USAG’s executive director also works as the group’s lobbyist during the legislative session. The board makes decisions on the more weighty issues. We are engaged on most if not all legislative bills directly impacting the Southeast Gillnetters and the commercial ... Read more »
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By Margaret Bauman
Reprinted from the Alaska Journal of Commerce
A new fishery management program announced Jan. 4 is expected to stabilize the contentious guided sport halibut fishery by permanently limiting participation to some 920 vessels in Southeast and the Central ... Read more »
The Alaska IFQ halibut and sablefish fisheries are an important fisheries management program not just for Alaska, but the entire world. Lessons from this fishery have shaped and will continue to shape the design of quota programs around the globe.
We ... Read more »
December 7, 2009, 10am-5:30 pm.
Ketchikan, Alaska
Presentations were made as follows: