Postmark: Jan 19,95 1:18 PM Delivered: Jan 20,95 9:59 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-1/20/95
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*The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from plaintiffs to let the Alaska State courts decide remaining cases in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Alaska Natives had sought to pursue claims that the oil spill caused adverse impacts to their traditional culture.
*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) has approved a winter subsistence caribou hunt for 14 interior villages along the Yukon River. The season will run from Feb.1 to Mar.31. Each rural resident will be eligible to harvest one caribou from the Western Arctic herd.
*The FSB has banned subsistence hunting of moose on federal public lands along a stretch of the Yukon River. The restriction prohibits hunting within a mile of the river in Game Management Unit (GMU) 21E during the winter season, Feb.1-10. The ruling affects the communities of Paimiut, Anvik, Holy Cross, and Grayling. The closure is to prevent over harvest and minimize disturbance to the moose that congregate along the river during the winter.
*A U.S. District Court judge has ruled in what has been termed the “Bold II” lawsuit. The judge ruled that Indians in Washington’s Puget Sound may gather shellfish on private property. Crab, shrimp, sea cucumber, sea urchin, and many other shellfish are included under the ruling, which upholds Treaties signed in 1854 and 1855.
Postmark: Jan 12,95 2:32 PM Delivered: Jan 13,95 10:02 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-1/13/95
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*Public review of the proposed 1995-96 Subsistence Regulations for the taking of wildlife on federal public lands in Alaska ends January 13th.
*Regional Advisory Council (RAC) meetings involve local subsistence users and agency specialists. The Councils discuss proposals, hear additional public comment, and make recommendations to the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB).
*The southeast Regional Advisory Council will meet in Hoonah’s Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Hall, February 8-10.
*The southcentral Regional Advisory Council will meet in the Anchorage Sheraton Hotel, February 28-March 2.
*The FSB makes final decisions on the above proposals at a formal public hearing in Anchorage, April 10-14.
Postmark: Jan 05,95 1:44 PM Delivered: Jan 06,95 10:01 AM
Status: Previously read
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.
