Legislature(2023 - 2024)BUTROVICH 205

05/12/2023 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

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01:41:23 PM Start
01:42:01 PM SB128
01:48:52 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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+= SB 128 COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHERY CLOSURE TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              SENATE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                          May 12, 2023                                                                                          
                           1:41 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Matt Claman, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator James Kaufman                                                                                                           
Senator Löki Tobin                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Jesse Kiehl, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 128                                                                                                             
"An Act temporarily closing the commercial salmon fishery in a                                                                  
portion of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands; and                                                                       
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD & HELD                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 128                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHERY CLOSURE                                                                                  
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) OLSON                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
04/12/23       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/12/23       (S)       JUD, RES                                                                                               
04/21/23       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
04/21/23       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/21/23       (S)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
05/12/23       (S)       JUD AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ALMERIA ALCANTRA, Staff                                                                                                         
Senator Donnie Olson                                                                                                            
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT: Explained the changes from version A to                                                                   
version S of SB 128.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:41:23 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR MATT CLAMAN called the  Senate Judiciary Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to order  at 1:41 p.m. Present at the  call to order were                                                               
Senators Tobin, Kaufman, and Chair Claman.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
            SB 128-COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHERY CLOSURE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:42:01 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  the consideration of SENATE  BILL NO. 128                                                               
"An Act  temporarily closing the  commercial salmon fishery  in a                                                               
portion  of  the  Alaska  Peninsula  and  Aleutian  Islands;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN stated that this was  the second hearing of the bill                                                               
in the Senate  Judiciary Standing Committee. He  revealed that he                                                               
would  not take  public  testimony today;  written testimony  was                                                               
welcome. He asked  the public to avoid  sending duplicate letters                                                               
and emails. He planned to hold the bill in committee.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:42:50 PM                                                                                                                    
ALMERIA  ALCANTRA,  Staff,  Senator Donnie  Olson,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau,  Alaska, reviewed the proposed  changes from                                                               
version A  to version  S of  SB 103.  She informed  the committee                                                               
that language  was added  on page  1, lines  11-13 to  exempt the                                                               
north  and  northwestern  districts  in  Area  M  of  the  Alaska                                                               
Peninsula.  Language was  also added  to exempt  the set  gillnet                                                               
                                                                                                                                
fishery  from  the  proposed  June  10  - 30commercial    fishery                                                               
closure. She  explained that the  changes were proposed  in light                                                               
of concerns the  sponsor heard from public  testifiers during the                                                               
last  committee hearing.  The vast  majority of  interception for                                                               
chum  and  Chinook  salmon  happens  on the  south  side  of  the                                                               
peninsula,  and  it  is  mainly purse  seine  and  drift  gillnet                                                               
fisheries  intercepting  these  fish.  She  noted  that  the  set                                                               
gillnet  fishery  has  the  highest  number  of  resident  permit                                                               
holders in the area.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:44:38 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR KAUFMAN asked  for a graphic that shows the  areas the CS                                                               
changes.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN  replied that his staff  had a map to  distribute to                                                               
committee members. He  stated that the graphic will  be posted on                                                               
BASIS.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALCANTRA described  the map depicting the closure  and how it                                                               
pertains to  the various districts.  She stated that  the closure                                                               
pertains   to   the   Unimak,  Southwestern,   Southcentral   and                                                               
Southeastern districts of the Alaska Peninsula.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN asked if the black areas depict the exemptions.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ALCANTRA   replied  that   the  Northern   and  Northwestern                                                               
districts are exempt.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN  surmised that the  entire area north of  the Alaska                                                               
Peninsula is exempt.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR KAUFMAN asked if the  portrayed portion of the Bering Sea                                                               
coast was exempt.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MS. ALCANTRA replied in the affirmative.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:46:44 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR KAUFMAN  requested further  details about what  areas are                                                               
in  and what  areas  are out.  He noticed  that  some areas  were                                                               
shaded black, while others were not.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ALCANTRA offered  to highlight  the exempt  areas after  the                                                               
hearing and present a highlighted  map to the committee chair for                                                               
distribution. She explained that  the black areas were previously                                                               
closed.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  KAUFMAN appreciated  Ms. Alcantra's  offer to  provide a                                                               
more detailed map for committee members.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:48:11 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR TOBIN  moved to adopt  the committee substitute  (CS) for                                                               
SB 128, work order 33-LS0679\S, as the working document.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN found no objection and version S was adopted.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN held SB 128 in committee for further consideration.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:48:52 PM                                                                                                                    
There being  no further  business to  come before  the committee,                                                               
Chair Claman  adjourned the  Senate Judiciary  Standing Committee                                                               
meeting at 1:48 p.m.                                                                                                            

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
SB 128 Work Draft Committee Substitute version S 5.11.2023.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 version A 4.12.2023.PDF SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Sponsor Statement version A 4.19.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Sectional Analysis version A 4.19.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Supporting Document - 2022 Kusko Situation Cover Letter & Report 2.17.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Supporting Document - Chum Decline Infographics 4.21.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Letters of Support - Received as of 5.11.2023.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Supporting Testimony - Received as of 4.27.2023 9_52 AM.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Letters of Opposition - Received as of 5.10.2023.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Opposing Testimony - Received as of 5.10.2023 12_34 PM.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Fiscal Note DFG-DCF 4.14.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Fiscal Note DOR-TAX 4.14.2023.pdf SJUD 4/21/2023 1:30:00 PM
SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128
SB 128 Additional Document - Alaska Peninsula Management Area M Statistical Chart.pdf SJUD 5/12/2023 1:30:00 PM
SB 128