ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES UPPER COOK INLET FINFISH February 20 - March 5, 2011 Egan Center, Anchorage

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ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES UPPER COOK INLET FINFISH February 20 - March 5, 2011 Egan Center, Anchorage
TENTATIVE AGENDA1
NOTE: This tentative agenda is subject to change throughout the course of the meeting. This Tentative Agenda is provided to give a general idea to the public of the board’s anticipated schedule. The board will attempt to hold to this schedule; however, the board is not constrained by this Tentative Agenda. Those of you who wish to testify must sign-up by the deadline. Public testimony will continue until those present at the meeting are heard; the board will continue working through its agenda immediately upon conclusion of public testimony.
Sunday, February 20, 8:00 a.m.
OPENING BUSINESS Call to Order; Introductions of Board Members and Staff Board Member Ethics Disclosures STAFF REPORTS PUBLIC AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORAL TESTIMONY2
Monday, February 21
PUBLIC TESTIMONY continued Deadline for SIGNING-UP TO TESTIFY will be 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 22
morning PUBLIC TESTIMONY continued
Organize for Board Committees and Public Panels3
afternoon COMMITTEE WORK Committee of the Whole: Upper Cook Inlet Action Plans for Chuitna River, Theodore River, Lewis River, Alexander Creek, Goose Creek, and Willow Creek King Salmon.
Wednesday, February 23
COMMITTEE WORK continued (Committee A concurrent with Committee D) Committee A: Cook Inlet Subsistence and Commercial Fishing Committee D: Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Fishing
Thursday, February 24
COMMITTEE WORK continued (Committee B concurrent with Committee E) Committee B: Drift and Northern District Salmon Management Plans, Commercial Fishing Committee E: Sport Fisheries - UCI Coho/Kenai Guides/Resident Species
Friday, February 25
COMMITTEE WORK continued (Committee C concurrent with Committee G) Committee C: Kenai, and Kasilof River salmon management plans and Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan (CF) Committee G: Northern Cook Inlet Sport Salmon Fisheries
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Saturday, February 26
COMMITTEEWORK continued Committee F: Kenai - Kasilof River Sport Salmon Fishing and Vessel Restrictions
Sunday, February 27
Board committee report preparation and distribution to the public
Monday, February 28
BOARD DELIBERATIONS ON PROPOSALS, starting with Upper Cook Inlet Action Plans; specific order of committee groups to be announced at meeting
Tuesday, March 1 through Saturday, March 5
BOARD DELIBERATIONS ON PROPOSALS continued MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS, including Petitions, Findings, Resolutions, Letters ADJOURN
AGENDA NOTES:
1) This agenda is TENTATIVE and subject to change during the meeting. A list of staff reports and roadmap will be available at the meeting. Schedule updates will be posted at the meeting. Daily sessions are scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m., or as announced by the chair during the meeting.
2) Testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes for individuals and groups and ten (10) minutes advisory committee representatives. These times may be changed by the chair in order to manage the volume of the workload. Advisory committee representatives may present reports either at the beginning or end of public testimony. The representative should notify the board secretary whether they prefer the beginning or end of public testimony.
3) BOARD COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC PANELS: The board has established a number of board committees to provide additional review of proposals. Board committees are comprised of board members. The board selects public advisors to the committees from a list of qualified and interested members of the public compiled by the committee chairs following the oral testimony portion of the meeting. Advisory committee representatives are ex-officio advisors to all board committees and may move between board committees as they choose. The purpose of the committee process is to: 1) broaden public participation in the regulatory process; 2) provide another forum for stakeholders to discuss resolution of contentious issues; and 3) provide additional detailed information relative to proposals.

(1/25/11, updated 1/27/11)
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ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES UPPER COOK INLET FINFISH February 20 - March 5, 2011 Egan Center, Anchorage TENATIVE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE (Note: Following is the boards anticipated committee schedule. The board will attempt to hold to this schedule. However, these time blocks are only an estimate. The actual dates of the committee meetings may change due to the progress of the meeting. Updated announcements and schedules will be posted at the meeting.) Approximately Tuesday, February 22 COMMITTEE of the Whole: Upper Cook Inlet Action Plans for Chuitna River, Theodore River, Lewis River, Alexander Creek, Goose Creek, and Willow Creek King Salmon. (Total proposals related to these king salmon stocks: 11) Subsistence: 102, 270 Northern District Commercial Fishing: 133, 142, 143, 158, 270 Sport Fishing: 158, 265, 266, 270, 271, 284, 285 Approximately Wednesday, February 23 COMMITTEE A: Cook Inlet Subsistence and Commercial Fishing Board committee members: Mike Smith (chair), Mel Morris, Tom Kluberton (Total proposals: 25) Subsistence: 102, 103 Fishing Districts, Subdistricts: 104 Seasons: 105, 106, 109, 167, 107, 108, 322, 321, 323, 110 Fishing Periods: 111, 112, 113, 114 Gillnet specifications and operations: 115, 116, 117, 118, 324 Requirements and specifications for use of 200 fathom of drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet area: 119, 120 Closed Waters: 121 COMMITTEE D: Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Fishing Board committee members: John Jensen (chair), Bill Brown, Karl Johnstone (Total proposals: 30) Personal Use Fishing: 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 328, 155, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199
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Approximately Thursday, February 24 COMMITTEE B: Drift and Northern District Salmon Management Plans, Commercial Fishing Board committee members: Bill Brown (chair), John Jensen, Karl Johnstone (Total proposals: 23) Central District Drift Gillnet Management Plan: 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 Pink Salmon: 129, 130 Northern District Salmon Management Plan: 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141 Northern District King Salmon Management Plan: 142, 143, 144, 145 COMMITTEE E: Sport Fisheries - UCI Coho/Kenai Guides/Resident Species Board committee members: Tom Kluberton (chair), Mike Smith, Mel Morris (Total proposals: 27) Upper Cook Inlet Coho Salmon Sport Fisheries: 21, 22, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 23, 206 Kenai River Guides: 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214 Kenai River Resident Species: 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223 Approximately Friday, February 25 COMMITTEE C: Kenai, and Kasilof River salmon management plans and Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan (CF) Board committee members: Mel Morris (chair), John Jensen, Tom Kluberton (Total proposals: 31) Kenai River Late Run-run King Salmon Management Plan: 146 Kenai Late Run Sockeye Salmon Management Plan: 147, 327, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 128, 326, 325, 153, 154 Early Russian River Sockeye Salmon: 156 Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan: 157, 158, 159, 160 Kasilof Sockeye Salmon Mgmt. Plan: 161, 162, 329, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 330, 171, 331 COMMITTEE G: Northern Cook Inlet Sport Salmon Fisheries Board committee members: Karl Johnstone (chair), Bill Brown, Mike Smith (Total proposals: 35) Susitna River Salmon: 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270 West Cook Inlet Salmon: 271 Knik Arm Salmon: 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282 Resident Species: 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291 Anchorage Area Sport Fisheries: 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298
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Approximately Saturday, February 26 COMMITTEE F: Kenai - Kasilof River Sport Salmon Fishing and Vessel Restrictions Board committee members: Karl Johnstone (chair), Bill Brown, John Jensen (Total proposals: 40) Kenai River Salmon Sport Fisheries: 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244 Kenai River Vessel Restrictions: 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253 Kasilof River Salmon Sport Fisheries: 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263 (1/25/11)