September 18, 2017 — Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study last year that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish.
Some Cook Inlet fishermen now want to set caps for sockeye salmon in the Kodiak area.
The United Cook Inlet Drift Association is asking the Board of Fisheries to consider an agenda change at its work session next month.
The change would move the consideration of a new Kodiak area management plan up to a sooner date. The next time the Board of Fisheries is scheduled to look over the management plan is 2020.
The request is based on findings from a genetic study of sockeye salmon in the western Kodiak management area.