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Alaska Peninsula / Aleutian Island / Chignik Finfish – February 18-24, 2026

Location: Anchorage – Egan Civic & Convention Center

Comment deadline: February 3, 2026

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    Record Copy (RC) — Submitted during the meeting

    Record Copy (RC) # Description
    RC004 (PDF 6,807 kB) Unga Tribal Council Letter to Ethics Supervisors
    RC005 (PDF 2,463 kB) KRITFC 2025 Kuskokwim River Salmon End of Season Summary
    RC006 (PDF 1,591 kB) KRITFC Comments on Area M Proposals
    RC007 (PDF 545 kB) Edgar Smith Comments on Proposal 123
    RC008 (PDF 574 kB) Area M Seiners Association Reconsideration of Chignik Stock of Concern
    RC009 (PDF 571 kB) Edgar Smith Comments on Proposal 150
    RC011 (PDF 761 kB) Edgar Smith Comments on Proposal 151
    RC012 (PDF 517 kB) Edgar Smith Comments on Proposals 108-112
    RC013 (PDF 641 kB) ADFG Chignik 2024 GSI sockeye salmon
    RC014 (PDF 689 kB) Stanley Mack Eielson AFB Contamination Report
    RC015 (PDF 2,571 kB) Stanley Mack Fort Wainwright Contamination Report
    RC016 (PDF 576 kB) Stanley Mack Haggart Creek Contamination Report
    RC017 (PDF 1,400 kB) Stanley Mack Victoria Gold Mine Contamination Report
    RC018 (PDF 2,041 kB) Stanley Mack Agler et al 2013 Historical growth of Bristol Bay and Yukon River Chum Salmon
    RC019 (PDF 1,117 kB) Tyler Wooding South Pen June Fishery
    RC020 (PDF 562 kB) Traditional Knowledge Report List
    RC021 (PDF 1,004 kB) Emil Mobeck Personal Testimony
    RC022 (PDF 484 kB) Stanley Mack Personal Testimony
    RC023 (PDF 547 kB) BBEDC Comments on Proposals
    RC024 (PDF 568 kB) Dale Pederson Personal Testimony
    RC025 (PDF 503 kB) Sand Point AC Testimony
    RC026 (PDF 1,809 kB) KRITFC Kuskokwim Socioeconomic and Subsistence Indicators
    RC027 (PDF 476 kB) Alvin Pedersen Personal Testimony
    RC028 (PDF 840 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort 2023 Ethics Opinion
    RC029 (PDF 596 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort 1994 Ethics Opinion
    RC030 (PDF 807 kB) Robin Samuelsen Public Testimony
    RC031 (PDF 2,183 kB) Emil Mobeck Information on Proposal 138
    RC032 (PDF 590 kB) Emil Mobeck Information on Proposal 125
    RC033 (PDF 3,592 kB) Eva Dawn Burk Visual Aid For Traditional Knowledge Report
    RC034 (PDF 483 kB) Peter Angasan Testimony
    RC035 (PDF 905 kB) KRITFC Correcting the Record
    RC036 (PDF 687 kB) Coastal-Lower Yukon AC 1.12.26 Meeting Minutes
    RC037 (PDF 548 kB) John Jensen Support for Proposal 138
    RC038 (PDF 875 kB) Chignik Intertribal Coalition Maps
    RC039 (PDF 541 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort June Exvessel Value
    RC040 (PDF 536 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort Post-June Exvessel Value
    RC041 (PDF 568 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort Post-June Harvest 1983 2025
    RC042 (PDF 576 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort June Shumagin and S Unimak Harvest
    RC043 (PDF 531 kB) Dale Pedersen Hatchery King Salmon smolt release in the North Pacific
