Subsistence News-8/11/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts

Postmark:  Aug 10,95  3:19 PM          Delivered: Aug 10,95  3:19 PM

Subject: Subsistence News-8/11/95

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Message:

*The Ninilchik Traditional Council has asked the U.S. District Court in Anchorage to block the recently announced subsistence moose hunt on the Kenai Peninsula.

*The Council wanted the court to throw out the mandatory antler restriction imposed by the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) on subsistence hunters in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

*The Traditional Council contended that ANILCA forbids restricting subsistence hunters unless other users, such as sport hunters, have been restricted or barred from federal lands.

*The new subsistence hunt is widely opposed on the Kenai Peninsula, where many of the residents do not qualify as rural residents, and thus ineligible for a subsistence opportunity.

*The Federal District Court (August 9th) ruled in favor of the FSB, and thus allows for the planned subsistence moose hunt to proceed as scheduled.