2016-11-28 Special MeetingPage
Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly Special Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 28, 2016, Noon
Borough Conference Room
This meeting was called by the Assembly.
ROLL CALL
2. CITIZENS COMMENTS (Limited to Three Minutes per Speaker)
3. CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS IN THE CALL FOR THE SPECIAL
MEETING
2 - 6 A. Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council December 2096
Meeting Regarding Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management
Action.
Letter To NorthPacific Fisheries Management Council December
6-12 B. Letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K)
Research Program Pre -Proposal Number [012]: "Improving
Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The Gulf Of Alaska Trawl
Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And Timeliness."
2017 Saltonstall-Kenned (S ,) Research Program - Pdf
13-17 C. Confirmation Of A Mayoral Appointment to the Cook Inlet
Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Kyle Crow).
Cook Inlet RCAC Letter - Pdf
Cook Inlet RCAC Le er edestin A000intment® Pdf
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TITLE: Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To North Pacific
Fisheries Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf Of
Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management Action.
ORIGINATOR: Nova Javier
FISCAL IMPACT: FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Account Number: Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
This attached letter was reviewed by the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group and forwarded to the
Assembly for approval.
PURPOSE, ACTION, OR RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to authorize the Mayor to sign the comment letter to the North Pack Fisheries
Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch
Management Action.
Kodiak Island Borough
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Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To N...
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
AGENDA STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
ASSEMBLY SPECIAL MEETING
1 01
TITLE: Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To North Pacific
Fisheries Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf Of
Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management Action.
ORIGINATOR: Nova Javier
FISCAL IMPACT: FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Account Number: Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
This attached letter was reviewed by the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group and forwarded to the
Assembly for approval.
PURPOSE, ACTION, OR RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to authorize the Mayor to sign the comment letter to the North Pack Fisheries
Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch
Management Action.
Kodiak Island Borough
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November , 2016
Dan Hull, Chairman
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Submitted electronically
Re: C-10 GOA Trawl Bycatch Management
Dear Mr. Hull and Council members:
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The City of Kodiak and Kodiak Island Borough have been active participants in the
Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management CGTBM) development process since 2012.
At every opportunity, we have shared our perspectives with the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, based on the ten goals Identified by the community.
We welcome the opportunity to once again comment on the proposed GTBM action.
The community focused its Council comments in June on how elements of
Alternatives 2, 3 and 4 relate to the goals and objectives of the community, [Note:
would the FWG wish to include that comment letter as an attachment7j
In this letter, we provide comments and requests for clarification on several of the
additions made to the proposed action at the June Council meeting.
A. A major addition to the motion was the Insertion of the following "Overarching
Goal and Objective," after the Purpose and Need Statement:
"The overarching goal of the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management program is
to provide the fleet tools for the effective management and reduction of PSC and
bycatch, and promote Increased utilization of both target and secondary species
while minimizing economic barriers for new participants by limiting harvest
privileges that may be allocated (target species and/or prohibited species) in order
to maintain opportunity for entry Into the GOA trawl fisheries."
This addition seems to Indicate that the Council's final action will be designed to
provide not only effective bycatch management tools, and increased utilization of
target and secondary species (both of which have been goals since the beginning of
the action), but also to "minimize economic barriers" to new entry. The language
seems to say the third goal may be achieved by limiting the allocation of harvest
privileges for target and prohibited species.
The preliminary economic impact analysis provides a short discussion of the
language's possible Importance and meaning, but the community finds it somewhat
unclear and still needs to better understand the Council's intent in adding an
overarching goal to the proposed action. The community asks the Council to provide
further clarity as to the intended effect of this addition on the purpose and need
statement and the existing goals and objectives.
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AGENDA ITEM O.A.
B. An addition was made (underlined) to #4 of the 14 Goals and Objectives
previously listed in the motion.
"4. Authorize fair and equitable access privileges that take into consideration the
value of assets and investments in the fishery and dependency on andart ation
itLthe fishery for harvesters, processors, and communities."
