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Call for Proposals for 2019/2020 (PDF 23 kB)

The Board is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport, and commercial fishing regulations for Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish, Kodiak Finfish, and Statewide (except Southeast and Yakutat) King and Tanner crab general provisions. The board may also consider subsistence proposals for other topics (including other areas) under the subsistence proposal policy, 5 AAC 96.615, if proposals are submitted within this deadline and the board determines they meet the criteria in either 5 AAC 96.615(a)(1) or (2).

Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, April 10, 2019


Proposals can also be submitted using the Fill in, Print & Submit Proposal Form (Word doc 29 kB).

Learn more about our proposal process here.

Comments to the Board of Fisheries

To help the board better understand your viewpoint, comments should include your name, place of residence, proposal number(s), and clear indication of support or opposition to each proposal. Please read our commenting guidelines and submit comments by the specified deadlines for each meeting.




2018-2019 Proposal Book

Read the proposals that will be considered by the Board during the 2018-2019 cycle. Hard copies are available at local Fish & Game offices.





Upcoming 2018-2019 Cycle Meetings

Calendar

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The Board of Fisheries provides notices for meetings, regulatory changes, proposals, and calls for proposals electronically. Sign up to receive e-mails on your areas and regions of interest. To request information by hard copy, please contact us at (907) 465-4110.

About the Board

The Alaska Board of Fisheries consists of seven members serving three-year terms. Members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature. Members are appointed on the basis of interest in public affairs, good judgment, knowledge, and ability in the field of action of the board, with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of view in the membership (see Alaska Statute 16.05.221).

The Board of Fisheries's main role is to conserve and develop the fishery resources of the state. This involves setting seasons, bag limits, methods and means for the state's subsistence, commercial, sport, guided sport, and personal use fisheries, and it also involves setting policy and direction for the management of the state's fishery resources. The board is charged with making allocative decisions, and the department is responsible for management based on those decisions.

The board has a three-year meeting cycle (PDF 147 kB), and generally holds meetings from October through March. The Board of Fisheries meets four to six times per year in communities around the state to consider proposed changes to fisheries regulations. The board uses biological and socioeconomic information provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, public comment received from people inside and outside of the state, and guidance from the Alaska Department of Public Safety and Alaska Department of Law when creating regulations that are sound and enforceable.

Board of Fisheries Authority

The Board of Fisheries is established under Alaska Statute 16.05.221 for the purposes of the conservation and development of the fisheries resources of the state. The Board of Fisheries has the authority to adopt regulations described in AS 16.05.251 including: establishing open and closed seasons and areas for taking fish; setting quotas, bag limits, harvest levels and limitations for taking fish; and establishing the methods and means for the taking of fish. The regulations the Board of Fisheries has authority over are 5 AAC Chapters 1- 77.

Contact Us

Contact the Boards Support main office at (907) 465-4110, or see detailed contact information.