SSRAA Board of Directors Annual Meeting – January 23, 2025
The SSRAA Board of Directors Annual meeting will take place at 9:00am AKST on January 23, 2025 at the Cape Fox Lodge, Shaa Hitt room in Ketchikan, Alaska....
16 December, 2024 NewsADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL
The SSRAA programs as we know them are at risk. Please make your voice heard to OPPOSE Proposal 156 at the SEAK Board of Fish Meeting in Ketchikan this January.
SSRAA has no intention of increasing chum production and is maxed out on water and land use. If proposal 156 were to pass, there is no evidence to support that there would be any benefit to wild salmon. However, revenue generated by chum salmon cost recovery is used to fund Chinook and coho salmon production. Therefore, a 25% reduction in chum salmon production would significantly harm all the users of the resource, as the production of Chinook and coho salmon would decrease as well.
SSRAA has helped fund research to study the impacts of hatchery chum salmon on wild salmon systems. Check out the ongoing work on the Alaska Hatchery Research Project for some recent study information.
For more information on the carrying capacity concerns addressed in proposal 156, check out this recent presentation by ADF&G staff.
For more information about the stringent hatchery permitting process, regulations, and policies, click here.
