02/02/1998 05:04 PM House FSH

         HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                                  
                   February 2, 1998                                            
                      5:04 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
UPDATE ON PACIFIC SALMON TREATY NEGOTIATIONS                                   
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-3, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Austerman, Chairman, convened the House Special                 
Committee on Fisheries meeting at 5:04 p.m.                                    
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representative             
Austerman, Ivan, Hodgins and Ogan. Other legislators present were              
Representatives Dyson and Williams and Senator Leman.                          
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN AUSTERMAN announced the committee would hear an update on             
the Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations.                                        
                                                                               
JEV SHELTON, Alternate Commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission,                
introduced himself and the other testifiers.  He presented an                  
overview and update on the Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations using            
an overhead projector.  He answered the committee's questions.                 
                                                                               
KEVIN DUFFY, Northern Panel Chair, Pacific Salmon Commission,                  
provided historical information regarding the Pacific Salmon Treaty            
to the committee using an overhead projector.                                  
                                                                               
JEFF KOENIGS, Co-chair, Chinook Technical Committee, Pacific Salmon            
Commission, presented specifics on the Southeast Chinook fishery               
and the Noyes Island fishery using an overhead projector.  He                  
answered the committee's questions.                                            
                                                                               
JIM BACON, Chair, Northern Stakeholders, Pacific Salmon Commission,            
testified in support of the stakeholder process in treaty                      
negotiations.                                                                  
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 6:22 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska, 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the               
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.