03/12/1997 05:05 PM House FSH

               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                            
                          March 12, 1997                                       
                             5:05 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                            
                                                                               
 PRESENTATION:  ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME                             
                OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FISH ISSUES                          
                                                                               
 TAPE(S)                                                                       
                                                                               
 97-12, SIDE(S) A & B                                                          
                                                                               
 CALL TO ORDER                                                                 
                                                                               
 Representative Austerman, Chairman, convened the House Special                
 Committee on Fisheries meeting at 5:05 p.m.                                   
                                                                               
 PRESENT                                                                       
                                                                               
 Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives           
 Austerman and Ivan.  Representative(s) Ogan and Hodgins arrived as            
 the meeting was in progress.  Other legislators present were                  
 Representative Green.                                                         
                                                                               
 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                        
                                                                               
 DAVE BENTON, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner,                 
 Department of Fish and Game; Chairman, Pacific Salmon Commission;             
 and Representative, North Pacific Fishery Management Council,                 
 discussed Alaska's agreement with the Southern U.S. on Chinook, the           
 bilateral negotiations with Alaska and Canada and the Russian                 
 Maritime Boundary.  He answered questions regarding his testimony.            
                                                                               
 JEFF KOENINGS, Special Assistant, Office of the Commissioner,                 
 Department of Fish and Game; and Chairman, Chinook Technical                  
 Committee, Pacific Salmon Commission, discussed the background of             
 the Pacific Salmon Treaty and referred to graphs on Chinook stock             
 groupings.  He answered questions regarding his testimony.                    
                                                                               
 KEVIN DUFFY, Planning and Development Program Manager, Division               
 Commercial Fisheries Management and Development, Department of Fish           
 and Game; and Chairman, Northern Panel Pacific Salmon Commission,             
 discussed the negotiations between the Northern and Southern                  
 stakeholders.                                                                 
                                                                               
 MARY PETE, Director, Division of Subsistence, Department of Fish              
 and Game; Chair, Yukon River Panel; and Co-chair, Joint U.S.-Canada           
 Yukon River Panel, discussed history, make-up and work of the Yukon           
 River Panel.  She answered questions regarding her testimony.                 
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE ACTION                                                              
                                                                               
 The committee took no action.                                                 
                                                                               
 ADJOURNMENT                                                                   
                                                                               
 The meeting was adjourned at 6:14 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.