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On-Time Advisory Committee Comment List Statewide Dungeness Crab. Shrimp, Misc. Shellfish (except Southeast and Yakutat) and Supplemental Issues March 17–20, 2015 Stony Holitna Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/16/14) ...................................................... AC 01 Petersburg Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1/7/15–1/8/15). ................................................ AC 02 Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/2/15) ........................................................................ AC 03 Craig Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/3/15) ........................................................................ AC 04 Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/3/15)............................................................... AC 05 Bethel Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/9/14) ................................................................... AC 06 Bethel Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Recommendations 1/13/15) .................................................. AC 07 Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/11/15) .................................................. AC 08 Copper River/Prince William Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1/27/15) ..................... AC 09 Mid-Lower Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/18/14) ............................................... AC 10 Fairbanks Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/11/15) .............................................................. AC 11 Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/10/15) ................................................................... AC 12 Lower Kuskokwim Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/8/14) ................................................. AC 13 Mat-Valley Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/25/15) ............................................................ AC 14 Northern Norton Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1/22/15) ....................................... AC 15 Southern Norton Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1/23/15) ....................................... AC 16 Central Bering Sea Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1/12/15) ................................................ AC 17 Minto Nenana Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/2/15)......................................................... AC 18 Tanana Rampart Manley Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11/12/14) .................................... AC 19 Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/21/15) ................................................................ AC 20 Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2/4/15) ..................................................................... AC 21 The following Advisory Comments were received 2013 Chignik Finfish, 2013 Lower Cook Inlet and 2014 Kodiak Finfish Meetings Regarding Proposal 44 Sand Point Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 9/27/13)............................................................. AC 22 Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/17-18/13) ............................................................ AC 23 Seldovia Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11/7/13) ................................................................ AC 24 Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 10/15/13)................................................ AC 25 Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12/8-11/13).............................................................. AC 26 Cooper Landing Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11/8/13)..................................................... AC 27 Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11/14/13) ................................................................ AC 28

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On-Time Advisory Committee Comment List Statewide Dungeness Crab Shrimp Misc Shellfish (except

Southeast and Yakutat) and Supplemental Issues March 17ndash20 2015

Stony Holitna Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 121614) AC 01

Petersburg Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1715ndash1815) AC 02

Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2215) AC 03

Craig Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2315)AC 04

Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2315)AC 05

Bethel Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12914) AC 06

Bethel Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Recommendations 11315) AC 07

Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 21115)AC 08

Copper RiverPrince William Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12715) AC 09

Mid-Lower Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 121814) AC 10

Fairbanks Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 21115) AC 11

Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 21015)AC 12

Lower Kuskokwim Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12814)AC 13

Mat-Valley Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 22515) AC 14

Northern Norton Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12215) AC 15

Southern Norton Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 12315) AC 16

Central Bering Sea Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11215) AC 17

Minto Nenana Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2215)AC 18

Tanana Rampart Manley Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 111214) AC 19

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 22115) AC 20

Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 2415) AC 21

The following Advisory Comments were received 2013 Chignik Finfish 2013 Lower Cook Inlet and 2014 Kodiak Finfish Meetings Regarding Proposal 44

Sand Point Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 92713)AC 22

Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 1217-1813)AC 23

Seldovia Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11713) AC 24

Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 101513)AC 25

Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 128-1113)AC 26

Cooper Landing Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 11813)AC 27

Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee (Minutes 111413) AC 28

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SAND POINT FISH amp GAME ADVISORY

BOARD MEETING

Date September 27 2013

Time 600 pm

LOCATION City Chambers

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

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Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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Waters seasons bag possession and lze limits and spial provi1ion1 for Cook lnletshyemrrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingc-0d

port fishing season to begin on June I instead of July I as ollows

AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

1shing in August in Seldovia Bey as follows

AAC 21200 Fishing districls subdistric nd ioas Change line and descriptions se ating the Port

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AA~350 Closed waters Close waters to crcial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus

any enadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured om mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This oposal will be considered at the lower and Upper Cook nlet Finfah meelings)

AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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SAND POINT FISH amp GAME ADVISORY

BOARD MEETING

Date September 27 2013

Time 600 pm

LOCATION City Chambers

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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C 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Gron11dns11 wl Management Plan aod 5 AAC 2853X Chignik

rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

AAC l836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Manaiement Ian S AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Ian and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Ana Pollock

nagement Piao Create state-waters walleye pollock anagemcnt plans for Cook [nlet Kodiak and Chignik anagement areas (This proposal will be considered a11he hignilc Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak FjnfPJh meetinflS AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 28SXX New

tioo aod S AAC 18SXX New Section Require I 00 rcent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in

tale-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik anagcment areas (This proposal will be considered at tlui

Chignik lower Cook Inlet and Kodiar Fi11fish meetings)

AAC 580XX New Section Allow partv fishing in lCook Inlet saltwater sport fishe1ies

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nenl provision for sea1ons bag possession and size units and methodsand means for the KnlkArm

rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

eWe3tC0okI0letArea Prohibituseofbarbedbooks

hie sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (Thu proprualwiJI be considered at the Lower and Upper

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC S7XXX New ection S AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX iew Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC lXXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New ectioo Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal

viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inlet infish meetings)

AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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e Kenai Peninsula Ana Prohibit anglers who are leasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

he lower and Upper Cock Jnlet FinjiJh meelings)

AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

C 60124 Harvest record required annual limit ~r the Knik Arm Drainages Alea 5 AAC 61124

rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

nlet saltwater king sahnon bag and possession limii to one ing salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king almon (This proprual will be considered at the lower an

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1XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New~ dfJ tli~ AfOW rf~$XO t-ke 11-rltf Pfll-~e +ha-f 41aJ$ectlon Limit amount ofsportmiddotcaught fish that may be xported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be -rle etJif~rJ ef jf~ JJs~Jery ~~S-- ~+c suJ A ~ middotonsidered at the lower and Upper Cook Infer Finfish

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

nd size limits and mefhods and means for the Kenai + t~cJ +bull ~ ofLlt-~ 111il Alert c He- ei s-1-e~l~ecj eniosula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow s Zc e No middotI it~ ltA- Cl e gt -11- It - r ~ t c e _ tshyi lshing during November and December on Lower Cook fo ~ c1~ tJ ~ $ 11 I I ~ a r J () V ~ Ult ~ It 0 ff c T ~ e Dlet streams

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AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possetsion and iu limits and special provisions for Cook lnletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC 58055 pper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon anageraent Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

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rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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C 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Gron11dns11 wl Management Plan aod 5 AAC 2853X Chignik

rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

AAC l836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Manaiement Ian S AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Ian and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Ana Pollock

nagement Piao Create state-waters walleye pollock anagemcnt plans for Cook [nlet Kodiak and Chignik anagement areas (This proposal will be considered a11he hignilc Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak FjnfPJh meetinflS AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 28SXX New

tioo aod S AAC 18SXX New Section Require I 00 rcent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in

tale-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik anagcment areas (This proposal will be considered at tlui

Chignik lower Cook Inlet and Kodiar Fi11fish meetings)

AAC 580XX New Section Allow partv fishing in lCook Inlet saltwater sport fishe1ies

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nenl provision for sea1ons bag possession and size units and methodsand means for the KnlkArm

rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

eWe3tC0okI0letArea Prohibituseofbarbedbooks

hie sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (Thu proprualwiJI be considered at the Lower and Upper

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC S7XXX New ection S AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX iew Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC lXXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New ectioo Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal

viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inlet infish meetings)

AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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e Kenai Peninsula Ana Prohibit anglers who are leasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

he lower and Upper Cock Jnlet FinjiJh meelings)

AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

C 60124 Harvest record required annual limit ~r the Knik Arm Drainages Alea 5 AAC 61124

rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

nlet saltwater king sahnon bag and possession limii to one ing salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king almon (This proprual will be considered at the lower an

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1XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New~ dfJ tli~ AfOW rf~$XO t-ke 11-rltf Pfll-~e +ha-f 41aJ$ectlon Limit amount ofsportmiddotcaught fish that may be xported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be -rle etJif~rJ ef jf~ JJs~Jery ~~S-- ~+c suJ A ~ middotonsidered at the lower and Upper Cook Infer Finfish

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

nd size limits and mefhods and means for the Kenai + t~cJ +bull ~ ofLlt-~ 111il Alert c He- ei s-1-e~l~ecj eniosula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow s Zc e No middotI it~ ltA- Cl e gt -11- It - r ~ t c e _ tshyi lshing during November and December on Lower Cook fo ~ c1~ tJ ~ $ 11 I I ~ a r J () V ~ Ult ~ It 0 ff c T ~ e Dlet streams

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AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possetsion and iu limits and special provisions for Cook lnletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC 58055 pper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon anageraent Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

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0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

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Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

