The Southern Norton Sound Fish & Game Advisory Committee (AC) is holding a public meeting and elections on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in the Myles Gonongnan Aaron Panek Memorial Hall in Unalakleet. The meeting will begin at 12 noon.

The agenda will include the following items:

1. Elections

2. ADF&G Staff Reports

3. Board of Game Proposals:

• Taking muskoxen by proxy;

• Establish a registration permit hunt for muskox in Units 21D, 22A, and 24D;

• Add “east of and including the Nuluk River drainage” in Unit 22E for caribou;

• Modify hunting seasons & require registration permit for moose in 22D Remainder;

• Open a non-resident drawing hunt for moose in Unit 22D Remainder;

• Change the availability of Unit 22 registration permits for moose hunts with the option to require registration permits for the Unit 22D Remainder;

• Close the non-resident moose hunt in 22C;

• Modify the hunting season & bag limit for moose in Unit 22A;

• Extend the hunting season & increase bag limit for brown bear in Unit 22D and 22E;

• Extend the season dates for brown bear in Unit 22B and 22C;

• Allow the use of snow-machines to position brown bears for harvest in Unit 22; and

• Address customary and traditional use findings for Alaska hares in Unit 22 and modify the season and bag limit.

• The Board of Game proposals can be viewed at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo&date=01-17-2020&meeting=nome.

4) Board of Fish Proposals:
    a. Amend the season dates for king crab in the Northern District of Norton Sound;
    b. Limit the number of pot tags per permit per season in the Norton Sound;
    c. Allow a person or vessel to participate in the Norton Sound red king crab fishery after operating commercial Pacific cod pots in the Norton Sound; and
    d. Allow a person or vessel to operate commercial Pacific cod pots in the Norton Sound within 14 days of the closure of the Norton Sound red king crab fishery.

5) Other Business

Advisory committees are local groups that meet to discuss fish and wildlife issues and to provide recommendations to the Alaska Board of Game and the Alaska Board of Fisheries on regulations that may affect them. All meetings are open to the public. As the local forum, committees develop and/or evaluate regulatory proposals and provide recommendations to the appropriate board, discuss conservation and use, including matters relating to habitat, advising the appropriate regional councils on resources and consulting with individuals, organizations, and agencies.

If you are a person with a disability who requires special accommodations in order to participate in any of the public meetings, please contact Hazel Smith so necessary arrangements can be made.

Contact:

Hazel Smith

Alaska Department of Fish & Game

Boards Support Section

PO Box 689

Kotzebue, AK 99752

Direct: 907.442.1717

Cell: 907.412.3080

hazel.smith@alaska.gov