Subsistence News-2/17/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Feb 17,95  8:47 AM          Delivered: Feb 17,95  9:58 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-2/17/95

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*The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has heard final arguments in the Katie John v. U.S. lawsuit. In 1994, Federal District Court Judge H. Russel Holland ruled that federal jurisdiction in managemnt of subsistence fisheries extended to all navigable waters within Alaska. Recently, attorneys for the Federal government argued that jurisdiction should only extend to waters on and around specific Alaskan National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. The court is expected to rule on the appeal by early April.

*The southeast Alaska Federal Subsistence Advisory Council met recently in Hoonah. The council took action on five separate proposals:

1. Allowed the harvest of one doe in the four deer limit for Prince of Wales Island (GMU-2);
2. Supported a designated (proxy) deer hunter provision for all southeast Alaska;
3. Supported the continuation of the antler restriction on Stikine River moose;
4. Supported the designated (proxy) moose hunter provisions for residents of Yakutat, but amended the proposal limiting it to those over age 55 or physically disabled; and
5. Supported the reopening of marten, mink, and weasel trapping on Chichagof Island, but amended the proposal to apply vehicle restriction on trapping to the entire island.