Legislature(2017 - 2018)GRUENBERG 120

02/28/2017 10:00 AM House FISHERIES

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*+ HJR 12 OPPOSING GEN. ENGINEERED SALMON TELECONFERENCED
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*+ HB 107 FISH ENHANCEMENT PERMITS TELECONFERENCED
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                HB 107-FISH ENHANCEMENT PERMITS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
10:30:13 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 107,  "An  Act  relating  to certain  fish;  and                                                               
establishing a fisheries enhancement permit."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:30:25 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DAVE TALERICO, Alaska  State Legislature, as prime                                                               
sponsor of  HB 107, stated  that HB  107 is a  fish fertilization                                                               
enhancement bill.   He maintained that the permit  proposed in HB
107  could  boost fish  egg  fertilization  rates  - from  the  5                                                               
percent occurring in  nature to 95 percent using  incubation.  He                                                               
mentioned  that   fish  eggs  would  be   collected,  fertilized,                                                               
incubated, hatched, and released back  as unfed fry into the same                                                               
water from  whence they came.   He opined that releasing  the fry                                                               
into  the original  water would  make the  process as  natural as                                                               
possible.   He stated  that fish  incubation is  not new;  it has                                                               
been done  in many areas  for 40 years.   He maintained  that the                                                               
proposed legislation would clarify  the statutes regarding permit                                                               
requirements.   He  offered  that HB  107  would facilitate  fish                                                               
fertilization enhancement  projects as  a collaborative  effort -                                                               
undertaken by the  private sector, but under the  auspices of the                                                               
Alaska Department  of Fish  & Game (ADF&G).   He  maintained that                                                               
there would  be quite a few  requirements for the permit  and the                                                               
permit  holder   that  would   preclude  an   unqualified  person                                                               
receiving a permit.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
10:32:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ELIJAH  VERHAGEN,  Staff,  Representative Dave  Talerico,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  presented HB 107 on  behalf of Representative                                                               
Talerico,  prime sponsor.   He  referred  to AS  16.05.050(a)(5),                                                               
which states that one of the  duties of the commissioner of ADF&G                                                               
is  to propagate  fish and  fish  populations.   He relayed  that                                                               
ADF&G has  offered fish enhancement  permits like  those proposed                                                               
under HB  107:  permits  for educational purposes in  schools and                                                               
universities, and  for scientific research.   He said  that these                                                               
permits  are  available  to   tribes,  government  agencies,  and                                                               
various  other  entities   through  cooperative  agreements  with                                                               
ADF&G.  He  stated that none of the education  or science permits                                                               
are  outlined  in  statute.   He  maintained  that  the  proposed                                                               
legislation  would outline  in statute  a fish  fertilization and                                                               
enhancement  permit and  put these  permits under  the management                                                               
and scrutiny of ADF&G.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR.  VERHAGEN stated  that  pages 2  and  3 of  HB  107 list  the                                                               
information  that would  be  required on  the  application for  a                                                               
permit:    the  reason  the  applicant  wishes  to  conduct  fish                                                               
fertilization;  the type  of fish  that would  be collected;  the                                                               
number of fish  that would be collected; and  the agreements that                                                               
are in place with local  shareholders around fish collection.  He                                                               
maintained that  the information requested on  the application is                                                               
very  similar to  that which  is required  for the  education and                                                               
science  permits;   however,  HB  107  would   allow  people  and                                                               
corporations to  obtain permits for  the simple reason  that they                                                               
need more fish.   He relayed that in many of  the rivers in State                                                               
House  District  6 in  the  Interior,  ADG&G  does not  have  the                                                               
resources to  perform fish  counts and  does not  have escapement                                                               
goals; however,  local residents have reported  a great reduction                                                               
of fish over the years.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR.  VERHAGEN related  that  meeting all  the  conditions of  the                                                               
application would  be difficult; therefore, permits  would not be                                                               
readily  available to  everyone.   He  reiterated  that the  fish                                                               
propagation  process  addressed in  HB  107  would be  a  natural                                                               
process:   it  would not  involve fish  farming; it  would simply                                                               
boost the fertilization  rate from the 5 percent in  nature up to                                                               
roughly 94  percent; the unfed  fish would be released  back into                                                               
the water;  there would be  a ten-day  window for them  to become                                                               
emergent fry fish;  and they would return to  the same watershed.                                                               
He claimed that  the fish would be "as natural  as possible."  He                                                               
