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Dear Southeast Conference Newsletter Subscibers,
The following is a letter from Paula Cullenberg, please read and take this in to consideration. In this newsletter there is also information about the Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation Program Meeting, April 16th, 2012 at 1:00pm. The meeting is open to any one, call 523-4353 before the meeting date, if you have questions. You may come by the office, or call in by phone -- see the phone number in the agenda.
-- SEC.
Greetings,
The University of Alaska has committed to reviewing and improving our programs to support the fishing, seafood and maritime sectors of Alaska. We need your input in understanding how!
We have hired the McDowell Group to survey and interview people and organizations in the fisheries, seafood and maritime sectors of Alaska about education and training needs for your workforce.Please take 15 minutes and fill out this online survey found at
http://fmrsurvey.com/MG/AWP1/AWP1logn.htm
Your input is very valuable to us. If you have questions or need more information, please see http://www.alaska.edu/fsmi/ or contact me, my information is below.
Thank you for your help. At the end of the survey, you can give us your contact information if you want to be kept informed about this effort.
Paula
Paula Cullenberg, Program Leader,
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
1007 W 3rd Ave, Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 274-9692
paula.cullenberg@alaska.edu
www.marineadvisory.org
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Southeast Conference
Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation Program Meeting
April 16, 2012, 1:00 pm
Teleconference and SEC Office
Call in number 1 888 550-5602 code 82494332
AGENDA
1) Call to Order
2) Roll Call
3) Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation
4) Action Items
5) Announcements
6) Next Meeting
7) Adjourn |
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Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation Program
Salmon Enhancement
The panel sent solicitations to Southeast Alaska hatchery operators for coho and / or Chinook related enhancement project concepts. Proposals received were reviewed by the panel and funding recommendations provided. The following salmon enhancement related projects were approved for funding: 
Funding was also allocated to ADF&G for two workshops related to hatchery production of Chinook Salmon. A "round-table" discussion of the issues involved with potential expansion of Southeast Alaska hatchery Chinook production will be held in Juneau at the Goldbelt Hotel, Chilkat Room from 1 - 4 p.m. on Tuesday April 10. The meeting will involve hatchery operators currently permitted for Chinook production, Chinook Mitigation Stakeholders, ADFG staff, and interested public.
A second technical workshop will be held in April to discuss methodologies that may improve estimates of hatchery production from Southeast Alaska Chinook facilities. This is a follow-up to an initial technical discussion held in May 2011.
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Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation Program
Salmon Fishery Infrastructure
Funding was approved for a salmon fishery infrastructure grant program administered by the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), Division of Community and Regional Affairs. A 60 day application period was initiated in October 2010 for proposals under the following categories:
- Ice-making and storage serving coastal areas
- Fuel delivery systems
- Quality improvements for commercial troll caught salmon by --
o Adding value to troll caught product
o Providing new or improved out-port offloading services
- Projects providing lasting benefits to the sport Chinook fishery through --
o Increased opportunity to harvest Chinook
o Improved access to sport fisheries
o Improved quality of sport-caught product
o Relieving pressure in congested fishing areas
Fourteen salmon fishery infrastructure projects were selected for funding:  |
Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Fishery Mitigation Program
Direct Compensation to Commercial Salmon Trollers
A Chinook Salmon Mitigation Direct Distributions Grant Program was established through Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), with data and logistics assistance provided by the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC). This component provided direct compensation to Southeast Alaska hand and power trollers to help mitigate economic impacts from the reduction in Chinook salmon harvests that was implemented for the 2009 season. Persons who held and/or fished a 2009 Alaska salmon hand troll or power troll permit during the 2009 Chinook salmon summer season (July 1, 2009 through September 30, 2009) were eligible to apply.
In late December 2010, CFEC mailed announcements and application packets to 3,277 permit holders in accordance with the official address of record for that permit holder. A 60-day period was provided for return of completed applications. Ultimately, 1,345 individuals were determined to be eligible for payments. A total of approximately $1,500,000 was distributed based on three tiers of payment qualifications:
- First tier - Allocated to persons who held a 2009 Alaska salmon hand troll or power troll permit at the time it was renewed. A person who held a 2009 permit renewal, was eligible for a payment of $75 for a hand troll permit or $150 for a power troll permit. There were 595 hand troll permits and 789 power troll permitees who received payments - for a total distribution of $162,975 under this first tier.
- Second tier - Allocated to individuals who commercially landed (harvested) at least one Chinook salmon as permit holders during the 2009 summer troll season (July 1 through Sept 30). A total of 183 hand trollers who landed Chinook were awarded $225 for a total of $41,175. A total of 645 power trollers who landed Chinook were awarded $675 for a total of $435,375. The total distribution under the second tier was $476,550.
- Third tier - After the first two tiers were allocated, the remaining $860,475 was allocated to eligible harvesters on a per-pound of Chinook landed basis for landings during the 2009 summer season. The total catch was 1,712,659 "round pounds". Dividing the amount of funding available by the total weight gave a value of $0.5024205 per pound.
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Arielle Parker
Southeast Conference - Administrator
Southeast Conference arielle@seconference.org
info@seconference.org
PO Box 21989
612 W. Willoughby Ave. Suite B
Juneau AK 99802-1989
907-523-4353 desk 907-463-5670 fax
The mission of Southeast Conference is
to undertake and support activities
that promote strong economies,
healthy communities, and a quality
environment in Southeast Alaska.
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