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Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish

January 28 – February 9, 2025

Location: Ketchikan – Ted Ferry Civic Center

Comment due date: January 14, 2025 11:59 p.m. (AKST)

  • Preliminary Summary of Actions (2-9-2025) (PDF 520 kB)

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  • On-Time Advisory Committee Comments (Updated 2-3-25) (PDF 14,218 kB)

  • On-Time Public Comments (PDF 101,982 kB)

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    Meeting Proposals

    Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish — View PDF of all proposals for Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish | Hide Category Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish

    Record Copy (RC) — Submitted during the meeting

    Record Copy (RC) # Description
    RC007 (PDF 8,878 kB) ADFG Hatchery Interactions Research Bill Templin
    RC008 (PDF 649 kB) ADFG Proposals with Federal Nexus Final
    RC009 (PDF 8,526 kB) CFEC Permit Holdings and Estimates of Gross Earnings in the Yakutat and SE AK Commercial Salmon Fisheries 1975-2023
    RC010 (PDF 1,073 kB) Silas Stardance Positions On Proposals
    RC011 (PDF 654 kB) Haines Borough Assembly RES 25-01-1157-Opposing Proposal 156
    RC012 (PDF 1,214 kB) Dave Egelston Final Prop 223 Support Sheet
    RC013 (PDF 835 kB) Nicholas Orr Proposal 225 Rensel and Prentics Study
    RC014 (PDF 1,411 kB) Michael Navarro Proposal 230 and 231
    RC015 (PDF 707 kB) Sally Kohlhase Permit Values for SE Dungeness Crab D9AA D9BA D9CA D9DA
    RC016 (PDF 591 kB) Mark Stopha Proposal 169
    RC017 (PDF 720 kB) Mark Stopha Proposal 242
    RC018 (PDF 749 kB) Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association (SARDFA) Positions on Proposals
    RC019 (PDF 1,106 kB) Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association (SARDFA) Commerical Fishery Area Map
    RC020 (PDF 1,700 kB) Tom Traibush Dungeness Crab Proposal 251
    RC021 (PDF 2,396 kB) John M Johanson Sablefish
    RC022 (PDF 906 kB) Southeast Alaska Fishermans Alliance Staff Report Dungeness Crab Questions
    RC023 (PDF 817 kB) Peter Neville Johnson Impact of Hatchery Pink Salmon
    RC024 (PDF 750 kB) Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association Game Transplant in Alaska
    RC025 (PDF 725 kB) Bruce Schactler Herring Revitalization Committee Process Proposal
    RC026 (PDF 2,181 kB) Norval Nelson Jr. Pictures of 7x7 Tanner Pots & King Crab Pots
    RC027 (PDF 749 kB) ADFG Board of Fisheries Final Public Testimony Log for Session One
    RC028 (PDF 836 kB) ADFG Sablefish Harvest Data
    RC029 (PDF 710 kB) Louis Holst Substitute Language for Proposal 202
    RC030 (PDF 815 kB) ADFG Sport Fish Pelagic Rockfish Mortality
    RC031 (PDF 2,156 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Maps and Permits Renewed
    RC032 (PDF 1,384 kB) Louis Holst Opposition to Proposal 261
    RC033 (PDF 725 kB) Alan Reeves Spot Shrimp Summary
    RC034 (PDF 826 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Proposal 236 Amended Language
    RC035 (PDF 800 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Proposal 247 Amended Language
    RC036 (PDF 669 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Proposal 244 Adjusted language
    RC037 (PDF 701 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Proposal 249 Adjusted language
    RC038 (PDF 1,032 kB) Sitka Sound Science Center Comment on Proposal 156
    RC039 (PDF 786 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Proposal 233 Amended Language
    RC040 (PDF 759 kB) Keenan Sanderson Invasive Species Impact on Other Shellfish in SEAK
    RC041 (PDF 746 kB) Steve Merritt Proposal 111 Adjustments
    RC042 (PDF 1,684 kB) CFEC Requested Info on D9AA D9BA D9CA and D9DA Limitation
    RC043 (PDF 801 kB) Jared Bright Proposal 252 Withdrawal Request
    RC044 (PDF 785 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 233 234 and 235
    RC045 (PDF 785 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 244 245 and 246