maintained  that the  process would  boost the  salmon population                                                               
and  maximize the  resource, as  called for  in the  Alaska State                                                               
Constitution.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:37:40 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES opened public testimony on HB 107.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
10:38:00 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
BRUCE  CAIN  testified  that he  works  for  Ahtna,  Incorporated                                                               
(Ahtna)  as  special  projects  manager,  serves  on  the  Prince                                                               
William   Sound   Aquaculture   Corporation  (PWSAC)   board   of                                                               
directors,  and is  president  of the  Copper  Valley Chamber  of                                                               
Commerce, but  he is speaking  on his  own behalf.   He expressed                                                               
his support for HB 107.   He relayed an incident that occurred in                                                               
1971 when he  was 14 years old:   He was working on  the docks in                                                               
Auke  Bay in  Juneau  at a  fish buying  station.   The  business                                                               
served hand  trollers and  a fleet of  commercial fishermen.   It                                                               
was before limited  entry, before the 200-mile  limit, and before                                                               
any hatcheries.   He mentioned  that at  the time, there  were no                                                               
fish.  He relayed that a  gentleman, about 70 years old, returned                                                               
to the  dock with three fish  after having fished all  week.  The                                                               
man earned about  $23 for his fish.   When he put  100 gallons of                                                               
diesel  fuel into  his boat  for $30,  there wasn't  enough money                                                               
from  the fish  to pay  for the  fuel.   It was  a very  sad, but                                                               
defining moment  for Mr. Cain  as a 14-year-old boy  and inspired                                                               
him to be committed to increasing fish populations.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MR. CAIN relayed that much was  done in that regard:  setting the                                                               
200-mile    limit;   forming    the    Division   of    Fisheries                                                               
Rehabilitation,  Enhancement, and  Development  (FRED) in  ADF&G;                                                               
building the  hatchery system;  and enacting  limited entry.   He                                                               
mentioned that  he could not  have imagined back then  that there                                                               
would be so  many fish one day that people  would worry about the                                                               
effects  of  hatcheries.    He  relayed  that  he  has  lived  in                                                               
Glennallen   in  the   Copper   River  Basin   for  many   years,                                                               
participated  in  the  commercial fishery,  participated  in  the                                                               
personal use fishery,  sport fished, and subsistence  fished.  He                                                               
asserted that  the Gulkana Hatchery  is a "big blessing"  for his                                                               
region, which uses  incubation boxes.  The facility  was built by                                                               
Ken  Roberson,  a  state  biologist,  from  donated  fish  totes,                                                               
gravel, and  plywood.  This  large sockeye salmon  facility keeps                                                               
the river  healthy.   This year  there has been  a very  low king                                                               
salmon  run  on  the  Copper  River,  which  has  prompted  state                                                               
restrictions.    He maintained  that  the  incubation system  has                                                               
worked well on the Copper River for many years.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR.  CAIN  encouraged  the  committee  to support  HB  107.    He                                                               
maintained  the [incubation]  process  could be  used to  restore                                                               
salmon that has  been lost due to highway  construction and other                                                               
activities, and he  mentioned that it would be good  to try it on                                                               
the Yukon River.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
10:44:46 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ERIC  GEBHART,  Superintendent,   Nenana  City  School  District,                                                               
testified that  he supports  HB 107.   He  mentioned that  he had                                                               
experience with  fish enhancement in  Kake.  He relayed  that his                                                               
current school  district has the  capacity through  the education                                                               
permit to  engage in fish  enhancement projects, but  he asserted                                                               
that HB 107  would encourage more people to  participate in these                                                               
activities and the schools could  provide an education component.                                                               
He maintained  that the  impact of  education is  greater through                                                               
partnerships   with  science   and   fisheries;  increased   fish                                                               
enhancement projects  would have  a positive  effect on  the fish                                                               
populations; and  education of  youth would  help to  sustain the                                                               
enhancement projects into the future.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:47:09 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. VERHAGEN relayed that his  office is excited that Mr. Gebhart                                                               
has  had experience  in fish  enhancement and  is working  toward                                                               
doing more  of this in  his school  district.  He  emphasized the                                                               
value of youth participating in  the incubation and fertilization                                                               
of fish eggs  and observing the entire process  from beginning to                                                               
