The Department of Fish and Game is considering whether to issue a permit for a new Southeast Alaska hatchery to produce Chinook and coho salmon.
Deckboss confesses this is the first he's heard of the proposed Baranof Warm Springs Hatchery on Baranof Island.
A lot of background information appears to be available here.
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Ahhh wake up Wes!
You don't want to go there Wes. Before another hatchery is permitted in SE Alaska, ADF&G needs to address the 30 year restrictions on subsistence salmon fishing in the Norton Sound.
is adfg working for the fishing lodges in sitko bay and baranof warm springs now?those lodges are private enterprises and should bare the cost of a new fish hatcherie not our public dollars.oh yeah maybe theres a few retired fish and game people who will realize a benifit from being owners of these lodges!thers allready enough hatcheries in lower chatham straits,how about a few in icy straits!
How about a Hatchery on the Yukon instead, HA!
It appears at times that the public often doesn't know who some adf&g employees are working for.
Take for example the Norton Sound where last summer the CDQ program, NSEDC, paid for the operation of at least 11 fish counting projects. A non-profit corporation who is heavily invested in the pollock fishery mind you. The last thing they want are more salmon to dirty up their pollock nets because Salmon ByCatch is bad, bad news.
Before ADF&G puts a "Hatchery on the Yukon", they'd probably try management techniques such as Tier II for subsistence fishing such as they did in Nome about 20 years ago.
In last weeks "The Nome Nugget", Jim Menard, ADF&G's area manager for Norton Sound and Kotzebue, is quoted saying "For the seventh year in a row the Nome Subdistrict will not be under Tier II fishing restrictions." then he goes on to do the gobblygook about pink salmon. Very few people remember that the Tier II restrictions were placed on the summer chum run which is a "Stock of Concern". In reality, the fishers won't be under "Tier II fishing restrictions" because no one will be allowed to fish the summer chum run once again. That's coming across as a twist on the truth to me.
A "twist on the truth" must be the same thing as lying.
How about using the new, big state hatchery in Fairbanks to help restore the King Salmon runs on the Yukon. The state is catering to the sportfishermen with that hatchery. They don't give jack squat about the thousands of poor people in Western Alaska who are losing an important traditional and cultural food resource. But, what the heck, the Native Leaders don't care jack squat either, their gravy train to self enrichment is locked in tight. I guess the poor people have to start caring about themselves for a change.
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