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Lower Cook Inlet Finfish
November 28 – December 1, 2023Location: Homer - Homer Land's End
Comment due date: November 13, 2023Preliminary Summary of Actions (PDF 433 kB)
Meeting Documents:
- Agenda (PDF 102 kB)
- Roadmap (PDF 64 kB)
- Notice of Proposed Changes in the Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 202 kB)
- Findings and Policies (PDF 171 kB)
- Index of Comments (PDF 307 kB)
Advisory Committee Comments (PDF 3,950 kB)
Public Comments (PDF 18,582 kB)
Department of Law Comments (PDF 99 kB)
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Comments (PDF 214 kB)
Department Reports:
- Staff Comments (RC2) (PDF 2,141 kB)
- A Review of Escapement Goals for Lower Cook Inlet Salmon Stocks, 2023 (RC 3, Tab 3) (PDF 1,939 kB)
- Mikfik Lake Sockeye and McNeil River Chum Salmon: Stock Status and Mikfik Lake Action Plan, 2023 (RC 3, Tab 4) (PDF 4,490 kB)
- Subsistence Overview (RC 3, Tab 5) (PDF 4,360 kB)
- Overview of Sport Fisheries in the Lower Cook Inlet and North Gulf Coast Management Areas (RC 3, Tab 6) (PDF 6,875 kB)
- Current Status and Harvest Trends of Rockfish in the Cook Inlet and North Gulf Coast Waters (RC 3, Tab 7) (PDF 2,479 kB)
- Lower Cook Inlet Commercial Salmon Fisheries (RC 3, Tab 8) (PDF 1,438 kB)
- Southeast Alaska King Salmon Sport Fishery (RC 3, Tab 9) (PDF 1,303 kB)
- Pacific Salmon Treaty Chinook Overview (RC 3, Tab 10) (PDF 983 kB)
- A Review of Escapement Goals for Salmon Stocks in Lower Cook Inlet Alaska, 2023 (RC3, Tab 1) (PDF 1,850 kB)
- DRAFT Mikfik Lake Sockeye Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2023 (RC3, Tab 2) (PDF 1,290 kB)
- 2022 Lower Cook Inlet Area Salmon Annual Management Report (PDF 1,794 kB)
- Cook Inlet Area Groundfish Management Report, 2019-2022 (PDF 4,034 kB)
- Sport Fisheries in the Lower Cook Inlet Management Area, 2022 (PDF 2,535 kB)
- Sport fisheries in the North Gulf Coast Management Area in 2022 (PDF 897 kB)
- Chinook Salmon Sport Harvest Genetic Stock and Biological Composition in Cook Inlet Salt Waters, 2014-2018 (PDF 3,596 kB)
- McNeil River Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2016 (PDF 2,460 kB)
- Coded Wire Tag Augmented Genetic Mixed Stock Analysis of Chinook Salmon Harvested in Cook Inlet Marine Sport Fishery, 2014-2017 (PDF 4,262 kB)
- 2023 Annual Management Plan Port Graham Hatchery (PDF 562 kB)
- 2023 Annual Management Plan Trail Lakes Hatchery (PDF 3,312 kB)
- 2023 Annual Management Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery (PDF 1,875 kB)
- Subsistence Harvest and Use of Salmon in Nanwalek and Port Graham, Alaska, 2016 and 2017 (PDF 7,307 kB)
- Recovery of a Subsistence Way of Life: Assessments of Resource Harvests in Cordova, Chenega, Tatitlek, Port Graham, and Nanwalek, Alaska since the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (PDF 3,512 kB)
- All proposals for Lower Cook Inlet Finfish (PDF 469 kB)
- Proposal 1 (PDF 120 kB)
- Proposal 2 (PDF 112 kB)
- Proposal 3 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 4 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 5 (PDF 91 kB)
- Proposal 6 (PDF 114 kB)
- Proposal 7 (PDF 100 kB)
- Proposal 8 (PDF 106 kB)
- Proposal 9 (PDF 134 kB)
- Proposal 10 (PDF 97 kB)
- Proposal 11 (PDF 97 kB)
- Proposal 12 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 13 (PDF 123 kB)