end.   He  expressed his  hope that  for these  young minds,  the                                                               
"excitement and  potential" that  could stem from  this education                                                               
would culminate  in pursuing education  and careers in  the field                                                               
of fish propagation.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
10:50:03 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
WILL  MAYO, Tanana  Chief's Conference  (TCC), testified  that he                                                               
supports HB 107.   He relayed that he has spent  much time on the                                                               
Yukon River  and the primary  "eating" fish  in the area  was the                                                               
king salmon.  He stated that  due to depletion of the king salmon                                                               
population,  there have  been limitations  placed on  king salmon                                                               
harvest.  He maintained that he  has witnessed no activity in the                                                               
fish camps  along the river,  which deprives the young  people of                                                               
the education  that the  salmon harvest offers  them.   He stated                                                               
that TCC  wants to  help maintain robust  wild salmon  stocks; it                                                               
employs  a  scientific  program;  and it  wants  to  develop  the                                                               
capacity  to address  future needs.   He  said that  as resources                                                               
diminish,  the people  diminish,  because they  are dependent  on                                                               
their rural  economies; the  rural economy  is the  wild resource                                                               
economy.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  MAYO  maintained  that   discreet  salmon  populations  need                                                               
assistance  in  most  regions  of the  state;  a  permit  process                                                               
tailored to restoring  wild salmon is what is needed  and what is                                                               
lacking today.   He said that ADF&G permits are  not adequate for                                                               
the  task  of restoring  wild  salmon:    they are  designed  for                                                               
research  and  education;  they  are limited;  or  they  are  for                                                               
conventional hatcheries.  He maintained  that HB 107 would create                                                               
a process  for restoring discreet  wild salmon  populations using                                                               
guidelines and  clear oversight  by ADF&G  based on  good science                                                               
and  proven practices.   He  asserted  that HB  107 represents  a                                                               
conservative approach to  assure that wild salmon  are kept wild:                                                               
they are  not pen-fed  fish; they  are not  conventional hatchery                                                               
fish; and they  are returned to their river of  origin.  He added                                                               
that  HB 107  speaks  to the  importance  of collaboration,  data                                                               
collection, and  education within  the process of  restoration of                                                               
wild  salmon  stocks.    He  said that  TCC  finds  the  proposed                                                               
legislation  necessary to  fill  a niche  that  is currently  not                                                               
filled;  the  current  permits  have  been  unreliable  for  this                                                               
effort.   He  asserted  that  HB 107  would  allow  the state  to                                                               
proceed with a program to assist wild stocks.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:54:59 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
NANCY HILLSTRAND testified  that she has 21  years' experience as                                                               
a fish  culturist of five  species of  salmon and two  species of                                                               
trout, and  she opposes  HB 107.   She said  that although  it is                                                               
well intentioned, Alaska can "go  wrong" with enhancement and has                                                               
multiple  times.   She asserted  that HB  107 would  be dangerous                                                               
legislation  for Alaska's  wild  spawning salmon  resource.   She                                                               
maintained that the  danger lies in multiple  people handling the                                                               
fish with no  oversight.  She mentioned that ADF&G  does not have                                                               
the resources  to do the  proper oversight that would  be needed.                                                               
She   stated  that   the  simple   act  of   "adding  fish"   has                                                               
consequences.  She  claimed that HB 107 is  a "Band-Aid" approach                                                               
to underlying symptoms affecting distinct stock.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MS.  HILLSTRAND referred  to  an  excerpt of  a  sentence in  the                                                               
sponsor statement,  which read  as follows  [original punctuation                                                               
provided]:  "Although  the Dept. of Fish & Game  is currently not                                                               
counting  the fish  population  in many  rivers  in our  interior                                                               
district such as the Nenana, Tanana  and upper Yukon rivers ... "                                                               
and testified, "That's  what we need."  She  asserted that Alaska                                                               
needs more focus  on these areas to learn "what  is going on" and                                                               
to  get the  Board of  Fisheries "on-board"  to make  sure it  is                                                               
aware of what is transpiring in these areas.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  HILLSTRAND stated  that in  the last  couple years,  Chinook                                                               
salmon has  been slowly rebounding;  the North  Pacific [Fishery]                                                               
Management Council  (NPFMC) has placed  caps on the  huge bycatch                                                               
of Chinook in  the Bering Sea.  She relayed  NPFMC's statement as                                                               
follows:   "The majority, 64  percent, of Chinook  salmon bycatch                                                               
