00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 33                                                                                    
01 Relating to the allocation of Alaska salmon.                                                                            
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
03  WHEREAS salmon are a valuable natural resource, forming a significant component                                      
04 of the Alaska economy; and                                                                                              
05  WHEREAS Alaska's salmon resources are well managed, healthy, and have                                                
06 historically provided a consistent return to all regions of the state; and                                              
07  WHEREAS the failure of traditional seafood processing techniques combined with                                       
08 current global commercial salmon production has resulted in a steadily declining value to the                           
09 state from the commercial salmon industry; and                                                                          
10  WHEREAS the future of Alaska's economy and job growth is based on development                                        
11 of tourism and recreational businesses, including many sport fishing related industries that                            
12 require consistent access to salmon; and                                                                                
13  WHEREAS the value to the state from the recreational use of salmon surpasses the                                     
14 value realized from the commercial salmon industry; and                                                                 

01  WHEREAS it is the responsibility of the state to set policies producing the maximum                                  
02 economic return from a common property resource; and                                                                    
03  WHEREAS the Alaska Board of Fisheries has statutory authority to allocate and                                        
04 manage Alaska's salmon resources;                                                                                       
05  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the Alaska                                    
06 Board of Fisheries to adopt an allocation policy maximizing access to Alaska's salmon                                   
07 resources by sport fishing and subsistence user groups; and be it                                                       
08  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                         
09 Alaska Board of Fisheries to adopt a policy of giving priority to sport and subsistence salmon                          
10 fishing over commercial salmon fishing in cases where scarcity of fishery resources requires                            
11 that a choice be made.