The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) will meet for a one-day meeting of the board’s Hatchery Committee on October 14, 2023 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Egan Civic and Convention Center, 555 W. 5th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. Note: this is the day following the board’s October 12–13, 2023 Work Session. No regulatory action will be taken at this meeting.

Agenda topics for the Hatchery Committee meeting may include staff presentations on hatchery production levels, research, and discussions of board authority on hatchery-related matters.

Written comments are due no later than September 29, 2023 and may be submitted electronically through the Board’s webpage at www.boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov, mailed to: Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526, or faxed to: (907) 465-6094. Written comments can also be submitted during the meeting. A live video stream is intended to be available on the board’s website at www.boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov.

Oral public testimony will not be accepted at this meeting, however there will be an open forum discussion (moderated by a BOF Member and similar to the board’s Committee of the Whole process), wherein members of the public in attendance are called upon for the BOF to hear a range of input and opinions. No public sign-up is required.

The meeting agenda and any other meeting documents will be available prior to the meeting on the board’s meeting information webpage at https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.meetinginfo&date=10-14-2023&meeting=anchorage

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation to participate in these public meetings, please contact Art Nelson at (907) 267-2292 by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 to make any necessary arrangements.

For more information about the meeting, contact Art Nelson at (907) 267-2292.

August 31, 2023

Art Nelson, Executive Director ADF&G Boards Support Section