This added language appears to define more specifically the conditions for
allocation of access privileges. Again, the community would like to have clarification
from the Council on what their Intent was In adding this language. Specifically, the
community would like to know whether the addition of the language changes the
Intent of the goal.
C. The Council replaced the original CFA language in Alternative 4 with the
stakeholder document presented by CFA proponents, providing a more detailed
description of a possible CFA program for analysis.
The community requests that Council analyses Include a discussion of the financial
viability of a CFA that is supported by leasing fishing quota, and that requires a
prescribed level of crew payments by those harvesters leasing CFA quota. This
analysis should consider a range of ex -vessel prices.
Kodiak municipal leaders consider the community to be a stakeholder with equal
weight and Importance to all harvesting and processing interests affected by a new
trawl management program. The welfare of all stakeholder groups will continue to
be our focus as the Council moves forward. The whole Kodiak Island Borough - the
health and strength and culture of the communities - is dependent on fisheries. This
community will continue to be at the table In the ongoing management of the
program, to be a part of how fishery management evolves over time.
We attach here the final draft of a McDowell economic study commissioned by the
City and Borough to gather information and help analyze the economic effects of
fisheries on the community. This study provides a baseline profile of the
community's direct Involvement in the fishing and processing sectors; estimates
economic effects on support businesses; catalogues municipal infrastructure and
utilities' relationship to the industry, and clarifies the enormous contributions of the
seafood and support industries to the community economy.
Through joint resolutions, the City and Borough Identified ten community goals
(attached), which continue to guide the community in evaluating the proposed
management program. Numerous public meetings have been devoted to discussions
of these goals, analyzing how each goal might be furthered by specific elements in
the GTBM program alternatives. We Invited individual sector representatives to the
table, and opened the floor to public dialogue and involvement in the discussions.
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AGENDA ITEM O.A.
Thus far, the community has focused on those proposed program elements that
relate to community stability, and noted where community protection aspects were
the strongest, as well as where they might be lacking. In short, we are dedicated to
understanding and communicating what an eventual management program should
Include, to ensure the continued economic and social health of the community as a
whole.
As entities representing the City of Kodiak and the entire Kodiak Island Borough, we
remain focused on achieving the best for the whole community. The eventual action
on GulfTrawl Bycatch Management will have lasting, multi -generational impacts on
ourcommunity.
Best regards,
Signatures
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AGENDA ITEM #3.B.
TITLE: letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research Program
Pre -Proposal Number 1012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates
For The Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost,
And Timeliness."
ORIGINATOR: Nova Javier
FISCAL IMPACT: FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Account Number. Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT -
This was requested by the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank Staff for a letter of support for a
proposed S -K grant project. The proposal is due December 9. The KFWG will review this
letter at their November 21 meeting
PURPOSE, ACTION, OR RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to approve the letter of support for a 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research
Program Pre -Proposal Number [012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The
Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And Timeliness."
Kodiak Island Borough
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Letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Resea...
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
AGENDA STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
ASSEMBLY SPECIAL MEETING
TITLE: letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research Program
Pre -Proposal Number 1012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates
For The Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost,
And Timeliness."
ORIGINATOR: Nova Javier
FISCAL IMPACT: FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Account Number. Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT -
This was requested by the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank Staff for a letter of support for a
proposed S -K grant project. The proposal is due December 9. The KFWG will review this
letter at their November 21 meeting
PURPOSE, ACTION, OR RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to approve the letter of support for a 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research
Program Pre -Proposal Number [012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The
Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And Timeliness."