- Proposal 14 (PDF 97 kB)
- Proposal 15 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 16 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 17 (PDF 101 kB)
- Proposal 18 (PDF 103 kB)
- Proposal 19 (PDF 98 kB)
- Proposal 20 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 21 (PDF 92 kB)
- Proposal 22 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 23 (PDF 89 kB)
- Proposal 24 (PDF 96 kB)
- Proposal 25 (PDF 86 kB)
- Proposal 26 (PDF 86 kB)
- Proposal 27 (PDF 85 kB)
- Proposal 28 (PDF 10 kB)
- Proposal 29 (PDF 100 kB)
- Proposal 30 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 31 (PDF 85 kB)
- Proposal 32 (PDF 114 kB)
- Proposal 33 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 34 (PDF 98 kB)
- Proposal 35 (PDF 128 kB)
- Proposal 36 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 37 (PDF 95 kB)
- Proposal 38 (PDF 90 kB)
- Proposal 39 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 40 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 41 (PDF 92 kB)
- Proposal 42 (PDF 117 kB)
- Proposal 43 (PDF 115 kB)
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Upper Cook Inlet Summer Fishery
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- All proposals for Upper Cook Inlet Summer Fishery (PDF 123 kB)
- Proposal 1 (PDF 120 kB)
- Proposal 2 (PDF 112 kB)
- Proposal 3 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 4 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 5 (PDF 91 kB)
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Lower Cook Inlet Summer Fishery
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- All proposals for Lower Cook Inlet Summer Fishery (PDF 127 kB)
- Proposal 6 (PDF 114 kB)
- Proposal 7 (PDF 100 kB)
- Proposal 8 (PDF 106 kB)
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Winter Fishery
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- All proposals for Winter Fishery (PDF 75 kB)
- Proposal 9 (PDF 134 kB)
- Proposal 10 (PDF 97 kB)
- Proposal 11 (PDF 97 kB)
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North Gulf Coast
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- Proposal 12 (PDF 93 kB)
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Fresh Water
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- All proposals for Fresh Water (PDF 147 kB)
- Proposal 13 (PDF 123 kB)
- Proposal 14 (PDF 97 kB)
- Proposal 15 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 16 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 17 (PDF 101 kB)
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Sport Fisheries(groundfish)
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- All proposals for Sport Fisheries(groundfish) (PDF 144 kB)
- Proposal 18 (PDF 103 kB)
- Proposal 19 (PDF 98 kB)
- Proposal 20 (PDF 87 kB)
- Proposal 21 (PDF 92 kB)
- Proposal 22 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 23 (PDF 89 kB)
- Proposal 24 (PDF 96 kB)
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Commercial Fisheries (groundfish)
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- All proposals for Commercial Fisheries (groundfish) (PDF 15 kB)
- Proposal 25 (PDF 86 kB)
- Proposal 26 (PDF 86 kB)
- Proposal 27 (PDF 85 kB)
- Proposal 28 (PDF 10 kB)
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Sport Fisheries (salmon, trout, herring)
