LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Fisheries Board Makes Ruling on Subsistence
By TOM HESSE
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Alaska Board of Fisheries cleared its first proposal early this afternoon when it approved changes to subsistence rules in areas near Angoon as proposed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
From left, John Jensen, Alaska Board of Fisheries vice-chair; Meredith Marchioni, Alaska Dept of Fish and Game subsistence resource specialist; Tom Kluberton, board chair; Fritz Johnson, board member; and Glenn Haight, executive director look over documents before the board deliberatated on subsistence proposals this afternoon. (Sentinel Photo)
After wrapping up the Committee of the Whole session this morning, the board transitioned into deliberations for the first time this week. Deliberation started on proposals that dealt with the Amount Reasonably Needed for Subsistence (ANS) in the Angoon area. Staff made the proposals based on new data as well as the consideration that Districts 12 and 14 were accessible by people from Juneau, a non-subsistence community.
On a 6-0 vote the board approved a revised ANS based on data from the last five years. Staff reports showed the communities of Angoon and Tenakee Springs had not been hitting the previous ANS, but a change was still warranted because the previous levels took an average from too broad of an area. The previous ANS covered districts 11, 12, 14 and 16 and the new totals are specific to districts 12 and 14. Board Chairman Tom Kluberton advocated basing the new ANS on data from the past five years, given recent drops in subsistence harvest.
“It seems with Angoon it may be wise to look at more recent data than looking at years past,” he said.
ADF&G staff proposed a number of options that would base the ANS on data from the last five or ten years. The new one allows for a range of 1,100-1,700 salmon for district 12 and 600-1,500 salmon for district 14.
Those numbers are based on the standard deviation for data over the last five years.
The board planned to continue deliberations on subsistence proposals the rest of the afternoon. Next on the board’s agenda is deliberation on the 16 herring proposals submitted to this session of the fisheries board. The board will address groundfish proposals after that before returning to Committee of the Whole to discuss salmon issues.
The board meeting began Monday at Centennial Hall, and continues through March 3.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.