Kenai Fisheries Roundtable Wednesday
Fishing August 21, 2018 Lee Leschper
Discussion of key fishery issues open to public via webcast
You’ll have a chance to listen in to a high-level discussion of Alaska fisheries issues, especially the Kenai River, during the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Roundtable on Fisheries.
The KRSA Kenai River Classic is one of the country’s leading conservation events that allows businessmen and women, policy advocates, elected officials and Alaskans to come together as anglers to honor the Kenai River and to support KRSA’s conservation efforts. The Classic is Wednesday – Friday with silver salmon fishing on the Kenai River, and a fishery policy roundtable at the Kenai Peninsula College. Kenai Classic
The Classic Roundtable on Fisheries featuring keynote speaker Chris Oliver, the Asst. Administrator of NOAA Fisheries. Oliver is the former executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council who was appointed the top federal fisheries administrator last year. He will talk about funding pressures to fisheries research at the national level that pose a potential threat to sustainable fisheries in the future.
Following the keynote speech, three panels of Alaskans will focus on critical issues facing the state’s fisheries. This is a rare opportunity to have so many policy decision makers in the room discussing how to better manage Alaska’s diverse recreational and commercial fishing industry.
- The first panel features scientists from the State of Alaska Salmon and People Project who will look at how collaborative approaches to science and data-based fisheries research may hold promise of unlocking some of the mysteries of salmon productivity in the ocean ecosystem.
- The second panel features members of the Alaska Salmon Fellows who will look at how communities around the state are responding to low king salmon returns and its devastating impact on rural economies.
- The final panel features policy and industry officials who will delve into new market-based approaches to reallocating fish during times of shortages, and how this approach can defuse often contentious disputes between commercial and recreational fisheries.
The even is open to the public and you can listen in via Zoom web-based technology.
To join the Roundtable Classic meeting on Aug 22 via Zoom.us, simply click on this link and enter your name.
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