    RC046 (PDF 3,126 kB) Proposal Comment Index
    RC046 (PDF 785 kB) Proposal Comment Index (Updated 2-3-25)
    RC047 (PDF 617 kB) East PoW AC Minutes Correction Prop 228
    RC048 (PDF 801 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Adjusted Language for Proposal 249
    RC049 (PDF 756 kB) Sitka AC Amended Language for Proposal 210
    RC050 (PDF 818 kB) Member Svendsen Substitute Language for Proposal 208
    RC051 (PDF 595 kB) Matt Lawrie Comments on Shrimp
    RC052 (PDF 1,073 kB) Jeff Farvour Troll Fishery Economic Importance
    RC053 (PDF 732 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 249
    RC054 (PDF 735 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 211
    RC055 (PDF 816 kB) Member Chamberlain Substitute Language for Proposal 241 and 248
    RC056 (PDF 658 kB) ADF&G 2025 DSR Rockfish Harvest Strategy
    RC057 (PDF 774 kB) Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association and Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance Request to Withdraw Proposal 196
    RC058 (PDF 2,330 kB) Fairbanks AC Research Article in Support for Proposal 156
    RC059 (PDF 897 kB) Stacey Wayne Most Sustainable Shrimp Harvest Timing
    RC060 (PDF 857 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 197
    RC061 (PDF 817 kB) Member Wood Substitute language proposal 201
    RC062 (PDF 829 kB) Member Wood Substitute language proposal 199
    RC063 (PDF 807 kB) ADFG Southeast Alaska Red King Crab Flow Chart
    RC064 (PDF 643 kB) Craig AC Meeting Minutes Nov 20 2024
    RC065 (PDF 817 kB) Stacey Wayne Economic Value of the SE AK Troll Fishery
    RC066 (PDF 1,027 kB) Brian Ringeisen New Information for Proposal 261
    RC067 (PDF 1,550 kB) Member Godfrey Herring Board Generated Proposal
    RC068 (PDF 719 kB) Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association Misc Shellfish Proposal 213
    RC069 (PDF 752 kB) Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association Misc Shellfish Proposal 214 and 215
    RC070 (PDF 1,148 kB) Joe Willis Diagram for Proposal 187
    RC071 (PDF 786 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 228
    RC072 (PDF 829 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 229
    RC073 (PDF 735 kB) Member Svendsen Substitute Language for Proposal 212
    RC074 (PDF 734 kB) Member Carlson VanDort Substitute Language for Proposal 232
    RC075 (PDF 883 kB) United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Withdraw Supprt for Proposal 166
    RC076 (PDF 1,249 kB) Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Inc SOC Comment
    RC077 (PDF 2,513 kB) Richard Yamada Magister Squid Fishery
    RC078 (PDF 753 kB) Member Zuray AK Legislature for Misc Business
    RC079 (PDF 1,873 kB) Craig AC Meeting Minutes for January 8th 2025
    RC080 (PDF 828 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 105
    RC081 (PDF 719 kB) Susan Doherty Nekton Biomass in the North Pacific
    RC082 (PDF 902 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Withdraw Support for Proposal 167
    RC083 (PDF 892 kB) Ron Somerville KSMP
    RC084 (PDF 1,567 kB) Amy Daugherty KSMP
    RC085 (PDF 939 kB) Larry Edfelt Names Supporting
    RC086 (PDF 681 kB) Seafood Producers Corp Opposition to Proposal 156
    RC087 (PDF 930 kB) Organized Village of Kasaan Proposal 156 Opposition
    RC088 (PDF 1,128 kB) Hoonah City Council Opposition Proposal 156
    RC089 (PDF 803 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 109
    RC090 (PDF 668 kB) Commissioner Vincent-Lang Re Northern SE Outside Summer Run Chum
    RC091 (PDF 713 kB) ADFG Board Support Traditional Knowledge Report
    RC092 (PDF 2,582 kB) Southeast Alaska Guides Organization Economic Impacts of Guided Sportfishing in Southeast Alaska in 2024
    RC093 (PDF 895 kB) Southeast Alaska Fishermens Alliance RC80 and 89 and Proposal 166
    RC094 (PDF 781 kB) Member Svendsen Substitute Language for Proposal 135
    RC095 (PDF 831 kB) Chris Guggenbickler JRPT Position on BOF Proposal Affecting Hatchery Operations
    RC096 (PDF 904 kB) Shakan and Kuiu Kwaan What are Priority Rights
