FY2013-10 Joint Resolution with the City Council Support Comments to the NPFMC on Pending Actions Regarding Comprehensive 1 Introduced by: Borough Assembly
2 Requested by: Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup
3 Drafted by: Borough Clerk
Introduced on: 09/20/2012
4 Adopted on: 09/20/2012
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6 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
7 RESOLUTION NO. FY2013 -10
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9 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AND THE
10 CITY OF KODIAK COUNCIL SUPPORTING COMMENTS TO THE NORTH PACIFIC
11 FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ON PENDING ACTIONS REGARDING
12 COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF PROHIBITED SPECIES CATCH (PSC) BY THE
13 TRAWL FISHERY IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA
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15 WHEREAS, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is considering the need for
16 and beginning development of a comprehensive program to manage prohibited species
17 catch by the trawl fleet of the central Gulf of Alaska; and
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19 WHEREAS, any such comprehensive management program for fisheries in the central
20 Gulf of Alaska will have major and direct effects on the economy and well -being of
21 residents of the Kodiak region; and
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23 WHEREAS, National Standards of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and
24 Management Act require that federal fishery management decisions take into account the
25 importance of fishery resources to fishing communities, in order to provide for the
26 sustained participation of such communities and minimize adverse economic impacts on
27 such communities; and
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29 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak represent the
30 communities of the Kodiak region, rather than individual user groups or fishing interests;
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33 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak have begun a program to
34 participate directly in public processes for fishery policy decision - making as outlined in
35 Resolution No. FY2013 -09 of the Kodiak Island Borough
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37 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
38 ASSEMBLY AND THE CITY OF KODIAK COUNCIL that these bodies support the Kodiak
39 Fisheries Workgroup's proposed overarching purpose for consideration of fishery
40 management issues of interest and concern to the Kodiak region as follows:
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42 Overarching Purpose:
43 1. Maintain healthy, sustainable resources in the central (and western) Gulf of Alaska.
44 2. Promote a sustainable, vigorous economy in the Kodiak region with healthy and
45 competitive harvesting and processing sectors and support industries.
46 3. Maintain quality of life and social well -being in Kodiak.
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48 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND
49 BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AND THE CITY OF KODIAK COUNCIL that these bodies
50 support the Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup's proposed goals for management programs as
51 follows:
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53 Goals for Management Programs:
54 1. Provide effective controls of prohibited species catch and other bycatch to provide
55 for balanced and sustainable fisheries and healthy harvesting and processing
56 sectors.
57 2. Maintain or increase target fishery landings and revenues to Kodiak.
58 3. Maintain or increase employment opportunities for vessel crews, processing
59 workers, and support industries.
60 4. Provide increased opportunities for value -added processing.
61 5. Maintain opportunities for fishermen to enter the fishery.
62 6. Maintain opportunities for processers to enter the fishery.
63 7. Minimize adverse economic impacts of consolidation of the harvesting or
64 processing sectors.
65 8. Maximize active participation by owners of harvesting vessels and fishing
66 privileges.
67 9. Maintain the economic strength and vitality of Kodiak's working waterfront.
68 10. Establish methods to measure success and impacts of all programs, including
69 collection and analysis of baseline and after - action data.
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71 ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
72 THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012
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75 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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79 ATT .T: Je(�me M. Selby, - in a or
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83 N. a M. Javier, MMC Borough Clerk
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