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Salmon An Alaskan Legacy

Salmon: It’s Your Fish Alaskans everywhere - - urban , rural , and remote regions of the state – deserve a strong voice in the management of their salmon fisheries. Why? Because it’s your fish.

Strong Connection… …Historic Reliance

Sharing Salmon: A Balancing Act Conserving Developing Alaska’s fisheries fisheries for the benefit of its people Allocating fish among subsistence, personal use, sport, and commercial fishermen

Alaska Board of Fish Members John Jensen, Chair, Sue Jeffrey, Vice-Chair, Petersburg Kodiak Orville Huntington, Reed Morisky, Huslia Fairbanks Al Cain, Robert Ruffner, Israel Payton, Anchorage Soldotna Wasilla Each of the seven members of the BOF are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the full Legislature on the basis of his or her “interest in public affairs, good judgment, knowledge, and ability in the field of action of the board, and with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of view in the membership.” Alaska Statute 16.05.221

Board of Fish Proposal Process Let your voice be heard • Call for Proposals • Distribution of Proposals • Public Review and Comments • At BOF Meeting : – Public Testimony – Public Participation throughout meeting

Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees Southeast (23 advisory committees) 84 Advisory Committees Angoon•Craig•East Prince of Wales Island•Edna Bay•Elfin Cove•Hydaburg•Hyder•Icy Straits•Juneau - Douglas•Kake •Ketchikan•Klawock• Klukwan•Pelican•Petersburg•Port Alexander•Saxman•Sitka•Sumner Strait•Tenakee Springs•Upper Lynn Canal•Wrangell•Yakutat Southcentral (19 advisory committees) Anchorage•Central Peninsula • Cooper Landing•Copper Basin•Copper River/Prince William Sound•Denali•Homer•Kenai/Soldotna•Matanuska Valley•Mt . Yenlo•Paxson•Prince William Sound/Valdez•Seldovia•Seward•Susitna Valley •Tok Cutoff/Nabesna Road•Tyonek•Whittier

Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees Arctic (9 Advisory Committees) •Kotzebue•Lower Kobuk•Noatak/Kivalina•Northern Norton Sound•Northern Seward Peninsula•North Slope•St Lawrence Island •Southern Norton Sound•Upper Kobuk 84 Advisory Committees Interior (15 Advisory Committees) Central•Delta•Eagle•Fairbanks•Grayling , Anvik , Shageluk and Holy Cross (G.A.S.H.)•Koyukuk•Lake Minchumina•McGrath•Middle Nenana River•Middle Yukon River •Minto/Nenana•Ruby•Tanana/Rampart/Manly •Upper Tanana/Forty Mile•Yukon Flats

Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees Western (7 advisory committees ) Bethel•Central Bering Sea•Central Kuskokwim•Coastal Lower Yukon•Lower Kuskokwim•Mid - Lower Yukon•Stony - Holitna 84 Advisory Committees Southwest (12 advisory committees) • Chignik•False Pass•King Cove•Kodiak•Lake Iliamna•Lower Bristol Bay• Naknek /Kvichak•Nelson Lagoon•Nushagak•Sand Point•Togiak•Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

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