NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES

CONSENT FOR USE OF ROTENONE FOR INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATION

Notice is given that the Alaska Board of Fisheries (Board) will hold a teleconference on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  The purpose of the meeting is for the board to consider providing consent to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to use rotenone in its continued program of invasive species control of northern pike in Southcentral Alaska. The current project under consideration will take place in a tributary of the Kenai River where the northern pike have been illegally introduced, with substantial impacts to native fish populations. Prior to using a poison to kill predatory animals the department must obtain the board’s consent per AS 16.35.200.  

This is a non-regulatory meeting. The board will not take oral public testimony during the teleconference.  A live audio stream of the meeting is intended to be available on the Board of Fisheries website, which can be accessed at www.boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov. Listen-only teleconference sites will be provided to the public in Anchorage and Soldotna/Kenai at the following locations:

• Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, 40610 K Beach Road, Soldotna
• Anchorage ADF&G Offices, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Aerie Conference Room

Meeting materials will also be posted on this website and will be available through the Department of Fish and Game Boards Support Section.  For information about the meeting or meeting materials, contact the Boards Support Section at (907) 465-4110.

If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate, please contact the Boards Support Section at (907) 465-4110 no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

Glenn Haight, Executive Director                                             

Alaska Board of Fisheries

September 4, 2014