Postmark: Sep 01,95 9:33 AM Delivered: Sep 01,95 9:33 AM
Subject: Subsistence News-9/1/95
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*One of the biologists addressing the recent 2nd International Arctic Ungulate Conference in Fairbanks said that…”it’s easier to assess the value of meat and antlers than it is to pinpoint the animal’s place in Native culture.” Others say that politics have become as important as game surveys when it comes to game management in some regions of the arctic.
*When referring to the Federal subsistence management regulations, “no subsistence” means that the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) has determined that there is no customary and traditional subsistence use of a wildlife population or fish stock. In this case, there are no Federal subsistence seasons. Hunting and fishing may be permitted under state regulations.
*The FSB is attempting to reach an out of court settlement with the Ninilchek Traditional Council. The FSB offered a special federal subsistence moose hunt in the Skilak Loop Management Area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 9/1-14/95. If accepted, the traditional council will administer the permit hunt for 10 spike-fork bulls, and 10 cows.
*The voices of Inupiaq elders live on in the classroom. Kotzebue students use CD-ROM technology to learn about plants,animals,and fish.
Postmark: Aug 25,95 8:28 AM Delivered: Aug 25,95 8:28 AM
Subject: Subsistence News-8/25/95
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*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) determines which communities in Alaska have customarily and traditionally taken a wildlife population or fish stock. Customary and traditional use determinations are listed along with seasons and harvest limits in each wildlife management unit, or fishery or shellfish management area in the 1995-96 Subsistence Management Regulations booklet.
*If there is no customary or traditional use determination for a wildlife population or fish stock, then all rural Alaska residents are eligible for use of these stocks or populations. A “no determination” means open to all rural Alaska residents.
*In south-central and southeastern Alaska, a federally qualified subsistence user may designate another federally qualified subsistence user to take “deer” on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community operating under a community harvest system. A federal permit, as well as a completed harvest report are required.
*The “designated hunter” may hunt for any number of recipients, but may have no more than two harvest limits in possession at any one time.
Postmark: Aug 17,95 3:21 PM Delivered: Aug 17,95 3:21 PM
Subject: Subsistence News-8/18/95
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*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) meets today to review the Request for Reconsideration by Ninilchik of the Kenai Peninsula subsistence moose hunt. The Federal District Court denied their earlier request for an “any bull”, and restriction of sport harvest.
*A WO management review of the Forest Service involvement in the Alaska Federal Subsistence Management Program (FSMP) recently took place. Comments will be incorporated into a draft WO Review Report. Additionally, a draft Subsistence Management Review Action Plan will be prepare for the WO by September 1st.
*A letter of direction is being prepared which delegates Jack Capp (R10 Director of Wildlife and Fisheries Management) as USDA representative on the FSB.
*Computer technology is bridging the gap between oral and written history. Using the latest in technology, an oral history project of the Bristol Bay Region will be stored on CD-ROM. Only 271 elders over the age of 65 live in the area. The project will result in easy access to taped interviews, much of them in Yupik (Eskimo), as well as maps and photographs.