Kodiak Island Borough
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101 1.711 W
November xy, 2016
Dr. Craig S Rose
FishNcxt Research LLC
4707 238'h Place SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
FReceved From The 'City Clerk's Office
Re Support far 2017 Saltonstal[,Kenncdy(S-K)Research Program Pre -Pro posslNumber [0121 "Improving
Chinook Salmon Hycatch Estimates for the Gulf ofAlaska Trawl Fleet Alternatives addressing accuracy, cost, and
timeliness'
Saltonstall ..Kennedy Grant proposal reviewers
The Pori or Kodiak ranks number two in the notion for volume of seafood landed and ranks third in the nation for
seafood value (for 2014 and 2015) About 601% of all pounds delivered to Kodiak am from the groundfish trawl
fishcrics In 2014„ trawl vessels delivered 361 million pounds of groundfish worth $50m in ex -vessel value and
$160m in first wholesale value to Kodiak
The City orKodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough depend on healthy and well managed commercial groundfish
fisheries An essential component of well managed fisheries is good data To that end, we fully support funding for
the S -K pre -proposal 012 entitled "Improving Chinook Salmon Byeatch Estimates for the Gulrof Alaska Trawl
Fleet Alternatives addressing accuracy, cost, and timeliness",
The GOA non-pollock non -rockfish CV sector Fisheries closed last year on May 3, 2015, due to the newly
implemented regulairoo, Amendment 97, which imposed a 2,700 Chinook salmon hard cap in these fisheries and a
1.200 Chinook hard cap on the Rockfish Program fishery According to the Regulatory impact Review
for an Emergency Rule to Increase the 2015 Chinook Salmon Prohibited Species Catch Apportionment to the Gulf
orAlaskn Non -Pollock, Non -Rockfish Trawl Catcher Vessel Sector, the lost revenue from this forgone harvest was
estimated to be approximately $4.6 million in cx-veml value and $113 mtlhon in first wholesale value The only
community of by that closure was the community or Kodiak since the Kodiak fleet is the only tion-pollock
trawl catcher vessel fleet that operates after May in the GuhrorAlaska. In addition to harvesters and processors.
there are many Kodiak industries that support and rely on the trawl Fisheries including local water, sewer and
electric utilities, fuel suppliers, shippers, vessel maintenance facilities and harbor facilities. Even assuming a very
Small economic Multiplier effect it is clear that the Kodiak community would have suffered greatly from the losses
associated with that closure if not for the Emergency Rule issued by NMFS that allocated an extra 1,600 Chinook
salmon to that sector which allowed the Fisheries to reopen on August 10, 2015
Later that same year, the 2015 Rockfish Program Chinook total, according to fish ticket counts, was 642 salmon,
well below the 1,200 salmon cap. But this contrasted with the NMFS catch accounting estimate or 1,802 Chinook
(602 fish over the cap) which uses observer estimates based on small at -sea samples. The cap was exceeded at the
end orthe season so the fishery did not close but this highlighted again the need for more accurate accounting or
salmon in the non-pollock trawl fisherics whether that be using plant -repotted fish ticket counts with third party
audit (cameras), a census at the plant by a fishefies observer or observers collecting large random samples at the
dock
We support this pre -pro posal which directly addresses S -K prionty 2 (improving the cost effectiveness, accuracy,,
timeliness, and methods for collecting and reporting fishery dependent data) by exploring altemlive sampling
methods to provide the needed precision for salmon bycatch trucking at reasonable costs, reducing the likelihood of
closures related to sampling error and protecting an important component of the mix of fisheries that keep year-
round operation of Kodiak's trawl and processing industries viable.
Thank you
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November 28, 2016
AGENDA ITEM #3.B.
Kodiak Island Borough
Office of the Borough Clerk
710 Mill Bav Road
Kodiak, RK 99615
Phone (907) 486-9310 Fax (907) 486-9391
Email; clerksAhodiakak.us
website:
Dr. Craig S. Rose
FlshNext Research LLC
4707 23Wh Place SW. Mountlake Terrace. WA 98043
Re: Support for 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research Program Pre -Proposal
Number [012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Sycatch Estimates for the Gulf of Alaska
Trawl Fleet: Alternatives addressing accuracy, cost, and timeliness"
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant proposal reviewers:
The Port of Kodiak ranks number two in the nation for volume of seafood landed and
ranks third In the nation for seafood value (for 2014 and 2015) About 60% of all pounds
delivered to Kodiak are from the groundfish trawl fisheries, In 2014, trawl vessels
delivered 361 million pounds of groundfish worth $50m In ex -vessel value and $160m in
first wholesale value to Kodiak.
