NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ALASKA BOARDS OF GAME
AND FISHERIES JOINT BOARD COMMITTEE

The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) and Board of Game (BOG) will convene a teleconference meeting of its Joint Board Committee (committee) at 10:00am, Wednesday, February 7, 2018. The purpose of the committee meeting is to discuss and make a recommendation for the necessity of holding a full Joint Board meeting during the 2018/2019 meeting cycle.

To facilitate the committee’s discussion and recommendation on the scope of regulatory topics for a future Joint Board meeting, the committee has requested an informal solicitation of comments or preliminary proposals from local fish and game advisory committees and the public concerning potential changes if a Joint Board meeting is scheduled. The committee will review the comments and report back to each board a recommendation for the need of a Joint Board meeting and the topics for the Call for Proposals. The deadline for submittals for the committee’s review is Friday, February 2, 2018.

Regulations under the authority of the Joint Board are the following:

5 AAC Chapter 96 – Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees and Regional Fish and Game Councils

• Article 1: Local Fish and Game Advisory Committee Regulations
• Section 010.  Establishment of local fish and game advisory committees
• Section 020.  Creation of local fish and game advisory committees
• Section 021.  Establishment of advisory committees
• Section 040.  Qualifications for members
• Section 050.  Functions of local fish and game advisory committees
• Section 060.  Uniform rules of operation
• Article 3: Administration of Local Fish and Game Advisory Committees
• Section 410.  Distribution of local fish and game advisory committees
• Section 420.  Review of requests for local fish and game advisory committees.
• Section 440.  Board assistance
• Section 450.  Committee status and change of status.
• Section 460.  Attendance at meetings.
• Article 5: Adoption of Fish and Game Regulations
• Section 600.  Meetings
• Section 610.  Procedures of developing fish and game regulations.
• Section 615.  Subsistence proposal policy
• Section 625.  Joint board petition policy
• Section 630.  Special meetings
• Section 640.  Regular meetings
• Section 660.  Compliance

• Article 6:  General Provisions
• 910.  Definitions.

Chapter 97 – Advisory Committee Closures

• Article 1: Areas of Jurisdiction
• Section 005.  Areas of jurisdiction for advisory committees
• Article 2: Emergency Closures
• Section 010.  Advisory committee emergency closures

Chapter 99 – Subsistence Uses

• Section 010.  Boards of Fisheries and Game subsistence procedures
• Section 015.  Joint board nonsubsistence areas.
• Section 016.  Activities permitted in a nonsubsistence area.
• Section 021.  Definitions

Written comments from the public may be mailed to Boards Support Section at P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526, emailed to dfg.bof.comments@alaska.gov (PDF only), faxed to (907) 465-6094, or entered online at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.jointboard. Written comments must be received by Friday, February 2, 2018.

The meeting will stream live over the Internet on the Joint Board website at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.jointboard.

Physical meeting locations are:

• ADF&G Headquarters, 1255 W. 8^th Street, Juneau, Commissioner’s 2^nd Floor Conference Room
• ADF&G Anchorage, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Aerie Conference Room (2^nd Floor)
• ADF&G Fairbanks, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, Ptarmigan Conference Room

Committee meetings are open to the public. A meeting agenda and other meeting materials will be available on the Joint Board meeting information website at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.jbmeetinginfo.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation to join in this public meeting, please contact the Boards Support Section at (907) 465-4110 by 5:00pm on Friday, February 2, 2018, to make any necessary arrangements.

For more information about the meetings, contact Glenn Haight, glenn.haight@alaska.gov, (907) 465-6095 or Kristy Tibbles, kristy.tibbles@alaska.gov, (907) 465-6098.

                          /s/                                                            December 26, 2017
Glenn Haight, Executive Director                                         Date
ADF&G Boards Support Section