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- Proposal 29 (PDF 100 kB)
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Personal Use & Subsistence
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- All proposals for Personal Use & Subsistence (PDF 147 kB)
- Proposal 30 (PDF 93 kB)
- Proposal 31 (PDF 85 kB)
- Proposal 32 (PDF 114 kB)
- Proposal 33 (PDF 93 kB)
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Commercial (salmon)
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- All proposals for Commercial (salmon) (PDF 200 kB)
- Proposal 34 (PDF 98 kB)
- Proposal 35 (PDF 128 kB)
- Proposal 36 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 37 (PDF 95 kB)
- Proposal 38 (PDF 90 kB)
- Proposal 39 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 40 (PDF 99 kB)
- Proposal 41 (PDF 92 kB)
- Proposal 42 (PDF 117 kB)
- Proposal 43 (PDF 115 kB)
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Agenda Change Requests (Proposals 256, 257, 258, 259)
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- All proposals for Agenda Change Requests (Proposals 256, 257, 258, 259) (PDF 53 kB)
- Proposal 256 (PDF 19 kB)
- Proposal 257 (PDF 57 kB)
- Proposal 258 (PDF 14 kB)
- Proposal 259 (PDF 14 kB)
- November 30, 2023 meeting stream recording
- December 1, 2023 meeting stream recording
Oral Reports:
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Additional Reports:
Meeting Proposals
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Record Copy (RC) — Submitted during the meeting
Record Copy (RC) # | Description |
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RC004 (PDF 921 kB) | Anchorage AC Minutes |
RC005 (PDF 132 kB) | Larry Edfelt Personal Tesitmony |
RC006 (PDF 725 kB) | Jim Stubbs Proposal 15 |
RC007 (PDF 539 kB) | Jim Stubbs Proposal 16 |
RC008 (PDF 230 kB) | Kenai Soldotna AC Meeting Minutes |
RC009 (PDF 86 kB) | ATA Verbal Testimony |
RC010 (PDF 78 kB) | Dennis Zadra Personal Comments |
RC011 (PDF 546 kB) | CopperRiver PWS AC Comments |
RC012 (PDF 2,357 kB) | Matthew Donohoe Proposal Ammendments |
RC013 (PDF 726 kB) | Southcentral RAC Comments |
RC014 (PDF 1,529 kB) | Togiak Residents Proposal 256 Ammendment |
RC015 (PDF 1,876 kB) | Seward AC Comments on Bear Lake Management Plan |
RC016 (PDF 1,397 kB) | Seward AC Trail Lakes Hachery Salmon mgmt Plan |
RC017 (PDF 705 kB) | Seward AC Remove Sunset Clause Trail Lakes Hatchery |
RC018 (PDF 383 kB) | Seward AC Alaska Stat 16.10.455 |
RC019 (PDF 651 kB) | Zack Larsen Proposal 256 |
RC020 (PDF 652 kB) | Jordan Larsen Proposal 256 |
RC021 (PDF 783 kB) | Fairbanks AC Proposal 43 Clarification |
RC022 (PDF 642 kB) | Patrick McCormick Response to Department Comments on Proposal 29 |
RC023 (PDF 952 kB) | Sitka AC Public Testimony |
RC024 (PDF 720 kB) | Sitka Tad Fujioka Public Testimony |
RC025 (PDF 785 kB) | Boards Support Lower Cook Inlet Meeting Public Testimony log |
RC026 (PDF 1,009 kB) | Jane Miles Personal Testimony |
RC027 (PDF 707 kB) | Jordan Larsen Amended Language to Proposal 256 |
RC028 (PDF 723 kB) | Gene Sandone Propsosal 1 Ammendment |
RC029 (PDF 86 kB) | Katie Gavenus Personal Comments |
RC030 (PDF 615 kB) | Ryan Pallister Personal Comments |
RC031 (PDF 1,198 kB) | Seward AC Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Plan |
