Gov. Sean Parnell has chosen Fairbanks resident Reed Morisky to replace Bill Brown on the state Board of Fisheries.
Brown, of Juneau, abruptly resigned mid-term last month.
A press release Parnell's office issued tonight said in part:
Morisky's appointment is effective immediately, expires June 30, 2014, and is subject to confirmation by the Alaska Legislature.
Morisky, of Fairbanks, is the owner and operator of Wilderness Fishing, a sport fishing guide service based in Fairbanks and Nenana. He currently works as a project manager for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Division of Design and Construction. He is a past member of the Sport Fishing Guide Services Task Force, Summit Drive Service Area Commission and the Steese Area Volunteer Fire Department board of directors. Morisky serves as a current member for the Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Outdoor Council and the National Rifle Association.
KRSA got their Virgil clone, wait and watch for the fur to fly with this appointment. The Governor must have no clue and let the lobbyists pick this guy, might as well sell any limited entry permit you own.
ReplyDeleteyessir, but will there be any buyers?
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Governor buckled under pressure from KRSA. We now have three board of fish members from the central part of the State,
ReplyDeleteone from Dillingham, Kodiak, Petersburg, Anchorage (Prescott, Arizona), Galena, Fairbanks and Talkeetna. The Governor has made his choice and we can see how he will ignore good leadership for appointees that have an adgenda. Really makes a person think what he will do to get elected as a US Senator.
Perfect.
ReplyDeleteA Volunteer Fireman, with a NRA Membership.
Just like U.S. Grant, Burn Baby, Burn!
Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Outdoor Council and the National Rifle Association
ReplyDeleteWell qualified.....What's area M??...........WTF
I am sure Virgil U. has let him know what Area M is
ReplyDeleteBOF is still off balance because there is no representation from Western Alaska where salmon stocks have been in a downward spiral for 30 years.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see.
Well Well> All the nasty comments made by UFA drones produced no results for the organization. Just the opposite, in fact. Perhaps the Governor's office became aware of what went on in the "secret" meeting and found it distasteful. UFA would have been wise to have done nothing about the so called leak and make some internal corrections to solve the problem. Instead it leaked the letter to KRSA and look at the s**t storm that hit them. Under Arni, this would have never happened. All the work that he did to keep communications open between UFA, the BOF, and other users has gone done the drain. And all right before a BOF area M meeting that normally UFA would want some influence over. Good luck now. Who should be held accountable for this disaster?
ReplyDeleteLets hope for SPARKS in the upcoming area M meeting. WASSIP should be a hot topic. Can't bury that bugger.
ReplyDeleteI don't fish area M and what I've always wondered is why they get the blame for AYK chum problems.
ReplyDeleteWhat about all the chums caught right next door in the Nushagak??
I realize it's not proper to ask this and unlikely to result in much even if true but?
WASSIP; Area M; Norton Sound
ReplyDeleteAnd Togiak's WASSIP some years catching as much as 40% Kuskokwim bound Salmon?
ReplyDeleteDrill Baby, Drill.
Clueless Baby, Clueless.
ReplyDeletehttp://yukonriverpanel.com/salmon/
Bring the Feds back into the fisheries management picture. Sound crazy? Think about it. The Feds ceded fisheries management to the State 50 or more years ago but maintained ultimate oversight responsibilities (read the Magnuson Stephens Act). The BOF continues to blatantly abuse many concepts in Magnuson, so why not bring the Feds back to slap the BOF around a bit and mitigate political management of fisheries? Empirical data proves that the BOF is not going to protect Commercial Fisheries. Could the Feds do worse?
ReplyDeleteGee, 12;45 pm poster, Doctor Maw from UCIDA made almost the exact same clueless claim to the Council last year, and Duncan Fields handed him his pants back during questioning.
ReplyDeleteThe Council has reviewed this issue already and said the state should manage the salmon fisheries, and that they are meeting the requirements of MSA.
well 1:35 I recommend that you read Magnuson. It requires scientific managament of fisheries and Maximum Sustained Yield. If you think the State is doing this, I believe you should check your own diaper.
ReplyDeleteIf the council thinks that the state is meeting the requirements of MSA it clearly reveals that their agenda is driven by politics rather than science as well. I repeat: READ the 10 national standards in Magnuson!
I'm part of the cook inlet commercial fisheries and was looking forward to a BOF member that would understand the Federal process because of their time spent and leadership on the AP.
ReplyDeleteIf this KRSA-associated appointment has postponed that, I am disappointed but willing to wait. That wait will be worth it.
12:45 PM. Nice thought and certainly worthy of consideration. Unfortunately, I think we would get pretty much the same result as the NPFMC is dominated by the Governor's appointees. Witness the slow erosion of the our halibut longline fishery to the sport fishing interests. This policy is certainly supported by the Governor's office.
ReplyDeleteSo what exactly are the requirements to be a current member for the Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, Trout Unlimited, Alaska Outdoor Council and the National Rifle Association? I don't think that throwing out a few benjamins to be a 'current member' is a REAL qualification.
ReplyDeleteThe regional thing sucks
ReplyDeleteNo doubt
But if Reed wants to do the right thing, he will listen to the best available science provided by the ADFG, leave his preconceived notions at the door and roll up his sleeves and be the best board member he can be.
