Postmark: Dec 02,94 3:10 PM Delivered: Dec 02,94 3:09 PM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-12/2/94
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*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) recently made a number of fish and game rulings in Alaska, including closing of Kodiak Is. waters to all King crab harvests except those for subsistence.
*The Kodiak closure was made at the request of ADF&G in order to allow King crab populations to continue to recover from years of over fishing.
*The FSB also banned nonsubsistence caribou hunting on federal lands on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula near King Salmon and Naknek. The decision is intended to protect the north Alaska Peninsula caribou herd.
*The Board also adjusted moose hunting in the Kuskokwim River drainage and the lynx trapping in the southcentral and eastern interior.
*Historically, travelers through anothers (clan) territory could kill for food, but not for pelt or profit.
Postmark: Aug 05,94 9:04 AM Delivered: Aug 05,94 10:02 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-8/5/94
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*ADF&G has submitted several Requests for Reconsideration (RFR) of 1994-95 federal subsistence regs. Specifically, they disagree with provisions allowing hunters to shoot deer from a boat in Game Management Unit (GMU)-4. They also disagree with provisions allowing for a more liberal Brown Bear harvest within GMU-5.
*Lawyers for over 3500 Alaska Natives have agreed to a partial, out of court, settlement in the Exxon Valdez litigation. A $20 million dollar settlement was reached in exchange for damages to traditional foods.
*ADF&G officials advise Yukon River subsistence fisherpersons to take plenty of summer-run chum (dog) salmon because of questionable expectations for the fall runs. Villages say the summer runs are not suitable for winter storage/use. Villagers say they plan to fish for the fall run regardless of what the department says. Fall (dog) salmon are used for winter food for people and dogs.
*Specialized products are bartered and exchanged in traditional trade networks between communities. An example would be furs sold to outside markets. This provides important sources of monetary income to many rural areas.
