FY2008-30 Analysis of BSAI Crab RatzKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2008 -30
Introduced by: KIB Assembly
Requested by: Manager Gifford
Drafted by: City Manager Freed
Introduced: 03/20/2008
Adopted: 03/20/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
REQUESTING NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
OF KODIAK COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN THE PENDING ANALYSIS OF THE
BSAI CRAB RATIONALIZATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is dependent on our working waterfront —
crewmembers, skippers, boat owners, processing plants, and their workers; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough's support sector is in turn dependent on a healthy
working waterfront; and
WHEREAS, each fishery and gear type is important to the overall health of our community's
economy, and the loss of access to any fishery causes negative impacts on the whole economy,
as the community observed after the implementation of the BSAI crab rationalization program;
and
WHEREAS, the leasing of individual fishing quota and the continued consolidation of the BSAI
crab fishing fleet has resulted in a reduction of the historical value of the fishery to active
participants; and
WHEREAS, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has initiated an analysis
of the 90/10 A share /B share split for review at the October 2008 meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough strongly agrees with the Council's statement in the draft
purpose and need statement that "the optimal A share /B share split has not been analytically
determined, nor was a clear analytical evaluation for the original 90/10 share split ever
presented "; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough supports the effort of the Council to move forward with
this analysis by finalizing the draft purpose and need statement adopted at the Council's
October 2007 meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough suggests strengthening the purpose and need
statement by acknowledging that "any change to the existing 90/10 A share /B share split will
have a direct impact on communities and crew, in addition to processors and harvesters, and
these impacts should also be analyzed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough that the
North Pacific Fishery Management Council is urged to finalize the purpose and needs statement
and develop and adopt a preliminary elements and options document for an analysis of the
90/10 A share /B share split at the April 2008 meeting.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough that the elements
and options document should include for analysis:
• a one -pie allocation (0/100 A share /B share split)
• a variable A share /B share split based on TAC levels
• the implications of share leasing under each of the A share /B share splits analyzed
• the consideration of allocation of C shares to crew for each A share /B share split
analyzed, with the size of the allocation sufficient to benefit all active participants in
the fishery.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH, 2008
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No a M. Javier, C , Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jerome M. Selby, Boroughy
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