The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) will meet in Cordova, December 10-16, 2024, at the Cordova Center located at 601 1st Street. At this meeting, the board will consider 103 proposals regarding finfish and shellfish (except shrimp) in the Prince William Sound and Upper Copper / Upper Susitna River areas. Proposals have been submitted by the general public, fishing organizations, local Fish and Game Advisory Committees, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
All portions of the meeting are open to the public and a live video stream is intended to be available on the board’s website at https://boardoffisheries.adfg.
In addition to submitting written public comments for the board’s consideration, the public is invited to give oral testimony during the meeting. Any person intending to testify must sign up at the meeting site in Cordova, no later than 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11. Public testimony will continue until members of the public who signed up before the deadline and are present have been given an opportunity to testify.
Also at this meeting: following staff reports, the board will be receiving Traditional Knowledge reports from the public. There are specific criteria to be qualified to provide a Traditional Knowledge report to the board, this information can be found in the board’s November 3, 2024 Legal Notice and in board finding 2024-205-FB. Anyone interested in providing a Traditional Knowledge report to the board must sign up prior to the meeting, no later than NOON on Friday, December 6 by contacting Art Nelson, Executive Director for the Board of Fisheries at art.nelson@alaska.gov or (907) 267-2292.
All meeting information including the agenda, roadmap, proposals, agency reports, and public and advisory committee comments will be available on the meeting website at: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/
Written comments on specific proposals will be accepted during the meeting and can be submitted online through the meeting website provided above. Comments must not exceed 10 single-sided or 5 double-sided pages in length from any one individual or group. Once proposal deliberations begin, the board will ONLY accept written public comments not more than five single-sided pages, or the equivalent double-sided pages. The board may relax this requirement if specific information is requested by the board requiring more pages than allowed under this standard.