The North Slope Borough Fish & Game Management Committee is meeting on January 9, 2020 beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the North Slope Borough Assembly chambers. This Committee also serves as the North Slope Advisory Committee for the State Fish & Game.

Agenda Items will include the following:

State Department of Fish & Game Wildlife Report

Review and comment on Board of Game proposals –

• Reauthorize the antlerless moose season in the western portion of Unit 26A

• Increase the nonresident bag limit for caribou in Unit 26

• Eliminate the caribou registration permit RC907 and general season caribou harvest ticket requirement for North Slope resident hunters

• Increase the resident bag limit for brown bears in Unit 26A

• Prohibit nonresident hunting of moose or caribou under intensive management in the Western Arctic/Western Region until harvest or population objectives are met

• Establish intensive management programs for bear across the Western Arctic/Western Region

• Reauthorize the current resident tag fee exemptions for brown bear in Unit 26A

• Clarify that big game tags be paid for and issued prior to hunters taking big game that require tags

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 related to habitat, advising the regional councils on resources and consulting with individuals, organizations, and agencies.

If you are person with a disability who requires special accommodations in order to participate in this meeting, please contact Brower Frantz at the North Slope Borough Wildlife Department at 852-0350 prior to the meeting so necessary arrangements may be made.

For all other questions or concerns –

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

Main: 907-442-3420

hazel.smith@alaska.gov