    RC044 (PDF 644 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort Exvessel Values 2000-2025
    RC045 (PDF 568 kB) Member Chamberlain South AK Peninsula Commercial King Salmon Harvest Data
    RC046 (PDF 780 kB) Amy Foster Traditional Knowledge Report
    RC047 (PDF 560 kB) Jim Smith Comments on Proposal 124
    RC048 (PDF 524 kB) Austin Ahmasuk Support Limits in Area M
    RC049 (PDF 581 kB) Glen Gardner Jr Personal Testimony
    RC050 (PDF 629 kB) Fairbanks AC AWT Presence Challenges in Area M
    RC051 (PDF 808 kB) Zach Wooding Yukon vs Non-Yukon Drainage
    RC052 (PDF 3,323 kB) Area M Seiners Association Map of Area M L and K
    RC053 (PDF 3,121 kB) Stanislaus Sheppard Visual Aid
    RC054 (PDF 1,030 kB) YRDFA Food Security and Wellbeing
    RC055 (PDF 339 kB) Priscilla Miller Personal Testimony
    RC056 (PDF 752 kB) CIC Fishing time increase table
    RC057 (PDF 1,080 kB) CIC Chignik early run sockeye status update
    RC058 (PDF 1,154 kB) CIC Proposals 109, 111, 112, relevant maps
    RC059 (PDF 2,007 kB) CIC AK Pen Comercial Sockeye Harvest
    RC060 (PDF 9,694 kB) Taylor Lundgren Economic Impact of Gear Changes
    RC061 (PDF 661 kB) CIC Sumagin Island Harvest Increase History
    RC062 (PDF 557 kB) CIC Gear Modifications
    RC063 (PDF 1,137 kB) Area M Seiners Association Adaptive Mgmt Opinion
    RC064 (PDF 1,318 kB) CIC Area M Conservation Concerns
    RC065 (PDF 2,280 kB) Kaltag Tribal Council Comments on Area M Proposals
    RC066 (PDF 1,220 kB) Virgil Umphenour Yukon River Chinook Salmon Agreement
    RC067 (PDF 677 kB) Virgil Umphenour Average King Weight Table
    RC068 (PDF 1,714 kB) CAMF Out of District Harvest Rates
    RC069 (PDF 590 kB) Amber Vaska Food security survey
    RC070 (PDF 623 kB) Martin Kelly Personal Testimony
    RC071 (PDF 504 kB) CIC Fish Ticket Regulation
    RC072 (PDF 535 kB) Taylor Lundgren Information on Proposals 148 and 152
    RC073 (PDF 981 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort North Pen Chum Stock Composition Estimates
    RC074 (PDF 494 kB) CIC Mixed Stock Salmon Policy
    RC075 (PDF 979 kB) Francis Thompson June King and Chum Statistical Area
    RC076 (PDF 1,017 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Amended Language for Proposal 116
    RC077 (PDF 911 kB) BSFA Chum Salmon Migration Graphic
    RC078 (PDF 677 kB) KRITFC Profits Off Declined Stocks
    RC079 (PDF 641 kB) KRITFC June Chinook Salmon are Spawners
    RC080 (PDF 1,285 kB) Taylor Lundgren Chinook Salmon Visualization
    RC081 (PDF 1,312 kB) CIC Text RE Fish Ticket Reporting
    RC082 (PDF 548 kB) Gale Vick Support for Proposal 107 with amendments
    RC083 (PDF 587 kB) CIC Facts about Area M
    RC084 (PDF 719 kB) Dean Anderson Comments on Proposals
    RC085 (PDF 1,558 kB) Director Nelson Emergency Petition PWS Fishermen
    RC086 (PDF 558 kB) KRITFC Why Triggers and Area Closures in Area M are Ineffective
    RC087 (PDF 555 kB) Liam Hoblet Personal Testimony
    RC088 (PDF 495 kB) AEB June Salmon Fish Tax
    RC089 (PDF 503 kB) Kawerak Inc Information on Proposal 129
