00 HOUSE BILL NO. 264                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the reduction of the harvest of a fishery resource by                                               
02 nonsubsistence fisheries."                                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.251(e) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (e)  Except as provided under (i) of this section, the [THE] Board of                                               
06 Fisheries may allocate fishery resources among personal use, sport, guided sport, and                                   
07 commercial fisheries. The board shall adopt criteria for the allocation of fishery                                      
08 resources and shall use the criteria as appropriate to particular allocation decisions. The                             
09 criteria may include factors such as                                                                                    
10   (1)  the history of each personal use, sport, guided sport, and                                                      
11 commercial fishery;                                                                                                     
12   (2)  the number of residents and nonresidents who have participated in                                               
13 each fishery in the past and the number of residents and nonresidents who can                                           
14 reasonably be expected to participate in the future;                                                                    
01   (3)  the importance of each fishery for providing residents the                                                      
02 opportunity to obtain fish for personal and family consumption;                                                         
03   (4)  the availability of alternative fisheries resources;                                                            
04   (5)  the importance of each fishery to the economy of the state;                                                     
05   (6)  the importance of each fishery to the economy of the region and                                                 
06 local area in which the fishery is located;                                                                             
07   (7)  the importance of each fishery in providing recreational                                                        
08 opportunities for residents and nonresidents.                                                                           
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.251 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
10  (i)  If the Board of Fisheries reduces the harvest of a fishery resource by                                           
11 nonsubsistence fisheries in order to provide for sustained yield of the fishery resource                                
12 or to satisfy the subsistence preference under AS 16.05.258, the board shall                                            
13   (1)  allocate the reduction in the harvest of the resource among each                                                
14 personal use, sport, guided sport, and commercial fishery that takes the resource in the                                
15 same proportion that each fishery has traditionally taken of the nonsubsistence harvest                                 
16 of the resource; and                                                                                                    
17   (2)  adopt a plan for in-season management of the fishery resource by                                                
18 the department that is consistent, to the extent the board considers reasonably                                         
19 practicable, with the allocation established by the board under this subsection.