Game board to hold proposal meetings in Juneau

The Alaska Board of Game will convene its Southeast Region meeting tomorrow at the Westmark Baranof Hotel in Juneau, wrapping up on Jan. 13.

The board will examine 40 proposals regarding hunting and trapping regulations for the region. Members will today also be holding a one-day work session for the purpose of hearing various reports and to address board business.

Proposals scheduled for the Southeast meeting have been submitted by the Department of Fish and Game, local fish and game advisory committees and the general public, seeking adjustments to regulations such as season times, bag limits, methods and means, and restricted areas.

Wrangell’s game advisory committee registered its comments on the proposals at a November meeting.

Anyone wishing to testify before the board for Saturday’s session needs to sign up by 10:30 a.m. that morning. Public testimony will continue until everyone who has signed up has been given the opportunity to be heard, followed by deliberations by the board. Deliberations will conclude Tuesday, followed by various board business items.

Meeting materials and public comments can be found at the ABoG meeting website at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo. Documents submitted to the board during the meeting are intended to be posted online throughout both meetings.

A live audio stream for both meetings will be available at the ABoG website at http://www.boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov.

The board will meet next in Wasilla from Feb. 13 - 20 to discuss the Central and Southwest regions’ proposals, then in Anchorage from Mar. 13 - 17 for Southcentral.

Similarly, the State Board of Fisheries will be holding its next proposals meeting in Wrangell from January 21 - 27, to discuss Southeast and Yakutat Crab, Shrimp and Miscellaneous Shellfish changes. The local fisheries advisory committee went over this year’s policy proposals in a pair of meetings in December.