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SENATE BILL NO. 99
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY SENATORS KAWASAKI, Hughes, Wilson, Wielechowski
Introduced: 3/25/19
Referred: Resources, Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act providing priority to personal use fisheries when fishing restrictions are
2 implemented to achieve a management goal."
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. AS 16.05.251 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
5 (j) Except as provided in AS 16.05.258, when the harvest of a stock or species
6 is limited to achieve a management goal, the Board of Fisheries shall place restrictions
7 on all other fisheries before restricting personal use fisheries. In this subsection,
8 "management goal" means the escapement or estimated population size of the
9 exploited stock that provides the greatest potential for sustained yield as established by
10 the board.
SB0099A -1- SB 99
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Statutes affected:
SB0099A, AM SB 99, introduced 03/25/2019: 16.05.251