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Alaska Board of Game / CALL FOR PROPOSALS ALASKA BOARD OF GAME
« on: February 01, 2012, 01:25:26 PM »
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

ALASKA BOARD OF GAME


2012/2013 Meeting Cycle

Southeast, Southcentral, and Central/Southwest Regions

 

The Alaska Board of Game calls for proposed changes in the regulations pertaining to hunting, trapping, and the use of game for the following regions:

 

1)   Southeast Region (Game Management Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)

2)   Southcentral Region (Game Management Units 6, 7, 8, 14C, and 15)

3)   Central/Southwest Region (Game Management Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14A, 14B, 15, 16 & 17)

 

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:  May 1, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Please Note:  The Board of Game is now issuing an annual Call for Proposals rather than a separate Call for each meeting.  This Call for Proposals for the regulations scheduled for the 2012/2013 meeting cycle is specified below.

 

 

Southeast, Southcentral, and Central/Southwest Regions:  The Alaska Board of Game is accepting proposed changes to the following topics for the Game Management Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

 

Hunting seasons and bag limits including subsistence and general hunts for all species; trapping seasons and bag limits; big game prey populations and objectives for intensive management; predation control areas implementation plans; community subsistence harvest areas; restricted areas including controlled use areas, management areas, closed areas, and closures in state game refuges; special permit areas and hunts including Unit 8 brown bear permits, and permits for access to McNeil River, Walrus Islands, and Stan Price State Wildlife Sanctuaries.

 

Note - the Board of Game has placed moratoriums on the following topics and will not be accepting proposals for these topics:

·         Taking bears in the Seymour Canal Closed Area

·         Taking bears in the Cape Douglas Kamishak Special Use area (McNeil River)

 

The following topics will be considered for all Game Management Units:

Brown Bear Tag Fee Exemptions

Reauthorization of Antlerless Moose Hunts (State statute requires all antlerless moose hunts be reauthorized annually.)

 

Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, or online:

 

Mail:               ADF&G, Boards Support Section

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99811-5526

Fax:                (907) 465-6094

Online:           www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.proposal 

 

Proposals must be received by May 1, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. (A postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt).  You are encouraged to submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Please submit proposals online at: www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.proposal ; or on Board of Game proposal forms available from the Boards Support Section regional offices and on the website.  All proposals must contain an individual’s name or an organizational name if appropriate, contact telephone number, and address.  A fax is acceptable and considered an original.

 

All proposals are reviewed by the board’s proposal review committee prior to publication.  The proposal review committee reserves the right to edit proposals containing offensive language.  Emotionally charged language will be eliminated as it detracts from the substance of the proposal, may draw opposition not germane to the element(s) of the proposal, and may elicit nonresponsive charges from the public/board members.  Proposals published in the proposal book will be referenced with the appropriate Alaska Administrative Code citation and include a brief description of the action requested.  Proposals not meeting this call will not be published.  Following publication, proposal booklets will be available to advisory committees and the public for review and comment.

 

You are encouraged to contact the Boards Support Section staff if you have questions or need assistance with completing the proposal form.  Providing clarity on the proposal form helps the board, advisory committees, and the public more fully understand the proposed regulatory changes.  Proposals that are incomplete or unclear may be omitted from the proposal book.  Please submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Proposals received per the above “Call for Proposals” deadline will be considered by the Board of Game during the 2012-2013 meeting schedule.

 

For more information, please contact the Alaska Board of Game Executive Director at (907) 465-4110, or any of the following regional offices.

 

ADF&G Boards Support Section

Regional Offices:

 

Southeast Region

Scott Crass/Shannon Stone

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99802-5526

(907) 465-4110

 
   

Western Region

Alissa Joseph

P.O. Box 1467

Bethel, AK 99559

(907) 543-2709

 
   

 
   

 

 
   

 
   

 

Interior Region

Nissa Pilcher

1300 College Road

Fairbanks, AK 99701-1599

(907) 459-7263

 
   

Southcentral Region

Sherry Wright

333 Raspberry Road

Anchorage, AK 99518-1599

(907) 267-2354

 
   

 
               

 

www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME


 

The Alaska Board of Game proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with the use and taking of game.  Regulations subject to board action are in 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98 and 99.  The subject matter areas to be addressed concern Game Management Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C; and statewide reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts and brown bear tag fee exemptions.  The board will also address additional topics for other Game Management Units and statewide provisions as described below:

 

A.  TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C, including but not limited to: beaver, coyote, mink, marten, otter, muskrat, squirrel, marmot, fox, weasel, lynx, black bear, and wolves.  In addition, the definition of bucket foot snare.

 

B.  HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS in Units 12, 19, 20 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C for all species including, but not limited to: bison, muskox, moose, caribou, black bear, Dall sheep, brown bear, wolves, wolverine, lynx, fur animals, small game, unclassified game, and deleterious exotic wildlife.  In addition, the potential for Tier I or Tier II subsistence hunting for each population and the reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts in all Units.

 

C.  LICENSES, HARVEST TICKETS, HARVEST REPORTS, TAGS, FEES, AND PERMITS in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C, including, but not limited to: discretionary and required permit hunt conditions and procedures including requirements for antler locking tags and same day airborne assistance for taking bison;  taking of game by proxy; permits for hunting black bear and brown bear with the use of bait or scent lures; special provisions for moose and Dall sheep hunts; guide requirements for nonresidents; maintaining bait stations by guides and assistant guides; special hunts for youth and disabled individuals; hunter education requirements; community subsistence harvest hunts, areas and conditions; and reauthorization of brown bear tag fee exemptions.  In addition, discretionary trapping permit conditions and procedures including black bear trapping requirements for age, residency, salvage, sealing, evidence of sex and identity, identification and checking bear bait and snare stations; and taking bear with snares and with the use of artificial light.

 

D. HUNTING AND TRAPPING METHODS AND MEANS in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C including, but not limited to:  lawful methods of taking game, big game, and furbearers, including taking bear at bait stations the same day airborne; allowing the use of helicopters to access to trapping; and requirements for checking traps.

 

E.   POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF GAME in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C including, but not limited to:  sealing of bear skins and skulls; salvage of game meat, furs, and hides; taking cub bears and female bears with cubs; and purchase and sale of game.

 

F.   RESTRICTED AREAS AND GAME MANAGEMENT UNITS in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C including, but not limited to:  areas closed to hunting and trapping; closures and restrictions in state game refuges; management areas including Minto Flats and Fairbanks Management Areas; controlled use areas including Yanert, Koyukuk, Kanuti, Wood River, Ladue, and new Controlled Use Areas in Unit 20.  In addition, restrictions for use of motorized vehicles; allowing the use of crossbows; and taking of small game by falconry in the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area.

 

G.  INTENSIVE / PREDATOR MANAGEMENT in Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C for all prey populations and populations having a positive finding as identified big game prey populations.  In addition, predation control areas implementation plans for Units 20, 24, 9, 17 and 19, including habitat manipulation, population and harvest objections, and related findings.

 

H.  CUSTOMARY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF GAME POPULATIONS for Units 12, 9, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B and 26C including but not limited to: amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence uses for game including wolves.

 

I.    STATEWIDE AND OTHER PROVISIONS:  Seasons and bag limits for bear and moose in Units 9B and 9C; the sale of big game trophies; moose hunting in Unit 11; discretionary permit conditions for methods and means for recipients of Governor’s tags; sealing and salvage requirements for black bear; bait station seasons for taking black bear; taking cub bears and female bears with cubs; and statewide seasons and bag limits for black bear; and permits for falconry.

 

You may comment on the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes by submitting written comments to the Alaska Board of Game, Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.  Comments may also be submitted by fax to (907) 465-6094.

 

Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Game at any time before the proposal is taken up by the board in deliberations, but as a practical matter, written comments should be submitted to the Boards Support Section office at the above address or fax number by 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2012 to ensure inclusion in the board workbooks.

 

Written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals will not be accepted.  Written comments submitted after February 17, 2012 will be limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group.  Written comments that are submitted are public record and are subject to public inspection.

 

The public hearing portion of the meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present when called has been given the opportunity to be heard.  However, state advisory committee representatives may elect to provide testimony at a later portion of the meeting.  The deadline to sign up to testify will be announced at the meeting.  The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time.  The length of oral statements may be limited to three to five minutes, or less.

 

Additional public hearings may be held throughout the meeting just before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations. A live audio stream of the board meeting is intended to be available and can be accessed on the Board of Game website at: www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov .

 

Tentative Meeting Schedule

Interior Region Meeting

Wedgewood Resort

212 Wedgewood Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska  99701

March 2 – 11, 2012

 

An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.  Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110.

 

If you are a person with a disability who may need special accommodations in order to participate in this process, please contact Scott Crass at (907) 465-4110 no later than February 17, 2012 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

 

The proposed regulation changes are available on the Board of Game website www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo or through the ADF&G Boards Support Section Office at (907) 465-4110.

 

Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence and general hunting or trapping regulations is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice the Board of Game may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200, the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice.  The board may make changes to the hunting and trapping regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258 including reexamining customary and traditional use findings and determinations for amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence use.

 

After the public hearing, the Board of Game may adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or amend, reject, supplement, or decide to take no action on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  You should comment during the time allowed if your interest could be affected.

 

Statutory Authority:   AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.270

 

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.256;

AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.407; AS 16.05.346; AS 16.05.340; AS 16.30.010 – .030;

AS 16.05.330, and AS 16.05.783

 

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

 

 

DATE:  January 27, 2012                                                     

                                                                        Kristy Tibbles, Executive Director

Alaska Board of Game

 

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Board of Game

 

2.  General subject of regulation: Interior Region

 

3.  Citation of regulations: 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98, and 99

 

4.  Reason for the proposed action:

     (   )  compliance with federal law

     (   )  compliance with new or changed state statute

     (   )  compliance with court order

     (   )  development of program standards

     (X) other: Regularly scheduled topics for the Interior Region, 2012 Board of Game meeting and other miscellaneous provisions.  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05– AS 16.30

 

5.  Program category and RDU: Natural Resources and all RDUs

 

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  It is not possible to estimate cost.    However, this action is not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

                Name:                    Kristy Tibbles

                Title:                       Executive Director, Board Game

                Address:                Boards Support Section

                                                Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game

                                                PO Box 115526

                                                Juneau, AK 99811-5526

                Telephone:            (907) 465-4110

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:

 

                __X__    staff of state agency

                __X__    federal government

                __X__    general public

                ____       petition for regulation change

                _____    other (please list)

 

9.  Date:  January 27, 2012                                                                               Prepared by:                                                       

                                                                                                                                Kristy Tibbles

                                                                                                                                Executive Director, Board of Game

                                                                                                                                907-465-4110

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THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES CALLS FOR PROPOSED CHANGES

IN THE SUBSISTENCE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL USE, SPORT, GUIDED SPORT, AND GUIDED SPORT ECOTOURISM FINFISH REGULATIONS FOR BRISTOL BAY; ARCTIC-YUKON-KUSKOKWIM, ALASKA PENINSULA/ALEUTIAN ISLANDS FINFISH AREAS; AND STATEWIDE FINFISH REGULATIONS

 
PROPOSAL DEADLINE - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, APRIL 10, 2012

 The Alaska Board of Fisheries is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, commercial, personal use, sport, guided sport, and guided sport ecotourism finfish regulations for the Bristol Bay, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim, and Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands management areas.  Finfish includes: salmon, herring, trout, groundfish, char, burbot, northern pike, whitefish, Pacific cod, sablefish, shark, pollock, etc., but does not include halibut.

