House Fisheries panel hears broad East Side support for bill to create Cook Inlet administrative area
At a second hearing on April 7, 2026, the House Special Committee on Fisheries heard unanimous public testimony from East Side commercial fishermen supporting Senate Bill 158, which would create a new administrative area in Cook Inlet to allow unique management of the East Side set-net fishery; the committee set the bill aside and did not vote.
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The House Special Committee on Fisheries held a second hearing on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, on Senate Bill 158, a proposal to create a new administrative area in Cook Inlet that would allow the East Side set-net fishery to be managed separately, sponsor Sen. Jesse Bjorkman said.
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