Denby S. Lloyd, Commissioner
Jennifer Yuhas, Communications Director
P.O. Box115526
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Phone: (907) 465-6137 • Fax: (907) 465-2332
Press Release: No. 09-03, February 9, 2008
Contact: Jim m Marcotte, Executive Director of the Board of Fisheries, at (907) 465-4110
Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Sitka, February 17-26
(JUNEAU) - The Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet February 17-26, 2009, at the Harrigan Centennial Hall in Sitka, to consider proposals concerning regulatory changes to the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Area sport, commercial, and personal use fisheries for salmon, herring, groundfish and other finfish.
Proposals have been submitted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, local fish and game advisory committees, fishing organizations, and the general public seeking adjustments to the fishing regulations and management plans for Southeastern Alaska and the Yakutat Area.
The board will take oral public testimony at the meeting. Anyone wishing to testify before the board must sign up at the meeting site in Sitka before 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18. Public testimony will continue until everyone who has signed up has been given the opportunity to be heard. Members of the public will be given three minutes each for personal testimony before the board.
Written comments on specific proposals will be accepted and distributed to members during the meeting up until they begin deliberation on the proposal. Written comments can be submitted at the meeting; mailed to: Alaska Board of Fisheries, Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526; or faxed to (907) 465-6094.
Deliberations on the proposals will begin following public testimony and continue through the remainder of the meeting. Copies of the proposals, agenda, “roadmap”, and staff comments can be viewed online at:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/fcal.php
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