The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday its schedule of public meetings for the commercial troll fishery around Southeast Alaska and Yakutat.
Wrangell’s will be held on Wednesday, April 12, inside the Nolan Center classroom at 6 p.m. Other town dates and times will be:
Sitka – Monday, April 10, NSRAA conference room at 2:00 p.m.
Ketchikan – Tuesday, April 11, Fish and Game conference room at 5:30 p.m.
Petersburg – Wednesday, April 12, Assembly chambers at 12:30 p.m.
Juneau – Thursday, April 13, ADFG Headquarters Caribou Conference Room at 5 p.m.
Hoonah – Friday, April 14, teleconference at Forest Service Office at 2 p.m.
Pelican – Friday, April 14, teleconference at Pelican City Hall at 2 p.m.
Craig – Friday, April 14, teleconference at City Council chambers at 2 p.m.
Yakutat – Monday, April 24, teleconference at Planning Office at 6 p.m.
Meeting topics will include plans for the 2017 spring and summer troll fisheries, the 2017 Pacific Salmon Treaty chinook salmon abundance index and quota, and a review of the 2016 troll season. Anyone with an interest in the troll fishery is welcome to attend.
Plans for wild chinook salmon conservation restrictions in the 2017 spring fisheries were previously announced for specific areas in a March 6 release, and will also be a topic of discussion. Plans for spring areas not listed in the March 6 news release are not yet finalized and will be announced separately.
The final 2017 Spring Troll Fishery Management Plan will be available to review before May 1.
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