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ADF&G to meet with the Mat-Su public
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MAT-SU—A local sportsmen's group has asked the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game to meet with the Mat-Su public next Mon., May 18, at 6 p.m. at the Central Mat-Su Fire Station in Wasilla.
The Mat-Su Mayor's Blue Ribbon Sportsmen's Committee requested that Fish &
Game present their salmon management plans for the upcoming seasons.

The work of this group contributed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries designating the Susitna River sockeye salmon as a Stock of Concern in February 2008.
Biologists are trying to allow enough fish to pass through to promote healthy
returns. In April, Fish & Game placed restrictions on fishing for king salmon on the
Deshka River. Last year, less than 8,000 kings returned, in stark contrast to the
58,000 or more Deshka kings that returned in 2004.

Mat-Su Borough Assembly member Tom Kluberton chairs the Mayor’s Blue
Ribbon Sportsmen’s Committee. “With the tremendous and growing economic
value of sport and personal use fishing to the Mat-Su, it is important that the
ADF&G interacts with our residents on a regular basis,” Kluberton said. “We hope
this kind of meeting will become an annual event. By keeping a running dialog,
Mat-Su fishermen can gain a sense of how the Department’s management practices
are intended to improve stocks in Borough streams. And the Department can gain a
sense of how significant sportfishing is to the economy of the Borough.”

Specific topics that the Committee asked ADF&G to address include: The recent
restrictions on Deshka River king salmon, and the ongoing efforts to correct the
chronic low returns of sockeye salmon to Mat-Su streams.

For more information call Assembly member Tom Kluberton at 841-7107 or email [url "mailto:tkluberton@mtaonline.net"]tkluberton@mtaonline.net[/url] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Central Mat-Su Fire Station is in Wasilla at Lucille and Swanson streets.
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