    RC097 (PDF 835 kB) Beau Dale Ketchikan AC KSMP Rewrite
    RC098 (PDF 1,323 kB) Peter Neville Johnson From Diatoms to Killer Whales
    RC099 (PDF 2,032 kB) Larry Edfelt and Amy Daugherty Combined RC84 with Ketchikan RC
    RC100 (PDF 1,297 kB) Sitka AC Update Minutes
    RC101 (PDF 1,333 kB) ADFG Map of Chum Salmon Release Sites in Southeast Alaska
    RC102 (PDF 3,062 kB) NSRAA Technical Report on NSRAAs Work on Staying in Crawfish Inlet
    RC103 (PDF 919 kB) ADFGAlaska Board of Fisheries Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish Roadmap
    RC104 (PDF 1,040 kB) ADFG Alaska Board of Fisheries Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish Agenda
    RC105 (PDF 1,685 kB) NSRAA 2013 ADFG Potential New Site Report to NSRAA
    RC106 (PDF 860 kB) ADFG SE AK Chum Salmon Hatchery Data
    RC107 (PDF 951 kB) ADFG Proportions of Hatchery Chum Salmon in SEAK Streams 2008 to 2024
    RC108 (PDF 821 kB) Chair Carlson-Van Dort Taku Stikine King Salmon Data
    RC109 (PDF 793 kB) Member Svendsen Substitute Language for Proposal 113
    RC110 (PDF 615 kB) Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NNSRA) Annual State Permitted Pink Salmon Egg Take in SE Alaska
    RC111 (PDF 762 kB) Bruce Marifern Opposition to the Sitka Herring Proposals 1
    RC112 (PDF 729 kB) Doug Rhodes King Salmon Allocation 1
    RC113 (PDF 977 kB) Trixie Bennett Public Comment Herring Proposals Board of Fish 1
    RC114 (PDF 1,398 kB) City and Borough of Wrangell Opposition of Proposal 156 and Support of Proposal 159 1
    RC115 (PDF 1,352 kB) Jeff Farvour Chinook Ex Vessel Trend 1
    RC116 (PDF 639 kB) Jeff Farvour Cronology of Major Managment Decisions in the SE AK Commercial Troll Fishery
    RC117 (PDF 584 kB) Kurt Whitehead Withdraw Support 134 & 168
    RC118 (PDF 592 kB) Kurt Whitehead Prop 143 & 144
    RC119 (PDF 635 kB) Naomi Michalsen Props 173-179, 181, and 188-190, 182
    RC120 (PDF 1,180 kB) Ginger McCormick Public Testimony
    RC121 (PDF 646 kB) Southeast Alaska PNP Operators Proposal 156 Opposition Totals
    RC122 (PDF 931 kB) Southeast Alaska PNP Hatchery Budget Summary for RDU Component and ADFG
    RC123 (PDF 728 kB) Tom Gamble Testimony of Tom Gamble Sitka 1
    RC124 (PDF 855 kB) Gale Vick Fairbanks AC Comments in Support of Proposal 156 1
    RC125 (PDF 920 kB) SEAFA Fisheries Business Tax 1
    RC126 (PDF 1,104 kB) ADFG Distribution of Herring Eggs from Sitka Sound
    RC127 (PDF 757 kB) Sitka AC Public Testimony
    RC128 (PDF 2,930 kB) NSRAA NSEO Summer Chum Stock
    RC129 (PDF 719 kB) ADFG Sitka Herring Forecast Information Provided by ADFG
    RC130 (PDF 1,383 kB) Linda Behnken Protecting Marketable Opportunity
    RC131 (PDF 637 kB) SEAGO Overview of the Guided Sportfishing Fleet 2006-2023
    RC132 (PDF 684 kB) Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Economic Impact of the SE Comercial Fisheries
    RC133 (PDF 884 kB) Member Wood Regarding RC89
    RC134 (PDF 712 kB) Juneau Douglas AC AC Testimony
    RC135 (PDF 785 kB) John Dimond Support for Proposal 169
    RC136 (PDF 738 kB) ADFG Board Support Public Testimony Log Session Two
    RC137 (PDF 702 kB) SEAS Hugh Smith Lake Sockeye Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2025
    RC138 (PDF 614 kB) Fireweed Lodge Regarding King Salmon Management Lodge
    RC139 (PDF 672 kB) Chair Carlson-Van Dort Substitute Language Proposal 131
    RC140 (PDF 742 kB) Chair Carlson-Van Dort Substitue language proposal 109
    RC141 (PDF 926 kB) TSI ADFG Sportfish report Southeast Angler Participation Graph
    RC142 (PDF 609 kB) Darrell Kapp Support Proposal 182
    RC143 (PDF 1,814 kB) Fairbanks AC In Support of Proposal 156
    RC144 (PDF 757 kB) Member Chamberlain ESA comments
    RC145 (PDF 704 kB) TSI Territorial Sportsmen Withdrawal Proposal 117
    RC146 (PDF 596 kB) TSI Territorial Sportsmen ATA Request to Withdraw Proposal 106
    RC147 (PDF 938 kB) SEAFA Comment on KSMP RC 89 133 and 140
    RC148 (PDF 700 kB) Steve Merritt Withdraw Support for Proposal 111
    RC149 (PDF 2,288 kB) Casey Mapes Proposal 129 and 169