The Kodiak Island Borough and City of Kodiak depend on healthy and well managed
commercial groundfish fisheries. An essential component of well managed fisheries Is
good data. To that end, we fully support funding for the S -K pre -proposal 012 entitled
`Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch E=stimates for the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Fleet
Alternatives addressing accuracy, cost, and timeliness".
The GOA non-pollock non -rockfish CV sector fisheries dosed last year on May 3, 2015,
due to the newly Implemented regulation, Amendment 97, which imposed a 2,700
Chinook salmon hard cap In these fisheries and a 1,200 Chinook hard cap on the
Rockfish Program fishery. According to the Regulatory Impact Review for an Emergency
Rule to Increase the 2015 Chinook Salmon Prohibited Species Catch Apportionment to
the Gulf of Alaska Non -Pollock, Non -Rockfish Trawl Catcher Vessel Sector, the lost
revenue from this forgone harvest was estimated to be approximately 54.6 million in ex -
vessel value and $11.3 million in first wholesale value. The only community affected by
that closure was the community of Kodiak since the Kodiak fleet is the only non-pollock
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trawl catcher vessel fleet that operates after May in the Gulf of Alaska In addition to
harvesters and processors, there are many Kodiak industries that support and rely on
the trawl fisheries Including local water, sewer and electric utilities, fuel suppliers,
shippers, vessel maintenance facilities and harbor facilities. Even assuming a very small
economic multiplier effect It is clear that the Kodiak community would have suffered
greatly from the losses associated with that closure if not for the Emergency Rule Issued
by NMFS that allocated an extra 1,600 Chinook salmon to that sector which allowed the
fisheries to reopen on August 10, 2015.
Later that same year, the 2015 Rockfish Program Chinook total, according to fish ticket
counts, was 642 salmon, well below the 1,200 salmon cap. But this contrasted with the
NMFS catch accounting estimate of 1,802 Chinook (602 fish over the rap) which uses
observer estimates based on small at -sea samples. The cap was exceeded at the end of
the season so the fishery did not close but this highlighted again the need for more
accurate accounting of salmon In the non-pollook trawl fisheries whether that be using
plant -reported fish ticket counts with third party audit (cameras), a census at the plant by
a fisheries observer or observers collecting large random samples at the dock.
The Kodiak Island Borough supports this pre -proposal which directly addresses S -K
priority 2 (improving the cost effectiveness, accuracy, timeliness, and methods for
collecting and reporting fishery dependent data) by exploring alternative sampling
methods to provide the needed precision for salmon bycatch tracking at reasonable
costs, reducing the likelihood of closures related to sampling error and protecting an
Important component of the mix of fisheries that keep year-round operation of Kodiak's
trawl and processing industries viable.
Sincerely.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
Daniel A. Rohrer
Mayor
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Cover Page
Tide: Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch t",Ftimatv6, for the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Rect-,
Alternatives addressing accuracy", cost, and timuliness
Principal Investigators:
Craig S Rose, Fis;hNext Research I I.t , 4707 238' Place. SW, MountlakeTenrace, WA 98043
lot sm),111'Coul, 206406-5279
Julie Bonney, Alaska Groundfiqh Data Bank, P 0. Box 788, Kodiak, AK 996,15
907486 3033
Estimated total Nudger 51 90,000
Project duration: September 1. 2017 .- August 31, 2019
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Tide: Improvtn t Chinook Salmon on H4vcatc_h_ l;stimatcs_fnr the Culf of rilaaka Rine-nollnrtk'I'rawl
Emhcrics° Sampling ale dative 7 ! r •avinr,,,prcctsion cost nn 1 rimrhnc^as
Background:
We propose to test ahcative sampling methods to monitor Chinook salmon bycatch taken
by Gulf of Alaska ,'GOA) trawl catcher vessels delivering their catches to shoresidc processors, This
project responds directly to SK priority 2, by improving the cost effectiveness, accuracy, timeliness,
and methods for collecting and reporting fishery dependent data.. This will both " prove current
sampling methods and investigate ways to integrate existing plant reporting into estimates as noted
in the priority 2 description.
