Subsistence News-7/14/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jul 13,95 11:00 AM          Delivered: Jul 14,95 10:00 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-7/14/95

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Message:

*Federal Subsistence designated hunter permits for deer are available from Forest Sevice offices throughout southeast and south-central Alaska. Permits are available for qualified rural residents to harvest deer for other qualified subsistence users on federal public lands in Game Management Units (GMU) 1,2,3,4,5, and 8.

*Designated hunter permits are a response to requests from federal subsistence regional advisory councils (RAC) in southeast and southcentral Alaska.

*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) voted to make the permits available in order to accommodate customary and traditional subsistence practices.

*Residents of some of the communities in the path of the Exxon Valdez oil spill are still concerned about possible oil contamination of traditional foods. The Oil Spill Trustee Council plans to continue to expand the testing & dialogue between subsistence users and scientists working with the areas resources in 1995 and future years.

*A cooperative effort is underway in Prince William Sound to work with subsistence marine mammal hunters to compile information and produce recommendations on harbor seals and sea otter harvest. The info will be used to help in voluntarily modifying harvest practices.

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