tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post7223568650059735511..comments2023-10-15T01:26:00.057-08:00Comments on Halibut Fisheries Issues: Prefered AlternativeFlatfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10332090968241710544noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-47775895369776516632008-03-03T11:52:00.000-09:002008-03-03T11:52:00.000-09:00My mistake on reporting that the proposal posted w...My mistake on reporting that the proposal posted was on the table. I have been informed it was not. Alternative 6 was introduced at the halibut Stakeholder committee at the end of our last meeting in October. The Stakeholder committee never voted on whether this option should be included in the long term plans. The chair stated that this had been received too late in the meeting for consideration and we would further discuss it at the next meeting. Also the long term alternatives have not been introduced to the NPFMC. The alternatives were suppose to be introduced at the December council meeting but staff skipped over the long term alternatives in the stakeholder report to the Council and dealt with the interim issues only.CaptBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249533296512485226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-68942305949252434022008-03-02T21:06:00.000-09:002008-03-02T21:06:00.000-09:00There is also a Sport Fish Guide Board Legislation...There is also a Sport Fish Guide Board Legislation in the works similar to the Hunting Guide Board. Saw the piece and I like it. It will cause a lot of industry discussion I am sure, but it will elevate the professionalism of the industry, just how much I haven't been able to measure compared to the burden it will place on all individuals in our ranks. I would post it here but it is 17 pages long. If you are interested in it I will email it to you. HCA members have it now.CaptBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249533296512485226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-3931912304300018482008-03-02T21:05:00.000-09:002008-03-02T21:05:00.000-09:00I remember the American Government class a while b...I remember the American Government class a while back where it was explained how this government was for the people and by the people. Can't let any thought of a single individual's position get in my way, especially at the level of a state employee, and when a lot of the people agree with the management proposals on the table. We have been through seven commissioners and We haven't seen all the ideas and we haven't stopped thinking about where we want our industry to go, this is exactly how it is supposed to work. No win or lose for any individual, only progress towards what the people want. Be the people. Keep going and never lay your freedom down.CaptBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249533296512485226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-43181517641824721592008-02-29T20:02:00.000-09:002008-02-29T20:02:00.000-09:00I am assuming that this alternative will be discus...I am assuming that this alternative will be discussed at the April meeting. If so then we need to get an association opinion as well as our individual testimony in writing and submitted ASAP. I would suggest scheduling a HCA meeting for March and try to get a couple of people to attend the NPFMC meeting. Here we go again!Flatfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332090968241710544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-41536198984134753502008-02-29T19:38:00.000-09:002008-02-29T19:38:00.000-09:00Where would this plan be in our timeline? Could it...Where would this plan be in our timeline? Could it be implemented before a short term fish-war breaks out with no limits on the number of fish (the real problem) and only a limit on the number of boats (not the problem)?<BR/> Leaseing IFQ can't be an option. 50 x price = 1 person. Chances of finding a leaser are way to slim.<BR/> Purchase could be worked out long term, but only for a select few who could qualify.<BR/> Are there any other plans besides the old IFQ try that don,t throw us to the wolves?<BR/> The Atlantic cod fishery died when the government controled the the type of fishing boats, but not the number of fish they could catch.<BR/> As far as the state of alaska goes, were they able to stop the councel from approveing the IFQ plan or was it one man in D.C.?<BR/> Let's not "just forget it".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-21403884738118848082008-02-27T23:41:00.000-09:002008-02-27T23:41:00.000-09:00l x b x dbl x d... try telling Cashman that he sho...l x b x dbl x d... try telling Cashman that he should only be fishing 18 passengers... explain to Weldon how even tho he carried more passengers than me or I carried more than the Wildcat, Mike should have more quota than I and I should have more than Weldon because of the width of our boats... Why do they need to make this such a tortured path? <BR/>If I carried 1,100 clients on average, I have the same permit, under one option, as somebody that carried 751?<BR/>Military morale boats don't have to qualify but DO COUNT AGAINST OUR QUOTA?! WTF? WE should be the morale boats! Why does our government compete with us?<BR/>Does " unavoidable circumstance" include divorce? <BR/>Who dreams this shit up - some trailer salesman ( "I have here a lemon...")? <BR/>Anybody want to buy a boat?markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915703843368177717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-15502262104320688572008-02-27T15:36:00.000-09:002008-02-27T15:36:00.000-09:00Bob,Call Denby and ask him if industry supported t...Bob,<BR/><BR/>Call Denby and ask him if industry supported this plan, would the state support it?<BR/>There is no point in even discussing it if the State is going to kill it at the Council level. <BR/>Ask him for it in writing and then we will all know if it is workable or a dead end. In last discussion with him four months ago, it sounded like this kind of thing was not going to be accepted by our Governor as a preferd alternative.<BR/>Without the States support it is going to be a tough road to hoe....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-59937480310895154482008-02-27T11:03:00.000-09:002008-02-27T11:03:00.000-09:00What this proposal does is effectively locks each ...What this proposal does is effectively locks each operator into his historic catch level and then allows each operator to decide whether he wants to accept the expense required to purchase more commercial IFQ to use in his business. At least this will be closest to the original IFQ plan as supported in 2001. Lets get the discussion going. Thanks and pass this along to other operators.CaptBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249533296512485226noreply@blogger.com