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AK HCR13
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Request that the governor nominate one resident sport fish licensee for a seat on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Request that the governor nominate one individual nominated by an Alaska Native organization representing rural subsistence users for a seat on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, established in 1976, manages fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands and has primary responsibility for fish allocation affecting sport and subsistence harvesters
- Alaska had 458,888 sport fishing licenses issued in 2010, and approximately 95 percent of rural households depend on subsistence fishing
- Alaska's state constitution requires natural resources to be managed for maximum benefit of all people and reserves fish for common use on a sustained yield basis
Legislative Description
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Residency
Last Action
REFERRED TO RESOURCES
2/10/2012
Committee Referrals
Resources2/10/2012
Fisheries4/9/2011
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