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Southeast residents urge action on charter-fishing impacts; rep proposes joint task force
Summary
Speakers at a Ketchikan town hall asked Rep. Bynum to address charter/sport-fishing pressure on salmon runs and local livelihoods. Bynum said he is pursuing a concurrent resolution to form a joint legislative task force to bring industry and communities together.
Local fishing stakeholders used the town-hall forum to press for legislative attention to charter and sport-fishing in Southeast Alaska.
Joe Williams, who identified himself as tribal president of the Organized Village of Saxman, described long-standing concerns about nonresident charter operators. "The new salmon traps of today are the charter…
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