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Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour returns to Sitka

Saturday, October 24
Sitka Performing Arts Center

6:00 PM Community Booths
6:30 PM Films Begin

$15 Adults
$10 Students/Seniors

Tickets on sale at Old Harbor Books and Mountain Miss.

Great ticket and membership deals if you sign up to be a SCS member.

Come for an evening of inspirational and exciting films, fantastic door prizes, informational booths and more!

For more information visit: www.sitkawild.org or call 907-747-7509. Hosted by: Sitka Conservation Society.

- The Plan Team website is not working on several links but does contain some information

ftp://ftp.afsc.noaa.gov/afsc/public/Plan_Team/Draft_assessments.htm

Including: ftp://ftp.afsc.noaa.gov/afsc/public/Plan_Team/sablefish.pdf , 13 pages, which includes CIE (Council for Independent Experts) recommendations and responses. Also included is a CIE summary report and individual CIE reviews

- Four Public Meetings in Southeast to Discuss Sport Fish Saltwater Logbook Issues in September (25kb PDF file)

- September 30: IFQ Implementation Committee meeting, Anchorage AK

- Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association Membership Meeting
Tuesday September 15th at 4:30 PM, 834 Lincoln Street, first floor class room (Sage Building)
Topics to be discussed include

Review of Proposed changes to IFQ regulations
Update on Halibut Charter Lawsuit
Update on Fishery Conservation Network and Benthic Mapping Project
Update on Chatham Sablefish
Fundraising

Refreshments will be served all members are encouraged to attend
Please call 747-3400 for further information

- August 15: Chatham Strait Sablefish fishery opens

http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region1/pdfs/groundfish/09_nsei_ll_ves_reg.pdf

http://documents.cf1.adfg.state.ak.us/AdfgDocument.po?DOCUMENT=21123

· August 28: Submission deadline: Agenda Change Requests, Alaska Board of Fisheries

http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/forms/facrform.php

· September 15-18: Plan Team Meeting, NMFS, Seattle

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/membership/plan_teams/Sept_2009_Agenda.pdf

· 9/17 10 AM Sablefish Update, CIE Review Results

· September 29: IPHC Bycatch Workshop

http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/meetings/workshops.htm#bycatch

· October 1-7: NPFMC, Anchorage

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/threemeetingoutlook.pdf

· November 15: IFQ season closes

· November 16-20 Plan Team, NMFS, Seattle

· November 19-21: Pacific Marine Expo, Seattle

· December 1-2, IPHC Interim Meeting, Seattle

· December 7-9: Young Fishermen’s Summit, Anchorage

http://seagrant.uaf.edu/map/workshops/2009/ayfs/index.html

· December 7-14: NPFMC, Anchorage

· January 26-29, 2010: IPHC Annual Meeting, Seattle

IPHC Bycatch Workshop Announcement

Halibut Commission Bycatch Workshop
Preliminary Announcement

A one-day workshop on halibut bycatch mortality in non-target fisheries (including mortality of sublegal fish in halibut fisheries) will be held in Seattle, WA on Tuesday September 29th, 2009. The exact location and times for the workshop will be announced at a later date. The workshop will be held to review issues associated with how bycatch mortality is estimated and incorporated into the assessment and management of Pacific halibut stocks. Among the topics to be covered at the workshop are:

Review of current and historical levels of halibut bycatch mortality
Review of historical methods by which the Commission has accounted for bycatch mortality in management of the halibut stock
Methods of estimation of bycatch mortality in non-target fisheries
Incorporation of bycatch mortality estimates in the halibut stock assessment and harvest policy
General impacts of bycatch mortality from non-target fisheries on halibut productivity and yield
Impacts of non-local bycatch mortality on fisheries yield of individual IPHC Regulatory Areas
Progress on bycatch control and management in other jurisdictions
Methods for reduction of non-target halibut bycatch mortality in the northeast Pacific Ocean

The results of the workshop will be made available to the participants and will be posted on the IPHC webpage.

If you are interested in attending this workshop, please notify Laura Black (voice: 206-634-1838 ext 201; fax: 206-632-2983) by July 31st, 2009.

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