The next UFA board of Directors meeting will be held September 28-30 at the Clarion Suites in Downtown Anchorage, 1110 West 8th Ave. UFA board meetings are open to members and invited guests.
UFA dues for Alaska commercial fishing permit ... Read more »
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1. NOAA Aquaculture listening session Anchorage, May 21
2. Sens. Murkowski, Boxer and Begich Introduce Bill to Extend Moratorium on Discharge Permits for Commercial Vessels
3. Murkowski, Wyden Bill Would Lift Restrictions on Fishermen’s Use of Capital Construction Accounts
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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 »
Question for members & other recipients – Please let us know if use a modem / telephone line connection, or satellite connection that is billed by bandwidth to read UFA Updates. We send this update in a text only ... Read more »
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 »