Here's the
proposal book for upcoming meetings of the Alaska Board of Fisheries.
This meeting cycle includes statewide Pacific cod, Chignik finfish, Lower Cook Inlet finfish, Kodiak finfish, Upper Cook Inlet finfish, and statewide king and Tanner crab.
Obviously, the marquee meeting is Upper Cook Inlet finfish. Should be a real cage match, as always.
Deckboss spent a couple of hours this morning looking over the proposal book, which packs 367 offerings.
Here's a quick and rather random sampler:
Proposal 45 — Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet, Kodiak and Chignik management areas.
Sponsor: Alaska Marine Conservation Council and others.
Proposal 52 — Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters.
Sponsor: Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee.
Proposal 126 — Prohibit permit stacking in the commercial set and drift gillnet fisheries in Upper Cook Inlet.
Sponsor: Kenai River Sportfishing Association.
Proposal 285 — Prohibit dipnetting from boats in the Kenai River personal use fishery.
Sponsor: United Cook Inlet Drift Association.
Proposal 348 — Increase harvest limit for Aleutian Islands golden king crab.
Sponsor: Golden King Crab Coalition.
Check out the proposal book for more details on these and other proposals. The book also has meeting dates and locations.