Groundfrsh trawl fisheries of the GOA, limited by bycatch caps, provide a consistent core
production allowing year-round processing in Kodiak, one of the nation's most productive fishing
ports and home to the most shMeSidc processors of any community in Alaska.
B} catch limits on species targeted by othcr substantial fisheries (halibut, salmon) limit
production of cod, Pollock, rockfish, and Flatfish by GOA trawl fisheries While halibut bycatch has
caused the most closures over the years, recent establishment of fixed limits for Chinook salmon
bycatch highlight the importance of accurately monitoring salmon bycatch limits, especially in the
none -Pollock trawl fisheries. Estimates of salmon bycatch in the non -Pollock fisheries are based on
at sea observer sampling dt:sigmcd for tracking overall catch composition with onboard observers
taking relatively small samples of the overall catch which arc extrapolated to the unsampled catch.
Unfortunately, for species like salmon, caught rarely and in small numbers in these fisheries, this
produces bycatch estimates with high variability and uncertainty°. Since the establishment of
relatively low Chinook salmon bycatch caps in the non -Pollock frshencs (Amendment 97 to the
GOA FMP effective January 1, 2015), these variable: cs . ates have caused and threatened closures
several times. In May of 2015, the estimated catch of Chinook salmon in the non-pollock, nom
Rockfish Program shoreside fisheries exceeded the 2,700 Chinook annual limit and closed the
fisheries for the remainder of the year. If riot for an le crgency Rule issued by NNIFS on ,August
10" which established an additional 1,600 Chinook salmon prohibited species catch (PSC) limit to
support these fisheries, the cod and flatfish fisheries would have remained closed for the year. later
in the same year, the limit for the Rockfish Program catcher vessel sector (1?00 Chinook) was also
exceeded by over 600 salmon- Since this occurred at the end of the season, the fishery did not close
prematurely but this again highlighted the need far more precise accounting of Chinook salmon in
the non-poliock fisheries. As the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is currently developing
a new management system. for GOA groundfish which requires vessel level accounting, these
problems will continue to persist and likely intensify, with high -variance estimates of bycatch
inhibiting the ability to meet optimum yield in the groundfish or fairness for fishery participants.
`!'herefore, the Council has pnontized improvement of GOA salmon bycatch accounting in the
groundfish trawl fisheries.
Different catch sampling methods arc being sought to monitor salmon bycatch with
sufficient precision to reduce the risk of fishery closures caused by variability of bycatch estimates
Such precision may be possible with focused sampling at the point of delivery°, as long as salmon are
not discarded at sea. The Bering Sca and the Gulf of .Alaska Pollock fisheries use a delivery census
model to track salmon bycatch at shoreside plants with all of the salmon counted at the plants by
vessel or plant observers. While that system provides a general model, differences in processing
plants and catch complexity would require considerable adjustments to translate to the GOA non•
Pollock trawl fisheries. Kodiak plants already sort and account for catches in electronic landing
reports that are submitted to both State and Federal management agencies, but currently self-
reported counts of Chinook salmon b) catch arc not used in management We propose to work with
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local flects and plants, as well as federal observers and the National Marine Fisheries Service, to find
an acceptable and feasible method to account for Chinook salmon bycatch from Kodiak non
pollock groundfish deliveries at the processing plant.
Rationale: This project is highly relevant To the goals of the SK program as it addresses an
important need limiting fisheries of koch2k, Alaska, one of the nation's mnst productive fishing
communities. By finding ways to provide the needed precision for salmon byeatch tracking at
rLagonabic costs, the likelihood Of Closures related to sampling error can be greatly reduced,
protecting an unportant component of the nux of fisheries that keep year, round operation of
Kodiak's trawl and processing andUSIMS viable While establishment of such reliable monitoring is
Knportant to support the existing management structure, it is also critical to the success of any of the
management changes currently under Council consideration.
