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The House today voted 22-17 in favor of House Bill 125, which specifies membership on the Board of Fisheries. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration with only a few days remaining in the session.

"HB 125 balances the Board of Fisheries by putting into state law equal representation on the board," said a press release from bill sponsor Rep. Nellie Unangiq Jimmie, D-Toksook Bay. "The bill delineates two seats for subsistence fishing, two for commercial, two for sport, and one for a fisheries scientist."

"My family has subsisted for generations, and many of us fish commercially," Jimmie added. "This bill brings balance across all user groups so that we can protect what is ours."