Postmark: Jan 05,95 1:44 PM Delivered: Jan 06,95 10:01 AM
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Subject: Subsistence News-1/6/95
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Alaska Subsistence Retrospective
*On July 1,1990, the Federal Government assumed management for the subsistence taking of fish and wildlife on federal public lands in Alaska.
*The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 requires that subsistence users have a priority over other users in the taking of fish and wildlife on federal public lands where a recognized consistent and traditional pattern of use exists. When it is necessary to restrict the taking of fish and wildlife on these lands, subsistence uses are given preference over other consumptive uses.
*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) oversees the Federal Subsistence Management Program. The directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (lead agency), National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and USDA Forest Service, along with the Secretary of Interior, make up the Board. Ten Federal Regional Advisory Councils and the State of Alaska representatives play an active role in Board deliberations.
*The complete Federal Subsistence Management Program regulations were published in the Federal Register on May 29, 1992.
Postmark: Dec 29,94 11:47 AM Delivered: Dec 29,94 11:46 AM
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Subject: Subsistence News-12/30/94
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*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) is accepting applications for membership on the 10 Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (RAC). Application deadline is February 28,1995. Appointees serve a three-year term.
*Conditions for RAC appointment:
individual must be a resident of the region they seek to represent;
knowledge of local and regional subsistence uses and needs;
knowledge of other uses of the regions fish and wildlife;
willing to travel to and attend RAC meetings;
willing to attend FSB meetings, as requested.
*The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s 1995 work plan calls for $1.65 million to be spent on subsistence projects as a result of the 1989 oil spill. Projects to be funded include: intergenerational project on the sharing of traditional knowledge of subsistence practices; making use of traditional subsistence knowledge in data gathering; and identifying and surveying customary subsistence harvest areas for evidence of continued oil problems.
*In addition to the above projects, seven grants to the Alaska Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs will deal with a variety of subsistence related concerns expressed by rural residents.
Postmark: Dec 22,94 3:15 PM Delivered: Dec 23,94 10:00 AM
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Subject: Subsistence News-12/23/94
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*Willie Hensley, Chairman of the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) recently accepted appointment as Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development under Alaska’s governor, Tony Knowles.
*Spring 1994 flooding along Alaska’s Koyukuk River caused damage estimated as high as $74 million. It displaced entire communities such as Alatna, Allakaket, and parts of Hughes. These subsistence based settlements were virtually without any insurance to cover their personal/community losses.
*Fish and Wildlife Protection Officers recently arrested a 56 year old Copper Center man on 132 counts of commercial and subsistence fishing violations. The defendant is charged with using subsistence fish wheels for personal gain, failure to mark subsistence fish, illegal possession and transportation, etc. Charges are pending against a second defendant.
*The Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals (IPCMM) is an organization composed of Alaska Native groups active in marine mammal management and subsistence issues, such as the Alaska Sea Otter Commission, the Eskimo Walrus Commission, and the Alaska-Inuvialuit Beluga Whale Committee.