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nagement Piao Create state-waters walleye pollock anagemcnt plans for Cook [nlet Kodiak and Chignik anagement areas (This proposal will be considered a11he hignilc Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak FjnfPJh meetinflS AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 28SXX New

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tale-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik anagcment areas (This proposal will be considered at tlui

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nenl provision for sea1ons bag possession and size units and methodsand means for the KnlkArm

rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

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Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession aod ize limits and special proYisions for Cook Jnletshy

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

Imo~China Poot dip net fishery to be marbd as ollows

AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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Waters seasons bag possession and lze limits and spial provi1ion1 for Cook lnletshyemrrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingc-0d

port fishing season to begin on June I instead of July I as ollows

AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

1shing in August in Seldovia Bey as follows

AAC 21200 Fishing districls subdistric nd ioas Change line and descriptions se ating the Port

ick North and South sections in the O er District a~ Uows

AA~350 Closed waters Close waters to crcial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus

any enadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured om mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This oposal will be considered at the lower and Upper Cook nlet Finfah meelings)

AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

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rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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C 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Gron11dns11 wl Management Plan aod 5 AAC 2853X Chignik

rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

AAC l836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Manaiement Ian S AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Ian and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Ana Pollock

nagement Piao Create state-waters walleye pollock anagemcnt plans for Cook [nlet Kodiak and Chignik anagement areas (This proposal will be considered a11he hignilc Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak FjnfPJh meetinflS AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 28SXX New

tioo aod S AAC 18SXX New Section Require I 00 rcent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in

tale-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik anagcment areas (This proposal will be considered at tlui

Chignik lower Cook Inlet and Kodiar Fi11fish meetings)

AAC 580XX New Section Allow partv fishing in lCook Inlet saltwater sport fishe1ies

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nenl provision for sea1ons bag possession and size units and methodsand means for the KnlkArm

rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

eWe3tC0okI0letArea Prohibituseofbarbedbooks

hie sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (Thu proprualwiJI be considered at the Lower and Upper

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC S7XXX New ection S AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX iew Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC lXXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New ectioo Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal

viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inlet infish meetings)

AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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e Kenai Peninsula Ana Prohibit anglers who are leasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

he lower and Upper Cock Jnlet FinjiJh meelings)

AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

C 60124 Harvest record required annual limit ~r the Knik Arm Drainages Alea 5 AAC 61124

rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

nlet saltwater king sahnon bag and possession limii to one ing salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king almon (This proprual will be considered at the lower an

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1XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New~ dfJ tli~ AfOW rf~$XO t-ke 11-rltf Pfll-~e +ha-f 41aJ$ectlon Limit amount ofsportmiddotcaught fish that may be xported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be -rle etJif~rJ ef jf~ JJs~Jery ~~S-- ~+c suJ A ~ middotonsidered at the lower and Upper Cook Infer Finfish

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

nd size limits and mefhods and means for the Kenai + t~cJ +bull ~ ofLlt-~ 111il Alert c He- ei s-1-e~l~ecj eniosula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow s Zc e No middotI it~ ltA- Cl e gt -11- It - r ~ t c e _ tshyi lshing during November and December on Lower Cook fo ~ c1~ tJ ~ $ 11 I I ~ a r J () V ~ Ult ~ It 0 ff c T ~ e Dlet streams

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AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possetsion and iu limits and special provisions for Cook lnletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC 58055 pper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon anageraent Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman

(Minutes represent a paraphrased summary of the KAC department staff and public comments and are not a verbatim transcript of the meeting Tapes of the meeting are available for public review by contacting the committee secretary)

Call to order 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh

Roll call Members present Dick Roher(for Paul Chervenak-Big game GuideOutfitter) Oliver Holm(Small Boat crabHerring amp salmon Seiner) Theresa Peterson(for Pete Hannah-Salmon Gill-net South End) Secretary Don Fox(Altemateshyretired commercial fisherman) Kip Thomet(Salmon Gill-net West Side) Jason Bunch(Altemate-Coast Guard amp Big Game Guide) Ron Kavanaugh(Small Boat CrabHerring amp Salmon Seiner) Patrick O Donnel(for Curt Waters-Trawl Seat) Rolan Ruoss(Transporter) Andy Finke(Kodiak Subsistence) Duncan Fields(Port LionsOuizinke-Subsistence) Rick Bems(Old HarborAhkiok Subsistence) Vice-Chair Julie Kavanaugh(lnterested Citizen) Unexcused absences Larsen BayKarluk Subsistence Execused absences Tuck Bonney(Processor)Lou Dochtermann(Large Boat Crab) Quorum Achieved with 13 member present(8 needed) User groups presentSubsistence sport fishermen charter and lodge operators trawl fishermen jig fishermen commercial salmon fishermenbig game guides processor

Department Staff James Jackson Jeff Wadle Geoff Spalanger and Birch Foster BOF member Sue Jeffrey Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Mountain Audience 35 Approve agenda Proposal 97 would be taken up after staff reports so Trooper Mountain could return to work Amended agenda approved unanimously

Approve minutes of our previous meeting of September 30th 2013 Minutes approved unanimously

Correspondence A letter from Rick Blanc with comments on several salmon proposals

Chair Announcements None

Old Business None

New Business 1) Department presentation on the wrap-up of the 2013 salmon season and forecast for

2014 by James Jackson and on herring by Geoff Spalanger 2) Salmon proposals 3) Adjourn 11 20 pm will take up sport and ground fish at 6pm on the 18th of

December December 18th 2013

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

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0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

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Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

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We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Roll call Called to order at 600pm by vice chair Julie Kavanaugh Members present Same as the 1 ih except for Any Finke was absent and Tuck Bonney was present Quorum Achieved with 13 members present(8 needed) User groups present Same as on the Iih Staff Wayne Donaldson Mark Stichert Don Tracy and Tyler Pollum BOF member Sue Jeffrey Audience 30 Agenda Approved unanimously Chair announcements None Correspondence None Old business Theresa Peterson was selected to chair the committee work group to develop alternate language for proposal 91 to be submitted as a RC at the Kodiak BOF meeting New business

1) Sport fish proposals 2) Ground fish proposals 3) KAC member for the BOF Julie Kavanaugh was selected to represent the committee at

BOF meeting Don Fox and Julie Kavanaugh were selected to sit in on BOF committees in case there was more than one committee

4) Date of next KAC meeting Late February(around the 24th) was selected to hold

committee elections and address Cycle A state wide game and King and Tanner crab proposals

5) ADJOURN 1020 pm

Salmon proposals

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

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Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

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nagement Piao Create state-waters walleye pollock anagemcnt plans for Cook [nlet Kodiak and Chignik anagement areas (This proposal will be considered a11he hignilc Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak FjnfPJh meetinflS AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 28SXX New

tioo aod S AAC 18SXX New Section Require I 00 rcent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in

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Chignik lower Cook Inlet and Kodiar Fi11fish meetings)

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rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inlet infish meetings)

AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

he lower and Upper Cock Jnlet FinjiJh meelings)

AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 1h amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Department staff provided the committee with staff comments and information packets to aide in our discussions

HOF-Proposal 88 Change staggered fishing periods in Olga Bay Moser Bay Alitak Bay and Cape Alitak OPPOSE-support 0- Oppose 13 Staff comments Would increase time nets were out of the water probably increasing escapements when larger escapements not needed The department wishes to avoid terminal fisheries Committee comments Agree with staff comments The KAC supports the plan that is in place now All groups get a chance to fish without gear in front of them Wouldnt want to constrain the departments ability to manage the fishery

HOF-Proposal 89 Change management dates for Cape Alitak Section based on late Upper Station returns OPPOSE-support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to member Fields question about the magnitude of the pink salmon run the department stated that the current structure allows them to protect the weak runs In odd years the smaller run shows up earlier then in the even year cycle where its somewhat later The committee agreed with and supports the departments current management strategy

HOF-Proposal 90 Establish management options for the HumpyDeadman Section after July 15th for the protection of other salmon runs in the Alitak District OPPOSE-support 1-oppose 12 Staff comments Opposed Committee comments In reply to a question as to what would happen if the lines were withdrawn to avoid catches of mixed stocks the department felt it would be difficult to control the pink salmon escapements and they wanted to avoid putting too many pink salmon up the river and having to catch the fish in a terminal fishery KAC members agreed with and supported the staffs position Minority opinion Ms Peterson felt that a more refined approach in boundary lines could provide additional sockeye escapement to struggling systems

HOF-Proposal 91 Amend the management plan to direct the department to manage for early run Upper Station sockeye and to achieve biological escapement goals(BEG) for early run Upper Station and Frazer sockeye salmon (Proposal 91-continued)

