FY2018-29 Urging The Governor Of The State Of Alaska To Declare A Disaster And To Request The Secretary Of Commerce To Declare A Commercial Fishery Failure And A Disaster For The 2018 Gulf Of Alaska Pacific Cod Fishery1
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Introduced by: KIB Assembly
Introduced on: 03/01/2018
Adopted on: 03/01/2018
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2018-29
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KODIAK AND KODIAK
ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY URGING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
ALASKA TO DECLARE A DISASTER AND TO REQUEST THE SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE TO DECLARE A COMMERCIAL FISHERY FAILURE AND A DISASTER FOR
THE 2018 GULF OF ALASKA PACIFIC COD FISHERY
WHEREAS, in December 2017 the North Pacific Fishery Management Council reduced the
2018 Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod catch limits by 80 percent compared to 2017; and
WHEREAS, this reduction projects to a $20.8 million loss in the first wholesale value in 2018,
and these substantial reductions clearly meet the definition of a commercial fishery failure; and
WHEREAS, under the Magnuson -Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a
fishery resource disaster is a sudden, unexpected, large decrease in fish stock biomass or other
change that results in significant loss of access to the fishery resource for a substantial period of
time; and
WHEREAS, scientific information suggests that the decline in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod
fishery is the result of an unusually warm mass of water that persisted from 2014 through 2016,
which may have reduced available food, and could have resulted in poor body condition,
increased mortality; and impacted larval survival; and
WHEREAS, the impacts will be immediately felt throughout our Gulf coastal communities by
commercial fishermen, fish, processors, and secondary businesses for years to come and will
impact the economic base of local government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH urges Governor Walker to declare a disaster in accordance with Section 312(a) of
the Magnuson -Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act for the 2018 commercial
Pacific cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska and that he request the Secretary of Commerce to do the
same.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 2018.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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Daniel A. Rohrer, Mayor
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Nova M. Javier, MMC, Clerk/
UNANIMOUS VOTE: Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Smiley, Van Daele, and Crow.
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2018-29
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