SOUTHEAST ALASKA SEINERS ASSOCIATION

2025 Board of Fisheries

January 5, 2025
Advisory Announcement, Industry

Jan. 28–Feb. 9, 2025 [13 days] Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish Meeting in Ketchikan at the Ted Ferry Civic Center.

Reference: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.main

SEAS positions on Proposals of Interest:

Proposal 134 Penalties for Chinook Retention: Oppose
Proposal 156 Reduce SE AK Hatchery Reduction by 25%: Oppose
Proposal 157 Create Burnett Inlet THA: Support
Proposal 158 Definition of Hidden Falls THA lines: Support
Proposal 167 Increase purse seine length: Oppose
Proposal 168 Use of spotter planes in THA’s: Neutral

Philip Doherty

Phil Doherty has been SEAS Executive Director since mid-January 2022. prior to this, Phil was the Ketchikan Area Commercial Fisheries Management Biologist for ADF&G (1980 through 2006) and the Executive Director for the Southeast Regional Dive Fisheries Association (2006 through 2022).