SUPPORT(as amended)-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments The intent of the BOF for salmon management plans is to harvest the fish in traditional harvest areas Non-traditional harvests are terminal fisheries which the department wishes to avoid Committee comments Committee members agree with and support staff commentsKAC members all agreed that escapements into the early sockeye run should be increased but felt

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

bull

Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

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8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

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0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

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1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

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We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

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No one does this

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes ofNovember 8 2013

47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December I ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman more time would be needed to work out a solution A amendment was offered and adopted unanimously to form a committee group comprised of both gear types to come up with substitute language by the time of the Kodiak BOF meeting to be submitted by the KAC as a RC Amendment The Kodiak Advisory Committee supports in principle management measures that would allow for the possibility of increased escapement in Upper Station to be worked out by the two user groups prior to the BOF meeting and that would also allow for Upper Station rehabilitation projects

The Kodiak Advisory Committee would like to preface all comments on proposals 92-93 and 94 with the following statement The KAC requests that the Alaska Board of Fisheries encourage the Alaska Department of Fish amp Game to prioritize funding for genetic stock identification of sockeye salmon caught in the June 1st-July 25th time frame in the Cape Igvak Section of the Kodiak Management District

HOF-Proposal 92-Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon not exceed 15 at any time on or before August 26th

bull

Oppose- support 0-oppose 13 Staff comments Adoption of the proposal would make it extremely difficult to achieve the 15 sockeye allocation The department traditionally goes over the 15 prior to the overlap period between the early and late runsThe difference is made up later The Chignik fleet continues to fish during the overlap period so their catch numbers go up After July 26 the department manages for local pink and chum stocks Committee comments We agree with and support staff comments The sockeye caught during the Igvak fishery contain mixed stocks that are all not bound for Chignik Without genetic stock assessment these mixed stocks cannot be separated This proposal is a round about way to lower the Kodiak fleets 15 share of this traditional fishery

HOF-Proposal 93-Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye catch only before July 15th

Oppose- support 0- oppose 13 Committee comments This proposal would cut the time in half the Kodiak fleet is allowed to harvest their allocation in this traditional fishery We would like to reference our comments from the previous proposal 92

HOF -_Proposal 94- Require check in and check out in cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Opposed-support O-oppose13

Staff comments Department is opposed we have no reason to believe catches are being mis-represented by the Kodiak fleet In season harvest data and fish tickets are the best information Committee comments Agree with and support staff comments Boats fishing in the Cape Igvak fishery are required to delivery daily on the grounds for reasons of fish quality Later in the season when effort is down not all canneries can afford to keep a tender in the area this

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC 56120 General provisions for 1easons bag 01sesaioo and size limits and methodbull and means for be Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 ~neral rovisions for seaons bac possessioa and size limits ad methods and meau for tbe Kenai River Drainage rea S AAC 59120 General provisions for HMons ag possrssion and sue limits and metlaods aod meaos or the Aocbora1e Bow) Drainage1 Area S AAC 60120

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ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

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AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

altwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I

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surrection Bay Saltwater Area and S AAC 58060 wer Cook Io let Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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AAC 18371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet rea Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman requirement would place an undue burden on Kodiak fisherman who only deliver to a single processor

HOF-Proposal 95- The proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West District on June 28th for one set gill net only 114hr fishing period Support(as amended)-support 7 -oppose 6 (amendment passed 10-3- main motion passed 7-6) Staff comments Opposed because of harvest ofKarluk bound early run sockeye Committee comments KAC members agreed with the maker of the proposal Mr Berns that since by the 28th of June the majority (88) of the Kaduk early run sockeye are past the weir and the majority of the rest are in the lagoon at Kaduk that few early run sockeye would be caught in a late June early July set-net only fishery They would be targeting Spirdon(Telarod Cove) bound KRAA enhanced stocks It was felt that this was a matter of equity as this is the only KRAA enhancement project that set-netters are able to participate in Gill-net fisherman pay an enhancement tax to the KRAA on all the fish they catch but all the other projects are in seine only areas The terminal fishery at Telarod Cove is a seine only area When the fishery in the Central Section is closed due to low Karluk escapements the opportunity to harvest the enhanced stocks is lost when in the years Karluk stocks are strong both gear types have the opportunity to fish plus the seine fleet has the terminal fishery also This fishery would only be open if Kaduk has met minimum escapement goals Amendment This proposal would require the department to open the Central Section of the North West Kodiak district on or before July 3rd for one (1) set gillnet only opening for an 81hr fishing period if or when the lower Kaduk escapement goal is met Minority opinion Some of the Telarod fish are taken for cost recovery in 2013 approximately 100000 were The association would probably be taking more in the future for cost recovery The amended date of on or before the 3rd of July is pushing close to the July 6th date for the traditional opening that allows the fleet to begin harvesting pink and chum salmon

HOF Proposal96- After August 15th allow gillnet gear in inner bay sections of the Northwest

Kodiak district during open fishing periods if Central and North cape sections are closed for more than 48hrs Oppose-support 3-oppose 9-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral the proposal is allocative Committee comments Most committee members felt there would be gear conflicts and that the ability to harvest pinks in the inner bays would not be available to everyone The set-net fishery (Proposal 96-continued)is a skiff fishery and with out a larger vessel travel to and from the open areas would not be available to all fishermen KAC members did not want to revive the old seiner vrs gillnetter allocation battles of the past and want to leave the status quo in place Minority opinion Mr fields felt that this was a matter of equity and that to have the outside fishery shut down to protect late run Karluk sockeye stocks then have the inner bays only open to the seine fleet to harvest pink salmon was unfair He felt there was a need to address this now or in the next Kodiak BOF cycle

HOF-Proposal 97- Delay closure of the North West Kodiak District if a gale warning is forecast for Shelikof Strait

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman Oppose-Support 1-0ppose 12 Staff comments Opposed because of concerns for the departments ability to manage for KMA salmon escapements Department of public safety comments Trooper Mountain attended the meeting to address what the position of enforcement would be as long as a good faith effort was made and you notified the troopers in a timely manner (not right at closure time) in the event of mechanical difficulty or extreme weather conditions you would not be cited The fish caught after the closure time would be forfeit to the State of Alaska

Committee comments Agreed with and support staff and public safety comments The majority of set-netters at the meeting stated that when it appeared bad weather was forecast that they pulled their nets earlier than the closure time KAC members felt that in extreme weather some of the larger seine vessels in the fleet could keep fishing while smaller vessels would be anchored up in more sheltered areas thus resulting in a re-allocation of fish to the bigger seiners Whats a gale to some set-netters could be a millpond to others all depending on the wind direction Committee member Mr Fox stated that he usually can always pick his nets in most weather conditions while still not being able to pick his gear up so he would in all probability fish till the end of the weather extension Minority opinion Mr Fields felt that it was a issue of vessel and fisherman safety because of the nature of the fishery that was being prosecuted in small open vessels

BOF-Proposal 98- Allow CFEC salmon seine permit holders to operate additional gear under a dual permit or joint venture Oppose-support 1-oppose 12 Audience comments Quite a few seine fishermen in the audience were concerned about the number of unused permits There was a fear that with the increased ex-vessel value of seine catches these permits would enter the fishery (approximately frac12 of the seine permits are not being fished) They felt that adoption of this proposal would remove permits from the fishery Committee comments Longer purse seines would reallocate fish from the set-net to the seine fishery especially in the mixed gear areas It would increase the efficiency of the large vessels vrs the smaller ones unable to fish the larger seines KAC members also believed the value of permits would be driven up making it more difficult for new entrants to enter the seine fishery Minority opinion Agreed with and supported the comments from the audience

BOF Proposal 99- Reinstate dual set-net permits for single permit holders to fish additional gear Oppose-support 1-oppose 10-abstain 1

Committee comments Adoption of proposal 99 would allow for consolidation of the fishery making it more expensive and difficult for new entrants into the fishery KAC member Mr Fox stated he knew of at least two instances where a permit holder bought a neighbors site and put both permits in their names after dual permits were repealed at the last Kodiak BOF meeting the permits were subsequently put in crew members names Of the 12 set-net fisheries in the state Kodiak had the second highest gross per permit No one should be guaranteed a living permit holders should be active in the fishery When you have permit stacking it allows someone to

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

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0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

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Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman have an income but not participate actively in the fishery which was the original intent of the CFEC limited entry program Minority opinion Felt that the large multi-permit family operations needed the ability to fish all their permits and gear especially in these years of lower ex-vessel per permit earnings for the setshynet fleet Abstentions Had mixed feelings but felt there was some benefits for family operations but could see the loss of opportunity for new entrants into the set-net fishery