    RC090 (PDF 1,379 kB) Craig Chythlook YRITFC Testimony
    RC091 (PDF 107 kB) Area M Seiners Association Reconsideration of Chignik Stock of Concern
    RC092 (PDF 812 kB) Frank Woods III Median Household Income by Borough or Census Area
    RC093 (PDF 754 kB) Frank Woods III Testimony
    RC094 (PDF 514 kB) Unga Tribal Council 1985-2025 Harvest of Chignik-bound Sockeye within Chignik and SEDM Fisheries
    RC095 (PDF 880 kB) Brooke Woods Traditional Knowledge Comments
    RC096 (PDF 1,201 kB) Area M Seiners Association June Area M Fishery Tagging Study
    RC097 (PDF 502 kB) Arnold Huntington Support for Proposal 136
    RC098 (PDF 3,802 kB) False Pass AC Charts and Figures
    RC099 (PDF 528 kB) Area M Seiners Association Avg Exvessel Revenue Per Seine Permit
    RC100 (PDF 743 kB) Native Peoples Action Iñupiat Iḷitqusiat
    RC101 (PDF 563 kB) Boyd Blihovde Support for Proposals 127 131 and 136
    RC102 (PDF 668 kB) Jim Brown Supporting Info for Personal Testimony
    RC103 (PDF 537 kB) Karen Gillis Personal Testimony
    RC104 (PDF 794 kB) Edgar Smith Configuration of Setnet in South Peninsula
    RC105 (PDF 482 kB) Stanley Mack Contamination
    RC106 (PDF 598 kB) Warren Wilson City Economic Base
    RC107 (PDF 582 kB) Millena Jordan Personal Testimony
    RC108 (PDF 579 kB) Amy Foster Sockeye Harvest Comparisons
    RC109 (PDF 2,864 kB) Jim Smith Comments on Proposal 124
    RC110 (PDF 800 kB) Abby Fredrick Fish Ticket Protocol
    RC111 (PDF 535 kB) Amy Foster Cignik Bound Sockeye Harvest
    RC112 (PDF 554 kB) Amy Foster SEDM Salmon Harvest by Species
    RC113 (PDF 2,675 kB) Carlin Hoblet Additional Info for RC098
    RC114 (PDF 118 kB) Joe Hok Net Hanging
    RC115 (PDF 493 kB) Amy Foster S Pen Setnet Exvessel value
    RC116 (PDF 577 kB) Mark Mcneley Proposal Coercion Letter
    RC117 (PDF 573 kB) Amy Foster Harvest Report
    RC118 (PDF 625 kB) Amy Foster Commercial Effort Report
    RC119 (PDF 1,476 kB) KRSA AK Pen Comm King Harvest
    RC120 (PDF 2,889 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Supporting Presentation to RC76 P1
    RC121 (PDF 2,598 kB) Nelson Lagon AC Supporting Presentation to RC76 P2
    RC122 (PDF 2,580 kB) Nelson Lagon AC Supporting Presentation to RC76 P3
    RC123 (PDF 1,349 kB) Nelson Lagon AC Supporting Presentation to RC76 P4
    RC124 (PDF 562 kB) Amy Foster SEDM Chignik Bound Sockeye Harvest
    RC125 (PDF 618 kB) Amy Foster SEDM Season Summaries 2023-2025
    RC126 (PDF 618 kB) Madison Thompson SEDM Salmon Harvest by Species
    RC127 (PDF 585 kB) Amy Foster Shumagin Islands Harvest Report
    RC128 (PDF 579 kB) Julian Manos Area M June Chum and Sockeye Harvest Report
    RC129 (PDF 1,716 kB) Eva Burk WAK Chum Migration Abundance History
    RC130 (PDF 1,891 kB) Eva Burk Corrected History Eggers 1987 Tagging Study
    RC131 (PDF 655 kB) Axel Kopun Personal Testimony
    RC132 (PDF 1,316 kB) Zach Wooding Chum Harvest Report
    RC133 (PDF 788 kB) CIC Run Timing
    RC134 (PDF 647 kB) Dale Carlson Public Testimony
    RC135 (PDF 4,717 kB) YRITFC Salmon Situation Report 2023
    RC136 (PDF 1,265 kB) Libby Musolino Chum Genetics June Fishery
