2011-03-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 0593
          Urging the North Pacific Fishery Management                                                                           
          Council to amend the groundfish fisheries                                                                             
          management plan for the Gulf of Alaska to allow for                                                                   
          an annually adjusted cap of prohibited species catch                                                                  
          based on an abundance of bycatch species, and                                                                         
          expeditiously to implement a Chinook bycatch cap to                                                                   
          limit the number of Chinook salmon harvested as                                                                       
          bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and held on the Secretary's desk.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 111                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 111 BY SENATOR THOMAS, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act authorizing the transfer of land from the                                                                     
          State of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation                                                                   
          to property owners along the Eielson Spur Line; and                                                                   
          providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional                                                              
Affairs and Labor and Commerce Committees.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SB 112                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 112 BY SENATOR DYSON, entitled:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to a credit against the oil and gas                                                                  
          production tax for drilling certain exploration wells                                                                 
          using a jack-up rig in the Cook Inlet sedimentary                                                                     
          basin."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance                                                               
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SB 113                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 113 BY SENATOR MCGUIRE, entitled: