Subsistence News-7/21/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jul 21,95  8:00 AM          Delivered: Jul 21,95 10:02 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News‑7/21/95

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Message:

*Recently, the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) granted four communities on the Kenai Peninsula an extra 10 days to harvest moose this fall. The FSB also required that they abide by the same antler restrictions currently mandated for sport hunters.

*The four new Kenai Peninsula subsistence communities include Ninilchik, Seldovia, Port Graham, and Nanwalek. They will have an early opportunity to start in the new subsistence hunt on portions of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

*The Campaign for the Abolition of Angling (CAA), based in England, is attempting to rally international support for banning sport fishing as cruelty to animals. The group condemns catch and release fishing, as well as the full range of methods and means.

*According to the National Fisherman, American aqua-cultural production is growing at about 5% annually. Aquaculture is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. agricultural economy.

*Just as many of the traditional fishing areas have been fully exploited, so too are the water resources upon which aquaculture depends. In order to move ahead these entrepreneurs must first overcome a twofold problem: complaints from coastal residents that they are a visual blight, and the fecal pollution problems.