MS. PHILLIPS: I would like to hear the
21 public comment but put them on a three minute time
22 limit if they're so willing, I mean, thank you.
23
24 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay. So I guess
25 we have a request, would you like to come forward --
26 okay.
27
28 MR. COMBS: Is that how it works?
29
30 REPORTER: Yes, perfect.
31
32 MR. COMBS: My name is Jackson Combs,
33 I'm from Hoonah. I've been a commercial fisherman and
34 most recently in the last six weeks or so I've started
35 working for the environmental department of HIA. We
36 had a number of community members reach out to me and
37 ask me if I could bring something specific up here to
38 the RAC and it's real quick, real simple.
39
40 A lot of our community use Basket Bay
41 as a sockeye subsistence resource and it's a bit of a
42 trip for us and right now the current regulation is 15
43 fish for a possession limit and what we'd like to do is
44 just ask for a small increase to 20 and if that's
45 something that's reasonable I'm asking for the Council
46 to consider putting that forward as a proposal to the
47 Board of Fish.
48
49 That's about it, thank you.
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1 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay, thank you.
2 Council members, comments, questions, proposals.
3
4 MS. PHILLIPS: Mr. Chair.
5
6 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Patty.
7
8 MS. PHILLIPS: Can we submit a proposal
9 to increase the bag limit for 20 fish for sockeye in
10 Basket Bay, would that -- is that a proposal we want to
11 put forward, it sounds pretty simple?
12
13 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: If you'd like to
14 make a motion it's still on the floor.
15
16 MR. HOWARD: So moved, Mr. Chair.
17
18 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay.
19
20 MS. PHILLIPS: Second.
21
22 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: It's been moved
23 and seconded to increase the bag limit in Basket Bay to
24 20 fish for sockeye. Council comments, Mike.
25
26 MR. DOUVILLE: Mr. Chair, I'm in favor
27 of the motion. I just have a question, is this an
28 annual limit or a daily limit?
29
30 MR. COMBS: This is a possession limit.
31 They have a -- right now it's a 15 in possession and a
32 30 annual but we really don't have interest in moving
33 that 30 annual because our community members are really
34 only making one trip for the season. So they're trying
35 to get all their fish at that time. But we could
36 potentially ask for a 40 annual if they wanted to --
37 other systems are on like a 20/20 or even 50/50 and the
38 nice thing about this system, Basket Bay, is through
39 the work of Jake Musslewhite and some of the others,
40 there's actually a good baseline of data on the stock
41 and it's a fairly significant healthy stock compared to
42 some of the others in the area that might have a higher
43 possession limit.
44
45 I hope that answered your question.
46
47 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Follow up, Mike,
48 go ahead.
49
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1 MR. DOUVILLE: I would offer an
2 amendment to make it a 20 possession limit and 40
3 annual limit.
4
5 MR. HOWARD: Second.
6
7 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Did you second,
8 Albert.
9
10 MR. HOWARD: I'll second the amendment.
11
12 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay, second the
13 amendment. So the motion's been amended to increase it
14 to a 20 fish, 20 sockeye possession limit with an
15 annual limit of 40 fish. Any discussion on the
16 amendment.
17
18 MR. KITKA: Question.
19
20 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Harvey, you have a
21 question?
22
23 MR. KITKA: No, just a question.
24
25 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Oh, calling for
26 the question, okay, thank you. All in favor of the
27 motion amended say aye.
28
29 IN UNISON: Aye.
30
31 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Anybody opposed
32 say no.
33
34 (No opposing votes)
35
36 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay, the motion's
37 been amended to 20 fish limit with a 40 fish annual
38 limit. Any discussion on the new main motion.
39
40 MR. DOUVILLE: Call for the question.
41
42 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay, question's
43 been called for. All in favor of the main motion say
44 aye.
45
46 IN UNISON: Aye.
47
48 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Is there anybody
49 opposed.
50
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1 (No opposing votes)
2
3 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Okay, motion
4 passes. Thank you, Mr. Combs.
5
6 MR. COMBS: Could I just say one more
7 thing.
8
9 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Go ahead.
10
11 MR. COMBS: Not only is this my first
12 RAC but it's also my first time in Anchorage and it's
13 been very daunting.
14
15 (Laughter)
16
17 MR. COMBS: But it's also been a real
18 privilege to see you guys working this week, not just
19 your Council but all the Councils working together and
20 I have a lot of information and a lot of good things to
21 bring back to Hoonah. So I just wanted to thank you
22 all.
23
24 Thank you.
25
26 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Albert.
27
28 MR. HOWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
29 One of your Councilman is my cousin and he always calls
30 me and says, what's going on in Basket Bay so tell him
31 Albert's going to need some fish when I come visit him
32 so.....
33
34 (Laughter)
35
36 MR. HOWARD: And specifically king
37 salmon. That guy catches king salmon like nobody's
38 business.
39
40 (Laughter)
41
42 MR. HOWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chair.
43
44 CHAIRMAN HERNANDEZ: Thank you, Albert