FY2013-09 Joint Resolution with City Council Supporting the Overall Approach to Fishery Issues by the Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup 1 Introduced by: Borough Assembly
2 Requested by: Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup
3 Drafted by: Borough Clerk
Introduced on: 09/20/2012
4 Adopted on: 09/20/2012
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6 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
7 RESOLUTION NO. FY 2013 -09
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9 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AND THE
10 CITY OF KODIAK COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE OVERALL APPROACH TO FISHERY
11 ISSUES BY THE KODIAK FISHERIES WORKGROUP
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13 WHEREAS, the economy and well -being of residents of the Kodiak Island Borough and
14 the City of Kodiak depend upon commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries; and
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16 WHEREAS, revenues to the municipal governments are derived directly and indirectly
17 from activities of the fishing industry and related businesses; and
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19 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak wish to assure the growth
20 and sustainability of the region's fisheries; and
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22 WHEREAS, and the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak have begun a
23 program to become directly involved in the public fishery policy decision - making processes
24 of state and federal governments; and
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26 WHEREAS, fishery management, regulation, and policy decisions are often complex and
27 controversial and often affect various user groups in different fashions; and
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29 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak do not wish to unduly
30 favor any user group over another.
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32 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
33 ASSEMBLY AND THE CITY OF KODIAK COUNCIL to support and adopt the following
34 statement of the Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup's overall approach for consideration of
35 fishery management issues of interest and concern to the Kodiak region:
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37 Overall Approach:
38 1. Focus on overall impacts to the community and maintenance and growth of
39 revenue streams.
40 2. Understand how various approaches will fundamentally impact fisheries and
41 resources.
42 3. Frame benchmarks and objectives as positive statements.
43 4. Refrain from taking positions on allocative questions (to the extent possible, while
44 understanding that many issues and decision will have allocative implications).
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45 5. Focus on broad -scale program features (i.e., keep a 30,000 ft. viewpoint), unless
46 specific program elements threaten the goals for management programs as
47 referenced within Resolution No. FY2013 -10 of the Kodiak Island Borough.
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49 ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
50 THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012
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52 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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56 ATTEST: Jero , re M. Selby, Bor. - - •
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60 No a . Javier, MMi , Borough Clerk
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