    RC137 (PDF 501 kB) Jim Caldwell Response to Questions of Fish Ticket Veracity
    RC138 (PDF 596 kB) Central Bering Sea AC Comments on proposals 127-129 and 131
    RC139 (PDF 774 kB) Unga Tribal Council Conflict of Interest Concern 1
    RC140 (PDF 540 kB) Mark McNeley WASSIP Questions
    RC141 (PDF 548 kB) Edgar Smith Amendment to Proposal 139
    RC142 (PDF 961 kB) Member Wood Walker et al 2007 Spatio-Temporal Variation in Vertical Distributions of Pacific Salmon
    RC143 (PDF 540 kB) Janet Woods Testimony
    RC144 (PDF 695 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 111
    RC145 (PDF 526 kB) Stanislaus Sheppard Additional Info to RC053
    RC146 (PDF 653 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 156
    RC147 (PDF 790 kB) ADFG Boards Support Public Testimony List
    RC148 (PDF 620 kB) Amy Foster Southeastern District Mainland Harvest by Species June July 1983-2025
    RC149 (PDF 628 kB) Member Svendsen Substitute Language for Proposal 135
    RC150 (PDF 494 kB) Eva Burk Testimony
    RC151 (PDF 580 kB) Rich Freireich Area M Testimony
    RC152 (PDF 614 kB) Robert Mack Response to RC122
    RC153 (PDF 505 kB) Libby Musolino Public Testimony
    RC154 (PDF 504 kB) Liza Mack Testimony
    RC155 (PDF 675 kB) Tom Wooding Comparison of June Fall Yukon Harvest to Sonar Count
    RC156 (PDF 482 kB) BBEDC Amended Language for Proposal 188
    RC157 (PDF 952 kB) Jamie Wurtz King Salmon Retention Rules and Regulations
    RC158 (PDF 978 kB) Tina Torrey Comments on Proposals
    RC159 (PDF 621 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 140
    RC160 (PDF 624 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 127
    RC161 (PDF 627 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 147
    RC162 (PDF 629 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 148
    RC163 (PDF 502 kB) Area M Seiners Association Comments on Chignik Sockeye Stock of Concern
    RC164 (PDF 653 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 110
    RC165 (PDF 559 kB) Charles Menadelook Comments on Proposal 129
    RC166 (PDF 576 kB) Area M Seiners Association Amendement to Proposal 141
    RC167 (PDF 528 kB) John Foster Chignik Bay Fishing Openers 2025
    RC168 (PDF 600 kB) KRITFC Key Findings Bering Sea Chum Salmon Bycatch Management
    RC169 (PDF 659 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 188
    RC170 (PDF 1,210 kB) Carlin Hoblet Chignik Lagoon Depth
    RC171 (PDF 2,004 kB) AEB Pilot Tagging Study Overview
    RC172 (PDF 498 kB) Carlin Hoblet Area M Salmon Fishery Participation
    RC173 (PDF 486 kB) Emil Mobeck Request to Withdraw Proposal 122
    RC174 (PDF 1,547 kB) Axel Kopun CIC Less Abundant Populations are More Affected by their Nonlocal Harvest
    RC175 (PDF 525 kB) Zach Wooding CAMF Comments on RC142
    RC176 (PDF 551 kB) Tom Wooding CAMF Opposed to Proposal 147
    RC177 (PDF 484 kB) Sand Point AC Area M June Chum Harvest
    RC178 (PDF 1,324 kB) Index of Comments
    RC179 (PDF 797 kB) Fritz Johnson Mixed Stock History
    RC180 (PDF 504 kB) Charlotte Levy In Response to RC168 (1)
    RC181 (PDF 1,040 kB) CIC Total Sockeye Harvest by Set Gillnet