 

The board is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, commercial, personal use, sport, guided sport, and guided sport ecotourism finfish provisions regulations.  Examples of “statewide finfish” regulations can be found in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code and include, but are not limited to, policy for the management of sustainable salmon fisheries, policy for the management of mixed stock fisheries, policy for statewide salmon escapement goals, possession of sport-caught fish, fishing by proxy, etc.

 

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:  5:00 p.m. Tuesday, APRIL 10, 2012

 

To insure that the proposed booklets are distributed well in advance of the board meetings and the fishing season, the board has set 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 as the proposal deadline.

 

Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, or online:

 

Mail:               ADF&G, Boards Support Section

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99811-5526

 

Fax:                (907) 465-6094

 

Online:           http://boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov/

 

 

Proposals must be received by the 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 deadline at the Board Support Section office in Juneau.  A postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt.  You are encouraged to submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Please use the Board of Fisheries proposal form, available from any office of the Boards Support Section or on our website at http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/index.php.  Proposals must contain a contact telephone number and address.  Please print or type the individual's name or organization’s name as appropriate.  A fax is acceptable and considered an original.  Currently, we are unable to accept submission of proposal via email. We are working with our information technology section and hope to be able to offer this option soon.

 

All proposals are reviewed by the board's proposal review committee prior to publication.  Language that is emotionally charged detracts from the substance of the proposal.  It may draw opposition that may not be germane to the element(s) of the proposal and may elicit nonresponsive charges from the public/board members.  The proposal review committee reserves the right to edit proposals containing offensive language.  Proposals published in the proposal book will be referenced with the appropriate Alaska Administrative Code citation and include a brief description of the action requested.  Following publication, proposal booklets will be available to advisory committees and the public for review and comment.

 

Proposals received per the above “Call for Proposals” deadline will be considered by the Board of Fisheries during the October 2012 through March 2013 meeting schedule.

 

For more information, please contact the Alaska Board of Fisheries Executive Director at (907) 465-4110.

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12.13.11 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE
REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME

 
Notice is given that the Alaska Board of Game, under the authority of Title 16, Alaska Statutes, proposes to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code which implement, interpret or make specific the provisions of Title 16.
 
The Board of Game may adopt, amend, repeal, or take no action on the subject matters listed below.  Regulations to be the subject of board action concern the use or taking of game and include, but are not limited to the following:
 
A.  HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS, including:  Statewide seasons for ALL big game; taking small game with the use of falconry; brown bear hunting in Units 7 and 15; statewide bag limit for black bear; statewide hunting and trapping seasons by nonresidents; and statewide seasons for youth hunts.
 
B. METHODS AND MEANS FOR TAKING BIG GAME, GAME, FUR ANIMALS, AND FURBEARERS, including: Lawful methods of taking big game and game including with the use of archery and crossbow equipment, compound bows, lighted nocks, broadheads, and artificial or enhanced light equipment; requiring special tags for type of take, rifle or archery; prohibiting the use of electronics, artificial light; certain pack animals, felt soled wading boots, and animal urine; providing archery hunts for disabled individuals; and same day airborne taking of big game and game.  Also under this category, lawful methods of taking furbearers and fur animals including: prohibiting the take of furbearers and fur animals with firearms, the taking of black bears with traps or snares and artificial light; requirements for trapping tags, identification, and checking traps; incidental taking of animals with traps; taking small game through falconry; and use of snares in Unit 1.
 
C.  POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF GAME including: Subsistence bartering; sale of big game trophies; prohibiting the sale of bear parts; record requirements for taxidermists and authorizing the inspection of those records; restrictions to bag limits including wounded game and taking cub bears and female bears with cubs; evidence of sex and identity including requirements for external sex organs to remain attached on certain big game animals; transfer of possession including inspection by federal agents; and salvage and sealing requirements for taking black bear.
 
D. PERMITS, PERMIT HUNT CONDITIONS, AND PROCEDURES, including: All discretionary hunting permit conditions and procedures including requirements for trophy destruction, coordinates of kill locations, antler locking tags, setting seasons, bag limits, methods, and means for recipients of Governor’s tags; discretionary trapping permit conditions associated with incidental take; permits to take game for cultural purposes; permits for scientific, educational, propagative, or public safety purposes; permits for falconry including changes to the ADF&G Falconry Manual and the capture of raptors by nonresidents; permits for public safety purposes; permits to take beavers; restrictions on the number of permit applications and the number allowed to be issued to each person, the allocation of permits for residents and nonresidents; exceptions for deferring permits; and establishing a bonus point drawing permit system.  Also under this category, permits for taking black bear with the use of bait or scent lures including the number of bait sites maintained by guides and assistant guides; baiting permit dates; prohibiting baiting on National Park Service lands; using scent while floating; requirements for accompanying hunters at bait sites; same-day-airborne taking of black bear; bait site identification; archery certification; and guide client agreements.
 
E. PREDATOR CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS including:  Eliminating predator control permits for black bear baiting; responsibilities and authorities of the Department of Fish and Game; nonresident hunting seasons in intensive management areas; and predator control implementation plans for Units 26, 7, 15, and 19.
 
F. REGULATORY DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS including: Definitions for wounded game and certain archery/crossbow equipment; agenda change request policy; harvest tickets and reports for black bear, and general application of the statewide regulations chapter.
 
G.  CUSTOMARY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF GAME POPULATIONS including but not limited to: Amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence uses for furbearers and fur animals.  
 
You may comment on the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes by submitting written comments to the Alaska Board of Game, Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.  Comments may also be submitted by fax to (907) 465-6094.
 
Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Game at any time before the proposal is taken up by the board in deliberations, but as a practical matter, written comments should be submitted to the Boards Support Section office at the above address or fax number by 5:00 pm Friday, December 30, 2011 to ensure inclusion in the board workbooks.
 
Written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals will not be accepted.  Written comments submitted after December 30, 2011 will be limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group.  Written comments that are submitted are public record and are subject to public inspection.
 
The public hearing portion of the meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present when called has been given the opportunity to be heard.  However, state advisory committee representatives may elect to provide testimony at a later portion of the meeting.  The deadline to sign up to testify will be announced at the meeting.  The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time.  The length of oral statements may be limited to three to five minutes, or less.
 
Additional public hearings may be held throughout the meeting just before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations. A live audio stream of the board meeting is intended to be available and can be accessed on the Board of Game website at: www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov .
 
Tentative Meeting Schedule
 
Statewide Regulations, Cycle B Schedule
Anchorage Hilton Hotel
500 West 3rd Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
January 13-18, 2012
 
An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.  Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110.
 
If you are a person with a disability who may need special accommodations in order to participate in this process, please contact Scott Crass at (907) 465-4110 no later than December 30, 2011 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
 
The proposed regulation changes are available on the Board of Game website at www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov; or through the ADF&G Boards Support Section Office at (907) 465-4110.
 
Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence and general hunting or trapping regulations is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice the Board of Game may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200, the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice.  The board may make changes to the hunting and trapping regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258 including reexamining customary and traditional use findings and determinations for amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence use.
 
After the public hearing, the Board of Game may adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or amend, reject, supplement, or decide to take no action on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  You should comment during the time allowed if your interest could be affected.
 
Statutory Authority:   AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.270
 
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.256;
AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.407; AS 16.05.346; AS 16.05.340; AS 16.30.010 – .030;
AS 16.05.330, and AS 16.05.783
 
Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
 
9.  Date:  December 8, 2011                                                   Prepared by:              
                                                                                                Kristy Tibbles
                                                                                                Executive Director, Board of Game
                                                                                                907-465-4110

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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES


 

This SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE amends the Notice of Proposed Changes that was issued on August 26, 2011 concerning proposed regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with fishery and aquatic plant resources by adding the following topics to be considered at the meetings noted:

 

The following additional topics will be addressed at the board’s Statewide Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Miscellaneous Shellfish meeting scheduled for MARCH 20-23, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska:

 

A board generated proposal to adopt a statewide definition of anchor rollers into regulation  (5 AAC 39.105(x)

 

In the Norton Sound red king crab fishery, increase harvest levels.  (5 AAC 34.915)

 

In the Aleutian Islands golden king crab fishery, increase harvest levels. (5 AAC 34.612)

 

In Bristol Bay salmon fishery, amend registration requirements to include electronic submission of registration and re-registration via the web. (5 AAC 06.370)

 

All other provisions posted in the August 26, 2011 Notice of Proposed Changes remain the same, including the public comment periods and tentative meeting schedule.

 

For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, or for a copy of the August 26, 2011 Notice of Proposed Changes, contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK  99811-5526, phone 907-465-4110, or access the internet at:

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.meetinginfo

 

Statutory Authority:  AS 16.05 - AS 16.20, AS 16.40

Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific:  AS 16.05 - AS 16.20, AS 16.40

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulatory actions are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

Date:  October 31, 2011                                 Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                                                                        Alaska Board of Fisheries

FORM FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.         Adopting Agency:  Alaska Board of Fisheries.

 

2.         General subject of regulation:  Norton Sound red king crab, Aleutian Islands golden king crab, registration for the Bristol Bay salmon fishery and Statewide definition for anchor roller;

 

3.         Citation of regulations:  5 AAC 06, 34, and 39

 

4.         Reason for proposed action:  Supplemental topics for the March 2012 Board of Fisheries meeting.  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05 - AS 16.20, AS 16.40.

 

5.         Program category and RDU affected:  Natural Resources and all RDUs.

 

6.         Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  These actions are not expected to require any additional costs.

 

7.         The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

                        Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                        Alaska Board of Fisheries

                        PO Box 115526

                        Juneau, AK  99811-5526

                        (907) 465-4110

 

8.         The origin of the proposed action:

            [X]       staff or state agency

            [   ]       federal government

            [X]       general public

            [  ]        petition for regulation

            [  ]        other (please list)

 

9.         Date: October 31, 2011                      Prepared by:    Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                                                                                                Alaska Board of Fisheries

                                                                                                (907) 465-4110

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERRATA SHEET

 

The  2011-2012 Board of Fisheries proposal book contains errors that are corrected as follows:

 

The management plans addressed in each proposal were mislabeled and are shown with their correct headings below:

 

PROPOSAL 107 - 5 AAC 24.370.  Prince William Sound Management and Salmon Enhancement Allocation Plan.

 

PROPOSAL 111 - 5 AAC 24.370.  Prince William Sound Management and Salmon Enhancement Allocation Plan.

 

PROPOSAL 112 - 5 AAC 24.370.  Prince William Sound Management and Salmon Enhancement Allocation Plan

 

PROPOSAL 109  - 5 AAC 24.368.  Wally Noerenberg (Esther Island) Hatchery Management Plan.

 

This proposal has been corrected as follows:

 

PROPOSAL 215 - 5 AAC 28.110.  Sablefish fishing seasons for Eastern Gulf of Alaska Area. Amend the sablefish fishing season to allow permit holders to participate in stock assessment surveys as follows:

(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, sablefish may be taken outside of established seasons in order to provide information on stock condition and other research questions, as provided in this subsection. The commissioner [SHALL] may request that permit holders who are interested in fishing outside of established seasons for that purpose notify the department. The commissioner [WILL] may randomly select from those permit holders [, AND]. Selected permit holders shall fish under terms specified by the commissioner.

