A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE KACHEMAK BAY GULF OF ALASKA GROUNDFISH RATIONALIZATION COMMITTEE PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

WHEREAS, the Homer City Council supports the rationalization definition contained in the plan; and

WHEREAS, National standard #8 of the 1996 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act states, "take into account the importance of fishery resources to fishing communities in order to (A) provide for the sustained participation of such communities, and (B) to the extent practical, minimize adverse economic impacts on such communities"; and

WHEREAS, the Congressional mandated National Research Council study of Individual Fishing Quotas programs ("Sharing the Fish") recommends allocations to communities; and

WHEREAS, the City of Homer benefits economically and socially from fish harvested by residents and processed in the community; and

WHEREAS, the Homer City Council recognized the need for access by fishing communities to the diversity of the resource adjacent to those communities; and

WHEREAS, the Homer City Council recognizes the importance of the allocation of the resource to be made to a broad range of historic participants; and

WHEREAS, the Homer City Council supports the element of the plan encourages the use of gear types that reduce by-catch and seafloor habitat impact.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council requests that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council incorporate the elements of the Kachemak Bay Gulf of Alaska Rationalization proposal into any rationalization plan of the groundfish resource in the Gulf of Alaska; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Senator Ted Stevens, Senator Frank Murkowski, Representative Don Young and Governor Tony Knowles.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 23rd day of May, 2000.

CITY OF HOMER

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ATTEST: KURT MARQUARDT, MAYOR PRO TEM

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MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: NA