FY2017-28 Supporting the Pink Salmon Disaster Relief and Urging Congress to Appropriate Disaster Relief funding.1
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Introduced by: Manager
Drafted by: Special Projects Support
Introduced on: 02/02/2017
Adopted on: 02/02/2017
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2017-28
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH SUPPORTING
PINK SALMON DISASTER RELIEF AND URGING CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE
DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING.
WHEREAS, the 2016 pink salmon fisheries experienced poor pink salmon returns in several
areas in the Gulf of Alaska, including the Kodiak Management Area; and
WHEREAS, businesses, residents and communities in the Kodiak Island Borough have
suffered significant negative impacts related to the poor pink salmon returns; and
WHEREAS, State of Alaska Governor Bill Walker requested and received a determination of
a commercial fishery failure from the United States Department of Commerce due to a fishery
resource disaster for the 2016 pink salmon fisheries in accordance with Section 312(a) of the
Magnuson -Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA); and
WHEREAS, the determination of a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery resource
disaster provides a basis for Congress to appropriate disaster relief funding under the MSA,
Section 312(a); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH that the Kodiak Island Borough supports the declaration of a federal fishery disaster
and encourages Congress to appropriate disaster relief funding under the MSA, Section 312(a).
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2017
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ATTEST:
Daniel A. Rohrer, Mayor Nova M. Javier,
VOTES:
Ayes: Crow, LeDoux, Smiley, Symmons, Townsend, VanDaele
Absent: Skinner
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2017-28
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