96
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME


 

The Alaska Board of Game proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with the use and taking of game.  Regulations subject to board action are in 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98 and 99.  The subject matter areas to be addressed concern Game Management Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A.  The board will also address additional topics for other Game Management Units and statewide provisions as described below:

 

A.  TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS for Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A, including but not limited to: Beaver, black bear, fox, lynx, marten, otter, mink, weasel, muskrat, squirrel and marmot, wolf, and wolverine.

 

B.  HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS for Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A, including but not limited to: Muskox, black bear, brown bear, caribou, moose including the reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts, Dall sheep, wolf, wolverine, lynx, fur animals, small game including ptarmigan, unclassified game, and deleterious exotic wildlife.  In addition, the potential for Tier I or Tier II subsistence hunting for each population.

C.  LICENSES, HARVEST TICKETS AND REPORTS, TAGS, FEES, PERMITS, AND permit hunt conditions and procedures for Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A, including but not limited to: Required and discretionary hunting and trapping permit conditions including trophy destruction of muskox; brown bear tag fee exemptions; hunter education and orientation requirements; and Tier I and Tier II subsistence permits.

 

D.  HUNTING AND TRAPPING METHODS AND MEANS for Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A including, but not limited to: Unlawful methods of taking game, big game, furbearers and fur animals, including the taking moose with the use of electronic calls and salt licks; taking moose from a boat under power; and violations for trapping non-target species.

 

E.   POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF GAME for 18, 22, 23, and 26A including but not limited to: Purchase and sale of game and game parts; sealing requirements; and salvage of game meat, furs, and hides.

 

F.   RESTRICTED AREAS AND GAME MANAGEMENT UNITS for Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A including but not limited to:  Areas closed to hunting; areas closed to trapping; controlled use areas; and management areas; and the boundary for Game Management Unit 18.

 

G.  INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT in Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A, for all populations having a positive finding as identified big game prey populations, and predation control areas implementation plans, including habitat manipulation, and related findings.

 

H.  CUSTOMARY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF GAME POPULATIONS including but not limited to: Amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence uses for game in Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A.

 

In addition to the topics listed above, the following supplementary topics concerning changes to other Units will be considered:

 

I.    STATEWIDE AND OTHER PROVISIONS:  Intensive management for Unit 15; predator control implementation plan for Unit 9; boundaries for Game Management Units 19 and 21; and the definition for a specific type of snare to be utilized in Unit 1.

 

You may comment on the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes by submitting written comments to the Alaska Board of Game, Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.  Comments may also be submitted by fax to (907) 465-6094.

 

Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Game at any time before the proposal is taken up by the board in deliberations, but as a practical matter, written comments should be submitted to the Boards Support Section office at the above address or fax number by 5:00 pm Friday, October 28, 2011 to ensure inclusion in the board workbooks.

 

Written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals will not be accepted.  Written comments submitted after October 28, 2011 will be limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group.  Written comments that are submitted are public record and are subject to public inspection.

 

The public hearing portion of the meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present when called has been given the opportunity to be heard.  However, state advisory committee representatives may elect to provide testimony at a later portion of the meeting.  The deadline to sign up to testify will be announced at the meeting.  The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time.  The length of oral statements may be limited to three to five minutes, or less.

 

Additional public hearings may be held throughout the meeting just before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations. A live audio stream of the board meeting is intended to be available and can be accessed on the Board of Game website at: www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov .

 

In addition to taking public testimony on the proposed regulatory changes scheduled for this meeting, the board will also allow public testimony on the proposed regulation to authorize a predator control program in Unit 26B which is scheduled for the Statewide Regulations meeting in January, 2012.  This will provide an opportunity for oral testimony to those individuals in the Arctic and Western Regions who are unable to attend the January, 2012 board meeting. A summary of the testimony provided at the November meeting will provided to the board at the Statewide Regulations meeting.

 

Tentative Meeting Schedule

 

Arctic & Western Regions

Inupiat Heritage Center

5241 North Star Street

Barrow, Alaska  99723

November 11-14, 2011

 

An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.  Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110.

 

If you are a person with a disability who may need special accommodations in order to participate in this process, please contact Scott Crass at (907) 465-4110 no later than October 28, 2011 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

 

The proposed regulation changes are available on the Board of Game website at www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov; or through the ADF&G Boards Support Office at (907) 465-4110.

 

Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence and general hunting or trapping regulations is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice the Board of Game may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200, the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice.  The board may make changes to the hunting and trapping regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258 including reexamining customary and traditional use findings and determinations for amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence use.

 

After the public hearing, the Board of Game may adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or amend, reject, supplement, or decide to take no action on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  You should comment during the time allowed if your interest could be affected.

 

Statutory Authority:   AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.270

 

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.256;

AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.407; AS 16.05.346; AS 16.05.340; AS 16.30.010 – .030;

AS 16.05.330, and AS 16.05.783

 

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

 

DATE:  October 3, 2011       

 

Kristy Tibbles, Executive Director

Alaska Board of Game

 

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Board of Game

 

2.  General subject of regulation: Arctic and Western Regions

 

3.  Citation of regulations: 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98, and 99

 

4.  Reason for the proposed action:

     (   )  compliance with federal law

     (   )  compliance with new or changed state statute

     (   )  compliance with court order

     (   )  development of program standards

     (X) other: Regularly scheduled topics for the Arctic & Western 2011 Board of Game meeting and other miscellaneous provisions.  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05– AS 16.30

 

5.  Program category and RDU: Natural Resources and all RDUs

 

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  It is not possible to estimate cost.    However, this action is not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

            Name:              Kristy Tibbles

            Title:                Executive Director, Board Game

            Address:          Boards Support Section

                                    Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game

                                    PO Box 115526

                                    Juneau, AK 99811-5526

            Telephone:       (907) 465-4110

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:

 

            __X__ staff of state agency

            __X__ federal government

            __X__ general public

            ____    petition for regulation change

            _____  other (please list)

 

9.  Date:  October 3, 2011                                                      Prepared by:    Kristy Tibbles

                                                                                                Executive Director, Board of Game

                                                                                                907-465-4110

 

 

 

The Board of Game requested this proposal be added to the agenda for the November, 2011 meeting.

 

PROPOSAL 256   - 5 AAC 92.095 Unlawful methods of taking furbearers; exceptions; and 92.990. Definitions.  Repeal the statewide definition for an ADF&G style breakaway snare; modify and add the requirement to trapping in the Gustavus area.

 

Amend 5 AAC 92.095(a)(16)(A) to allow the use of a specific type of snare with a diverter wire for wolf trapping only in Unit 1C.  The board will discuss modifications to the following language so that it better clarifies the board intent and specifies that this type of snare is required only in Unit 1C.

 

(16) in Unit 1C, that portion west of Excursion Inlet and north of Icy Passage, by using

(A)  a snare with a cable diameter of 1/32 inch or larger that is set out of water, unless the snare cable is severed at a point that is 10.0 inches to 10.5 inches from the cable end stop and then reattached with a double ferrule, and the snare has a wire designed to divert non-target species that is attached  to the snare so that the diverter wire extends at least 28 inches from the snare loop and is perpendicular to the loop [is constructed with an ADF&G-style noose stop/breakaway and a diverter wire];

 



 

5 AAC 92.990(a): Definitions.

 

[(80)  “ADF&G-style noose stop/breakaway” means specifically that the cable is severed at a point that is 10.0 inches to 10.5 inches from the cable end stop and then reattached with a double ferrule

(81)  “diverter wire” means a wire designed to divert non-target species that is attached  to a snare so that the diverter wire extends at least 28 inches from the snare loop and is perpendicular to the loop.]

 

ISSUE:  At the November, 2010 Southeast Region meeting, the Board of Game authorized wolf trapping in Unit 1C with the use a specific type of breakaway snare with a diverter wire for the purpose of diverting non-target species.  At a subsequent meeting, the board requested the regulation be addressed in the November, 2011 Arctic & Western Region meeting in order to modify the description of the snare so that it meets the original intention of the board and that it apply only to Unit 1C.

 

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE?  There may confusion that this snare is used in other areas of the state.

 

WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCTS PRODUCED BE IMPROVED?  N/A

 

WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Trappers will benefit from having better clarification of the regulations.

 

WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER?

 

OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED?  Leave regulation in place.

 

PROPOSED BY:   Board of Game

 

LOG NUMBER: ADFGBOG256

97
Notice of Adoption of Emergency Regulations of the Alaska Board ofGame - Unit 3 Black Bear
   
Date:     Tue 09/13/11 05:22 PM


NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS

OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME


 

 

On September 8, 2011, the Alaska Board of Game adopted, as emergency regulations, changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with a Controlled Use Area for black bear hunting in Game Management Unit 3.

 

The emergency regulations took effect September 9, 2011 and will expire January 6, 2012.  The Board of Game does not intend to make the emergency regulations permanent.

 

For a copy of the emergency regulations, contact Kristy Tibbles at Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Board of Game, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526; telephone number: (907) 465-4110, or via email @ Kristy.tibbles@alaska.gov.

 

Statutory Authority:  AS 16.05.255

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255

Fiscal Information:  The regulations are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

 

 

 

DATE:       September 12, 2011   

Kristy Tibbles

Executive Director, Alaska Board of Game

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK 99811

907-465-4110

 

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Board of Game

 

2.  General subject of regulation:  Unit 3 Black Bear Hunting Controlled Use Area.

 

3.  Citation of regulation (may be grouped):  5 AAC 92.510 (12)(a)(i).

 

4.  Reason for the proposed action:

() compliance with federal law

(  )  compliance with new or changed state statute

(  )  compliance with court order

(  )  development of program standards

( X ) other:  Public Petition

 

5.  Appropriation/Allocation:  Natural Resources and all RDUs.

 

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):  The department is not expected to incur a cost of implementation of this regulation change.

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

      Name               Kristy Tibbles

      Title                 Executive Director, Alaska Board of Game

      Address           ADF&G Boards Support Section

                        P.O. Box 115526

                        Juneau, Alaska 99801

      Telephone        (907) 465-4110

      E-mail address            kristy.tibbles@alaska.gov

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:

                  staff of state agency

      _____  federal government

      _____  general public

      __X__ petition for regulation change

      _____  other (please list)_________________________________________________

 

9.  Date:  September 12, 2011                  Prepared by:    Kristy Tibbles

                                    Title:          Executive Director, Board of Game

                                    Telephone: (907) 465-4110

 

98
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES

 

The Alaska Board of Fisheries proposes to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations contained in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with fishery and aquatic plant resources in the areas designated below, including the following:

 

PACIFIC COD FOR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, COOK INLET, KODIAK, CHIGNIK, AND SOUTH ALASKA PENINSULA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND UPPER COPPER RIVER/UPPER SUSITNA RIVER FINFISH; SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AND YAKUTAT KING AND TANNER CRAB, DUNGENESS CRAB, SHRIMP, AND MISCELLANEOUS SHELLFISH; SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AND YAKUTAT FINFISH; STATEWIDE DUNGENESS CRAB, SHRIMP AND MISCELLANEOUS SHELLFISH FISHERY REGULATIONS:

 

A. In the commercial, sport, and guided sport fisheries: fishing seasons, periods, opening and closing times; bag, possession, size, sex, and harvest limits, harvest levels, thresholds, or quotas; bycatch provisions; districts, subdistricts, sections, subsections, areas, and other management boundaries; locations open and closed to fishing; methods and means; gear and vessel restrictions, marking, definitions, operational requirements, registration and permit requirements and limitations; registration areas (including exclusive and super exclusive registration areas), permits, harvest records, harvest marking requirements; management plans for conservation, development and allocation among beneficial uses; guiding principles; require, restrict or prohibit the retention, tendering, sale, release, or purchase of fish; methods of release; registration and reporting requirements for fish guides, guided anglers, catchers, processors, buyers and transporters; onboard observer requirements; fish storage and inspection requirements.

