ALASKA NATIVES COMMISSION
JOINT FEDERAL-STATE COMMISSION
ON
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AFFECTING
ALASKA NATIVES
4000 Old Seward Highway, Suite 100
Anchorage,
Alaska 99503
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ANCHORAGE TESTIMONY - OCTOBER 15, 1992
DEPOSITION EXHIBIT #8 -TESTIMONY
OF MARY SHAWBACK
Concern I have is with the fishing in the Bering Sea and Unalaska with the 100 to 150 trawlers. They are scrapping the bottom. They are taking anything that moves in the water. There is no time limit. They fish 7 days a week all year long. There is no limit on how much they can take, either daily of monthly.
I have a motel, the Ponderosa Inn. Spotters come and stay
there who say the fishermen are taking fish they shouldn't be taking. They
(?) the illegal catches but nothing is ever done. There are times when Fish & Wildlife
come by to check but the fishermen throw overboard the fish that shouldn't
be used for sermery(?). These boats are anywhere from 150 to 300 feet long
and are stripping the area,
If we are not careful Bristol Bay will be just like Kodiak and Southeastern where fishermen compete with the seals. I am concerned that if nothing is done to correct these abuses that the Bristol fishery will be ruined.
There should be a time limit when these foreign-based and Seattle-based fishermen are allowed to fish and a limit placed on what they are allowed to take.
Mary Shawback
Box 234
King Salmon, AK 99613
(907) -246-3360
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