Sport fish proposals

HOF-Proposal 100-Restore sport limit ofrockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay Support(as amended)-support 12-oppose 1 Staff comments Department has no biological concerns or feel that there could be any enforcement problems Committee comments The AC spent around 1 frac12 hours discussing this proposal Agreed with and supported department comments As there were no boundaries set except out side Chiniak Bay the AC offered an amendment The boundaries protect the subsistence needs of Kodiak Port Lions Ouizinke There was also concern for areas on the West Side of Kodiak Island Uyak and U ganik Bays were included because of lack of data on the strength of local stocks With the increase of charter effort and increase in the number of lodges overharvest by the guided sports industry plus the concern for the subsistence needs of Larsen Bay caused the AC to include these areas The KAC felt there were probably other areas near villages that could or should be included Amendment Restore sport limit of rockfish to 10 per day outside of Chiniak Bay as defined by a line Cape Chiniak to Duck Cape but not to be less than One(l) nautical mile off of Long Island Uyak Bay as identified by a line from Rocky Point to Cape Kuliak U ganik Bay defined by a line from Miners Point to Cape U ganik Minority Opinion Heard about staff obtaining more data would wait to see the new data before increasing the bag limit

Ground fish proposals

BOF-Proposal-369- Implement a management plan for open-access weathervane scallop fishery in waters of Alaska Support-support 13-oppose 0 Staff comments Department proposal Committee comments After listening to the departments presentation the AC support the plan as outlined by staff

BOF Proposal 43- Create a state waters ground fish management plan for vessels less than 58ft in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose IO-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed The department supports closure of state waters included in this proposal to non-pelagic trawl gear to protect near shore habitat and fishery resources Committee Comments Support staff comments The AC is always in favor of creating new

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

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1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

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0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

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Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

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Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman State waters fisheries but not this one Minority opinion Was in favor of a state waters fishery but feel this proposal is the wrong tool to do it

BOF Proposal 44- Create state waters walleye Pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and the Chignik Management Areas Support(as amended)-support 9-oppose 2-abstained 1 Staff comments Opposed to non-pelagic trawls in state waters due to by batch issues Who would pay for the observer program The department would need additional funding to implement these new fisheries Committee comments Agree with and support the departments comments The KAC is against creating a state waters fishery for trawl vessels at this time Would like to give some support to our small boat jig fleet by creating a pollock jig fishery Mr Holm offered an amendment to this effect Amendment To table all aspects of this proposal but would like the BOF to provide access to pollock within state waters for the jig fleet without MRA Minority opinion None given Abstentions

BOF _Proposal 45- Require 100 observer coverage on ground fish trawl vessels in state waters of Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Oppose-support 1-oppose to-abstained 1 Staff comments Support the collection of fishery data BOF would have decide who provided the coverage Would result in additional costs to the public to participate Observers could cost up to $450 a day if the vessel was required to pay for it (Proposal 45-continued) Committee comments Agree with staff comments Committee members believed this proposal would place an unfair burden on the trawl fleet as they have to cross back and forth across lines from Federal to state areas waters The observer program is evolving and the trawl fleet is under increased scrutiny and pressure to avoid by catch we feel theyre doing their best at this time Minority Opinion Ms Peterson supported increased observer coverage in high volume fisheries to provide data to accurately mange catch and by catch in state waters trawl fisheries Council is currently discussing a new observer program which could be 100 coverage

BOF Proposal 101- Close Alitak Bay to trawl and pot gear and subsistence for crab Oppose-support 0-oppose 11 Staff comments neutral on the allocation issues but opposed to reduced subsistence opportunity Additional research and monitoring would be necessary to determine if reduced by catch from pot and trawl vessels or other environmental factors influence crab abundance in Alitak Bay Closure would only affect inside 3 miles approximately frac12 of the crab stocks reside outside 3 miles Committee comments Support staff comments This bay provides economic opportunity for pot crab and cod fishermen the trawl fleet as well as subsistence for local residents and other Kodiak Island residents Crab stocks fluctuate over time there could well be enough recruitment to open a fishery before the seven year closure of the bay expired Many committee members

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Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

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1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

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0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

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Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

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Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Kodiak Fish amp Game Advisory Committee December 1 ih amp 18th 2013---KNWR Visitors Center

Julie Kavanaugh Chairman were concerned that the non harvest of the Pollock stocks could result in increased predation on juvenile crab and salmon fry thus further reducing the opportunity for the crab stocks to recover BOF Proposal 102- Prohibit non-pelagic trawling in state waters of the Kodiak Management Area Oppose-support 3-oppose 7-abstained 1 Staff comments Neutral on allocation Department doesnt have any specific data on impacts to crab stocks in this area Committee comments There is a limited amount of trawl effort in this area No by catch data available to base a closure on The crab populations in adjacent areas that have been closed for 25 years havent shown any recovery of the crab stocks Something else beside trawling must be driving the population declines Closing this limited trawl area wont bring back the crab stocks Minority opinion Mr Fields and Ms Peterson felt that there wasn t much economic dependence on trawling in the area Concerns over habitat and tanner crab populations warrant a closure to trawling

Written by KAC Secretary Don Fox

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Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

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0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

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Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

Meeting began at the Multi-Purpose room at 705 pm

Members Present Robert Purpura Buck Brown Dave Chartier Matt Gallien Keith Gain Alvin Swick Walt Sonen Kelly Brennan Allison Miller

Members Absent Excused Bryan Chartier Michael Opheim Layla Pedersen Mary Klinger

Public Present Jordan Cameron Keith Swick John Viksiva Jeane Merchant

Elections were held with the following results Warren Brown and Keith Swick as one year alternates and Keith Gain Mary Klinger and Jordan Cameron as three year members

Jason Herreman provided a report on wildlife populations and harvest records to date

Sherry Wright provided a report on the Joint Board meeting

BOG Interior Region proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

130 085045 (13) Re-authorize the antlerless moose season in a portion of Unit 15(C)

8 ndash 0 Support Department is interested in some targeted area hunting due to increased road kill of moose

175 Defines which ACs will have jurisdiction on the antlerless moose reauthorizations

Will discuss at another meeting

Carol Kerkvliet provided a report on the stocking program

BOF Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussion

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at

the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish

meetings)

0 ndash 8 Oppose Canrsquot support any kind of trawling in state waters

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44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

1 ndash 7 Oppose Support a Pollock fishery and would like to see a removal of Pollock in order to regain shrimp and crab populations Mid-water Pollock fisheries are often prosecuted along the bottom Would still like to see a plan Trawling is not something they could support

45 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be

considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak

Finfish meetings)

8 ndash 0 Support In the federal trawl season vessels can still go within three miles and under federal law they are only required to have coverage If they go into state waters we would support 100 observer coverage

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries

0 ndash 8 Oppose This used to be legal then illegal and now a request to make legal again This was so abused by deck hands to ensure people got their limits that is why it was made illegal If it was specific only to small children there would be some support All others get their own

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-and-release fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

7-1 Support If this can lower the mortality rate of people playing with the fish it will benefit Other states have barbless areas for catch and release fisheries If the amount of time it takes to release a fish is a factor in mortality it makes sense that a barbless hook is a better method When an area has been designated as a catch and release area there is a mortality related to the plague upon those fish Areas have already been declared a problem which is often why they become catch and release Opposing view heard from the biologist that it doesnrsquot make that significant difference and had several years of experience agrees that the placement of the hook is the main mortality Sport fishing hooks are pretty small compared to the commercial hooks

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters (This proposal will

be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish

meetings)

8-0 Support Seems like the only way from hooking fish and filleting them out is to close specific areas of the river Witnessed video of people on Willow Creek using trout gear and hooking the kings over and over dragging them out on the beach and releasing them They were having a good old time and figured since they had trout gear on their poles they were good This is just wrong

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55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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rea State-Waten Groundfisb Trawl Management Plan reate state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl esscls less than 58 feet in the Cook Jnlet Kodiak and hignik management areas (fhiJ proposal will be onsidered at the Chignik Lower Cook lnlet and Kodiak infish meetings)

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rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered

at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0- 6 ndash 2 Oppose This proposal is unclear if they intend to include the winter fishery and for that reason oppose This is a mixed stock fishery

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower

and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0 ndash 6 ndash 2 Oppose Same reasons as Proposal 55 two fish if pretty restrictive

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This

proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper

Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

1-7 Oppose This has come up before at Seldovia AC meetings They are concerned with the amount of fish that seems to be shipped out of the state The question of what about halibut came up What does a person do with the remainder of the fish If a person catches the fish they should be able to keep it Observance at the airport of many people that would travel to Alaska annually and return (financing their trip by the amount of fish they caught) Also people have observed so many people leaving at the airport with the biggest coolers and almost everyone at the airport carrying the same It should be regulated from the how much you can catch end not how much you can take out

