Alaska Board of Fisheries Meeting Information

Meeting Summary (PDF 231 kB)

Meeting Documents

• Agenda (Revised Sept. 28, 2018) (PDF 146 kB)
• Notice (PDF 37 kB)
• Board Roster (PDF 102 kB)
• Frequently Used Policies (PDF 2,238 kB)
• Select Findings & Policies for Work Session (PDF 1,673 kB)
• On-Time Advisory Committee Comments (PDF 2,219 kB)
• On-Time Public Comments (all) (PDF 47,428 kB)
  • List of On-Time Public Comments (PDF 75 kB)
  • On-Time Public Comments 1-49 (PDF 6,415 kB)
  • On-Time Public Comments 50-99 (PDF 12,270 kB)
  • On-Time Public Comments 100-149 (PDF 22,400 kB)
  • On-Time Public Comments 150-199 (PDF 6,300 kB)
  • On-Time Public Comments 200-272 (PDF 2,272 kB)
• Index of On-Time Comments (PDF 245 kB)

Agenda Change Requests (View all ACRs) (PDF 133 kB)

• ACR 1: Prohibit VFDA from incubating, rearing, and releasing pink salmon resulting from additional egg take capacity permitted in 2018 and cap egg take capacity (KRSA) (PDF 33 kB)
• ACR 2: Cap statewide private non-profit salmon hatchery egg take capacity (Virgil Umphenour) (PDF 55 kB)
• ACR 3: Adopt a new harvest strategy for Aleutian Islands golden king crab (ADF&G) (PDF 59 kB)
• ACR 4: Change requirement to operate commercial Dungeness crab pot gear from once every 14 days to once every 30 days (Randy Blondin et al) (PDF 57 kB)
• ACR 5: Prohibit fishing in the waters of the Homer Spit Marine Terminal barge basin (Homer Spit Properties LLC) (PDF 59 kB)
• ACR 6: Provide the department emergency order authority to utilize time, area, methods and means or possession limits to restrict Kenai and Kasilof river personal use fisheries (Paul Shadura) (PDF 60 kB)
• ACR 7: Open and close the commercial set gillnet fishery within 600 feet of the North Kalifornsky Beach area independent of fishing time restrictions (Gary Hollier) (PDF 57 kB)
• ACR 8: Prohibit using a dip net from a boat to harvest salmon in the Glennallen Subdistrict (Ahtna Tene Nene') (PDF 62 kB)
• ACR 9: Align the Southeast Alaska King Salmon Management Plan with the Pacific Salmon Treaty annex (ADF&G) (PDF 56 kB)
• ACR 10: Close Sitka Sound commercial sac roe herring fishery until regional herring stock status improves, additional research on herring is conducted, and the amount necessary for subsistence is met in at least three consecutive years (Louise Brady & Peter Bradley) (PDF 60 kB)
• ACR 11: Align regulations for sport fishing services and sport fishing guide services (ADF&G) (PDF 57 kB)
• Joint Board ACR 1: Chitina Subdistrict Subsistence Fishery (Fairbanks Advisory Committee) (PDF 14 kB)

Miscellaneous

• Committee Info (agenda items 4 & 5) (PDF 140 kB)
• Call for Proposals Material (agenda item 10) (PDF 152 kB)
• 2018-2019 Cycle Review (agenda item 11) (PDF 198 kB)
• 2020-2021 Meeting Locations & Dates (agenda item 12) (PDF 612 kB)

Department Reports

• Written Reports
  • RC2: ADF&G Staff Comments on ACRs (PDF 265 kB)
  • RC3: ADF&G Staff Comments on ACR JB1 (PDF 14 kB)
  • RC4: Bristol Bay Escapement Goal Memo (PDF 132 kB)
  • RC5: Bristol Bay Stock of Concern Memo (PDF 281 kB)
  • RC6: Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Area Escapement Goal Memo (PDF 508 kB)
  • RC7: Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Area Stock of Concern Memo (PDF 558 kB)
  • RC8: Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands and Chignik Escapement Goal Memo (PDF 428 kB)
  • RC9: Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands and Chignik Stock of Concern Memo (PDF 613 kB)
  • RC10: Improving Communication of Sport Fishing Regulations in Alaska (PDF 1,220 kB)
• Hatchery Reports
  • Observations of Pink Salmon Hatchery Proportions in Selected Lower Cook Inlet Escapements, 2014–2017 (PDF 1,100 kB)
  • Salmon Hatcheries in Alaska - A Review of the Implementation of Plans, Permits and Policies Designed to Provide Protection for Wild Stocks (PDF 1,393 kB)
• Additional Reports
  • 2017 Final Report: Interactions of Wild and Hatchery Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound (PDF 4,041 kB)
  • 2016 Progress Report: Interactions of Wild and Hatchery Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound (PDF 3,578 kB)
  • 2015 Progress Report: Interactions of Wild and Hatchery Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska (PDF 11,416 kB)
  • Hatchery-Wild Interactions Study 2017 Field Season Summary, Sitka Sound Science Center (PDF 217 kB)
• Oral Reports
  • Salmon Fishery Enhancement in Alaska (Rabung, also listed as RC23) (PDF 3,246 kB)
  • ADF&G Sport Fish Hatchery Program (Milton, also listed as RC40) (PDF 4,649 kB)
  • Alaska's Precautionary Approach (Templin, also listed as RC39) (PDF 3,236 kB)

Alaska Wildlife Troopers Comments (PDF 148 kB)

Record Copies (RCs) - Other meeting documents & documents submitted at the meeting

RCs 1-10 are documents from ADF&G and are listed above

Meeting Audio

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