Subsistence News-4/29/94

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Apr 29,94  8:34 AM          Delivered: Apr 29,94 10:02 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-4/29/94

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*On February 11, President Clinton signed Executive Order #12898. The new E.O. is titled “Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations”. Section 4-4 deals with Subsistence Consumption of Fish and Wildlife. Section 4-401 directs Federal agencies to “collect, maintain, amd analyze information on consumption patterns of populations who principally rely on fish and/or wildlife for subsistence. Federal agencies shall communicate to the public the risk of those consumption patterns”.

*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) met in Anchorage during the week of April 11th. The FSB acted on 1994-95 Season and Bag Limit proposals.

*Action taken by the FSB includes: Banning aerial wolf hunting on federal public lands; directed subsistence staff to develop statewide proxy hunting regulations for the 1995-96 season; closed martentrapping season on Chichagof Island; and increased the allowable harvest of brown bear, and modified regulations for moose, in the Yakutat area.

*There is some discussion within the state legislature to recommend amending ANILCA. There are some who would like to delete the rural preference provisions for subsistence.