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

7-1 Support The fishery doesnrsquot need any more pressure It would come out of their catch of the day

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet

8-0 Support Would like thin them out any way possible

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

0-8 Oppose There is no justification for this There are very few fish caught during the winter fishery

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal use-caught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked

7-0-1 Support This is to align this fishery with the other dipnet fishery regulations There will still not be a permit required In the spirit of making the regulations consistent it would be good for

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab

meeting)

0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inlet infish meetings)

AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

for ooho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (fhis bullropoJa will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook ret Finfish meetings)

AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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e Kenai Peninsula Ana Prohibit anglers who are leasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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o the southern Anchor River maJker for management of ook Inlet king salmon sport fishery - middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

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surrection Bay Saltwater Area and S AAC 58060 wer Cook Io let Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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AAC 18371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet rea Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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them all to be the same There have been compliants about a free for all there There are skiff loads of fish going out of there and no enforcement

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one

6-2 Support The charter industry may have a better idea of what is going on in the fishery as they are out there daily 20 years ago nobody was catching ling cod in this area Seems like their populations have increased in this area If the limit is still 36 inches would tend to believe there are still lots of little fish on their way Having fished ling cods there are always so many of them Consideration that the Homer charter fleet is catering to their customers and if they are asking to self-police they may have good reason Prefer to be proactive

76 5 AAC 01560 Fishing seasons and daily fishing periods Clarify open periods for subsistence salmon fishing in August in Seldovia Bay

8 ndash 0 Support This will clarify which days are open for subsistence fish This is housekeeping

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

0-8 Oppose This is an anti-commercial fishing proposal

80 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Amend waters closed to commercial fishing in Lower Cook Inlet

Tabled at the meeting for Robert to obtain further information Robert spoke to Glenn Hollowell relayed his information to the members and we are all in agreement of support for Proposal 80 This is the fourth time that we discussed this issue They are just trying to clarify where these boundaries are They started with visible markers then went to GPS longlats Each time they changed the way they marked the fishery the fishery moved The regulatory marker disintegrates and a variety of things People assumed things were going to be business as usual but they werenrsquot The committee would like to get more information on this Did anyone put boots on the ground to see where those coordinates actually are Tabled to get more information and will poll the committee

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects of this proposal will be

considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings

The king and Tanner crab aspects of this proposal will be

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0-8 Oppose There is no such thing as a certifiable set net gear that avoids king salmon This is another anti-commercial fishing proposal

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82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

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Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

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Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

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Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Seldovia Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 7 2013

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Support the hatcheryrsquos cost recovery prioritization This is similar to how they operate PWS Believe the Cook Inlet Aquaculture puts a lot of thought into their work

83 5 AAC 21377 Port Graham Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Modify management plan for Port Graham Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the SHA

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

8 ndash 0 Support Same comments as Proposal 82

87 5 AAC 28371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet Area Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

Kelly Brennan had to leave 7 ndash 0 Support This gives you some leeway so if a processor is unable to take care of everyone within 24 hours This eliminates the need to ask for that exemption

Next meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 6 pm at the Multi-purpose room to finalize LCI proposals (Prop 81) determine if a representative will be attending the BOF LCI meeting in Anchorage and begin discussion of UCI BOF proposals

Meeting adjourned at 1010 pm

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nenl provision for sea1ons bag possession and size units and methodsand means for the KnlkArm

rainagesArea SAAC61llO Generalprovision1for euon bag posseuion and sue limits and methods ndmeansfortbeSuaitnaRlverDrainaceAreaaodS

C 62120 Genera) provJsions for easons bag middot d middot imiddot middot ssemon an 117e 11111u and methods and meau for

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AAC S6XXX New Section 5 AAC 57~ New ection 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX ew Section S AAC ()0XXX New Section 5 AAC l XXX New Section and SAAC 62XXX New

ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

Upper Cook Inlet Finfsh meelings)

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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1ater ([hismiddot proposal will be coruidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

he lower and Upper Cock Jnlet FinjiJh meelings)

AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

C 60124 Harvest record required annual limit ~r the Knik Arm Drainages Alea 5 AAC 61124

rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

nlet saltwater king sahnon bag and possession limii to one ing salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king almon (This proprual will be considered at the lower an

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lfl AAC 56lll Special provisions and localized f il ~ e l ct s t n e 111 ltt ~ J (J - o lshy ddlUons and exceptions to Ille seasons bag possesion(S) (] nd size limits and methods and means for the Kenai

A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

nd size limits and mefhods and means for the Kenai + t~cJ +bull ~ ofLlt-~ 111il Alert c He- ei s-1-e~l~ecj eniosula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow s Zc e No middotI it~ ltA- Cl e gt -11- It - r ~ t c e _ tshyi lshing during November and December on Lower Cook fo ~ c1~ tJ ~ $ 11 I I ~ a r J () V ~ Ult ~ It 0 ff c T ~ e Dlet streams

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AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possetsion and iu limits and special provisions for Cook lnletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC 58055 pper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon anageraent Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

middotnstead of June 30

AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

altwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I

AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession aod ize limits and special proYisions for Cook Jnletshy

surrection Bay Saltwater Area and S AAC 58060 wer Cook Io let Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport

ishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook let winter saltwater king salmon bag and p0$Session limit

o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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port fishing season to begin on June I instead of July I as ollows

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AA~350 Closed waters Close waters to crcial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus

any enadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured om mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This oposal will be considered at the lower and Upper Cook nlet Finfah meelings)

AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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tarewide king and Tonner Crab meeting)

AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

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We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

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Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

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Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

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Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

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AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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AAC 58022 Waters uasons bag possusioo and size lits and special provisions for C~k Inletshyesurrection Bay Saltwater Area aod 5 AAC

sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

ishery Muqement Piao Modify the date king salmon ply to ttie aMual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter

altwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I

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surrection Bay Saltwater Area and S AAC 58060 wer Cook Io let Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

C 60124 Harvest record required annual limit ~r the Knik Arm Drainages Alea 5 AAC 61124

rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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ion Designate all waters where catch-and-release shing occ~s on salmon as single unbaitzd barble~s-book aters (This propora will be considered at the Lower and

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Support -1 Opposed - 9

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We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

for ooho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (fhis bullropoJa will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook ret Finfish meetings)

AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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1ater ([hismiddot proposal will be coruidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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rvest record reqoired aaaual llmlll for die Susitoa iver Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest

ecord required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet rea Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon aonual limit to two ing sahnon 20 inches or greater in length ofwhich only ne can be from the Kenai River (fhis proprual will be onsidered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfuh eetin~)

AAC S80ll Waters seasons bag possession and ize limits aad splaquoial provisions for Cook Inletshyuurrectlon Bay Saltwiter Area Decrease the Cook

nlet saltwater king sahnon bag and possession limii to one ing salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king almon (This proprual will be considered at the lower an

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A-meNrL~ -fo INC middot-8 JJNllcJnk ~J er ec ls O ~smiddoteninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep i- ~ I I - -ha reek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks rNjS cle middot - eAI ~v1 - c1tJr JfeV caaaie 2 ~Ni Nbulle -I~ j~ lr-ltJ-1-~d-~d ~SSeJ JO - 0 ~ 0 I AAC ~122 Special provisions and localized tJ-6Se J0-0 Cl ditioos and ncepllons to the seasons bag possession

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sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 58022 Waters seasoas bag pos1euioo aod ize limitt and special provisions for Cook loletshycsurrection Bay Saltwacer Area and 5 AAC 58060 wer Cook lolet Winter Salt Water Kiog Sahnon Sport

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o one fish and esiablish an annual limit of two king almon middot middotmiddot

AAC 58022 Waters seasoat baa poaseuioo aod ize limits and special provisions for Cook lnlershyesurrection Bay Saltwater Aru Eliminate the third aturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only 1shcry in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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AAC S6XXX Nemiddot Section S AAC S7XXX New ecUORi S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 6fXXX ew S~tioo 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing

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AAC 58030 Methods means and general provision Flnfi1h Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho

almon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

AAC S6XXX Nell Section 5 AAC 57XXX New ection S AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX 1ew Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section ud SAAC 2XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing or salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal viii be considered al the lower and Upper Cook Inf et infish meelings)

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bulllXXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major pawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook kt salmon waters (l1is proposal will be considered at

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AAC 56124 Harvest rtt0rd required annual limits or the Kenai PeniJuula Ares S AAC 57124 Ranmiddotest

cord required annual limits for the Kenai River rainage Area S AAC S8024 Harvest record required nnual Umits SAAC S9124 Harvest record requi~d nnual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainage Area 5

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sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

