HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1997-15 · ~ .~ .. Su~sted by:..Councilman Moore..'
, .RESOLtrrl0tq NO. ,ls
~AGEME~ P~ m BE P~~D AT
~~, ~e Ci~ of.~n~ r~P~ · historic ~k ~et D~fi Net S~mon ~t ....
o~ra~g out of ~e ~n~ ~eB ~d,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai recognizes the' Cook Inlet Drift Net Salmon Fleet and its
associated support- industries as significant entities in the social and economic health of
the C~ty of Kenai; and,
WHERE,., the entire Cook Inlet Drift Net Salmon harvest is landed and processed in
the Kenm Peninsula Borou~; and, .
WHEREAS, passage' 0f Proposa!'D would, result in lost harvest opportum'ties and'alter`'.`
the flOW.of produot'into and' ~0ut of'the'P~g sector; 'and, ........
WIiEREAS, Pn~tge'0flProposal' D would result in major economic l°sses in the
harvesting, processing 'and business sectors .of the' City of Kenai' econOmy; and,
WIiEREAS, Alaska Department of' FiSh & Game .has informed l°cai a'~""' , .
committees that pnssage of Proposal'D Would'reSult in escapements OVer-'~u~(~;above a
sustained yield in years of above-average returns;-and,
WH~.REAS, if Proposal D .AAC2L363 of the Upper Cook Inlet S .almon Management.
Plan ts passed and implemented bY the Alaska Board of Fisheries, it will. create severe
soei~ and economical, har.dshi. P for the historic Cook Inlet Drift Net Snlmon Fleet'and its
asso~ated Support mdUStrieS re'the City of Kenai. '
sow, rr .SoLv O ayrrn crr or
~f~!P. ILI: That the City of Kenai opposes proposal D-AAC21~163-of the
Upper CoOk Inlet Salmon Plan to be presented at the March, 1997
meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries; and,
ReeotutJofl #o, 97-15
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Tt~,~o~d real.on, if ad.mi, would re, ad as followm
suffor ~:mon~mlly. Northern DI~ umom will, conthuo t9 hsrvost s 4k, emu]ns popoflton
of Nm~bern Dlstdot sodm~ Nattvu flshe~ ('l~onek and Poht Possosslon) will ~ondnuo to bo
.va~ eompromind in blt dmdy m~nalized,:mfnerdd flsh~.
by tho MfMy eft~c~t Cetm'al District drift fleet, lb VtLlafo of Tyonek, subside tad spolll
fbhm In b Northern DMr~
who IS I,IK~Y TO SUlZPl~ Central District d~ Sill~e~ hsbm who will. of ne~esd~,, bo
manap~ in ~.h a marmot sou rob more fooused on Centnl Dbtt~'t stocks smd ksson
Northern DlsU~ StOCkL
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