    RC182 (PDF 1,054 kB) CIC Sockeye Harvest Share by Gear Type
    RC183 (PDF 468 kB) Axel Kopun Withdrawal of Proposal 120
    RC184 (PDF 1,383 kB) CIC Quartile Tables Area M Purse Seine vs Chignik
    RC185 (PDF 1,186 kB) KRITFC Salmon Mortality in Purse Seines
    RC186 (PDF 503 kB) Area M Seiners Association Comments on Proposal 135 as Amended in RC149
    RC187 (PDF 912 kB) Steve Reifenstuhl Chinook Nonretention Mortality
    RC188 (PDF 695 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 111
    RC189 (PDF 897 kB) Chuck McCallum McKinley Research Chignik and Area M Fishery Data
    RC190 (PDF 624 kB) CIC King Salmon Harvest Share 2011-2025
    RC191 (PDF 481 kB) Jim Smith Comments on Proposal 121
    RC192 (PDF 535 kB) Edgar Smith Comments on RC181
    RC193 (PDF 581 kB) Member Wood Subsistence Harvest Specialization
    RC194 (PDF 827 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Coercion Email
    RC195 (PDF 533 kB) Angela Johnson Correction to RC 122
    RC196 (PDF 572 kB) Angela Johnson Correction to RC123
    RC197 (PDF 506 kB) Edgar Smith Easter Egg hunt for SEDM and Chignik
    RC198 (PDF 646 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort Substitute Language for Proposal 112
    RC199 (PDF 899 kB) John Foster Information for Proposal 126
    RC200 (PDF 7,991 kB) YRDFA 1991 BOF Increases Cap to 900k
    RC201 (PDF 507 kB) John Foster Comments on RC199
    RC202 (PDF 509 kB) Libby Musolino Amendment to RC136
    RC203 (PDF 581 kB) Libby Musolino Supplemental CWAK Upper Yukon Chum Economic Analysis for RC153
    RC204 (PDF 753 kB) Charles Menadelook Kawerak Support for Proposal 140
    RC205 (PDF 542 kB) Jared Danielson Can CWAK bound for AYK get caught in BB
    RC206 (PDF 536 kB) Jared Danielson Testimony
    RC207 (PDF 854 kB) CIC Changes in S Pen June Fishery Since 2004
    RC208 (PDF 631 kB) Member Wood Substitute Language for Proposal 148
    RC209 (PDF 620 kB) Member Carlson-Van Dort Substitute Language for Proposal 107
    RC210 (PDF 486 kB) Mike Watt Request to Withdraw Proposal 157
    RC211 (PDF 556 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Correction to RC076
    RC212 (PDF 495 kB) Area M Seiners Association Withdraw RC166
    RC213 (PDF 490 kB) Kyle Kolodziejski Comments on Proposal 156
    RC214 (PDF 5,049 kB) YRDFA 1987 Tagging Study
    RC215 (PDF 8,244 kB) YRDFA Additional Information on 1987 Tagging Study
    RC216 (PDF 4,261 kB) YRDFA 2000 Fisheries Disaster
    RC217 (PDF 3,940 kB) YRDFA Additional Information on 2000 Fisheries Disaster
    RC218 (PDF 473 kB) Bob Murphy CAMF Request to Withdraw Proposal 115 (1)
    RC219 (PDF 484 kB) Kiley Thompson Impacts of Proposal 126
    RC220 (PDF 683 kB) Tom Wooding CAMF Nelson Lagoon Sockeye Total Run
    RC221 (PDF 693 kB) BSFA Western Alaska Chum 2007-09 and 2022-24
    RC222 (PDF 734 kB) Kawerak Inc Comment for Area M Fishery
    RC223 (PDF 1,040 kB) Emil Mobeck Additional Information on Proposal 138
    RC224 (PDF 549 kB) Area M Seiners Association Correction to RC186
    RC225 (PDF 674 kB) KRITFC Statute Violations