Imo~China Poot dip net fishery to be marbd as ollows

AAC 58012 Watersbull s bag possemoo and ize limit and special provisio r Cook lnletshye5urrectioo Bay Saltwater Area De e lingcod bag d possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to

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Waters seasons bag possession and lze limits and spial provi1ion1 for Cook lnletshyemrrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingc-0d

port fishing season to begin on June I instead of July I as ollows

AAC 01560 Fishing lrampSORS and daily ruhing riods Clarify open periods for subsisteoce salmon

1shing in August in Seldovia Bey as follows

AAC 21200 Fishing districls subdistric nd ioas Change line and descriptions se ating the Port

ick North and South sections in the O er District a~ Uows

AA~350 Closed waters Close waters to crcial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus

any enadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured om mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This oposal will be considered at the lower and Upper Cook nlet Finfah meelings)

AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

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sOSSVpper Cook Inlet Salt a~r Early-run King almon Management Plan Modify the Upper Cook Inle-t ltwater early-run king salmon season to end on June 24

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I ~~tude and longitude coordinates for certain waters ~Je~-s~ i-bull _ke-s _Qgt-c - I 4- ~ v5h~ )~lt y_ -Ce~~- _ + Ae1 er S-a1

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

Imo~China Poot dip net fishery to be marbd as ollows

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any enadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured om mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This oposal will be considered at the lower and Upper Cook nlet Finfah meelings)

AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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tarewide king and Tonner Crab meeting)

AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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AAC 18371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet rea Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

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Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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No one does this

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

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The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

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Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal U1e Dip Net nmiddot Management Plan Require personal use-caught

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AAC 21350 Clo5ed waters Amend waters closed to ommercial fishing jn Lower Cook Inlet

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AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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AAC 11331 Glllnet specifications and openations 5 AC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 f- 1middot ~ q - 0 J AC 1110 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area stablish various management measures to address decline -~Jd rlt e tgt-s le 1 -V 6 returning king salmon to Cook Jnlet including requiring ~ u dt 4Ashyel gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception d closing commercial herring fisheries (Thejinfish e- dS 6 o rpecfs ofthis proposal will be comidered ol the Lower an

la (I I~ s tflpper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tonner crab pecfs ofthis propool will be considered during lhe

tarewide king and Tonner Crab meeting)

AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

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AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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AAC 11331 Glllnet specifications and openations 5 AC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 f- 1middot ~ q - 0 J AC 1110 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area stablish various management measures to address decline -~Jd rlt e tgt-s le 1 -V 6 returning king salmon to Cook Jnlet including requiring ~ u dt 4Ashyel gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception d closing commercial herring fisheries (Thejinfish e- dS 6 o rpecfs ofthis proposal will be comidered ol the Lower an

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tarewide king and Tonner Crab meeting)

AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salrnoo Hatchery ao1gemeot Plan Create a management plan for Tutka

ay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest rjorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describ Jlor- u o ~ te location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Painl River and alibut Cove Lagoon SHAs

AAC 21377 Port Graba111 Salmon Hatchery anagemeot Plan Modify management plan for Port

raham Salmon Hallhel to detennine harvest priorities vithin the special harv~t area (SHA) and ~ribe the ocation of the SHA

AAC 21373 Trall Lakes Salmon Hakhuy tanagemeot Piao Create a management plan for Trail akes Salmon Hatchery to detennine harvest priorities

vjthin the speciaJ harvest area (SHA) describe the location fthe Bear lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay agoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing easons within the SHAs

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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AAC 18371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet rea Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

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AAC ll376 Resurrection Bay Salmoa Management lau and S AAC S6ll2 Special provisions 110d

ocaliud additions and Hlaquoplions to the seasons bag ossesslon aad liu limits and methodt and means for be Kenai Peainsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in esurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye sahnon roodstock goal is met

AAC 28Jll Groundflsh pot storage requirements

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AAC 18371 Landing requirements for Cook Inlet rea Modify offloading requirements for groundfish

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

The Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee met on October 8th for the purpose of discussing BOF LCI proposals They also met on November 12th and took up Prop 74

The meeting was called to order at 600 pm

Members Present Michael Craig David Bayes Tom Hagberg Dave Lyon Lee Martin George Matz Marvin Peters Gary Sinnhuber Dennis Wade Jim Meesis Gus Van Dyke Members Not Present Ty Gates Joey Allred Pete Wedin Tom Young Public Present Beaver Nelson Malcolm Milne Agency Staff Present Jason Herremen (ADFampG) Roger MacCambell (Div of Parks)

The committee approved Dave Lyon to attend the BOF LCI meeting as their representative

Action Requested AC Support or Oppose and comments

43 PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Support - 0 Opposed - 11 State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters Groundfish This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC fishery 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters Moved by Lee seconded by Michael groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetinfs)

44 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock Management Support - 0 Opposed - 11 Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X Chignik Area This is taking money from other fisheries and giving it to a new Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye fishery pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas Finfish meetinfs)

46 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in Support -1 Opposed- 7 Abstain -2 Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries as follows

This amounts to creating a loophole that is not fair to fishermen who play by the rules

Moved by Michael seconded by Thomas

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47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

47 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinfs)

48 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

50 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 9 Abstain -2

Poorly written and poor use of data Need better science

Moved by Michael Seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - l 0 Abstain - l

Poorly written and questionable interpretation of data

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 1 Opposed - 9

Support -1 Opposed - 9

Moved by Michael ans seconded by Thomas

Support - 6 Opposed - 1 Abstain - 4

We think the mortality data is not correct but support the concept

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -1

No one does this

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Amendment by Michael and seconded by Thomas Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-andshyrelease fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetinpounds)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon ([his proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

58 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Close Anchor River to sport fishing on Wednesdays as follows

Including steelhead which are in same genus as our other five species of salmon Support - 9 Opposed -2 Amended proposal Support - 6 Opposed - 4 Abstain -1

Support - I 0 Abstain - I

Support -2 Opposed - 2 Abstain - 7

The proposal is not specific enough as to what is a major spawning area Abstain votes wanted more specific details

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Thomas

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0 Abstain -I

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I0 Abstain -1

Too restrictive and would not allow winter king fishery

Moved by Michael

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes ofNovember 8 2013

47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

59 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Delay reopening Anchor River Deep Creek and Stariski Creek to sport fishing by two weeks as follows

60 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Modify sport fishing season to allow fishing during November and December on Lower Cook Inlet streams as follows

61 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Reduce king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish on the Ninilichik River as follows

63 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught pink and chum salmon for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

65 5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow use of sport-caught spiny dogfish shark for bait in the salt waters of Cook Inlet as follows

66 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Fin fish Allow use of archery gear for sport fishing in Cook Inlet salt waters as follows

67 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

68 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58055 Upper Cook Inlet Salt Water Early-run King Salmon Management Plan Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Cook Inlet king salmon sport fishery as follows

70 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Modify the date king salmon apply to the annual limit in the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon fishery from April I to May I as follows

Support - 3 Opposed - 6 Abstain - 2

ADFampG can use EOs to accomplish the same thing We favor solution 1

Moved by Gary and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - I I

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support - 11 Opposed -0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Marvin

Support - 9 Opposed - 0 Abstain -3

Moved by Michael and seconded by Thomas

Support - I 0 Abstain -1

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - I 0 Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Correction needed for proposal Delete Relocate the Bluff Point marker north to the southern Anchor River marker for management of Upper Cook Inlet saltwater early-run king salmon sport fishery as follows

Support - 11 Opposes - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 0 Opposed - I 0

Not recommended

Moved by Thomas and seconded by Michael

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

This would allow fishing for kings when spawninfkings are in the vicinity

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71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

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Alaska Board of Fisheries Lower Cook Inlet meeting December 8 - 11 2013 Homer Fish amp Game Advisory Committee comments

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon as follows

72 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Eliminate the third Saturday in August (late-run coho) from the youth-only fishery in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon as follows

73 5 AAC 77545 Kachemak Bay Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Management Plan Require personal useshycaught salmon in the China Poot dip net fishery to be marked as follows

74 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease lingcod bag and possession limit in Cook Inlet from two to one as follows

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1 as follows

77 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Change line and descriptions separating the Port Dick North and South sections in the Outer District as follows

78 5 AAC 21200 Fishing districts subdistricts and sections Remove the 300 yards offshore reference and remove references to regulatory markers and replace with latitude and longitude coordinates for certain waters as follows

82 5 AAC 21XXX Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Tutka Bay Lagoon Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) and describe the location of the Tutka Bay Lagoon Paint River and Halibut Cove Lagoon SHAs as follows

Support - 0 Opposed - 11

There is no correlation between winter kings and kings hat return to spawn in the area

