00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4                                                                     
01 Requesting the Federal Subsistence Board to reconsider its decision regarding the                                       
02 subsistence fishery priority given to Ninilchik residents.                                                              
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS Ninilchik has not exhibited a long-term and traditional fishing history in                              
05 the Upper Kenai drainage water on federal land; and                                                                     
06       WHEREAS a survey by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game did not support                                      
07 Ninilchik's receiving a subsistence priority; and                                                                       
08       WHEREAS Ninilchik residents fall short of meeting the eight factors the Federal                                 
09 Subsistence Board considers when determining if an area has a subsistence priority;                                     
10       BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Federal Subsistence                                     
11 Board is requested to reconsider its decision granting Ninilchik residents a subsistence fishery                        
12 priority.                                                                                                               
13       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the                                    
14 Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                              
15 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.