00             SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 36(RES)                                                           
01 Requesting the National Park Service to mitigate the adverse economic effects of                                        
02 commercial fishing closures and restrictions in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.                                 
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the marine waters of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve have                                        
05 provided sustainable fisheries for Alaska commercial fishermen and have provided an                                     
06 economic base for communities in Southeast Alaska; and                                                                  
07       WHEREAS the State of Alaska has historically managed the commercial fisheries in                                
08 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in a sound and productive manner; and                                            
09       WHEREAS the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission has implemented a                                      
10 commercial fisheries entry program for the major commercial fisheries that are conducted in                             
11 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; and                                                                             
12       WHEREAS the federal government through the National Park Service has                                            
13 implemented closures and restrictions on commercial fishing in the marine waters of Glacier                             
14 Bay National Park and Preserve; and                                                                                     
15       WHEREAS the closures and restrictions on commercial fishing in the marine waters                                
16 of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve have negatively affected commercial fishermen                                 

01 and their dependents, crewmembers, businesses, and communities in Southeast Alaska that                                 
02 directly and indirectly relied upon commercial fisheries for their livelihood and economic                              
03 base; and                                                                                                               
04       WHEREAS the National Park Service purchases, leases, or charters vessels for                                    
05 research, enforcement, operations, maintenance, and administration in Glacier Bay National                              
06 Park and Preserve; and                                                                                                  
07       WHEREAS the National Park Service also purchases equipment, materials, lodging,                                 
08 and services for the operation, maintenance, and administration of Glacier Bay National Park                            
09 and Preserve;                                                                                                           
10       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                      
11 National Park Service to mitigate the adverse economic consequences of the closures and                                 
12 restrictions on commercial fishing in the marine waters of Glacier Bay National Park and                                
13 Preserve by purchasing or leasing vessels, equipment, materials, lodging, and services                                  
14 necessary for research, enforcement, operations, maintenance, and administration in Glacier                             
15 Bay National Park and Preserve from those commercial fishermen, businesses, and                                         
16 communities in Southeast Alaska that have been adversely affected by those closures and                                 
17 restrictions; and be it                                                                                                 
18       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                    
19 National Park Service to give a preference to those who have been adversely affected by the                             
20 closures and restrictions on commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve                               
21 when contracting for vessels, equipment, materials, lodging, and services.                                              
22       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Gale Norton, United States                             
23 Secretary of the Interior; the Honorable Fran P. Mainella, Director, National Park Service,                             
24 United States Department of the Interior; Marcia Blaszak, Regional Director, Alaska Region,                             
25 National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior; Tomie Lee, Superintendent,                             
26 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, National Park Service, United States Department of                              
27 the Interior; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S.                                   
28 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
29 delegation in Congress.