Objectives and methisdology-
We propose to test several 011CMiltlVe Methods to improve Chinook salmon byeatch estimates, with
the objective of greatly reducing estimation variability, while efficiently using observer and dockside
resources. 'Me Central Gulf catcher vessel t,'C'%D Rockfish Prograirn trawl fishery would be the initial
test fishery, with the potential to expand the methods to other non -Pollock CV fisheries in the
future depending on results. Me Rockfish Program fishery is the only GOA trawl fishery currently
under catch share management, go all trips have observe" and vessels are under less tune pressure
to complete deliveries. We will compare three alternative dock -sampling methods for sampling and
estimating salmon bycatch.Thcsc sncludc° 1". Collecting large samples Sup to 50916) of the offloaded
catch by vessel observers with assistance from plant personnel, 2) Sorting and sampling of the entire
offloaded catch by vessel observers with assistance from plant personnel, 3) Sorting and sampling
the crime offloaded catch by plant personnel with M-1 (video) auditing, alio wmg detection of any
missed salmon. Mach of these will be compared with results from an overlaid sampling regime (full
census) to filly account for any missed salmon, where a plant -based observer oversees the full
sampling, sorting, and weighing process. Additional EM monitoring of post -sorted fish (part of
Alternative 3)i will assist and back up the plant observer in detecting salmon after sorting. Post sort
monitoring systems will also be tested by introducing marked salmon into the fish flow afro sorting
and noting where and when they are detected and reported
Phase I work would test the feasibility of the dock sampling option; at one processing plant
for all the Rockfish Program trips during the months of May and/or June, the primary rockfish
season. The Processing plant chosen for this pilot would be one that is milit able to meet the
offload /sorting requirements for the full census, by which all results will be compared (BS paHock
model) Phase 11 would test one or more selected viable options (based on Phase I results) at all Six
rockfish program Kodiak plants with a random SLICChOn Of trips OCTOSS all Six plants. The rockfish
fishery is mostly pursued during Almy andjune We Will pursue non -SK funding for some pilot work
during 2017, and may` ask for minor pre -award SK to accomplish the most with that work. Primal)
SK work will occur during the May/June seasons 42018 and 2019, moving from initial basic
research towards addressing all issues needed for fullunplLmentarinn,
Me accuracy and variability of each of the estummon methods will be assessed, as well as
the Cost effectiveness and tinldir,CSS of arrangements needed to accomplish each for routine use,
Required permits: No permits arc required for this project
Estimated budget amount; 5190,000
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
AGENDA STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
ASSEMBLY SPECIAL MEETING
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TITLE: Confirmation Of A Mayoral Appointment to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens
Advisory Council (Kyle Crow).
ORIGINATOR: Nova Javier
FISCAL IMPACT: No
Account Number:
FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC) is a council formed in late 1990 as
a non-profit corporation. Its mission is to represent the citizens of Cook Inlet in promoting
environmentally safe marine transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. It consists
of special interest groups and municipality seats which includes the Kodiak Island Borough.
In 2014, Mr. Scott Smiley was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Cook Inlet RCAC to
expire 2017.He tendered his resignation to Mr. Mike Munger, CIRCAC Executive Director. Mr.
Munger reached out to Assembly member Crow to fill the seat in the interim.
The Clerk's Office have advertised for this seat and no applications were received. Mayor
Rohrer requested the confirmation of his appointment of Assembly member Crow.
Included in the packet is a letter from Michael Munger, Executive Director of Cook Inlet
RCAC.
PURPOSE, ACTION, OR RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to confirm the mayoral appointment of Assembly Member Crow to the Cook Inlet
Regional Citizens Advisory Council for a three year term to expire March 2017.