in  the  Bering Sea  is  from  aggregate coastal  Western  Alaska                                                               
stock, which  includes rivers from  Norton Sound to  Bristol Bay,                                                               
including Yukon  and Kuskokwim."   She  expressed that  these are                                                               
symptoms and  there are multiple  symptoms causing  problems with                                                               
salmon.  She offered that the  bycatch caps do seem to be helping                                                               
the salmon rebound,  but she opined that Alaska  needs to monitor                                                               
the distinct  stocks in  the upper tributaries  and take  care of                                                               
its wild fish before altering  them with any type of enhancement.                                                               
She stated that  as a fish culturist, she is  very concerned; she                                                               
witnessed fish  hatcheries evolving  from what was  considered an                                                               
enhancement to  a factory production  costing the  state millions                                                               
and millions of dollars.  She  emphasized that the state needs to                                                               
"slow  down," look  at the  habitat, determine  why ADF&G  is not                                                               
paying  more   attention  to  the   habitat  and  the   food  web                                                               
interactions.  She  reiterated that Alaska does not  need a Band-                                                               
Aid but needs to study the symptoms.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
10:57:53 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PETE VELSKO  testified that he  supports HB 107 and  referenced a                                                               
letter  sent  to the  committee  detailing  his experience.    He                                                               
mentioned  that he  began working  with  ADF&G at  the Tutka  Bay                                                               
Hatchery  in Homer  in  1976.   He  said  when  the hatchery  was                                                               
transferred to the Cook Inlet  Aquaculture Association (CIAA), he                                                               
was  transferred to  Nome, which  was having  problems with  chum                                                               
salmon.  He  was sent to Nome to test  in-stream incubation boxes                                                               
to determine the  feasibility of putting them in  area streams to                                                               
help rebuild the run.  He worked  from 1991 to 1997 under FRED in                                                               
Nome.   His  job  was  to try  to  implement  small scale  salmon                                                               
restoration enhancement  projects for  15 villages in  the Norton                                                               
Sound area and  it included educational programs  in the schools.                                                               
Nome had a very active high school incubation project.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. VELSKO stated  that in 1993-1994, FRED was  combined with the                                                               
Division  of Commercial  Fisheries  (DCF) [ADF&G]  due to  budget                                                               
cuts.    As a  result,  the  salmon restoration  and  enhancement                                                               
projects in  Nome became  very low  priority and  were abandoned.                                                               
He stated  that the need for  these projects was real  and people                                                               
wanted  to   see  them  continued.     He  maintained   that  the                                                               
disappearance  of FRED  left a  void  not readily  filled by  the                                                               
private non-profit (PNP) aquaculture associations  or by CFD.  He                                                               
maintained that the  PNPs are in the business  of producing large                                                               
numbers  of  fish,  primarily for  commercial  fisherman  located                                                               
along the coast, and DCF focuses  on managing fish, as opposed to                                                               
producing fish.  He said that  his question is:  "Who's out there                                                               
to assist the more rural  villages who might want help increasing                                                               
salmon  opportunities in  those areas?"   He  opined that  HB 107                                                               
might be a "step in the right direction."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. VELSKO  summarized by saying  that he  was doing the  kind of                                                               
work in Nome that he believes HB  107 would do.  He said that all                                                               
the villages  in the area  were very enthusiastic and  helpful in                                                               
providing  him with  good  information.   He  maintained that  to                                                               
check  the feasibility  of chum  salmon in  Nome, "you've  got to                                                               
complete the experiment."   He added that when  FRED was combined                                                               
with  DCF, the  project was  not finished.   He  stated that  the                                                               
incubation boxes  did produce salmon -  as much as 70  percent on                                                               
one incubator -  but because the experiment  was never completed,                                                               
he does  not know the  return of fish.   He maintained  that more                                                               
than one  life cycle is  needed to see  if such an  experiment is                                                               
working.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
11:03:22 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MIKE  MANN  testified that  he  has  been  fishing for  55  years                                                               
throughout Southeast, Bristol Bay,  Cook Inlet, and areas outside                                                               
of Alaska; he  was a board member of the  Douglas Island Pink and                                                               
Chum (DIPAC) Macaulay  Salmon Hatchery for ten years;  and he was                                                               
president  of  the  United Southeast  Alaska  Gillnetters  (USAG)                                                               
Association.   He  stated  that  he supports  HB  107 because  he                                                               
supports  the  actions  by  DIPAC   and  the  Northern  Southeast                                                               
