FY2020-15 Resolution Of The Assembly Of The Kodiak Island Borough Requesting A Fishery Disaster Declaration For The 2020 Goa Pacific Cod Fisheries1
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Introduced by: Assembly Member Skinner
Drafted by: Borough Clerk
Introduced on: 04/02/2020
Adopted on: 04/02/2020
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2020-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH REQUESTING
A FISHERY DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THE 2020 GOA PACIFIC COD FISHERIES
WHEREAS, commercial fishery operations in the Kodiak Island Borough depend on
participation in multiple local fisheries including Pacific cod to continue viable operations and
provide employment for crew; and
WHEREAS, federal fishery managers were forced to close the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery
for the 2020 season based on the recent stock assessment and Stellar sea lion regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Magnuson -Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) states
that: '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.'; and
WHEREAS, the closure of the federal 2020 Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery qualifies as a fishery
resource disaster because this sudden decrease in cod from undetermined causes has resulted
in economic harm for GOA fishermen: and
WHEREAS, GOA Pacific cod fishermen have reached out to the Kodiak Island Borough asking
for assistance in seeking relief from this economic disaster.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH that the Kodiak Island Assembly concludes that the 2020 GOA Pacific cod fishery
qualifies as a fishery disaster under MSA, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly wishes to support
and provide assistance to GOA Pacific cod fishermen and communities in this difficult time, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Urges Governor Dunleavy
to request the US Secretary of Commerce to determine the 2020 GOA Pacific cod fishery closure
as a disaster, and to potentially qualify our local fishermen for disaster assistance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH that
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SECOND DAY OF APRIL, 2020.
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2020-15
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ATTEST:
William Rob s, ayor 4ara Welinsky, Clerk
VOTES:
Ayes: Arndt, Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner
Noes:
Absent: Dvorak
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Resolution No. FY2020-15
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