Moved by Marvin and seconded by Michael

Support 10 Opposed - 0 Abstain - 1

Moved by Michael and seconded by Dennis

Support - 1 1 Opposition - 0

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee

Support 3 - Oppose 6 - Abstain 1

o Exploitation of lingcod currently considered low by ADFG

o Habitat and Age distribution considered healthy o Said thatADFG would oppose this proposition

based upon decreased angler access to the resource

Support - 0 Opposed - 10

Moved by Michael and seconded by David

Support - 11 Opposed - 0

Logical change

Moved by Michael and seconded by Lee Support - 1 I Opposed - 0

Moved by Dave and seconded by Dennis

Amendment by Thomas to delete 3 relating to Halibut Cove Lagoon Support I 0 Opposed - 0 On amended proposal Support - 9 Abstain - 1

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

Meeting began at 7 pm at the Cooper Landing community building on Bean Creek Road

Members Present George Heim Kyle Kolodziejski John Pearson Gerald Neis William Shuster

Members Absent Excused Ed Holsten Robert Gibson Mike Adams Dr James Givens (resigned)

Members Absent Unexcused Billy Coulliette Erick Fish

Elections were held with the following results Robert Gibson Bill Shuster and Alex Kime were elected to serve three year member seats Mike Adams was moved to serve as an Alternate

Lower Cook Inlet BOF proposal comments

Action Requested AC Vote to Support or Oppose any amendments and committee discussion

PROPOSAL XX - 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area 0-6 Oppose State-Waters Groundfish Trawl Management Concern of king by-catch was expressed Would a trawl fishery Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area State-Waters be sustainable in Cook Inlet This would be another impact on Groundfish Trawl Management Plan and 5 AAC halibut - we have recently heard discussion of limiting halibut 2853X Chignik Area State-Waters Groundfish harvest to one per person Whatever comes up out of that net Trawl Management Plan Create state-waters comes up dead groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik AECENEo management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) MgtV 18 2013 5 AAC 2836X Cook Inlet Area Pollock 0-6 Oppose Management Plan 5 AAC 2846X Kodiak Area Same comments as Proposal 43 80ARDs Pollock Management Plan and 5 AAC 2853X ANCHORAee Chignik Area Pollock Management Plan Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finish meetinfs) 5 AAC 284XX New Section 5 AAC 285XX New 6-0 Section and 5 AAC 285XX New Section Require The committee opposed trawling fishing in Cook Inlet but if I 00 percent observer coverage on ground fish trawl there was such a fishery it should have I 00 observance vessels in state-waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and coverage Chignik management areas This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings)

5 AAC 580XX New Section Allow party fishing in 5-1 Support Cook Inlet saltwater sport fisheries Little kids need help hooking their fish It is already abused to a

certain extent Some of the senior citizens also get exhausted very quickly Doesnt believe it is going to impact the overall fishery The guided vessels are getting hammered on and the non-guided vessels are also doing this The sooner people get their fish the sooner they can move off the good spots One member stated the only way he can fish is by proxy and you cant harvest halibut by proxy There should be some age for

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47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes ofNovember 8 2013

47 S AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area S AAC 57120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai River Drainage Area S AAC 59120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area S AAC 60120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Knik Arm Drainages Area S AAC 61110 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area and S AAC 62120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the West Cook Inlet Area Prohibit use of barbed hooks while sport fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

48 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Designate all waters where catch-andshyrelease fishing occurs on salmon as single unbaited barbless-hook waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

49 S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 58XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Establish criteria to designate waters in Cook Inlet as single unbaited barbless hooks waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

so S AAC 56XXX New Section S AAC 57XXX New Section S AAC 59XXX New Section S AAC 60XXX New Section S AAC 61XXX New Section and S AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

children (a person could bring an infant on a boat in order to get two more fish) Someone would also have to be watching the infant rather than fishing 0-6 Oppose This is crazy If the issue is mortality barbless or not there is no difference Would be tempted to amend to pertain only to rainbow trout which this committee has proposed in the past If you are going to catch and release (not many people do that) they should use barbless hooks to allow easier release This is too broad in where they are trying to apply this regulation

0-6 Oppose This is also too broad Doesnt believe 95000 kings were caught and released in Cook Inlet and don t know where those numbers came from

Same comments as Proposal 48

Final vote on amended proposal 0-6 Opposed AMENDMENT applied to the lower portion of the stream only Vote on the amendment - 5 - I The mortality decreases the further upstream the fish go The fish are more vulnerable when they first enter the system If this was applied to the lower 10-20 mile portions of the streams it would make more sense The sockeye season is worse than this of people hammering the fish There needs to be some ability to catch and release for fish that are getting spawned out Ifpeople can only catch two fish as soon as they get their 2nd

fish they move off the area allowing others to fish Would support lower 20 miles on the Kenai (it will vary depending on the river system) There s more information needed for where to apply this and would look to the managers to determine that

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J AC 292 of 5AC 272 of 5

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51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 1 of 4 AC 301 of 4AC 281 of 4

AC 11 of 4

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

AC 12 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

  • Pages from statewide_ac_16-30-2pdf
  • statewide_ac_22-28pdf

Cooper Landing Fish amp Grune Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

51 5 AAC 58030 Methods means and general provisions - Finfish Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for coho salmon in the Cook Inlet-Resurrection Bay Saltwater Area

52 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit catch-and-release fishing for salmon in all Cook Inlet fresh waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

53 5 AAC 56120 General provisions for seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit anglers who are releasing a fish from removing the head of a fish out of the water This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

54 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Prohibit sport fishing in major spawning areas where spawning fish are present in Cook Inlet salmon waters This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finish meetinfs)

55 5 AAC 56124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai Peninsula Area 5 AAC 57124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Kenai River Drainage Area 5 AAC 58024 Harvest record required annual limits 5 AAC 59124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Anchorage Bowl Drainages Area 5 AAC 60124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Knik Arm Drainages Area 5 AAC 61124 Harvest record required annual limits for the Susitna River Drainage Area and 5 AAC 62124 Harvest record required annual limits for the West Cook Inlet Area Decrease Cook Inlet king salmon annual limit to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length of which only one can be from the Kenai River (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

The issue is too complicated

0-6 Oppose Dont know of a study that establishes mortality of salt water catch and release fishing Would tend to believe it would be a lower number There is such a high predatorprey in the salt water if you put an exhausted fish back in the water they are more likely to become food for another fish Silver salmon derby is another point - how would they continue doing that If they are hatchery fish they don t really have a problem

Same comment as Proposal 50

1-5 Oppose This committee submitted a similar proposal for rainbow trout that was not approved Practicality doesn t work Dont want to see people get ticketed when they are trying to do the right thing to release a fish Discussion about the mortality if the head doesn t come out of the water People that regularly fish are better at releasing and more organized for those picture opportunities - the weekend warriors are the ones that create a problem Planning is important 0-6 Oppose That would be the entire Russian River and almost all of the Upper Kenai

0-6 Oppose This may actually make sense Not sure if it would hurt the guides Those that may fish a couple of days may be hurt Concern that this could cause an increase of catch and release fishing

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J AC 293 of 5AC 273 of 5

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Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

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J AC 294 of 5AC 274 of 5

AC 24 of 5AC 74 of 5

Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 1 of 4 AC 301 of 4AC 281 of 4

AC 11 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

AC 12 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

  • Pages from statewide_ac_16-30-2pdf
  • statewide_ac_22-28pdf

Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

56 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Decrease the Cook Inlet saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one king salmon and reduce the annual limit to two king salmon (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

57 5 AAC 56XXX New Section 5 AAC 57XXX New Section 5 AAC 58XXX New Section 5 AAC 59XXX New Section 5 AAC 60XXX New Section 5 AAC 61XXX New Section and 5 AAC 62XXX New Section Limit amount of sport-caught fish that may be exported to 100 pounds of fillets (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

71 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area and 5 AAC 58060 Lower Cook Inlet Winter Salt Water King Salmon Sport Fishery Management Plan Decrease the Lower Cook Inlet winter saltwater king salmon bag and possession limit to one fish and establish an annual limit of two king salmon

75 5 AAC 58022 Waters seasons bag possession and size limits and special provisions for Cook InletshyResurrection Bay Saltwater Area Change the lingcod sport fishing season to begin on June 1 instead of July 1

79 5 AAC 21350 Closed waters Close waters to commercial fishing within one statute mile of the terminus of any anadromous fish stream in Cook Inlet as measured from mean lower low tide not mean high tide (This proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings)