Kodiak Island Borough
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From: Mike Mungerr�,","I
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:33 AM
To:& 9 a C i rk R ii4 li Ry N. Clerks
Cc: Michael Powers
Subject: Cook Inlet Regional auzens Advisory Council Kodiak Borough Representation
Mayor Roher: You will find attached a letter that you will also receive via U.S.P.S. regarding the
resignation of Mr. Scott Smiley from the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council {CIRCAC). Scott
was the Kodiak Island Borough's representative. If you would like additional Information about this issue
or about CIRCAC, I can be reached either at my office or cell phone by the numbers listed below. I hope
all is well and I look forward to speaking with you. Thanks.
Michael Munger
Executive Director
Cook Inlet RCAC
(907) 283-7222 office
(907) 398.6207 cell
From: Kyle Crow 5,h1+I
Date: October 21, 2036 at 1:15:54 PM AKDT
To: ilrrriia;iainrg.,!,.Si:(,2RI-L adlaka k.g
Subject: Fwd: Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Kodiak Borough Representation
Michael,
Both Scott Smiley and CIRCAC's Mike Munger have asked me to accept the Interim KIB Rep seat on the
Council, and I have responded to Mike that I am willing to do that. I bel{eve that it is up for
reconsideration In April 2017. 1 currently occupy the Alternate City seat on the Council and If approved
for the KIS Interim seat I will need to step down from that.
Kyle
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Members
October 21, 2016
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The Honorable Dan Rohrer
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Mayor
Kodiak Island Borough
710 Mill Bay Road
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Kodiak, AK 99615
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Mayor Rohrer:
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Good day to you sir. Firs% allow me to congratulateyou on your election to Mayorof the
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Kodiak Island Borough,
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A pressing need faces ourCouncil, and we must bring to your attention the fact that Scott
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Smiley — the Borough's appointee to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
(CIRCAC) — has announced his resignation from the Council. Scott has been a most valuable
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member of our Council Board of Directors. Scott served with distinction on our
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Environmental Monitoring Committee, and was an inaugural member of our Scholarship
Committee, begun In 2015.
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Our bylaws require in the event of a resignation by a Director. we provide a formal notice
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to the Interest Group which appointed him or her. This gives you the chance to appoint an
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interim Director to succeed Scan. That interim appointment would run only until the
upcoming Annual Meeting of the Council, which will be held in April 2017 in Kenai. The
time obligation of that Interim position would entail attendance at our December meeting
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(the la and 2m In Anchorage), and the Annual Meeting which 1 mentioned previously, will
be held in April of 2017. Coincidentally, Scott's three year term was due to expire at that
time. So over the next several months we would have approached you seeking Scott's re-
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appointment or the appointment of another. With this development, your Interim
appointment could then be formally appointed to a full three year term. oryou could
appoint another to the extended term.
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Mayor Rohrer, I would be happy to discuss the appointment process —or anything having
to do with CIRCAC — at your convenience. I look forward to speaking with you soon.
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Bestwishes,
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Executive Director
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Michael Powers
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Phone: (P07)2U.7M' • Fax (MI) 2dF4182
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AGENDA ITEM O.C.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
AGENDA STATEMENT
OFEBRUARY 6,_2014
Assembly Regular Meeting
TITLE: Confirmation of the Mayoral Appointment to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens
Advisory Council (Scott Smiley).
ORIGINATOR: Angela MacKenzie
FISCAL IMPACT: No FUNDS AVAILABLE:
Account Number. Amount Budgeted:
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC) is a council formed in late 1990 as
a non-profit corporation. Its mission is to represent the citizens of Cook Inlet in promoting
environmentally safe marine transportation and oil facility operations in Cook Inlet. It consists
of special interest groups and municipality seats which includes the Kodiak Island Borough.
Mr. Scott Smiley was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Cook Inlet RCAC. The Clerk's
Office contacted Mr. Smiley who indicated his interest to continue serving on the council. This
is for a three year term to expire in March 2017.
Mayor Friend requested the confirmation of his appointment of Mr. Scott Smiley.
RECOMMMENDED MOTION:
Move to confirm the mayoral appointment of Mr. Scott Smiley to The Cook Inlet Regional
Citizens Advisory Council for a three year term to expire March 2017.