 

B. In the subsistence, and personal use fisheries (finfish and shellfish): identify subsistence uses and users; fishing seasons, periods, opening and closing times, harvest levels; methods and means; size, age, and sex limitations; districts, subdistricts, sections, subsections, areas, and other management boundaries; locations open and closed to fishing; gear and vessel restrictions and operational requirements; harvest limits, registration and permit requirements, requirements for marking and possession of fish; management plans for conservation, development and allocation among beneficial uses, and users; identify customary and traditional uses of fish stocks, and establish, change or adjust subsistence and personal use fisheries.

 

For a copy of the proposed regulation changes contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526, tel. (907) 465-4110 or go to the internet at: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.main

 

You may comment on the regulation changes, including the potential costs to the private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments limited to no more than 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526, or by fax to (907) 465-6094, so that the comments will be received no later than two weeks prior to the meeting during which the topic will be considered.  Unless otherwise specifically specified for a particular meeting in a published notice, written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals at any one meeting will not be accepted. Written comments limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group will also be accepted after the two-week deadline, but will not be inserted in board member workbooks until the beginning of the meeting.  During the meeting written comments limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group may be submitted by hand delivery at any time if 25 copies are provided; but, as a practical matter comments submitted after the board begins deliberations on relevant proposals are likely to receive less consideration than comments submitted earlier.  Oral comments may also be presented as explained below.

 

There will be five separate regulatory meetings.  Each meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. on the dates noted below.  The public hearing portions for each regulatory meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present has been given the opportunity to be heard.  Additional public hearings with Board Committees may be held throughout the meeting before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations for the various areas.  An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.

 

The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time announced by the board chair at each regulatory meeting.  The length of oral statements may be limited to five minutes or less.  Anyone interested in, or affected by, the subject matter contained in this legal notice should make written or oral comments if they wish to have their views considered by the board.

 
TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE

Work Session:  agenda change requests, cycle organization, stocks of concern

October 4-5, 2011

Coast International Inn, 3450 Aviation Ave, Anchorage, AK

 

Pacific Cod for Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, Chignik, and South Alaska Peninsula Commercial Fisheries

October 6-10, 2011

Coast International Inn, 3450 Aviation Ave, Anchorage, AK

 

Prince William Sound and Upper Copper River/Upper Susitna River Finfish

December 2-7, 2011

Convention & Civic Center, 212 Chenega Ave., Valdez, AK

 

Southeastern Alaska and Yakutat King and Tanner Crab, Dungeness

Crab, Shrimp, and Miscellaneous Shellfish

January 15-21, 2012

Sons of Norway, 23 Sing Lee Alley, Petersburg, AK

 

Southeastern Alaska and Yakutat Finfish

February 24-March 4, 2012

Ted Ferry Civic Center, 888 Venetia Way, Ketchikan, AK

 

Statewide Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Miscellaneous Shellfish

(except Southeastern and Yakutat) and Supplemental Issues

March 20-23, 2012

Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK

Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110. Please carefully review the PROPOSAL INDEX available for the meeting for specific proposal issues to be addressed by the board.  Copies of the proposal indices are in the proposal book or at the relevant meeting.

 

Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport or commercial fishing regulations, is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice, the Board of Fisheries may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200(b), the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice. The board may make changes to the personal use, sport, guided sport or commercial fishing regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258.  On its own motion, after public hearing, the board may adopt, amend, reject, supplement, or take no action on these subjects without further notice.  In addition, the board may adopt other regulations necessary to implement, administer, or enforce the regulations adopted.  THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED.

 

If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in the process on the proposed regulations, please contact Monica Wellard at (907) 465-4110 no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of each meeting to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

 

Statutory Authority:  AS 16.05 - AS 16.20, AS 16.40

Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific:  AS 16.05 - AS 16.020, AS 16.40

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulatory actions are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

Date: 8/26/11________________                                                                         

                                                                        Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                                                                        Alaska Board of Fisheries

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.         Adopting Agency:  Alaska Board of Fisheries.

 

2.         General subject of regulations:  PACIFIC COD FOR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, COOK INLET, KODIAK, CHIGNIK, AND SOUTH ALASKA PENINSULA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND UPPER COPPER RIVER/UPPER SUSITNA RIVER FINFISH; SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AND YAKUTAT KING AND TANNER CRAB, DUNGENESS CRAB, SHRIMP, AND MISCELLANEOUS SHELLFISH; SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AND YAKUTAT FINFISH; STATEWIDE DUNGENESS CRAB, SHRIMP AND MISCELLANEOUS SHELLFISH FISHERY REGULATIONS

 

3.         Citation of regulations:  5 AAC 01 - 5 AAC 77.

 

4.         Reason for proposed actions:  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05 - AS 16.20.

 

5.         Program category and RDU affected:  Natural Resources and all RDUs.

 

6.         Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  It is not possible to estimate the costs.  However, these actions are not expected to require any additional costs.

 

7.         The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

                        Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                        Alaska Board of Fisheries

                        PO Box 115526

                        Juneau, AK  99811-5526

                        (907) 465-4110

                        Email: monica.wellard@alaska.gov

 

8.         The origin of the proposed action:

            [X]       staff or state agency

            [X]       general public

 

9.         Date:  August 26, 2011                                   Prepared by:   

                                                                        Monica Wellard, Executive Director

                                                                        Alaska Board of Fisheries

                                                                        (907) 465-4110

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Alaska Board of Game 2011-2012 Proposal Book Now Available

I am pleased to announce the Alaska Board of Game proposal book is now available online. The Alaska Board of Game will consider these regulatory proposals at its meetings scheduled for November 2011 through March 2012.  The proposals generally concern changes to the state’s hunting and trapping regulations for the Arctic and Western Regions (Region V); the Interior Region (Region III), and Statewide Regulations, Cycle B schedule.  Some proposals have statewide application and some proposals affect other regions of the state so please read all the proposals presented in this book.

Click here for the 2011/2012 Board of Game Proposal Book
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/regprocess/gameboard/pdfs/2011-2012/alaskaboardofgame2012.pdf

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March 26-30, 2011 meeting on Southcentral Region Topics by the Alaska Board of Game.

 
 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME

The Alaska Board of Game proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with the use and taking of game.  Regulations subject to board action are in 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98 and 99.  The subject matter areas to be addressed concern Game Management Units 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15.  The board will also address additional topics for other Game Management Units and statewide provisions as described below:

 

A.  TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS for Units 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including but not limited to: beaver, black bear, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, otter, mink, weasel, muskrat, squirrel and marmot, wolf, and wolverine.

 

B.  HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS for Units 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including but not limited to: bison, black bear, brown bear, caribou, deer, elk, goat, moose, Dall sheep, wolf, wolverine, fur animals, small game including waterfowl, unclassified game, deleterious exotic wildlife, reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts, and including the potential for Tier I or Tier II subsistence hunting for each population.

 

C.  LICENSES, HARVEST TICKETS AND REPORTS, HARVEST GUIDELINE LEVELS, TAGS, FEES, PERMITS, AND permit hunt conditions and procedures for Unit 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including but not limited to: required and discretionary hunting and trapping permit conditions and procedures; hunter education and orientation requirements; taking game by proxy; Tier I and Tier II subsistence permits; reporting requirements including deer reports and surveys, and establishing check stations for moose hunters; permit for hunting bear with the use of bait or scent lures; and special provisions for moose, Dall sheep, and brown bear drawing permit hunts.  

 

D.  HUNTING AND TRAPPING METHODS AND MEANS for 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including, but not limited to: lawful methods of taking game, big game, furbearers and fur animals; same day airborne hunting of bear at bait stations; same day aerial shooting of wolves; use of artificial light for taking predators; use of motorized vehicles for individuals with disabilities and for the purpose of retrieving meat; trap identification requirements and restrictions for using traps in certain areas and near trails; and prohibiting the harvest of big game for a certain period after being transported.

 

E.   POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF GAME for 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including but not limited to: purchase and sale of game and game parts; sealing requirements including bear and moose antlers; salvage of game meat, furs, and hides; taking cub bears and female bears with cubs prohibited; and prohibiting the sale of black bear hides and parts.

 

F.   RESTRICTED AREAS in 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, including but not limited to: areas closed to hunting including the Resurrection Creek closed area; areas closed to trapping including an area near Portage Creek; controlled use areas including the Lower Kenai Controlled Use Area; management areas, and closures and restrictions in state game refuges.

 

G.  INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT in 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15, for all populations having a positive finding as identified big game prey populations, and predation control areas implementation plans, including habitat manipulation, and related findings.

 

In addition to the topics listed above, the following supplementary topics concerning changes to other Units or statewide regulations will be considered:

 

H. STATEWIDE AND OTHER PROVISIONS:  Establishing a new permit regulation allowing a bonus point system for some drawing hunts; requirements for second degree kindred relatives taking nonresidents on certain big game hunts; prohibiting the feeding of Dall sheep; prohibiting the modification of Dall sheep horns; harvest tickets and reports including outlawing the falsification of information; unlawful possession or transportation of game including the seizure of animals in certain circumstances; authorizing inspection of taxidermy businesses and setting other requirements; unlawful use of taser-type devices; and classification of game statewide.

 

You may comment on the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes by submitting written comments to the Alaska Board of Game, Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.  Comments may also be submitted by fax to (907) 465-6094.

 

Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Game at any time before the proposal is taken up by the board in deliberations, but as a practical matter, written comments should be submitted to the Boards Support Section office at the above address or fax number by 5:00 pm Friday, March 11, 2011 to ensure inclusion in the board workbooks.  Comments that have already been submitted for those proposals that are scheduled for consideration at both Board of Game meetings do not need to be resubmitted.

 

Written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals will not be accepted.  Written comments submitted after March 11, 2011 will be limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group.  Written comments that are submitted are public record and are subject to public inspection.

 

The public hearing portion of the meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present when called has been given the opportunity to be heard.  However, state advisory committee representatives may elect to provide testimony at a later portion of the meeting.  The deadline to sign up to testify will be announced at the meeting.  The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time.  The length of oral statements may be limited to three to five minutes, or less.  Additional public hearings may be held throughout the meeting just before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations. An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.

 

Tentative Meeting Schedule

Coast International Inn

333 West International Airport Road

Anchorage, Alaska  99502

March 26-30, 2011

Southcentral Region Topics

Note:  Meeting begins on a Saturday

 

A live audio stream of the Board meeting is intended to be available on the Board of Game website at: www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov . Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110.

 

If you are a person with a disability who may need special accommodations in order to participate in this process, please contact Scott Crass at (907) 465-4110 no later than March 18, 2011 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

 

The proposed regulation changes are available on the Board of Game website at www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov; or through the ADF&G Boards Support Office at (907) 465-4110.

 

Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence and general hunting or trapping regulations is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice the Board of Game may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200, the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice.  The board may make changes to the hunting and trapping regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258 including reexamining customary and traditional use findings and determinations for amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence use.

 

After the public hearing, the Board of Game may adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or amend, reject, supplement, or decide to take no action on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  You should comment during the time allowed if your interest could be affected.