Sounds like he's a self starter and an independent thinker.
I was shocked. Having said that, let's get together, assist with educating the new guy about our fisheries, and go from there.
This guy is his own man,
He won't be a KRSA clone, any more than he'll be a UFA clone.
I think we'll all be surprised. The last guy, Huntington has been surprisingly good. And Kluberton has been sharp and independent-minded and a good thinker.
Nobody's perfect.
But let's work together.
Everyone recognizes, nearly everyone, the economic viability and importance of the UCI commercial fisheries. More economically relevant than ever. CI sockeye is the #2 sockeye commercial fishery in the state behind Bristol bay
Bigger than copper river
Bigger than false pass
Bigger than Kodak
. The most Alaskan resident participation of any commercial fisheries in the state, aside from AYK
It's frickimg important to the state economically
The Governor has spoken.
Let's stop whining and roll up our sleeves and spend some quality time with new guy so he understands our fisheries and the balance that we need to operate within.
Bobbyt
Better roll up his boots too, Bobby t is on damage control. Sucking up to the new board member should work, he already knows your game and it just doesn't have teeth. Gnaw away bobby t
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that the newbie has not read the awful comments posted by the UFA drones that accuse just about everybody else of everything short of unnatural acts. The comments made regarding the UFA teleconference has set UFA back and illustrated the hole in leadership created by Arni Thompson's departure. Is it any wonder that Arni and his new Cook Inlet organization has NOT joined UFA. He is smart and wants to distance himself from the UFA hit squad mentality. Booby T , and as much as he is a polarizing lightening rod with, sometimes, less than good credibility, at least has had the common sense to back off the attacks and encourage a more sane approach. Others might try a more tactful approach when dealing with policy makers. It will take some time, but the damage can be repaired.
ReplyDeleteGreat appointment by the Governor. Especially considering it was made right before the Ak Penn meeting later this month. Being from the interior, think he will be interested in Area M interception of chums? Same for Sockeyes? And now the Board has the WASSIP data to back up their actions. This will be a high drama meeting.
ReplyDeletethe Governor is no longer protecting Alaska's Fisheries, we all have been sold out for oil & gas......................
ReplyDeleteYeah, blame oil and gas for the low returns of kings on the Yukon and elsewhere in the state. That is some sophisticated thinking.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can present your theory at the next American Fisheries Society meeting and call it the Dicker Curve.
knot what I said......the wrong appointment would have cost him the loss of future oil and gas opportunities....that my friend is the dicker curve!
ReplyDeleteshell has a drill ship in NZ ready for continued arctic exploration, i would like the State to give a green light on bristol bay. fishing is not the future it is the past, there will always be fishing,but fighting among users will destroy the economics of it.
ReplyDeleteMAT SU delegation has issued a statement welcoming New BOF member Morisky to the Board. State senators and house representatives applauded the Governor for his choice and feel that now something will get done to put fish back into valley rivers. If I were part of UCIDA I would start a negotiation and find some happy medium that will allow the commercial harvest of sockeyes while at the same time get the Valley's fair share to the Northern district. Look very carefully at the make-up of the BOF and it looks like if the districts cannot agree the BOF will do something that UCIDA will have a difficult time living with. And the ESSN are in a similar boat. Both organizations can thank UFA for this new" balance" on the BOF. Mat Su organizations and KRSA should send valentine chocolate and flowers to J. Curry for all her help.
ReplyDeleteChoice is a question of several factors. The Governor made his choice on a BOF appointee that would seem to mirror the last individual's agenda. Other then living in Fairbanks, what do we really know about this individual. We see that there has been support letters from legislators in the Mat/Su and support from KRSA operatives. He was one of the individuals who was trying to limit the number of guides in Alaska. It is said that he has some commercial fishing interests within his family, to what end and who they are has not been posted. The choice for the Governor is easy, build support for his North Slope tax relief plan or support fisheries resource stakeholders from southeast, out west, the Aluetians or other places where there is little voice to comment on AK State fisheries policy. His choice has been made.It is our turn to make our choices known when he turns and asks for our favor in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe only hope for Morisky is that he isn't a lap dog for any group. But, that won't get you through confirmation or re-appointment. That's the sorry state of affairs, especially when we have a Gov that don't give a shit about fish.
ReplyDeleteYou got that right, this gov is real tool. Gives the oil away to his old bosses, lets the cruise ships dump their jizz where every they please, and stacks the fish boards to sell out Alaska's fisheries to millionaire corporate draggers and fat cat lodge owners. He hasn't sold out,,, yet to the gun control, that's all I'll give him.
ReplyDeleteTwo BOF members from the Interior hopefully will challenge the "millionaire corporate draggers" because it's because of them that the upper Yukon river people have been facing severe subsistence salmon restrictions for a long, long time. It's about time this balance is given.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Gov does care about fish in a round-about way??????
If he truly does, he'd start cleaning up the Fisheries Department of ADF&G - they kowtow to political pressure and have for so long that as a result we have salmon shortages all over the state. Mismanagment and unprofessionalism catering to big bucks bullies.
"big bucks bullies"
ReplyDeletelook the other way
state and federal managers
look the other way
while the
"big bucks bullies"
kill all the salmon in the sea