81 5 AAC 21331 Gillnet specifications and operations 5 AAC 21332 Seine specifications and operations and 5 AAC 27410 Fishing seasons for Cook Inlet Area Establish various management measures to address decline in returning king salmon to Cook Inlet including requiring net gear be certified as avoiding king salmon interception and closing commercial herring fisheries (The finfish aspects ofthis proposal will be considered at the Lower and Upper Cook Inlet meetings The king and Tanner crab aspects ofthis proposal will be considered during the Statewide king and Tanner Crab meeting)

0-6 Oppose This proposal asks that a king not be removed at all from salt water which would be impossible to release

0-6 Opposed What if you are a family of seven This is too limiting

This makes no sense

0-1-5 Oppose Would like the opportunity to fish for lingcod while they are fishing for kings Is there a biological reason why it is closed till July 1 Thought that was why it was closed through June Dont support pending halibut harvest bag limit that may be reduced and lingcod will get pounded if that haooens 3-0-3 Support During low tide there would only be a couple of water flows sufficient to allow fish so they could easily be corked

This is complicated There are some really good ideas and generally there is a concern of the king salmon stocks

Page 4 of 5

J AC 294 of 5AC 274 of 5

AC 24 of 5AC 74 of 5

Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

Page 5 of 5

J AC 295 of 5AC 275 of 5

AC 25 of 5AC 75 of 5

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 1 of 4 AC 301 of 4AC 281 of 4

AC 11 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

AC 12 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFampG Boards Support

At the Request of the Advisory Committee

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

  • Pages from statewide_ac_16-30-2pdf
  • statewide_ac_22-28pdf

Cooper Landing Fish amp Game Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 8 2013

84 5 AAC 21373 Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery Management Plan Create a management plan for Trail Lakes Salmon Hatchery to determine harvest priorities within the special harvest area (SHA) describe the location of the Bear Lake China Poot and Hazel Lake Tutka Bay Lagoon and Kirchner Lake SHAs and define fishing seasons within the SHAs

85 5 AAC 21376 Resurrection Bay Salmon Management Plan and 5 AAC 56122 Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons bag possession and size limits and methods and means for the Kenai Peninsula Area Prohibit sport fishing in Resurrection River until the Bear Lake sockeye salmon broodstock goal is met

This would allow a procedure for cost recovery The committee would prefer to see some actual language of a plan so they would know what they are voting on It would make sense to have a plan

This should be shared among all user groups not just sport fish groups and prohibit until the broodstock goal is met but perhaps when it is projected to be met

Next meeting the committee will review Upper Cook Inlet BOF proposals for comments will be prepared at a meeting December 14 December 28th or January 4th at 10 am

Meeting adjourned at 930 pm

Page 5 of 5

J AC 295 of 5AC 275 of 5

AC 25 of 5AC 75 of 5

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 1 of 4 AC 301 of 4AC 281 of 4

AC 11 of 4

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

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Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

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Chignik Fish and Game Advisory Committee Excerpt of Draft Meeting Minutes pertaining to Kodiak BOF

November 14 2013

Location Chignik Lagoon Subsistence Building

Minutes I Call to Order at 145 pm

II Roll Call Committee Members Present Absent Don Bumpus Chignik Lagoon Vice Chair Noah Shanign Ivanof Bay Rodney Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alt Ben Allen Chignik Bay Gary Anderson Chignik Lagoon Don Lind Chignik Lake Jacob Shangin Ivanof Bay Chair Harry Kalmakoff Chignik Lake Stephan Shangin Ivanof Bay Alvin Boskofsky Chignik Lake Patrick Kosbruk Perryville Marvin Yagie Perryville Boris Kobruk Jr Perryville Alfredo Abeuid Chignik Lagoon

Seven of thirteen members are present quorum is established

Others in Attendance Susie Jenkins- Brito ADFG Charlie Russell ADFampG Mark Stichert ADFampG James Jackson ADFampG Gayla Woods BBNA Frank Woods BBNA Courtney Gomez BBNA Chuck McCallum Lake and Pen Borough George Anderson Chignik Lagoon Aaron Anderson Chignik Lagoon Alvin Pedersen Chignik Lagoon Ernie Carlson

III Approve Agenda Patrick Kosbruk moves for Approval of the Agenda Gary 2nds

Agenda Approved by unanimous consent

IV Approval of Minutes Patrick Kosbruk moves to approve the September 10 and October 3 minutes Minutes approved by unanimous consent

V Introductions All present briefly introduced themselves

VI BOF Proposed Regulatory Changes

PROPOSAL 43 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 1 of 4 AC 301 of 4AC 281 of 4

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

AC 12 of 4

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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DESCRIPTION Create state-waters groundfish management plans for trawl vessels less than 58 feet in the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Several members expressed concern against any kind of drag fishery citing how fragile our Tanner crab are and are completely opposed to dragging inside three miles A major problem with the idea of having 100 observers is that the State doesnrsquot have an observer program and it would be a major hurdle to implement one QUESTION CALLED Patrick Kosbruk ACTION Motion Failed 0 - 7

PROPOSAL 44 - Action Taken Oppose 0-7 DESCRIPTION Create state-waters walleye pollock management plans for Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson DISCUSSION QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Failed 0 ndash 7

PROPOSAL 45 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 7-0 DESCRIPTION Require 100 percent observer coverage on groundfish trawl vessels in state waters of the Cook Inlet Kodiak and Chignik management areas (This proposal will be considered at the Chignik Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Finfish meetings) Motion to adopt Don Second Gary AMENDMENT Close all Chignik Area State-waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic and non-pelagic trawl DISCUSSION Itrsquos not clear who would be responsible for observers the State or the Feds Can the State tell feds to have 100 observer coverage inside 3 miles If the Feds say no then the State needs to develop its own program and that would be difficult The State can keep boats from fishing inside three if they donrsquot have 100 observersIf they were fishing mid-water then fine but we donrsquot know they are and we donrsquot know the impacton kings and the hitting bottom Cod are mid-water also and flatfish can be mid water sometimes and we just donrsquot know theimpact The eastern District is very shallow inside 3 and your net is going to hit bottom By definition Pelagic trawling is mid-water Aaron A commented at the meeting that just because they are considered mid-water doesnrsquot mean that they stay mid-water The bigger fish are close to the bottom during certain times of the day The draggers then target them What they wonrsquot tellyou though is that they end up scraping the bottom on a regular basis doing so Because they do this they try to stay on mud bottom otherwise they tear up their nets Our crab are on mud bottom Crab move tremendous distances why arenrsquot the crab coming back the way they should And what is happening to our halibut fishery

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 2 of 4 AC 302 of 4AC 282 of 4

AC 12 of 4

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

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Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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AMENDMENT Motion Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus Amendment made to close all Chignik Area State waters (within 3 miles) to all pelagic trawl QUESTION CALLED Gary ACTION Motion Passes as Amended 7 ndash 0

Stephan Shangin excused from meeting remaining proposals discussed by subcommittee appointed by the Chair approved unanimously prior to Stephanrsquos departure subcommittee consists of remaining six AC members

Kodiak Finfish Proposals

PROPOSAL 92 - Action Taken Support with Amendment 6-0 DESCRIPTION Change management standard that harvest of sockeye salmon in Cape Igvak Section not exceed 15 at any time or before August 26 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Rodney Anderson AMENDMENT Change the August 26 date to July 25 DISCUSSION The amendment is to address the only reason that the department opposed the proposal ndash the department needs to be able to manage the local pinks and chums between July 25 and August 26 Motion to amend Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus QUESTION CALLED Gary Anderson ACTION Motion Passed as amended 6 - 0

PROPOSAL 93 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Amend plan to apply allocation of 15 of total Chignik sockeye salmon catch only before July 8 Motion to adopt Don Bumpus Second Gary Anderson DISCUSSION Don- How many reds are taken from Cape Igvak section post July 8th Dept- Harvest varies from year to year

Aaron- Is this proposal passes what would happen post july 8th Dept- After 25th they will be managed on local stocks

George- What is the of the cape igvak section contribution of the overall Kodiak salmon harvest Dept- Table 9 of the AMR breakdown by fishery The information is there

QUESTION CALLED ACTION Motion Passed 6 ndash 0

PROPOSAL 94 - Action Taken Support 6-0 DESCRIPTION Require check-in and check-out in Cape Igvak Section and delivery of salmon before leaving section

Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 3 of 4 AC 303 of 4AC 283 of 4

AC 13 of 4

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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Motion to adopt Rodney Anderson Second Don Bumpus DISCUSSION Rodney We as fisherman can get blurred vision when it comes to reporting I am looking for a way to clarify the reporting QUESTION CALLED Don Bumpus ACTION Motion Passes 6 ndash 0

Full Minutes (pertaining to Chignik and Statewide BOF)

Available upon Request

Meeting Minutes formatted by

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Chignik AC Minutes November 14 2013 page 4 of 4 AC 304 of 4AC 284 of 4

AC 14 of 4

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