 

Statutory Authority:   AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.270

 

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.256;

AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.407; AS 16.05.346; AS 16.05.340; AS 16.30.010 – .030;

AS 16.05.330, and AS 16.05.783

 

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

 

DATE:  February 18, 2011                                        

                                                                        Kristy Tibbles, Executive Director

Alaska Board of Game

 

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Board of Game

 

2.  General subject of regulation: Southcentral Region

 

3.  Citation of regulations: 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98, and 99

 

4.  Reason for the proposed action:

     (   )  compliance with federal law

     (   )  compliance with new or changed state statute

     (   )  compliance with court order

     (   )  development of program standards

     (X) other: Regularly scheduled topics for the Southcentral 2011 Board of Game meeting and other miscellaneous provisions.  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05– AS 16.30

 

5.  Program category and RDU: Natural Resources and all RDUs

 

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  It is not possible to estimate cost.    However, this action is not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

            Name:              Kristy Tibbles

            Title:                Executive Director, Board Game

            Address:          Boards Support Section

                                    Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game

                                    PO Box 115526

                                    Juneau, AK 99811-5526

            Telephone:       (907) 465-4110

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:

 

            __X__ staff of state agency

            __X__ federal government

            __X__ general public

            ____    petition for regulation change

            _____  other (please list)

 

9.  Date:  February 18, 2011                                                   Prepared by:

                                                                                                Kristy Tibbles

                                                                                                Executive Director, Board of Game

                                                                                                907-465-4110

 

 

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    Notice of Proposed Changes to 5 AAC 95.011 (2011 update to theAnadromous Waters Catalog)
   

NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE
                                     ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

 

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with waters important for the spawning, rearing, or migration of anadromous fish, including the following:

5 AAC 95.011 is proposed to be changed as follows:

 

The Atlas to the Catalog of Waters Important for the Spawning, Rearing, or Migration of Anadromous Fishes and Catalog of Waters Important for the Spawning, Rearing, or Migration of Anadromous Fishes (Atlas and Catalog), which are adopted by reference in 5 AAC 95.011, will be revised and updated.

 

Alaska Statute 16.05.871 requires, among other actions, that the Commissioner of the ADF&G "specify" the rivers, lakes and streams or portions of them that are important for the spawning, rearing or migration of anadromous fish. The Commissioner must review plans and specifications of any proposed work or use occurring within a specified anadromous river, lake, or stream.  If the Commissioner determines that the plans and specifications provide for the proper protection of fish and game the project will be approved and a Fish Habitat Permit will be issued by the ADF&G, Division of Habitat.  The Catalog and Atlas identify and list these anadromous waters and are used by the Commissioner to determine whether such a permit is required for any particular project.

 

Several revisions are proposed to be made to the Atlas and Catalog.  The list of rivers, lakes, and streams will be updated, including additions, deletions, and changes to the legal descriptions of many of these waters.  Minor revisions will be made to the introduction of the Catalog and Atlas, including updates to ADF&G regional contact information.  Species-specific information will be used in place of undifferentiated species information  wherever possible.

 

You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Paul Blanche, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Rd. Suite 2068, Anchorage, Alaska 99518 or by e-mail to paul.blanche@alaska.gov.  The comments must be received no later than March 21, 2011.

 

The proposed changes for all six regions of Alaska (Southeastern, Southcentral, Southwestern, Western, Arctic, and Interior) are available for inspection and copying at: the ADF&G offices in Anchorage at 333 Raspberry Rd., in Fairbanks at 1300 College Rd., and in Douglas at 802 3rd St.; the Alaska Resources Library in Anchorage; and the State Library in Juneau.  The ADF&G offices in Craig, Palmer, Bethel, Cordova, Delta Junction, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, Glennallen, Haines, Homer, Ketchikan, King Salmon, Kodiak, Sand Point, Nome, Sitka, Soldotna, Tok, Wrangell, and Yakutat have copies of the proposed changes for their local region.  If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Paul Blanche at (907) 267-2812 no later than March 14, 2011 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided. Electronic equivalents of the review documents and the atlas maps are also available through the ADF&G website at: http://awc.adfg.alaska.gov

 

After the public comment period has ended, the ADF&G will either adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action on them.  The language of the final regulations may vary from that of the proposed regulations.  YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED.

 

Statutory Authority:  AS 16.05.020 and AS 16.05.871

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific:  AS 16.05.871

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

                Date:      February 11, 2011                                                           ___________________________________

                                                                                                                                Cora Campbell, Commissioner

                                                                                                                                Alaska Department of Fish and Game

 

 

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

2.  General subject of regulation: Revisions to 5 AAC 95 and the Catalog of Waters Important for Spawning, Rearing or Migration of Anadromous Fishes and its associated atlas.

3.  Citation of regulation: 5 AAC 95.011.

4.  Reason for the proposed action:  compliance with existing state statutes in AS 16.05.871

5.  RDU/component affected: Division of Habitat

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):

                                                                Initial Year           Subsequent

                                                                FY   2010               Years

                Operating Cost                  $___15.9_           $__0___

                Capital Cost                        $____0 __          $__0___

                Federal receipts               $____0 __          $__0___

                General fund                     $___15.9_           $__0___

                Other funds (specify)     $___  0   _            $__0___

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

                Name:      Paul Blanche

                Title:          Habitat Biologist

          Address:        Alaska Department of Fish and Game

                         333 Raspberry Rd., Suite 2068

                          Anchorage, AK  99518               

                Telephone:  (907) 267-2812_

                E-mail address:  paul.blanche@alaska.gov

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:  staff of state agency

               

9.  Date:               February 11, 2011                            Prepared by:      ___________________________

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                Name (typed)   Paul Blanche

                                                                                                Title (typed)       Habitat Biologist

                                                                                                Telephone:         (907) 267-2812

 

 

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE

REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF GAME

 

The Alaska Board of Game proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with the use and taking of game.  Regulations subject to board action are in 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98 and 99.  The subject matter areas to be addressed concern Game Management Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17; and statewide reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts and brown bear tag fee exemptions. The board will also address additional topics for other Game Management Units and statewide provisions as described below:

 

A.  TRAPPING SEASONS, BAG LIMITS, AND SUBSISTENCE FINDINGS for all species in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, including but not limited to: beaver, black bear, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, otter, mink, weasel, muskrat, squirrel and marmot, wolf, and wolverine.

 

B.  HUNTING SEASONS, BAG LIMITS, AND SUBSISTENCE FINDINGS for all species in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17 including but not limited to: bison, black bear, brown bear, caribou, deer, elk, goat, moose, Dall sheep; wolf, wolverine, fur animals, small game including waterfowl and ptarmigan, unclassified game, deleterious exotic wildlife, and including the potential for Tier I or Tier II subsistence hunting for each population.

 

C.  LICENSES, HARVEST TICKETS AND REPORTS, HARVEST GUIDELINE LEVELS, TAGS, FEES, PERMITS, AND permit hunt conditions and procedures for Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, including but not limited to: hunter education and orientation requirements; taking game by proxy; Tier I and Tier II subsistence permits, community subsistence harvest hunt areas; bonus point system; required and discretionary hunting and trapping permit conditions and procedures;  permit for hunting black and brown bear with the use of bait or scent lures; reporting requirements including harvest tickets for black bear, check stations for moose hunters, and providing moose jaw bones and antlers; restrictions for motorized vehicle use in certain areas; special provisions for moose, Dall sheep, and brown bear drawing permit hunts; and requiring guide client agreements for hunting big game in permit hunts.

 

D.  HUNTING AND TRAPPING METHODS AND MEANS for all species in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, including, but not limited to: lawful methods of taking game, big game, fur animals, and furbearers including the use of radio communication and cell phones for taking wolves; same day airborne hunting of bear at bait stations; same day aerial shooting of wolves; trap identification requirements and restrictions of using certain traps in certain areas and near trails; and prohibiting the harvest of big game for a certain period after being transported

 

E.   POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF GAME for all species in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, including but not limited to: purchase and sale of game and parts of game; sealing requirements including beaver, marten, and bear; salvage of game meat, furs, and hides, including salvage of bears taken under the defense of life and property; taking cub bears and female bears with cubs prohibited; prohibiting the sale of black bear hides and parts; and sealing requirements.

 

F.   RESTRICTED AREAS in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, including, but not limited to: areas closed to trapping, areas closed to hunting, controlled use areas including the Clearwater Controlled Use Area; closures and restrictions in state game refuges including the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge; and management areas.

 

G.  INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT in Units 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17, for all populations having a positive finding as identified big game prey populations; and predation control areas implementation plans, including related findings.

 

In addition to the topics listed above, the following supplementary topics concerning changes to other Units or statewide regulations will be considered:

 

H. STATEWIDE AND OTHER PROVISIONS:  Reauthorization of antlerless moose hunts and brown bear tag fee exemptions for all Units; establishing a new permit regulation allowing a bonus point system for some drawing hunts; antler destruction requirement for proxy hunts; requirements for second degree kindred relatives taking nonresidents on certain big game hunts; discretionary authority requiring the nullification of trophy value of animal take under a subsistence permit including brown bear in Units 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26, musk ox in Units 22 and 23, and moose in Units 16, 21, and 24; modification of boundaries for Game Management Units 18, 19, and 21; community harvest permit hunt for the Village of Minto; motorized vehicle access in the Yanert Controlled Use Area in Unit 20; classification of game statewide, and seasons and bag limits for moose in Unit 20.

 

The Board of Game is also soliciting comments from the public on three Board of Game findings: 1.) the Bear Conservation, Harvest, and Management Policy, 2.) the Wolf Management Policy; and 3.) Game Management Unit 13 Caribou and Moose Subsistence Uses.  These policies are included in the meeting proposal book for the public to review.

 

You may comment on the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes by submitting written comments to the Alaska Board of Game, Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526.  Comments may also be submitted by fax to (907) 465-6094.

 

Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Game at any time before the proposal is taken up by the board in deliberations, but as a practical matter, written comments should be submitted to the Boards Support Section office at the above address or fax number by 5:00 pm Friday, February 18, 2011 to ensure inclusion in the board workbooks.  Comments on proposals that are scheduled to be considered by the Board of Game at both March, 2011 meetings do not need to be resubmitted for the 2nd meeting at a later date.

 

Written comment over 100 single sided or 50 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group relating to proposals will not be accepted.  Written comments submitted after February 18, 2011 will be limited to 10 single sided or 5 double sided pages in length from any one individual or group.  Written comments that are submitted are public record and are subject to public inspection.

 

The public hearing portion of the meeting will begin immediately after staff reports and continue until everyone who has signed up and is present when called has been given the opportunity to be heard.  However, state advisory committee representatives may elect to provide testimony at a later portion of the meeting.  The deadline to sign up to testify will be announced at the meeting.  The board will take oral testimony only from those who register before the cut-off time.  The length of oral statements may be limited to three to five minutes, or less.  Additional public hearings may be held throughout the meeting just before consideration and adoption of proposed changes in the regulations. An agenda will be posted daily during the meeting.

 

TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE

Best Western Lake Lucille Inn
1300 West Lake Lucille Drive
Wasilla, Alaska 99654

March 4-10, 2011

Central and Southwest Region Topics

 

A live audio stream of the Board meeting is intended to be available on the Boards Support Section website at:  http://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov.  Any changes to meeting locations, dates or times, or rescheduling of topics or subject matter will be announced by news release.  Please watch for these announcements in the news media or call (907) 465-4110.

 

If you are a person with a disability who may need special accommodations in order to participate in this process, please contact Scott Crass at (907) 465-4110 no later than February 18, 2011 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

 

For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, contact the Boards Support Section at the above address, or on the website at http://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov.

