Board: Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
Board identification number: 020
Department: FISH & GAME
Authority: AS 16.43.020; AS 39.50.200
Status: Active
Sunset date:
Requirements: Legislative Confirmation and Financial Disclosure
Prohibitions: None
Term: 4 years
Chair: Governor appoints.
Description: The board consists of 2 members appointed by Governor with a broad range of professional experience, none of whom has a vested economic interest in an interim-use permit, entry permit, commercial fishing vessel or gear, or in any fishery resource processing or marketing business (AS 16.43.050).
Function: The board promotes conservation and sustained yield management of fishery resource and regulates/controls entry into commercial fisheries.
Special facts: A quorum consists of 2 members unless there is a vacancy, which does not impair the authority of a single commissioner who may exercise all the powers and perform al the duties of the commission. The commission is a regulatory and quasi-judicial agency. Members may be removed for cause. The Governor designates chair for two years (may be designated for successive two-year terms).
Compensation: Salary Equal to Step in Range 25
Meetings: Commission members are salaried and meet throughout the year.
For further information and to reach individual members, contact:
Ty McMichael
IT Data Processing Services Leader
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
P.O. Box 110302
Juneau, AK 99801-0302
Phone: (907) 790-6950
Fax: (907) 789-6170