Regional  Aquaculture  Association  (NSRAA).   He  expressed  his                                                               
belief  that the  communities can  prove,  with the  help of  the                                                               
experts at  the hatcheries,  that the  fish enhancement  is being                                                               
done  correctly.   He maintained  that one  can identify  the run                                                               
entry program  where it is  being intercepted.  The  personnel at                                                               
DIPAC  invented  a way  to  identify  the  specific fish  from  a                                                               
specific area,  so that fish  following the Japanese  current and                                                               
coming  into  Icy  Straits  or  by Noyes  Island  can  be  easily                                                               
identified.   They  know where  the  fish are  going, where  they                                                               
belong,  and   who  is  catching  them;   therefore,  appropriate                                                               
regulations can be put into place for commercial fishing.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. MANN  mentioned that  he was  involved with  incubation boxes                                                               
for sockeye salmon,  spawning channels on the  Chilkat River, and                                                               
incubation  boxes  throughout  the  tributaries  of  the  Chilkat                                                               
River.    He maintained  that  these  activities have  been  very                                                               
successful  [for   fish  enhancement]  and  asserted   that  fish                                                               
enhancement is  important for  other communities.   He  said that                                                               
once there  are large numbers  of fish  coming back to  the river                                                               
systems that  can handle it, the  state will do well  not only in                                                               
commercial  fishing,  but  in  sport  fishing  and  personal  use                                                               
fishing,  as  well.   He  suggested  that  GM fish  are  emerging                                                               
because of the  popularity of salmon in the world  and the desire                                                               
to make money  from that.  He maintained that  Alaska is becoming                                                               
the  "number one  place in  the  world" [for  salmon] and  should                                                               
recognize and take advantage of that.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
11:07:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES, after  ascertaining that there was no  one else who                                                               
wished to testify, closed public testimony on HB 107.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
11:08:05 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TARR  asked for someone  from ADF&G to  respond to                                                               
the  concern  that  an  unqualified   individual  might  do  fish                                                               
enhancement  and  to  speak  to  the  qualifications  of  someone                                                               
receiving a permit.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
11:09:01 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SAM  RABUNG,  Section  Chief,  Private  Non-Profit  Hatchery  and                                                               
Aquatic Farming  and Planning and Permitting,  responded that the                                                               
provisions  [for  receiving  a  permit]  are  stringent  and  the                                                               
requirements are  designed for applicants  who are  not amateurs.                                                               
He stated  that the  permits would be  subject to  ADF&G genetics                                                               
policies,  fish  health  policies,  sustainable  escapement  goal                                                               
policies,  sustainable  salmon  fisheries   policies  -  all  the                                                               
existing  guidance ADF&G  currently has  for permits;  therefore,                                                               
nothing amateurish would be allowed to proceed.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
11:09:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TARR  asked if  Mr. Rabung regarded  HB 107  as an                                                               
opportunity for  a public-private  partnership because  more work                                                               
is  needed to  have  more fish,  but  the state  is  not able  to                                                               
support  that work  alone.   The state  would still  regulate the                                                               
activity, but private dollars would infuse the effort.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. RABUNG  answered that there is  nothing in HB 107  that gives                                                               
ADF&G a permitting  authority that it does not already  have.  He                                                               
said that  ADF&G crafts the  enhancement or  restoration projects                                                               
as research  under the Fish  Resource Permit (FRP)  policy, which                                                               
is  for  scientific  and educational  objectives;  this  research                                                               
involves  studying  the efficacy  of  this  technique to  restore                                                               
salmon  runs.   He opined  that  the supporters  of the  proposed                                                               
legislation  want it  clearly defined  in statute  that they  can                                                               
conduct this  fish enhancement  activity.  He  added that  he did                                                               
not expect a  rush of applicants for new  projects; the proposals                                                               
would  be well  thought  out;  and there  are  provisions in  the                                                               
proposed  legislation that  require considerable  pre-work before                                                               
permits are  awarded.   He offered  that a  permit would  only be                                                               
awarded if stakeholders and ADF&G deemed it appropriate.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
11:11:53 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STUTES  asked if  ADF&G  has  the  funds to  oversee  this                                                               
program.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. RABUNG replied  that ADF&G views the  proposed legislation as                                                               
having  a zero  fiscal note,  because the  permits fall  within a                                                               