 

Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence and general hunting or trapping regulations is hereby informed that, by publishing this legal notice the Board of Game may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR STAFF.  Pursuant to AS 44.62.200, the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice including definitions.  The board may make changes to the hunting and trapping regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258 including reexamining customary and traditional use findings and determinations for amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence use.

 

After the public hearing, the Board of Game may adopt these or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or amend, reject, supplement, or decide to take no action on them. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations.  You should comment during the time allowed if your interest could be affected.

 

Statutory Authority:   AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.270

 

Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 16.05.255; AS 16.05.256;

AS 16.05.258; AS 16.05.407; AS 16.05.346; AS 16.05.340; AS 16.30.010 – .030;

AS 16.05.330, and AS 16.05.783

 

Fiscal Information:  The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

 

DATE:  February 1, 2011                                         

                                                                        Kristy Tibbles, Executive Director

Alaska Board of Game

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION

(AS 44.62.190(d))

 

1.  Adopting agency: Alaska Board of Game

 

2.  General subject of regulation: Central / Southwest Region

 

3.  Citation of regulations: 5 AAC 84, 85, 92, 98, and 99

 

4.  Reason for the proposed action:

     (   )  compliance with federal law

     (   )  compliance with new or changed state statute

     (   )  compliance with court order

     (   )  development of program standards

     (X) other: Regularly scheduled topics for the Spring 2011 Board of Game meeting and other miscellaneous provisions.  Implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of AS 16.05– AS 16.30

 

5.  Program category and RDU: Natural Resources and all RDUs

 

6.  Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding:  It is not possible to estimate cost.    However, this action is not expected to require an increased appropriation.

 

7.  The name of the contact person for the regulations:

 

            Name:              Kristy Tibbles

            Title:                Executive Director, Board of Game

            Address:          Boards Support Section

                                    Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game

                                    PO Box 115526

                                    Juneau, AK 99811-5526

            Telephone:       (907) 465-4110

 

8.  The origin of the proposed action:

 

            __X__ staff of state agency

            __X__ federal government

            __X__ general public

            ____    petition for regulation change

            _____  other (please list)

 

9.  Date:  February 1, 2011                                                     Prepared by:

                                                                                                Kristy Tibbles

                                                                                                Executive Director, Board of Game

                                                                                                907-465-4110

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Alaska’s Board of Game and Board of Fisheries annual call for proposals

The Board of Game and the Board of Fisheries have both put out their . Please note that the Board of Game is now issuing an annual Call for Proposals rather than a separate a Call for each meeting. The proposal deadline for the Board of Game 2011/2012 meeting cycle will be April 29, 2011. The proposal Deadline for the Board of Fisheries 2011/2012 meeting cycle will be Friday, April 8, 2011. The calls for proposals for each board are contained below:

 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

ALASKA BOARD OF GAME

2011/2012 Meeting Cycle

Arctic, Western, and Interior Regions and

Statewide Regulations (Cycle B Schedule)

 

The Alaska Board of Game calls for proposed changes in the regulations pertaining to hunting, trapping, and the use of game for the following regions and statewide provisions:

 

1)    Arctic and Western Regions (Game Management Units 18, 22, 23, and 26A);

2)    Interior Region (Game Management Units 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26B, and 26C); and

3)    Statewide Regulations (Cycle B Schedule).

 

 

Please Note:  The Board of Game is now issuing an annual Call for Proposals rather than a separate Call for each meeting.  This Call for Proposals is for all regional and statewide

regulations scheduled for the 2011/2012 meeting cycle as specified below.

 

 

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:  5:00 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011

 

Arctic, Western, and Interior Regions:  The Alaska Board of Game is accepting proposed changes to the following topics for the Game Management Units 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26:

 

Hunting seasons and bag limits including subsistence and general hunts for all species; trapping seasons and bag limits; methods and means; harvest tickets, reports, tags, and permits; salvage of game meat, fur and hides; possession, transportation, and the use of game; big game prey populations and objectives for intensive management; predation control areas implementation plans; restricted areas including controlled use areas, management areas, closed areas, and closures in state game refuges; special permit areas and hunts including provisions for special ceremonies and taking stranded muskoxen. (Note:  The Board of Game has placed a temporary moratorium on the Denali Wolf Buffer Zone and will not be accepting proposals on this topic.)

 

Statewide Regulations:  The Board of Game is accepting proposed changes to the following regulations under 5 AAC Chapter 92, Cycle B schedule, that have statewide applicability.

 

Methods & Means:    92.075  Lawful Methods of Taking Game

92.080  Unlawful Methods of Taking Game; Exceptions

92.085  Unlawful Methods of Taking Big Game; Exceptions

92.090  Unlawful Methods of Taking Fur Animals

92.095  Unlawful Methods of Taking Furbearers; Exceptions

92.100  Unlawful Methods of Hunting Waterfowl, Snipe, Crane

 

Possession and        92.130  Restrictions to Bag Limit

Transportation:         92.135  Transfer of Possession

                                       92.140  Unlawful Possession or Transportation of Game

92.150  Evidence of Sex and Identity

92.160  Marked or Tagged Game

92.200  Purchase and Sale of Game

92.260  Taking Cub Bears & Female Bears with Cubs Prohibited

92.400  Emergency Taking of Game

92.410  Taking Game in Defense of Life or Property

92.420  Taking Nuisance Wildlife

 

Permits:                       92.035  Permit for Temporary Commercial Use of Live Game

92.036  Permit for Taking a Child Hunting

92.037  Permit for Falconry

92.040  Permit for Taking of Furbearers with Game Meat

92.041  Permit to Take Beavers to Control Damage to Property

92.043  Permit for Capturing Wild Furbearers for Fur Farming

92.044  Permit for Hunting Black Bear w/the Use of Bait or Scent Lures

92.049  Permits, Permit Procedures, and Permit Conditions

92.050  Required Permit Hunt Conditions and Procedures

92.051  Discretionary Trapping Permit Conditions & Procedures

92.052  Discretionary Permit Hunt Conditions and Procedures

92.057  Special Provisions for Dall Sheep Drawing Permit Hunts

92.062  Priority for Subsistence Hunting; Tier II Permits

92.068  Permit Conditions for Hunting Black Bear with Dogs

92.069  Special Provisions for Moose Drawing Permit Hunts

92.070  Tier II Subsistence Hunting Permit Point System

General

Provisions:                 92.009  Obstruction or Hindrance of Lawful Hunting or Trapping

 

The following topics will be considered for all Game Management Units:

Brown Bear Tag Fee Exemptions

Reauthorization of Antlerless Moose Hunts (State statute requires all antlerless moose hunts be reauthorized annually.)

 

Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, or online:

 

Mail:               ADF&G, Boards Support Section

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99811-5526

Fax:                (907) 465-6094

Online:           http://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov/

 

Proposals must be received by April 29, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. (A postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt).  You are encouraged to submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Please submit proposals online at: http://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov/; or on Board of Game proposal forms available from the Boards Support Section regional offices and on the website.  All proposals must contain an individual’s name or an organizational name if appropriate, contact telephone number, and address.  A fax is acceptable and considered an original.

 

All proposals are reviewed by the board’s proposal review committee prior to publication.  The proposal review committee reserves the right to edit proposals containing offensive language.  Emotionally charged language will be eliminated as it detracts from the substance of the proposal, may draw opposition not germane to the element(s) of the proposal, and may elicit nonresponsive charges from the public/board members.  Proposals published in the proposal book will be referenced with the appropriate Alaska Administrative Code citation and include a brief description of the action requested.  Proposals not meeting this call will not be published.  Following publication, proposal booklets will be available to advisory committees and the public for review and comment.

 

You are encouraged to contact the Boards Support Section staff if you have questions or need assistance with completing the proposal form.  Providing clarity on the proposal form helps the board, advisory committees, and the public more fully understand the proposed regulatory changes.  Proposals that are incomplete or unclear may be omitted from the proposal book.  Please submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Proposals received per the above “Call for Proposals” deadline will be considered by the Board of Game during the November 2011 through March 2012 meeting schedule.

 

For more information, please contact the Alaska Board of Game Executive Director at (907) 465-4110, or any of the following regional offices.

 

 

ADF&G Boards Support Section

Regional Offices:

 

Southeast Region

Scott Crass/Shannon Stone

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99802-5526

(907) 465-4110

 
   

Southwest Region

Andrew deValpine

P.O. Box 1030

Dillingham, AK 99576

(907) 842-5142

 
   

Arctic Region

Hazel Smith

P.O. Box 689

Kotzebue, AK 99752

(907) 442-1717

 
   

 

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

 
   

 

Interior Region

Nissa Pilcher

1300 College Road

Fairbanks, AK 99701-1599

(907) 459-7263

 
   

 

Southcentral Region

Sherry Wright

333 Raspberry Road

Anchorage, AK 99518-1599

(907) 267-2354

 
   

 
                     

 

www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us

 

 

 

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Alaska Board of Fisheries

 

THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES CALLS FOR PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE SUBSISTENCE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL USE, SPORT, GUIDED SPORT, AND GUIDED SPORT ECOTOURISM REGULATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING FISHERIES:

 

1) Finfish regulations for the Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, and Yakutat management areas;

2) King and Tanner crab regulations for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat management areas;

3) Dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries statewide (including regional and statewide regulations); and

4) Pacific cod regulations for the Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E), Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H), Kodiak Area (Registration Area K), Chignik Area (Registration Area L), and South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M) for parallel and state-waters Pacific cod seasons to address coordination of the state-waters Pacific cod fisheries with Gulf of Alaska federal sector splits scheduled for implementation in January 2012.  Fishing seasons including season opening, season closure, late season harvest opportunities and coordinating state-waters seasons with federal A and B seasons may be addressed, as well other issues necessary for coordination of the fisheries.

 

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:  5:00 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011

 

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, commercial, personal use, sport, guided sport, and guided sport ecotourism regulations for the 1) finfish regulations for the Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, and Yakutat management areas; 2) King and Tanner crab regulations for the Southeast Alaska and Yakutat management areas; 3) Dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries statewide (including regional and statewide regulations); and 4) Pacific cod regulations for the Prince William Sound Area (Registration Area E), Cook Inlet Area (Registration Area H), Kodiak Area (Registration Area K), Chignik Area (Registration Area L), and South Alaska Peninsula Area (Registration Area M).

 

To insure that the proposed booklets are distributed well in advance of the board meetings and the fishing season, the board has set 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2011 as the proposal deadline.

 

Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, or online:

 

Mail:               ADF&G, Boards Support Section

P.O. Box 115526

Juneau, AK  99811-5526

 

Fax:                (907) 465-6094

 

Online:           http://boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov/

 

Proposals must be received by the 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2011 deadline at the Board Support Section office in Juneau.  A postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt.  You are encouraged to submit proposals at the earliest possible date.

 

Please use the Board of Fisheries proposal form, available from any office of the Boards Support Section or on our website at http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/index.php.

 Proposals must contain a contact telephone number and address.  Please print or type the individual's name or organization’s name as appropriate.  A fax is acceptable and considered an original.

 

All proposals are reviewed by the board's proposal review committee prior to publication.  Language that is emotionally charged detracts from the substance of the proposal.  It may draw opposition that may not be germane to the element(s) of the proposal and may elicit nonresponsive charges from the public/board members.  The proposal review committee reserves the right to edit proposals containing offensive language.  Proposals published in the proposal book will be referenced with the appropriate Alaska Administrative Code citation and include a brief description of the action requested.  Following publication, proposal booklets will be available to advisory committees and the public for review and comment.

