Federal Subsistence Management Program
2019-2021 Fisheries and Nonrural Determinations Proposals
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ii Federal Subsistence Management Program Comment period open through June 29, 2018* Send your written comments on the enclosed proposals to:
Federal Subsistence Board Office of Subsistence Management (Attn: Theo Matuskowitz) 1011 E. Tudor Road, MS-121 Anchorage, Alaska 99503-6199 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 907-786-3898
*Comments received after June 29, 2018 will be forwarded to the Federal Subsistence Board for their consideration; however, they will not be includued in Fall 2018 Regional Advisory Council meeting materials, or in any proposal analysis.
After December 31, 2018, anyone wishing to provide written comments may do so only by delivering comments directly to the Federal Subsistence Board at its regulatory meeting scheduled to begin on January 29, 2019. The commenter must include 30 copies of their written comments for distribution at the meeting. No written comments will otherwise be accepted after that deadline.
Federal Subsistence Management Program iii INTRODUCTION
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) invites your comments on the enclosed proposals to change Federal subsistence fisheries regulations for the 2019–2021 regulatory years (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021) and proposals to change nonrural determinations. These proposals seek changes to existing Federal subsistence regulations for the taking of fish on Federal public lands in Alaska and existing nonrural determinations. The Board will make threshold decisions on proposals to change nonrural status in January 2019 but will not make final nonrural determination decisions until January 2021.
You may mail your comments to the Federal Subsistence Board at the address on the previous page of this book, fax them to (907) 786-3898, or email them to [email protected]. Please refer to a specific proposal number in your comments. All comments received by June 29, 2018 will be included in the meeting materials for the appropriate Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) to discuss at their fall meetings and the Board at its spring meeting. Comments received after June 29, 2018 will be forwarded to the Board for their consideration, but will not be included in RAC meeting materials or in proposal analyses.
Before making decisions on these proposals, the Board considers technical analyses prepared by its staff, recommendations from the 10 Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils, and any written public comments and oral testimony it receives on the proposal, along with tribal comments received during government-to-government consultations, consistant with the tribal consultation policy, and comments received from Alaska Native Corporations. The Board may consider and act on alternatives that address the intent of a proposal while differing in approach. Once the Board makes its decisions, it will publish the fisheries changes as final regulations for the 2019–2021 regulatory years, effective April 1, 2019, and distribute the fisheries regulation book throughout Alaska. The Board will make threshold decisions on nonrural determination proposals in January 2019, but will not make final nonrural determination decisions until January 2021.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the Office of Subsistence Management at (800) 478-1456 or (907) 786-3888, visit our website at www.doi.gov/subsitence or our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.
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