To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jun 23,94  1:42 PM          Delivered: Jun 24,94 10:01 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-6/23/94

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Message:

*Final rules for the 1994-95 Alaska Subsistence taking of fish and wildlife can be located within the June 3, 1994, Federal Register (Vol. 59, No.106). Rules apply between July 1-June 30.

*Federal Register notice, concerning the process and schedule, for Customary and Traditional Use determinations has been signed by Willie Hensley (FSB Chairperson). The notice is co-signed by the Regional Forester.

*Characteristics of a subsistence based economy:

1. community-wide, seasonal, exploitation of resources;
2. high participation in hunting and fishing activities;
3. substantial harvest of fish and wildlife for local use;
4. family & household processing and production of resources;
5. extensive, non-commercial, distribution and exchange of resources;
6. traditional land use and residency; and
7. a mixed economy of subsistence and commercial interests.

*Alaska subsistence harvests vary significantly by region. Rural residents in northwest and arctic Alaska harvest the most (610 pounds per capita), and southeast Alaska residents harvest the least (212 pounds per capita).

*At least 85% of rural southeast Alaska households harvest some subsistence resources.