 

Proposals received per the above “Call for Proposals” deadline will be considered by the Board of Fisheries during the October 2011 through March 2012 meeting schedule.

 

Proposals that are likely to have a substantial economic, social, or biological impact or require significant changes to the management of a salmon fishery may be determined by the board to be a "restructuring proposal".  Restructuring proposals may strive to improve the value of a fishery by providing new and increased opportunities to: (1) raise the revenue generated from harvested fish (e.g. through improved quality); or (2) lower the cost of fishing operations; or (3) improve conservation.  Such proposals may include (but are not limited to): consolidation of fishing effort or a shift in who harvests the fish, changes in harvest methods used, or allocations of quotas.  Because the board will seek additional information on restructuring proposals, authors of proposals that are likely to be determined restructuring proposals are asked to submit a completed Restructuring Proposal Form along with the standard proposal form.  The Restructuring Proposal Form is also available from any office of the Boards Support Section or on the website as listed above.

 

For more information, please contact the Alaska Board of Fisheries Executive Director at (907) 465-4110.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your participation in Alaska’s public process for Fisheries and Game regulations,

Scott Crass

Publications Spec. II

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Boards Support Section

(907) 465-4046

scott.crass@alaska.gov

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Alaska board of Game Spring 2010 Meetings Supplimental Proposals

Several proposals which were not included in the initial publication for this spring’s meetings on the Southcentral and Central / Southwest Region have been added to the Board of Game schedule. If you are interested in the Game regulations for this area, please review the proposed changes. You may find these additional proposals for your consideration at: http://boards.adfg.state.ak.us/gameinfo/meetinfo/2010-2011/bog2010supp224-231%20Final.pdf

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ALASKA BOARD OF GAME
Supplemental Proposals
Southcentral and Central/Southwest Regions
Spring, 2011
The following proposals were inadvertently omitted from the Spring, 2011 proposal book. Proposals 224-230 will be scheduled for the Southcentral Region Board of Game Meeting scheduled for March 26-30, 2011 in Anchorage. Proposal 231 will be scheduled for the Central/Southwest Region meeting scheduled for March 4-10, 2011 in Wasilla.
Kenai Peninsula Area – Unit 7 & 15
Proposal 224 Increase the black bear bag limit in Units 7&15.
Proposal 225 Introduce late season archery registration hunts in all sheep drawing areas in Units 7 and 15.
Proposal 226 Liberalize wolf hunting methods and bag limits in Units 7 and 15.
Kodiak Area – Unit 8
Proposal 227 Make Kodiak goat registration permits more readily available.
Anchorage Area – Unit 14C
Proposal 228 Open an archery season for moose in Unit 14C.
Proposal 229 Increase available moose tags in the Anchorage Management Area of 14C and increase the hunt area.
Region-wide for the Southcentral Region
Proposal 230 Clarify and modify guided black bear baiting requirements in Region II (Units 6, 7, 8, 14C, and 15).
Glennallen Area – Units 11 & 13
Proposal 231 Authorize drawing permit hunts for antlerless moose in Unit 13.
PROPOSAL 224 - 5 AAC 85.015. Hunting seasons and bag limits for black bear. Increase the black bear bag limit in Units 7&15.
Units 7 and 15: Residents and nonresidents; No closed season [RESIDENTS TWO BEARS; NON-RESIDENTS ONE BEAR]
Three Bears
ISSUE: Units 7&15 have abundant black bear populations that have increased in recent years. Black bears are a significant predator of young moose, sheep, and goats. Moose, sheep, and goat populations on the Kenai are far below historic highs and in most cases below population objectives.
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The current bear baiting system on the Kenai encourages hunters to wait for a large boar. Taking a large percentage of mature boars has proven to actually increase overall bear populations. A three bear per year bag limit will allow a hunter to take a smaller bear for meat (likely a young bear or a sow without cubs), and wait to take a trophy later.
Most of the Kenai is federal land that is currently off limits to predation control measures for wolves. Wolf numbers are high, but with poor quality fur, trapping of wolves has declined. Brown bear populations are also increasing by most estimates but without concrete population numbers the Department of Fish and Game has been reluctant to increase take.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Moose and other ungulate populations on the Kenai will continue to decline. Bear hunters will continue to be limited.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? Yes, younger bears are preferable table fare. Eventually ungulate populations will increase and harvest will shift back to preferable game animals.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Bear hunters and other game populations.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? People who would rather hunt bears than moose may suffer if bear populations are reduced.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Increase the harvest of wolves and brown bears. Black bear predator control.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-001 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 225 - 5 AAC 85.055. Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep. Introduce late season archery, registration hunts in all sheep drawing areas in Units 7 and 15.
Units and bag limits Resident Nonresident
Open season Open season
7 & 15A (Round Mountain)
1 ram with full-curl horn or larger by permit Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
1 ram with full-curl horn Sept. 7- Oct. 10 Sept. 7- Oct. 10
or larger by archery only
by permit
7 (Crescent Lake)
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1 ram with full-curl horn or larger by permit Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
1 ram with full-curl horn Sept. 7- Oct. 10 Sept. 7- Oct. 10
or larger by archery only
by permit
ISSUE: Sheep hunting opportunities are dwindling with the creation of new drawing areas. Archery hunts can provide opportunity for hundreds of hunters with very little harvest increase. Late archery seasons have proven to have very low success rates in Unit 14 C. Sheep are the single most difficult North American big game animal to harvest with archery equipment. A larger number of permits may be given due to low success rates. Season dates were chosen based on Unit 14C dates to minimize confusion.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Only a small number of people will have the opportunity to hunt sheep in these sought after locations.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? No.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Sheep hunters. Those willing to take the time to use archery gear and brave the weather of late sheep season.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? No one.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Registration hunts may result in overharvest. Late bow hunts in all open sheep areas.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-002 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 226 - 5 AAC 85.056. Hunting seasons and bag limits for wolf; and 92.080 Unlawful methods of game; exceptions. Liberalize wolf hunting methods and bag limits.
Units and bag limits Resident Nonresident
Units 7 and 15
Wolves may be pursued on snowmachines
Those portions within the August 10 - April 30 August 10 - April 30 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge [2 WOLVES]
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Ten Wolves per day
Units 7 and 15,
Those portions outside the August 10 - April 30 Aug. 10 - Apr. 30 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge [5 WOLVES]
Ten wolves per day
ISSUE: Continuing low moose populations on the Kenai will not rebound without significant reductions in predators. Wolf trappers have decreased effort due to poor hide quality. Some non-trappers may be satisfied with a poor quality wolf because it is an unusual animal to take while hunting.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Moose population will continue to decline on the Kenai Peninsula.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? No.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Those that like to eat moose meat and hunt wolves in winter via snowmachine.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? No one.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Liberalize bear hunting, prescribed burns, close moose seasons.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-003 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 227 - 5 AAC 85.040. Hunting seasons and bag limits for goat; and 92.052. Discretionary permit hunt conditions and procedures. Make Kodiak goat registration permits more readily available.
Unit 8 Remainder:
RG 471-474,476,478,479 will be available in person in designated villages DURING the hunting season and online.
ISSUE: Some registration goat permits on Kodiak are only available in the village nearest the hunt two to three weeks before the hunt opens. This causes much extra cost (around $1000 extra from Anchorage) to participate in this hunt for all residents other than those residing in the local village. This is a rural priority designed to keep non-local hunters out. Goats are trust property (although introduced to Kodiak) and owned by all Alaskans equally.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Only a small number of people will have a realistic opportunity to hunt goats in these sought after locations without spending extra money and time to go to the village weeks before hunting.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? No.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Alaska resident goat hunters.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? Local hunters may see more pressure from non local Alaskans.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Get rid of the registration hunt and make it all drawing, not needed. Make permits available in major cities.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-004 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 228 - 5 AAC 85.045(a) (12) Hunting seasons and bag limits for moose. Open an archery season for moose in Unit 14C:
Remainder of Unit 14C Residents Non Residents
1 moose per regulatory year,
only as follows: 1 bull with spike-fork Day after Labor Day- Day after Labor Day- antlers or 50-inch Sept. 30 Sept. 30 antlers or antlers with 3 or more brow tines on one side;
or
1 bull by bow and arrow only Nov. 20 – Dec. 10 Nov 20. – Dec. 10
ISSUE: Moose populations are still high in Unit 14C. Archery hunting takes place in most south-central units in August. Meat care during hot August hunts has proven problematic, especially in remote walk-in areas. Holding a hunt in October would allow moose hunting during the rut, possibly resulting in over-harvest. A November hunt will allow hunters to spread out on skis while avoiding the vulnerability of a rut hunt.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Nothing, the season will go on as it has.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCTS
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PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? Yes, by placing this season after the majority of the rut has ended, and most of the cows have already been bred, this would ensure the harvest would have little effect on overall moose populations. The hunt taking place when the weather is cooler would also benefit to the condition of the meat harvested.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Moose hunters who put in the time and efforts to become IBEP certified will benefit from the added opportunity and the better conditions for meat care.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? No one, the added opportunity is open to anyone willing to get certified.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? None.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-005 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 229 -5 AAC 85.045(a)(12). Hunting seasons and bag limits for moose; and 92.530(3) Management Areas. Increase available moose tags in the Anchorage Management Area of Unit 14C and increase the hunt area.
92.530(3) – Anchorage Management Area
Unit 14(C), that portion known as the Anchorage Management Area (General hunt only) 1 moose by drawing permit only, and by bow and arrow, shotgun, or muzzleloading black-powder rifle only; [UP TO] between 20 and 50 permits [MAY] will be issued; at least one of which will be an “any bull” tag valid for all areas [A PERSON MAY NOT TAKE AN ANTLERED BULL UNLESS IT HAS A SPIKE-FORK ANTLER; THIS HUNT WILL BE HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S DISCRETION.] Increase the hunt area to include Far North Bi-Centennial Park, Kincaid Park, Beach Lake Park, Mirror Lake, all of Hillside Park, and the upper Rabbit Creek area. ADF&G will set seasons to minimize conflict with other users. Far North Bi-Centennial Park, Kincaid Park, Mirror Lake and Beach Lake Park, will be Archery only with IBEP and proficiency test required.
..
Units and bag limits Resident Open season
Unit 14C Anchorage Nov.1- Nov. 30
Management Area
ISSUE: This hunt has failed to progress into a meaningful management tool. Habitat is reduced every year in anchorage. The resource is not being managed for the maximum benefit of the people under sustained yield principles. There is a surplus of several hundred moose in the Anchorage bowl and very little has been done to address the situation. Urban archery hunts work very well for many species across North America. The Municipality of Anchorage currently restricts hunting in many of these areas but having hunts on the books will save at least a full year if the MOA decides to open hunting in these areas.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Hundreds of excess moose will eventually starve to death during the next hard winter. Moose will continue to be forced onto roadway costing millions in vehicle damage and medical bills.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? Yes, the majority of moose harvested in the Anchorage bowl are salvaged from road kills. Harvesting them under hunting situation will greatly improve the quality of meat salvaged.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Those that like to eat moose meat, Anchorage drivers, property owners, pedestrians. The moose will also benefit if their numbers are reduced the remaining animals will be healthier and have an easier time living through a hard winter.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? Those that would like to see moose starve to death during the spring. People who like to view moose in their natural habitat of urban Anchorage. Anti-hunters. Tourists who think it is cool to see a moose in town.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Open other moose hunts around the City of Anchorage. The time will come for other moose hunts in town.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-006 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 230 - 5 AAC 92.044. Permit for hunting black bear with the use of bait or scent lures. Clarify and modify guided black bear baiting requirements in Region II.
Option 1: (Preferred Solution) “Wyoming System” A registered guide-outfitter may register and maintain up to two bait stations per contracted client annually. A licensed guide must accompany a client to the bait station and remain in contact (radio or otherwise) at all times.
Option 2: A person may contract with a Registered Guide-Outfitter to establish and maintain their bait stations (up to 2). All responsibility for clean up and registration will be of the guide. The guide will register the station with the contracted client’s name and sign for all registration requirements. A licensed guide must accompany a client to the bait station and remain in contact (radio or otherwise) at all times.
Option 3: Remove the language: [“A PERSON MAY NOT GIVE OR RECEIVE REMUNERATION FOR THE USE OF A BAIT STATION, INCLUDING BARTER OR EXCHANGE OF GOODS; HOWEVER, THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT APPLY TO A LICENSED GUIDE-OUTFITTER WHO PERSONALLY ACCOMPANIES A CLIENT AT THE BAIT STATION SITE;”] The remuneration portion is already statute that prohibits compensation for hunting activities without a guide license. The accompanying portion
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effectively eliminates Alaskan guides from competing with those from Canada and the Lower 48.
Option 4: A registered guide may maintain up to 10 bait stations and may maintain stations for his assistants; his assistants may maintain stations for the registered guide. This regulation was passed for Region II last year but does not address the requirement of a guide to be present in the stand at all times (the main issue keeping Alaska guides non-competitive in the North American market).
ISSUE: Alaska has the most stringent laws, by far, in North America for guided hunting of black bears over bait. No other state or province, that allows bear baiting, requires a guide to babysit hunters in the tree stand, even a resident hunter. All other states and provinces researched allow guides to maintain bait stations for their clients or allow guides a greater number of bait stations.
Guidesin Alaska are regulated by the legislature and the Big Game Commercial Services Board. The provision that states “a person may not give or receive remuneration for the use of a bait station, including barter or exchange of goods; however, this paragraph does not apply to a licensed guide-outfitter who personally accompanies a client at the bait station site;” is unique in Board of Game regulation in that it specifically dictates a guide’s action. No other Department of Fish and Game regulation mandates a specific practice for guides (all other guide required laws are statute). It requires a guide to personally accompany a client (providing compensation), at a bait station. The Department of Law interprets this as; a guide (assistant or registered) must remain at the bait station at all times with the client. The first part of the regulation: “a person may not give or receive remuneration for the use of a bait station, including barter or exchange of goods;” is redundant, compensation for hunting services is already covered by guiding statutes.
Baited black bear hunting is the most controlled method of hunting any species of game in Alaska. Hunters have the distinct advantage of observing their quarry at close range before making a shot. A guide is not required to hunt black bears by any method. A non-resident is not required to hire a guide to hunt black bears over bait, but if he chooses to hire a guide they must be accompanied. Black bears are one of the most widespread and abundant game animals in south central Alaska. Many of these areas have too much vegetation to allow for spot and stalk hunting. Baited black bear hunting allows bears in these areas to be harvested. Bait hunting also provides a great opportunity for hunters with limited mobility.
Guided bait hunts in Canada and lower 48 are generally conducted with one guide per 3-5 hunters. Guides drop hunters off at stands with a radio or arrange a pick-up time. When a bear is shot the guide tracks and recovers the bear. Hunts costs range from $900-$3,000. With Alaska’s guide regulation registered guides cannot compete in the marketplace. Assistant guides cost from $150-$200 per day before payroll taxes and workers compensation insurance. Guides must also have additional staff to register bait stations and bait their specific stations. Guides are not allowed to bait stations for their own employees.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Harvestable surpluses of black bear will continue to be left under-utilized. Alaskan guide-outfitters will miss out on tourism dollars that
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will go to Canada or other States. Guides that do offer baited hunts will lose money, barely scrape by (pun intended), or be forced to hunt other species. ADF&G will continue to fail to reach management objectives in many areas.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCT PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? The quantity of black bears taken may be increased. Guides will have another option to make a living and may take some pressure off of ungulate resources, especially in areas that allow fall bear baiting.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? Bear hunters, Guides, and other game populations.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? Canadian and lower-48 outfitters that will now be competing with bear hunts from Alaska.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? 1) Apply statewide: Rejected, Southeast Alaska may have dwindling bear populations and may benefit from guides present in stands to select only male bears. 2) Do not apply to Units 6D, 7 &15: Rejected, guiding areas in these units are nearly all federal or private lands and guiding is limited by these entities.
PROPOSED BY: Aaron Bloomquist
LOG NUMBER: SC-11S-G-007 *************************************************************************************
PROPOSAL 231 - 5 AAC 85.045(11). Hunting seasons and bag limits for moose. Authorize drawing permit hunts for antlerless moose in Unit 13.
Resident
Open Season
(Subsistence and Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season
(xx)
Unit 13
1 moose per regulatory year,
only as follows:

