Former state Sen. Albert Kookesh and three friends are contesting the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s authority to unilaterally set subsistence bag limits.
Fisheries
Bill to eliminate Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission clears first hurdle
Anchorage Rep. Charisse Millett says she’s not out to destroy the agency.
Fish and Game says it could absorb CFEC
“The department believes that we could make this work without service degradation to commercial fishermen,” says ADF&G’s Kevin Brooks.
Young introduces bill to reauthorize Magnuson-Stevens Act
Alaska Congressman Don Young has introduced a bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the nation’s primary law governing fishing in federal waters.
Feds OK to process visas for roe technicians
The federal government can once again continue processing H-2b visas, the program that traditionally allows foreign roe technicians to work in Alaska seafood plants.
New Tongass chief from Southwest U.S.
Earl Stewart will take over as Tongass forest supervisor in May. He’s moving up from Arizona, where he’s in charge of the Coconino National Forest.