From a USFS News Release:
The Federal Subsistence Board has rescinded the closure of the harvest of sockeye salmon in drainages flowing into the Bay of Pillars to non-federally qualified users for the 2007 season.
The restriction on non-federally qualified users has been in place since the 2001 season and was initiated to protect the health of the sockeye salmon resource and for the continuation of subsistence uses.
During the past five years, population assessment studies have been conducted on the major sockeye spawning stock in the Bay of Pillars, Kutlaku Lake. There is consensus that the stock of sockeye salmon is healthy and the closure to non-federally qualified users is no longer necessary.
A proposal to remove the closure permanently has been jointly submitted by the Organized Village of Kake and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The public is invited to contact the Office of Subsistence Management to comment on this proposal.
For additional information, please contact Robert Larson or Chris Savage at (907) 772-3871 or the Office of Subsistence Management toll-free at (800) 478-1456 or (907) 786-3888. Additional information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program can be found on the web at http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/home.html.
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