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Board of Fisheries

Welcome to the Board of Fisheries!

The Alaska Board of Fisheries consists of seven members serving three-year terms. Members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature. Members are appointed on the basis of interest in public affairs, good judgment, knowledge, and ability in the field of action of the board, with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of view in the membership (see Alaska Statute 16.05.221).
 
The Board of Fisheries’ main role is to conserve and develop the fishery resources of the state. This involves setting seasons, bag limits, methods and means for the state’s subsistence, commercial, sport, guided sport, and personal use fisheries, and it also involves setting policy and direction for the management of the state’s fishery resources. The board is charged with making allocative decisions, and the department is responsible for management based on those decisions.
 
The Board of Fisheries meets four to six times per year in communities around the state to consider proposed changes to fisheries regulations around the state. The board uses the biological and socioeconomic information provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, public comment received from people inside and outside of the state, and guidance from the Alaska Department of Public Safety and Alaska Department of Law when creating regulations that are sound and enforceable.
 

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PWS Workgroup to meet on proposals
 
Board schedules special meeting on PWS
 
Board creates General District in Bristol Bay
 
Board makes finding on GOA Groundfish
 
Recommendations on Sustainable Salmon (SSFP) Available for Review
 
BOF to make Recommendations on Halibut Subsistence
 
GOA Groundfish meets in February
 
Joint Meeting with Council March 30
 
Proposal Deadline for BOF: April 9, 2004
 
All You Can Eat, Volume 2 now online!
 
Summary of January 2004 GOA Groundfish meeting available
 
Summary of December 2003 GOA Groundfish meeting available
 
Board releases summary of first meeting of SSFP Recommendations Panel
 

 

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