RC032 (PDF 879 kB) | Gene Sandone King Salmon Harvest Figures |
RC033 (PDF 715 kB) | Penelope Haas Hatchery Pink Salmon Ecosystem Interactions in Kachemak Bay |
RC034 (PDF 5,119 kB) | KBCS Proposal 35 Case No. 3AN-21-05627CI |
RC035 (PDF 1,054 kB) | KBCS Proposal 43 Effects of Hatchery Origin Pink Salmon On Ecosystems and Other Pacific Salmon |
RC036 (PDF 35,427 kB) | KBCS Proposal 43 Fisheries Managment and Ecology Review |
RC037 (PDF 671 kB) | Paul Shadura LCI Personal Testimony |
RC038 (PDF 657 kB) | JD Richey Personal Testimony |
RC039 (PDF 644 kB) | Steve Reifenstuhl Personal Comments on Proposal 43 |
RC040 (PDF 862 kB) | Nancy Hillstrand Kachemak Bay Habitat Area Goals and Policies 50 year Report Card Evaluation |
RC041 (PDF 2,176 kB) | Member Wood McNeil River Report |
RC042 (PDF 1,521 kB) | Aquaculture Association Comments on Proposals 42 and 84 |
RC043 (PDF 648 kB) | Jimmy Coopchiak Comments on Proposal 256 |
RC044 (PDF 638 kB) | Mel Erikson Amendment to Proposal 3 |
RC045 (PDF 1,028 kB) | Valdez Fisheries Development Association High Ocean Biomass of Salmon and Trends in Alaska Salmon in a Changing Climate |
RC046 (PDF 705 kB) | Member Carpenter Proposal 13 Substitute Language |
RC047 (PDF 666 kB) | Member Carpenter Proposal 14 Substituite Language |
RC048 (PDF 1,230 kB) | ADF&G Addendum to McNeil River Chum Salmon Action Plan (1) |
RC049 (PDF 1,197 kB) | Kurt Whitehead Personal Testimony |
RC050 (PDF 2,223 kB) | Nancy Hillstrand Proposal 36 Tutka Lagoon Hatchery Basic Managment Plan |
RC051 (PDF 710 kB) | Matthew Donohoe ADF&G Tables on SEAK Treaty Chinook Allocations |
RC052 (PDF 663 kB) | Member Carpenter Substitue Language for Proposal 19 (1) |
RC052 (PDF 663 kB) | Member Carpenter Substitue Language for Proposal 19 |
RC054 (PDF 1,037 kB) | Wes Humbyrd Estimates of Exvessel Value of UCI & LCI commercial fisheries |
RC055 (PDF 628 kB) | Francis Estalilla Comments on Proposal 256 |
RC056 (PDF 1,020 kB) | SEAGO KWAC Story Chumageddon |
RC057 (PDF 637 kB) | Keith Fayer Personal Comments on Proposal 256 |
RC058 (PDF 674 kB) | Serward AC Cost Recover History 2014-2023 |
RC059 (PDF 8,522 kB) | ADF&G McNeil River Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan 2016 |
RC060 (PDF 1,312 kB) | Seward AC Alaska Salmon Hatchery and Enhancment Regulations |
RC061 (PDF 695 kB) | Salmon Hatcheries for Alaska PWSAC Response To Fairbanks AC Regarding Proposal 43 |
RC062 (PDF 1,372 kB) | Jordan Larsen Hook Placement Photos |
RC063 (PDF 666 kB) | Member Calson Van Dort Ammended Language to Proposal 257 |
RC064 (PDF 661 kB) | Lyle Jennings Personal comments on Proposal 256 |
RC065 (PDF 1,552 kB) | Gary Carlos Personal Comments onPropsal 256 |
RC066 (PDF 1,035 kB) | Matthew Donohoe Tables of Spring Hatchey and Winter SEAK Troll Harvest |
RC067 (PDF 1,466 kB) | David Richey Personal Testimony |
RC068 (PDF 824 kB) | SEAGO King Salmon Managment Plan |
RC069 (PDF 667 kB) | Jordan Larsen Amendment to Proposal 256 |
RC070 (PDF 819 kB) | SEAGO Email Exchange Record |
RC071 (PDF 635 kB) | Kevin Smith Comments on Proposal 256 |
RC072 (PDF 773 kB) | Member Carlson Van Dort Proposal 256 Amendment |
RC073 (PDF 814 kB) | Boards Support Miscellaneous Business Agenda |
RC074 (PDF 674 kB) | Member Carlson-Van Dort Draft Local Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Definition and Implementation |