2005-09 Endorsing a Gulf of AK Groundfish Rationalization PlanKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY 2005 -09
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KIB Assembly
KIB Assembly
Mayor Selby
12/02/2004
12/02/2004
12/02/2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND ASSEMBLY
ENDORSING CERTAIN ELEMENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL
GULF OF ALASKA GROUNDFISH RATIONALIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the fishing industry of the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries has
requested that the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council develop a
rationalization plan for the Gulf of Alaska; and
WHEREAS, rationalization could allow fishers to meet conservation concerns,
improve safety at sea, and allow the industry to become more economically
efficient and more competitive in world fishery markets by extracting the most
amount of value for every fish caught; and
WHEREAS, Kodiak Island is at the center of the Gulf of Alaska groundfish
fisheries, with the largest share of groundfish landings, with a diverse fishing
community that includes vessel owners, skippers, crew members, processor
workers and processors; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is dependent on groundfish through
investments in shore based processing facilities, support infrastructure, and catcher
vessels as well as the economic base of the value of the fish; and
WHEREAS, the seafood industry is the largest sector of the Kodiak economy,
accounting for over 2,800 12 -month jobs, and contributing nearly 70 percent of
Kodiak's basic economy; and
WHEREAS, Kodiak Island is the largest employer of processing workers in the
State of Alaska who are residents of the community and who make up a large
portion of the social and cultural fabric of Kodiak; and
WHEREAS, any reduction in the volume of product coming to the Island
processors will have a dramatic long term effect on the local economy as a whole
and processor workers in particular; and
WHEREAS, long term stability and sustainability of Kodiak Island Coastal
Communities could potentially be impacted by Gulf Rationalization; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council should adopt a
rationalization plan that provides long term stability and sustainability to the Kodiak
Island communities by:
Kodiak Island Borough Alaska Resolution No. FY 1005 -09
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Section 1: Protecting Kodiak Island's port landings and on shore processing
through Regionalization of historical catch landings. This should
include phasing out of the off shore processing sector.
Section 2: Maintaining an independent harvester fleet while allowing for
meaningful reduction of excess capacity and instituting reasonable
quota share ownership caps to control excessive consolidation.
Access rights should be structured to encourage that ownership of the
rights remain within the community.
Section 3: Developing a Community Fishery Quota (CFQ) and Community
Purchase Program (CPP) for stability and sustainability of Kodiak
Island communities. Any quotas allocated to coastal fishing
communities must be fished by regional residents and processed by
shore based processors in the region.
Section 4: Establishing an entry level fishery opportunities.
AND NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THAT the Governor of Alaska is
requested to transmit the Kodiak Island Borough's request for the above items to
be included in the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council's Gulf of Alaska
Groundfish Rationalization Plan.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
THIS SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2004
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Jerome Selby, Mayor
Kodiak Island Borough Alaska Resolution No. I-Y 2005-09
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