03/26/1997 05:07 PM House FSH

               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                            
                          March 26, 1997                                       
                             5:07 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                            
                                                                               
 PRESENTATION:  COOK INLET FISHERY ISSUES                                      
                ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME                             
                                                                               
 TAPE(S)                                                                       
                                                                               
 97-15, SIDE(S) A & B                                                          
                                                                               
 CALL TO ORDER                                                                 
                                                                               
 Representative Austerman, Chairman, convened the House Special                
 Committee meeting at 5:07 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
 PRESENT                                                                       
                                                                               
 Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives           
 Austerman, Ivan, Ogan and Hodgins.  Other legislators present were            
 Representative Dyson and Senator Leman.                                       
                                                                               
 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                        
                                                                               
 FRANK RUE, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner, Department of            
 Fish and Game, introduced the people giving the presentation and              
 answered questions.                                                           
                                                                               
 DOUG McBRIDE, Southeast Regional Supervisor, Division of Sport                
 Fish, Department of Fish and Game, presented a lay out of the                 
 overview of Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management and discussed the              
 Department of Fish and Game's implementation policy and allocative            
 directives through their fishery management plans.                            
                                                                               
 GARY LIEPITZ, Habitat Biologist, Division of Habitat and                      
 Restoration, Department of Fish and Game, discussed the habitat               
 issues of the Upper Cook Inlet fisheries and answered questions on            
 his testimony.                                                                
                                                                               
 LINDA BRANNIAN, Management Supervisor, Division of Commercial                 
 Fisheries, Management and Development, Department of Fish and Game,           
 presented an overview of the salmon fisheries in Cook Inlet and               
 answered questions on her testimony.                                          
                                                                               
 BOB CLASBY, Director, Division of Commericial Fisheries Management            
 and Development, Department of Fish and Game, commented on the                
 strengths of pink salmon on odd and even years.                               
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE ACTION                                                              
                                                                               
 The committee took no action.                                                 
                                                                               
 ADJOURNMENT                                                                   
                                                                               
 The meeting was adjourned at 6:33 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.