May 1 is the deadline for submitting proposed regulation changes pertaining to local fish and game advisory committees and the process for adopting regulations by the state Board of Fisheries and Board of Game.
Regulations open on the call for proposal submission are 5 AAC Chapters 96 and 97. Topics included are establishment and distribution of local fish and game advisory committees, advisory committee membership make-up and qualifications, uniform rules of operation for advisory committee meetings, advisory committee areas of jurisdiction for emergency closures, procedures for development fish and game regulations, and emergency petition and subsistence proposal policies.
Submit proposals online at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.jointboard.
Email proposals (Adobe PDF documents only) to dfg.bog.comments@alaska.gov or mail them to ADF&G Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, Alaska 99811-5526.
The joint board last met in October of 2013 to make regulatory adjustments to the program for the 84 advisory committees statewide. Proposals received by May 1 will be considered by the joint board at its meeting set for March 21-25, 2019 in Anchorage.
