delivered from the State of Alaska Juneau Data Center (JDC). This outage is being scheduled as a precautionary measure and is an element of the State Office Building Halon Repair Project to prevent life/safety threats from a 5th floor JDC computer room fire. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/oct16_2005outage.php 44. NPDES Primacy Work Group Teleconference Monday Oct 10. The Legislature recently passed a law directing the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to seek and assume primacy for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit program. A permittee Work Group has been established to help design the DEC primacy application and subsequent NPDES program. The Work Group will hold a one hour teleconference from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday October 10 to discuss phasing – the order of permits that DEC will assume jurisdiction over during the 5 year period post delegation.
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e 45. DEIS released on AK Coastal management program – comment by Nov 7 In response to the State of Alaska's June 2, 2005 submission of an amended Alaska Coastal Management Program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) has reviewed the proposed amendment in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The DEIS has been released for public review and a 45-day public comment period. The public comment period ends November 7, 2005 after which, OCRM will review and utilize comments to compose its Final EIS on the Amendment. Comments on the DEIS may be submitted in writing to the address below, or may be given verbally at one of two hearings OCRM has scheduled. The hearings will be held October 31, 2005 in Juneau, and November 1, 2005 in Anchorage. Further details regarding the hearings will be shared as soon as they are available. …the DEIS has been posted on OCRM's Web site at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/pcd/up.html and the Alaska Coastal Management Program's Web site at http://www.alaskacoast.state.ak.us AK Coastal Management Program website press release: http://www.alaskacoast.state.ak.us/OCRM/ocrm-nepa1.htm Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 46. NPFMC posts Groaudfish Ratz documents for the October Meeting C-6 GOA Groundfish Rationalization: (a) Community
Provisions:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/groundfish (b) Alternatives/Options
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/groundfish (c) Crab/Salmon Bycatch
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/groundfish NPFMC Home Page: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ Previously posted meetings and comment periods approaching, for your convenience: 47. US Marine Mammal Commission to Meet in Anchorage, Oct 12-14
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 48. BOF meetings Oct 13 (nonregulatory actions) & Oct. 15 (groundfish), Girdwood Alyeska Prince Hotel, 1000 Arlberg Ave., Girdwood, AK 8:30 a.m. on Saturday October 15…
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/ Proposed Changes And Public Meeting Notice:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e 49. CFEC & ADFG propose changes for halibut & sablefish, groundfish areas Comment by October 17. ADF&G proposes to repeal 5 AAC 39.122 which deals with landing permits for vessels fishing exclusively outside of state waters to land or deliver halibut or sablefish inside state waters…
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e 50. Pacific Salmon Commission agendas for Juneau October 18-20 & forward Portland January 9-13, 2006; & Vancouver March 13-17, 2006
http://www.psc.org/Meetings/Draft%20Forward%20Looking PSC home page: http://www.psc.org/index.htm 51. Comment deadline Oct 21 on National Standard 1 guidelines http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/index.htm 52. MMPA List of Fisheries reopened for comment –five AK fisheries upgraded Comment deadline October 24 NOAA List of Fisheries Info: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/interactions/lof/ Federal Register Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ Online comment submission: http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3029383,00.html 53. Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils Fall Meetings Statewide Meeting dates and details are available at: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/deadline.cfm 54. DEC posts Klukwan Long Island pesticide spraying application – Comment by Oct 31 The Department has scheduled the following public hearings: October 14, 2005 City of Hydaburg City Municipal Bldg 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. October 14, 2005 City of Craig Council Chambers 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. DEC Public Notice:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c DEC web page with links
to permit & DNR comments:
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/pest/Amended%20 55. AK Aquatic Farm sites for review – comment by Nov 3 The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting comments on preliminary best interest findings and decisions (PD) for the 2005 aquatic farm applications and lease amendment requests. Three (3) applications and two (2) amendment requests are being reviewed for sites in Southcentral Alaska. The applications and amendment requests include suspended culture sites located at Perry Island in Prince William Sound; Day Harbor; and Bear Cove and the Herring Islands in Kachemak Bay…
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e 56. DEC seeks comments on potential changes to Oil Pollution Prevention Regs – by Nov 28 The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) is engaged in a comprehensive review and update of the oil pollution prevention regulations located in 18 AAC 75 Article 1. As part of this process, ADEC has developed a discussion paper on suggested changes to our oil pollution prevention regulations. This discussion paper has been posted for public comment on our website at http://www.state.ak.us/dec/spar/ipp/cpr.htm . ADEC will accept comments on the document for sixty days, with the informal comment period ending November 28, 2005. DEC Public Notice:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156 Catch or See an Atlantic Salmon? - Please Call 1-877-INVASIV (1-877-468-2748) call ADF&G hotline, keep fish whole and refrigerate if possible.
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