Kodiak Island Borough
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Confirmation Of A Mayoral Appointment to the Cook Inlet Regi...
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December 1B, 2013
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The Honorable Jerroll Friend, Mayor
Kodiak Island Borough
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710 Mill Bay Fuad
Kodiak, AK 99615
Mayor Friend:
The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC) is a citizensoversight
council for oil operations In the Cook Inlet area, organized under provisions in the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). The Councils mission is to represent the
citizens of Cook inlet in promoting environmentally safe marine transportation and
oil facility operations In Cook Inlet
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The Council, formed in late 1990 as a non-profit corporation, consists of 13
Directors appointed or elected by stakeholder groups as spelled out in OPA 90,
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Including municipal and borough seats. Directors are elected or appointed to 3 year
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terms, on a rotating basis. The term for the Kodiak Island Borough seat expires in
April of 2014; it Is currently occupied by Mr. Scott Smiley.
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Mayor Friend, your participation In this appointment process Is Important to usI
Please submit to our office by January 24 2014, written notification of your re-
appointment of Mr. Smiley for full three year term, or the name of his
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replacement. We would also encourage you to appoint an Alternate Director, as
provided for in ogr ByLaws.
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Ifyou'have any questions about Cook Inlet RCAC or the appointment process,
please feel free to contact me at 907-283-7x22 or We
look Forward to hearing from you In the very near future.
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5lncerely.
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Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly Special Meeting Guidelines
November 28, 2016, Noon, Borough Conference Room
1. ROLL CALL
KIBC 2.25.070.... the Chair shall cause the record to reflect the absence of the
member, the REASON for the absence, and whether the absence is excused by the
Assembly.
Recommended motion: Move to excuse Assembly members Crow and LeDoux
who are absent due to personal leave.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION.
2. CITIZENS' COMMENTS (These are limited to three minutes per speaker.)
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3. CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS IN THE CALL FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING
A. Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To North Pacific
Fisheries Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf Of
Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management Action.
Recommended motion: Move to authorize the Mayor to sign the comment
letter to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council December 2016
Meeting Regarding Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Management Action.
Assembly discussion.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION.
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Guidelines
October 27, 2016 Page 1
B. Letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research Program Pre -
Proposal Number [012]: "Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The
Gulf Of Alaska Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And
Timeliness."
Recommended motion: Move to approve the letter of support for a 2017
Saltonstall-Kennedy (S -K) Research Program Pre -Proposal Number [012]:
"Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The Gulf Of Alaska
Trawl Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And Timeliness."
Assembly discussion.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION.
C. Confirmation Of A Mayoral Appointment to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens
Advisory Council (Kyle Crow).
Recommended motion: Move to
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confirm thR,
appointment
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Assembly Member Crow to the
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Cook Inle a conal Citizens
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Council for a three year term to expire March'2017.
Assembly discussion.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION.
4. ADJOURNMENT
Recommended motion: Move to adjourn the meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION.
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Guidelines
October 27, 2016 Page 2
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At Its Special Meeting Of November 28, 2016, The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Took The Following Actions. The Next
Regular Meeting Of The Borough Assembly Is Scheduled On Thursday, December 1, 2016, At 6:30 P.M. In The Borough
Assembly Chambers.
AUTHORIZED The Mayor To Sign The Kodiak Island Borough And City Of Kodiak Comment Letter To
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council December 2016 Meeting Regarding Gulf Of Alaska Trawl
Bycatch Management Action.
APPROVED The Letter Of Support For A 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Research Program Pre-
Proposal Number [012]: “Improving Chinook Salmon Bycatch Estimates For The Gulf Of Alaska Trawl
Fleet: Alternatives Addressing Accuracy, Cost, And Timeliness.”
APPOINTED Assembly Member Crow To The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council For A
Completion Of A Three Year Term To Expire March 2017.
Vol. FY2017, No. 15 November 28, 2016
Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly Newsletter