category  that ADF&G  already  processes.   He  offered that  the                                                               
proposed   legislation  requires   the   permit   holder  to   be                                                               
responsible for collecting the data;  it is a stakeholder-driven,                                                               
user-paid approach.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
11:12:47 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   TARR   stated   that   Alaska's   current   fish                                                               
enhancement and  hatchery development  policy seeks  to segregate                                                               
wild  fish  from  hatchery  fish   to  avoid  interbreeding,  and                                                               
activity under  HB 107 would not.   She asked Mr.  Rabung for his                                                               
response to that concern.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. RABUNG  responded that the  PNP program is a  different model                                                               
altogether;  it is  large scale  fishery enhancement  designed to                                                               
enhance  fisheries,  not  fish  populations.   He  said  that  by                                                               
definition,  it is  designed  to  produce additional  harvestable                                                               
surplus paid for  by the commercial fleet and for  the benefit of                                                               
the  commercial fleet.    He  added that  the  PNP programs  were                                                               
designed to  have terminal harvest  areas; the fish  would return                                                               
to  where  they  would  not  have  significant  interaction  with                                                               
natural  spawning stocks.   He  reiterated that  fish enhancement                                                               
under  the  proposed legislation  is  a  different model;  it  is                                                               
referred  to  as rehabilitation  or  restoration,  as opposed  to                                                               
fishery enhancement; and it is  designed to restore existing fish                                                               
populations to the higher levels of the past.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
11:14:19 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FANSLER  asked the sponsor  of HB 107 if  he would                                                               
be  opposed  to  a  friendly   amendment  substituting  the  term                                                               
"enhancement" with the term "rehabilitation".                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TALERICO agreed  that  "rehabilitation" would  be                                                               
the correct term.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FANSLER suggested  that the  change may  make the                                                               
intent  of   the  proposed  legislation   clearer  and   avoid  a                                                               
misunderstanding among the public.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
11:15:40 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS asked if ADF&G supports HB 107.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. RABUNG answered that ADF&G's position on HB 107 is neutral.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
11:16:18 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN expressed his concern  that the use of the                                                               
term  "rehabilitation" might  fail to  communicate to  ADF&G that                                                               
the committee supports anything  that would help increase maximum                                                               
yield  of the  resource.   He  said that  even  if Alaska's  fish                                                               
production level has  never been at the point Alaska  wants it to                                                               
be, that doesn't mean Alaska should not try to achieve it.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
11:16:55 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES stated an amendment would be drafted to accommodate                                                                
all [suggestions].                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
11:17:14 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES announced HB 107 was held over.                                                                                    

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HJR012 Sponsor Statement 2.22.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 ver A 2.22.17.PDF HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Fiscal Note LEG-SESS-02-23-17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - Alaska Trollers Association 2.27.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance 2.27.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - Petersburg Vessel Owners Association 2.27.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - Southeast Alaska Seiners Association 2.27.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - United Fishermen of Alaska.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Support - United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters 2.27.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Supporting Document-Alaska Dispatch News Article 2.22.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Supporting Document-Reps. Young and Defazio 2.22.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HJR012 Supporting Document-Sen. Murkowski 2.22.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HJR 12
HB107 Sponsor Statement 2.8.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Sectional Analysis 2.8.2017.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB107 Ver O.PDF HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Fiscal Note DFG-DCF-02-24-17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Additional Documentation. Considerations for Salmon Restoration Planning.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Additional Documents, Josephson Permitting process letter.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Additional Documentation. Egg Survival Rate Comparrison.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Gulkana Incubation Picture.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Moist air incubator picture.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support ADN Article.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support Copper Valley Chamber of Commerce.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support Doyon 2.14.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support Mentasta Council.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support Nenana City School District 2.16.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Support Pete Velsko.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 4/26/2017 1:00:00 PM
HB 107
HB107 Sectional Analysis 2.8.2017.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HB 107
HJR012 Support UFA.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HJR 12
HJR012 Supporting Document - Presentation House Resources Committee 3.12.17.pdf HFSH 2/28/2017 10:00:00 AM
HRES 3/13/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/14/2017 3:00:00 PM
HRES 3/15/2017 1:00:00 PM
HRES 3/20/2017 7:00:00 PM
HRES 3/22/2017 6:00:00 PM
HJR 12