    RC150 (PDF 1,861 kB) Ketchikan Advisory Committee Minutes 2.5.25 Corrected Actions
    RC151 (PDF 762 kB) TSI Amendments to RC140
    RC152 (PDF 738 kB) TSI Amendments to RC89 and RC133
    RC153 (PDF 729 kB) Patricia Phillips Factors Effecting Pelican AK in the KSMP
    RC154 (PDF 773 kB) Jeff Wedekind Sport Harvest of Treaty Kings 2000-2024 with 20percent Hard Cap
    RC155 (PDF 726 kB) Jacqueline Foss Amendments to be Included in either Proposal 109 RC089 and RC140
    RC156 (PDF 583 kB) Patricia Phillips RC Addendum to Pelican AC RC
    RC157 (PDF 758 kB) TSI Joint RC Amendments for King Salmon Management Plan
    RC158 (PDF 738 kB) ALFA Plus Others Board Letter
    RC159 (PDF 851 kB) Chair Carlson-VanDort RPT Membership Submitted by ADFG
    RC160 (PDF 1,486 kB) Soren Heinecke Photo of Front Page of Ketchikan Daily News Highlighting the Importance of Economic Considerations with the KSMP
    RC161 (PDF 714 kB) TSI Combine Resident Sport and Troll Allocation
    RC162 (PDF 800 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language Proposal 159
    RC163 (PDF 154 kB) SSRAA Blind Slough THA Management
    RC164 (PDF 820 kB) Andy Savland Support for Proposal 169
    RC165 (PDF 1,397 kB) ADFG Additional Map for Proposal 158
    RC166 (PDF 1,437 kB) Gale Vick Understanding The Adaptive Consequences Of Hatchery-Wild Interactions In Alaska Salmon 1
    RC167 (PDF 817 kB) Sitka Sound Science Center Sheldon Jackson Hatchery Pink and Chum Reduction of Releases
    RC168 (PDF 1,031 kB) NSRAA Response to PC526
    RC169 (PDF 709 kB) Representative Rebecca Himschoot Letter to BOF Concerning Southeast Meeting
    RC170 (PDF 1,046 kB) Representative Jeremy Bynum Coastal Legislators Statement on Proposal 156
    RC171 (PDF 635 kB) Armstrong-Keta, Inc. In Response to Proposal 156
    RC172 (PDF 628 kB) David Richey Oppose Further Hatchery Chum Reduction
    RC173 (PDF 746 kB) Jeremiah Pavlik Comment on Proposal 170
    RC174 (PDF 1,078 kB) Sitka Tribe of Alaska Regarding Prop 190
    RC175 (PDF 1,359 kB) SE Alaska PNP Hatcheries Program Impacts on the Hatcheries
    RC176 (PDF 617 kB) Member Chamberlain Substitue Langauge Proposal 156
    RC177 (PDF 631 kB) Shellfish Grower's Cooperative Opposition to Proposal 156
    RC178 (PDF 638 kB) OBI Seafoods Comments on Herring Proposals
    RC179 (PDF 713 kB) TSI Opposes RC176
    RC180 (PDF 755 kB) Keenan Sanderson Ketchikan AC Amendment for Proposal 142
    RC181 (PDF 884 kB) Petersburg Vessel Owners Association Opposition to RC176 (1)
    RC182 (PDF 755 kB) Alaska PNP Hatchery Operators Comments Opposing RC176
    RC183 (PDF 988 kB) Valdez Fisheries Development Association Inc Opposition to RC176
    RC184 (PDF 851 kB) Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association Opposition to RC176 as Amendment to Proposal 156
    RC185 (PDF 59 kB) Virgil Umphenour Fairbanks AC Supporting Information for Proposal 156
    RC186 (PDF 640 kB) Darrell Kapp Video Link Roe on Kelp
    RC187 (PDF 690 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language proposal 153
    RC188 (PDF 667 kB) Jacqueline Foss Support of Proposal 190 and RC 172
    RC189 (PDF 760 kB) Alex Jenkins in Support of 176 177 and 179
    RC190 (PDF 1,794 kB) Peter Bradley On Herring Methodology Evolution and Harvest Rate Proposals
    RC191 (PDF 888 kB) Commissioner Vincent-Lang Draft Delegation of Authority for Miscellaneous Business
    RC192 (PDF 768 kB) Member Godfrey Draft Policy on Remote Participation by Board Members for Miscellaneous Business
    RC193 (PDF 893 kB) Director Nelson Miscellaneous Business Agenda
    RC194 (PDF 803 kB) Alaska Trollers Association A.T.A. Position on the Amended KSMP
    RC195 (PDF 830 kB) Alaska Trollers Association Restore 80 20 to the KSMP
    RC196 (PDF 680 kB) Chair Carlson-Van Dort Substitute language Proposal 181
    RC197 (PDF 593 kB) Katelyn Stiles Support Proposal 190 for Co-management
    RC198 (PDF 683 kB) ALFA Regarding King Salmon Management Decisions
    RC199 (PDF 833 kB) ADFG Board Support RC Log

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