The Ketchikan Indian Community s proposal to re-designate the Ketchikan area as rural will move forward to the next step toward a potential extensive two-year analysis after a unanimous vote Thursday
The board’s vote triggers a two-year study of the proposal, which would officially designate Ketchikan as a rural community under federal subsistence regulations.
A Ketchikan Indian Community proposal that requests the Federal Subsistence Board to change the longstanding designation of the Ketchikan area as non-rural to rural is on the agenda as the
“From the fisherman’s standpoint, this summer is going to be horrible. It’s the second year in a row where there could potentially be no salmon fishing,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Yukon River Fishery Manager Holly Carroll.
“From the fisherman’s standpoint, this summer is going to be horrible. It’s the second year in a row where there could potentially be no salmon fishing,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Yukon River Fishery Manager Holly Carroll.