House Fisheries Committee Hears Bill to Create East Side Cook Inlet Administrative Area
Lawmakers and East Side fishermen told the House Special Committee on Fisheries that Senate Bill 158 would give East Side set-net permit holders a distinct administrative area for CFEC management and potential voluntary buybacks, while committee members pressed for clearer timelines for provisional permits and appeals and asked CFEC and Fish and Game to return for more detail.
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The House Special Committee on Fisheries on March 26 heard testimony on Senate Bill 158, which would create a new administrative area for East Side Cook Inlet set-net permit holders and reassign historic entry permits to that district, proponents told the committee.
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