Looks like Southeast Alaska salmon seiners are pursuing another buyback to further reduce their ranks.
Here's a letter that went out to permit holders recently.
You'll recall that last year, the fleet bought and retired 64 permits using a $13.1 million federal loan.
The fishery currently has 315 permits.
That will give more ammo to the trollers and gillnetters when they go to BOF with reallocation plans.
ReplyDeleteWTF!
ReplyDeleteYeah
ReplyDeleteGet ready with those pink salmon reallocation plans
ESP when seine fleet has grown from 205 permits at start of bbAck to 281 today
So seiners need more fish as there are more seiners fishing
Gotta go get more troll and gillnet fish
2 words for the gillnetter or troll fleets if they go ape on seas
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500K will be the price this go around.
ReplyDeleteWhere is that optimal number study again?
ReplyDeleteAnd someone loudly claimed last time Tom Manos retired, didn't see that happen.
IT Would nice if BOB T would put in some effort for the gillneters we have over 400 permit too.
ReplyDeleteFact is seiners were dumb enough to buy into the greedy sham of the buyback the first time and chances are their greed will overcome them again. It is just too bad they cannot see how they are contributing to the demise of their own fishery. If gillnetters and trollers make a play for more area, the seiners have nobody to blame but themselves. The regulation and taxes are starting to overtake them. When will seiners see that the "organizations" that are supposedly there to help them are actually harming them and creating more chaos by their inability to plan for the future of the fishery.
ReplyDeleteThe question is " Was the 1st round of the buyback worth the indebtedness we now have strapped to our backs"?
Man, if you can't beat em join 'em.
ReplyDeleteThe SE seiners took out like 20% of the permits in that fishery with the buybacks and they're still going for more.
A 3% tax to take out take out 20% of the 474 SE gillnet permits sounds like good business to me. I wouldn't mind fishing around a hundred less guys.
That'd probably be a lot more effective than trying to wage a re-allocation war when the gillnet fleet is over our technical allocation anyway.
9:07 this is what it's all about ! You know your fleet needs less effort n you also know this has paved the way for fisheries throughout the state to follow. We all have friends that are involved in a lot of different fisheries throughout the state and if you have any type of class you would wish the best for them. When it comes to allocation in southeast, I think if we could figure out a way to spread all fisheries throughout the region, would be best for for all user groups. Basically keeping people on their turf and not stepping on toes.
ReplyDeleteGillnet buyback is a great idea,
ReplyDeletethe need will become apparent when there are 200 boats @ Mab this year.
How do we start?
100 permits would be a good start.
The gillnetters should reach out to Bobbyt since he paved the way......Talk about strange bedfellows.
ReplyDeleteThe seiners got that money From the Feds in a different time though, who knows if we could get the money now.
@ poster 1/2/13 time 7:35PM, do not sign your anonymous comment as Bill Thomas. Bill is a great friend of mine, his reading & writing skills are far superior to yours. If you are not man enough to own your comment just leave it as anonymous, but DO NOT sign it as someone you are not!
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Hey ding-dong,
ReplyDeletethat's not signing it, those are the two words.
Bush Alaska is way beyond needing leaders with good "reading and writing skills". We need compassionate leaders with the ability to reason right from wrong. We need compassionate leaders who recognizes that a healthy, local economy is good for everybody. We need compassionate leaders who think of themselves last. We need to get rid of the finks who are ruling on ignorance and favoritism. They stand out in a crowd because they hold court with themselves and their cronies.
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