The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Southeast King and Tanner Task Force (KTTF) will meet between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2017. The meeting will be hosted at the ADF&G Southeast Regional office in Douglas and connected via web conferencing at the following locations: Douglas – ADF&G Southeast Regional office, 802 3rd Street, Douglas, AK 99824 Petersburg – Tides Inn Conference Room, 307 1st Street, Petersburg, AK 99833 Agenda items for this meeting include: 2017 Tanner crab survey preliminary results, 2017/18 red king crab fishery summary, 2017/18 Board of Fisheries proposals. Individuals unable to attend in person can call-in from any location and if they have a computer, smartphone, and/or Read more…
Month: November 2017
Regional Planning Team, Purse Seine, And Drift Gillnet Task Force Meetings
The department holds annual meetings each year between fishery managers, researchers, aquaculture organizations, fishermen, gear group organizations, processing company representatives, and interested organizations to review the previous salmon season, to discuss topics of importance for management of the fisheries, and to plan for the following season. At the request of participants, task force meetings are held in conjunction with the Southeast Regional Planning Team (RPT) fall meeting. This year both task force meetings and the RPT meeting will be held in Ketchikan at the Ted Ferry Civic Center, Neets Bay Room, located at 888 Venetia Avenue. Purse Seine Task Force meeting is scheduled for November 28, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Drift Gillnet Task Force meeting is Read more…
Kidde brand Fire Extinguisher Recall
Several models of Kidde brand fire extinguishers with plastic handles and push button handles have been recalled including over 40 million extinguishers and 134 different models manufactured between January 1, 1973 and August 15, 2017. The recalled extinguishers are red, white, or silver canisters and rated as either ABC or BC. If you think your fire extinguishers may be recalled, please call (855)271-0773 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday-Friday. If your extinguishers are recalled, Kidde will ship you replacements. You can find more information here.