1 antlerless moose by Sept. 1 - Sept. 20 No open season
drawing permit only; up to 200 (General hunt only)
permits may be issued;
a person may not take a calf or a
cow accompanied by a calf
...
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ISSUE: Antlerless moose hunts are not currently authorized in Unit 13. Following moose surveys in November 2009, moose population estimates were updated for all of Unit 13. Moose in Unit 13 have generally been increasing at 3-5% per year in the areas covered by intensive wolf management over the past 10 years. As expected, moose have increased in some portions of the unit faster than others. The population objective for subunit 13A is 3,500 – 4,200; the 2009 estimate was 3,530. The population objective for subunit 13 E is 5,000 – 6,000; the 2009 estimate was 4,940. Moose numbers in 13B and 13C still remain well below population objectives. While subunit 13D is not covered by intensive wolf management, the population objective is 1,200 – 1,900; the 2009 estimate was 1,900.
While the unit-wide objective for moose is to continue population growth, antlerless moose comprise the largest component of the population, averaging 64-76% of the moose surveyed (2000-2009). In 2009, Unit 13 had an estimated 10,000-12,000 antlerless moose (not including calves). For scale, a limited harvest of 50 antlerless moose (not including calves) would equate to roughly a ½ % harvest rate.
In contrast, current bull only harvests come from a much smaller component of the population. With an estimated 3,900 – 4,500 bulls in the unit, the current harvest rate on bulls (862 taken in 2009) is roughly 20% per year.
Maintaining a healthy balance of bulls to cows is a very important aspect of herd management. For adequate reproduction, the bull to cow ratio should be held above 25 bulls:100 cows. Ratios observed during fall 2009 surveys for Units 13(A), 13(B), 13(C), 13(D), and 13(E) were 27:100, 36:100, 42:100, 79:100, and 34:100 respectively; bull to cow ratios are currently being met in all subunits. As the harvest opportunities for bulls increase, these ratios will decline.
As this population continues to increase, bull harvest regulations can be further liberalized somewhat, and the harvest of bulls will increase. Bull only harvests however may not be sufficient to meet harvest objectives in all subunits (as currently established in 5AAC 92.108). The harvest objectives and actual numbers by subunit are listed below in Table 1.
A to E
A
B
C
D
E
13Z
Total
Objective
210-420
310-620
155-350
75-190
300-600
1050-2180
2000
115
148
101
77
96
25
562
2001
122
125
63
59
86
13
468
2002
169
163
80
62
90
10
574
2003
175
179
71
71
117
14
627
2004
214
129
62
68
120
23
616
2005
184
149
51
63
109
19
575
2006
225
172
57
68
156
14
692
2007
207
172
63
57
137
12
648
2008
238
188
61
65
169
14
735
2009
268
243
105
80
164
2
862
Table 1. Moose harvest objectives and harvest data for GMU 13 by subunit from all state and federal BLM hunts.
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To reach the point where bull only harvest regulations can comfortably result in objective harvest levels across Unit 13, the number of moose would need to increase substantially from this point and habitat degradation and/or reduced calf production would likely result. Both of these factors would lead to reduced harvest in future years. A much preferred scenario is to utilize a portion of antlerless moose to meet harvest objectives, and keep overall moose density at an acceptable level.
By taking a small number of antlerless moose at this time, the population will continue to grow, while providing additional hunting opportunity should the public and the Board choose to pursue this route.
To be proactive, we recommend a limited antlerless hunt only in subunit 13A at this time to slow the population growth rate and begin providing for increased harvest opportunities. No more than 50 permits would be available the first year. At some point, there may be a need to increase the number of antlerless moose taken in 13A as well as other subunits. In the case population growth ceases, cow permits will not be issued.
Antlerless harvest regulations must be adopted to allow for this opportunity. The antlerless drawing permit will allow for flexibility in taking a specific number of cows in specific areas in order to meet harvest objectives and help slow population growth as we approach desired levels.
Intensive management efforts will be adjusted to maintain population objectives, while meeting harvest objectives.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING IS DONE? Portions of the Unit 13 moose population could grow beyond the ability of the habitat to sustain that population level. Harvest opportunity will be lost.
WILL THE QUALITY OF THE RESOURCE HARVESTED OR PRODUCTS PRODUCED BE IMPROVED? Yes; the population will be more productive, it will likely be more resistant to adverse weather events, predation, parasites and disease.
WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT? All who wish a healthy, productive moose population in the Copper River basin, and those who wish to use antlerless moose for human consumption.
WHO IS LIKELY TO SUFFER? Those who disagree with the harvest of antlerless moose.
OTHER SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED? Registration and general hunts were considered, however, the harvest pressure would be too high.
PROPOSED BY: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
LOG NUMBER: ADFG113010Z *************************************************************************************


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Alaska Board of Game / Antlerless Moose Hunt Closes RM764 Zone 6 Closes
« on: January 13, 2011, 01:10:59 PM »
Antlerless Moose Hunt Closes RM764 Zone 6 Closes

 Antlerless moose hunting in the eastern part of Unit 20A southeast of Fairbanks will close at 11:59 pm on Thursday night, January 13, 2011. The Department of Fish and Game is closing the antlerless moose hunt in Zone 6, the area east of Delta Creek, because that harvest quota of 10 moose has been reached. The Board of Game authorized the Department to open registration permit hunt RM764 for antlerless moose in 20A between January 10 and February 28, and close it by emergency order when quotas are met. “Hunters were restricted to the more inaccessible southern portion of Zone 6, but high moose numbers, good weather, and high participation has resulted in our meeting the quota very quickly,” said Fairbanks Area Biologist Don Young. Zones 1, 2A, 2C, 3, 4A, 4C, and 5A are also closed.
Hunters may continue to hunt in zones 2B, 4B, 5B, 5C and 5D of Unit 20A with an RM764 permit from the Department of Fish and Game. Successful hunters must report their harvest to the Fairbanks ADF&G office (459-7272) within 1 day of the kill. Reporting online is available at http://hunt.alaska.gov Unsuccessful hunters must report to the Fairbanks ADF&G office by March 15 The quota for antlerless moose in all of Unit 20A during the winter hunt is 225, but to distribute the harvest more evenly, the Department divided Unit 20A in 7 major and 16 minor hunt zones and established individual quotas for each zone based on estimated moose abundance. A zone map is printed on the back of the hunt permits. Hunters must call the Unit 20A antlerless moose hunting hotline at 459–7386 to make sure the area they plan to hunt is still open. Hunters with other questions can call 459-7206 or 459-7233 for more information. ###

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