FY2008-19 Failed - NPFM Crab Crewmans Proposal FAILED - Supporting the Bering Sea Crab Cremen's proposal, a motion to agenda, analyze,WHEREAS, the Kodiak Fisheries Advisory Council
2007, with a significant portion of those meetings c
and the Bering Sea Crewmembers Proposal- tha
item and staff tasking for the purposes of mak "g
review of Crab Rationalization and beginning the soc
assess historical rights for crewmen as v -ssel operators
quota vessels that result in incomes tha ect Kodiak, Alas
WHEREAS, the Crewmen's Ass
proposal to reallocate a portion
form of a pool of shared but
working vessels; and
WHEREAS, these b
negatively affected b
those historical rights t
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2008 -19
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Introduced by:
Requested by:
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Introduced:
Failed
Kodiak Fisheries Advisory
Committee (KFAC)
Shawn Dochtermann
Shawn Dochtermann/
KFAC
11/29/2007
11/29/2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY TO THE NORTH
PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL – SUPP(
BERING SEA CRAB CREMEN'S PROPOSAL, A MOON TO
ANALYZE AND INCLUDE THESE HISTORICAL RIGHTS IN T o 3 -YEAR RE
(AND CONSIDER DURING 18 -MONTH - EW)
Septemb 4 and 20,
crew a reporting
Itfig an agenda
nth and 3 -year
s required to properly
hts to shares on crab
ommunities; and
oth bodies to explain their
c -men (vessel operators) in the
hat they may take with them onto
, `' state, and regional economy have been
of Commerce, and Congress leaving behind
for vessel operators; and
WHEREAS ailure to s and a reallocation of that fair and equitable share
to all witit'1 the'ressel op •rs Cate • may lead to judicial review, and that such a lawsuit
might o enjoi the City a y Borough and other communities; and
WHERE tlik, a other � cerns warrant the NPFMC, Secretary of Commerce, and
Congress 01 ssing this iss e before any litigation might occur - especially recognizing the
failures of D - \ - ,ocess and related procedural and statutory concerns - such that the proper
course of imme ®- W a$tion would be to make a motion to task Council staff for a respective
socio- economic a m is and to agenda the Crewmen's Bering Sea Crab Proposal (copy
attached); and
WHEREAS, regardless of any consensus of the KFAC, the Borough believes it to be in the best
interests of the State of Alaska coastal communities and specifically -the 'balanced' interests of
Kodiak fishermen, processors, businesses and residents, for it to support such a motion; and
WHEREAS, the leading component required for remedy is to deal with the Crewmen's Proposal;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough asks
the NPFMC Council members to introduce, second, and lend majority support to such Motion
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2008 -19
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placing the Crewmen's Proposal on the federal Council's agenda and beginning thorough
analysis at the earliest date possible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough hereby
requests that said motion be made at the Council before further discussions on crab shares ( "A ",
"B" and "C ") and the 90/10 split issues proceed further, so that the rights of all vessel operators
in the crab fisheries off Alaska's Bering Sea and related coastal communities' interests may be
properly addressed in light of the effects (so far, negative) to date, and consider changes to
ensure potential benefits (maximizes multiplier benefits) to the State, Kodiak, and region by
enhancing crew -based (fishermen) incomes that provide these direct, indirect and induced
benefits.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
THIS DAY OF
Nova M. Javier, CMC, Boroug
by
H
orough Mayor
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2008 -19
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