The Central Bering Sea Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting in Bethel in the Bethel Long House on Oct 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Please call 1-800-504-8071 code 442-1717 to participate.
Agenda items will include the following items:
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Administrative
- Undesignated Seats
- Elect Representative to Attend AYK meeting in January
- Other
Fisheries Topics
- Comment on Board of Fisheries Proposals:
- Proposal 102-Allows salmon take with gillnet mesh size 5 and 3/4 inch or less (Page 85)
- Proposal 103-Add District 5 to the District 4 salmon management plan (Page 86)
- Proposal 104-Increase commercial fishing area in District 5 (Page 87)
- Proposal 105-Modify gear to reduce king salmon harvest (Page 87)
- Proposal 106-Extend Nelson Island herring fishing district to Cape Vancouver (Page 88)
- Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Meeting on-time comment
Deadline is December 28, 2015
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Game Topics
- Comment on Board of Game Proposals
- Proposal 126-Reauthorize Antlerless Moose Hunts Unit 18 Remainder
- Proposal 131-Brown Bear Tag Fee Exemption
- Proposal 132-Allows a season for residents to take snowy owls
- Proposal 133-Allows a season for resident to take cormorants
- Proposal 134-Increase the season for Mulchatna caribou to August 1-March 15
- Statewide Meeting on-time comment deadline March 4, 2016
- Draft any Board of Game Proposals for 2016/2017
- Western Region Proposals due April 29, 2016
- Other
- New Musk Ox regulations
Federal Topics
- Comment on Federal Subsistence Board Wildlife Proposals
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta RAC to meet in Bethel October 7-8, 2015
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For further information contact Carmen Daggett. To be added to the electronic email notices for Central Bering Sea AC Meetings, please email to the address at the bottom of this notice with your request.
Advisory committees are local groups that meet to discuss fishing and wildlife issues and to provide recommendations to Alaska Board of Fisheries and Alaska Board of Game. All meetings are open to the public. Advisory Committees are intended to provide a local forum on fish and wildlife issues. Their purpose includes: 1) developing regulatory proposals, 2) evaluating regulatory proposals and making recommendations to the appropriate board, 3) providing a local forum for fish and wildlife conservation and use, including matters relating to habitat, 4) advising the appropriate regional council on resources, and 5) consulting with individuals, organizations, and agencies.
If you are a person who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in any of these public meetings, please contact Carmen Daggett at 907-442-1717 no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, to make any necessary arrangements.
Carmen Daggett
Board Support Section
PO Box 689
Kotzebue, AK 99752
907.442-1717
Fax: 907.442.2420
Carmen.Daggett@alaska.gov