Sitka AC calls on state to fund herring research update
The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee is calling for more funding for ADF&G staff to improve the department’s herring research.
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Sitka AC lends support to 4 southeast herring proposals
Herring was always going to be center stage for the Sitka Fish & Game Advisory Committee during its intense round of meetings this fall, and – even as the group pored over a big stack of other salmon and shellfish proposals – herring was never out of the limelight for long. KCAW’s Katherine Rose takes a look back at which herring proposals got the nod from the Sitka AC, before they’re handed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries at its meeting next month in Ketchikan.
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Sitka Fish & Game ‘Advisory Committee’ plays a major role in reviewing proposed regulations for salmon, herring, and shellfish
Heather Bauscher updates us on the work of the Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee. The 17-member committee has been meeting twice a week since October, reviewing regulatory proposals for salmon, herring, and shellfish and giving the thumbs up or thumbs down in advance of the State Board of Fisheries meeting in Ketchikan next month. The Sitka AC meets via zoom on Mondays and Wednesdays through the deadline of December 22.
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On split vote, local ADF&G advisory committee rejects Sitka Tribe’s first herring proposal
The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee has voted against supporting a proposal by the Sitka Tribe that would change the way the state sets the herring harvest rate each spring. When it met on Thursday (11-4-21), Advisory Committee members were split over whether to back the plan, the first of three the Tribe is sending to the state Board of Fisheries in January.
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It’s been an extraordinarily lethal season for brown bears in Sitka. Now what?
Sitka’s Fish & Game Advisory committee wants to revive a local bear working group, to look for solutions to the high number of kills in the community this season -- but some members did not to see more fines or penalties.
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