    RC226 (PDF 535 kB) Ernie Weiss Aleutians East Borough Revenues Conflated with Local King Cove Salmon Dependence
    RC227 (PDF 955 kB) Jazmyn Vent Yukon Fall and Chinook Stock of Management Concern Recommendation
    RC228 (PDF 1,100 kB) Charlie Green Yukon River Water Quality
    RC229 (PDF 747 kB) Jazmyn Vent Revised Yukon Chinook SOC Status and Designation of Fall Chum SOC
    RC230 (PDF 627 kB) Jazmyn Vent Fisheries and Oceans CA and ADFG Agreement for Yukon Chinook
    RC231 (PDF 527 kB) Arlene Gundersen Post-Release Survival Rates Among Salmon Species
    RC232 (PDF 600 kB) Bob Murphy Response to RC123
    RC233 (PDF 78 kB) Kiley Thompson AMSA and CAMF Joint Enforcement Letter 2024
    RC234 (PDF 765 kB) Charlotte Levy Adaptive Management Snapshot
    RC235 (PDF 683 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Sockeye Salmon Graph
    RC236 (PDF 7,669 kB) Lena Hoblet Family Chinook Harvest June 2025
    RC237 (PDF 487 kB) Fritz Johnson Opposition to Proposals 134 and 137
    RC238 (PDF 542 kB) Julian Manos Information on Proposal 126
    RC239 (PDF 698 kB) Senator Mike Cronk Area M Intercept Fishery
    RC240 (PDF 531 kB) Nelson Lagoon AC Comments on Proposal 113
    RC241 (PDF 651 kB) Stanley Mack Trawl Bycatch Report
    RC242 (PDF 733 kB) Mark McNeley Supplemental Information for RC220
    RC243 (PDF 1,230 kB) Janessa Newman Second Revision of 1987 Eggers Study
    RC244 (PDF 485 kB) Mariano Floresta Testimony
    RC245 (PDF 656 kB) Member Irwin Substitute Language for Proposal 127
    RC246 (PDF 768 kB) Madison Thompson CFEC Permit History in Area M
    RC247 (PDF 10,568 kB) Jamie Wurtz CWAK Chum Salmon Found Spawning in Arctic Systems
    RC248 (PDF 678 kB) Chris Clemens 2025 Nelson Lagoon Chinook Harvest Data
    RC249 (PDF 487 kB) Fritz Johnson Support for Proposal 116
    RC250 (PDF 663 kB) Vivian Korthius Ziploc
    RC251 (PDF 1,444 kB) Tom Wooding CAMF RC3 Tab 10 from AYK 2025
    RC252 (PDF 576 kB) CIC Support RC245
    RC253 (PDF 578 kB) CIC Oppose RC160
    RC254 (PDF 754 kB) Kiley Thompson Economic Impact Stat Area 282-11
    RC255 (PDF 627 kB) ONC Support for RC245
    RC256 (PDF 784 kB) TCC Comment on Proposal 127 RC160 and RC245
    RC257 (PDF 606 kB) BSFA Support of RC245
    RC258 (PDF 570 kB) Gale Vick Support for RC245
    RC259 (PDF 726 kB) KRITFC Support for RC245
    RC260 (PDF 683 kB) AVCP Support RC245
    RC261 (PDF 584 kB) YRITFC Support for RC245
    RC262 (PDF 742 kB) Janessa Newman Support for Proposal 127
    RC263 (PDF 484 kB) Eva Burk Support RC245 Oppose RC160
    RC264 (PDF 504 kB) George Anderson Closure Impacts
    RC265 (PDF 497 kB) Ben Stevens Support for Proposal 127
    RC266 (PDF 587 kB) YDFDA Support for RC245
    RC267 (PDF 521 kB) Kawerak Support for RC245
    RC268 (PDF 625 kB) Member Carpenter Substitute Language for Proposal 146
    RC269 (PDF 481 kB) CAMF Opposition to RC245
    RC270 (PDF 512 kB) AMSA Opposition RC245
    RC271 (PDF 489 kB) R Thorne RC Herring Pound Clarification Repeal
    RC272 (PDF 518 kB) EAFC Opposition to RC245
    RC273 (PDF 832 kB) ADFG Boards Support RC Log

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