Subsistence News-7/22/94

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jul 22,94  9:09 AM          Delivered: Jul 22,94  9:59 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-7/22/94

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*Norway reports subsistence and Native people issues which could affect ongoing hydroelectric developments. Lapps, or Saami, best known for their roles as reindeer herders, are an ethnic minority in northern Norway. Development of certain hydroelectric facilities has required accomodating their interests.

*Rural Alaska residents seem to accept sport fisherpersons who practice “catch and release” methods. Rural subsistence users believe these sport anglers: 1. Don’t take and/or waste fish they need; 2. Don’t compete with rural residents for resources; and 3. They are generally nice people who want to better understand cross cultural and subsistence issues.

*Edward Krohn, a sport fisherman, has filed suit in Alaska Superior Court to stop subsistence fishing in certain parts of the state. The suit charges the state with implementing emergency regulations without proper public input. In April the state implemented emergency regulations to allow for subsistence fishing in areas designated “non- subsistence zones” under a 1992 state subsistence law.

*Non-subsistence zones were ruled unconstitutional by Alaska State Superior Court Judge Dana Fabe last fall. The Alaska Supreme Court has yet to rule on the legality of the 1992 subsistence law.