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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 85-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, URGING THAT PHASE OUT OF FOREIGN
FISHING AND PROCESSING IN THE U.S. FISHERY CONSERVATION
ZONE OFF ALASKA BE ADDRESSED
WHEREAS, the fishing industry plays a large role in the
economy of Seward; and
WHEREAS, many of our merchants, seafood processors, fishermen,
labor force and support industries depend heavily on the ability of our
fishing industry to harvest, process and market the fishery resources of
the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone (FCZ) off Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the Fishery Conservation and Management Act (FCMA)
was established nine years ago by Congress; and
WHEREAS, Congress declared in the FCMA that "a national
program for the development of fisheries which are underutilized or not
utilized by the U. S. fishing industry, including bottomfish off Alaska,
is necessary to assure that our citizens benefit from the employment,
food supply and revenue which could be generated thereby..."; and
WHEREAS, foreign nations in 1985 were apportioned approximate-
ly one million metric tons of Alaskan bottomfish for directed fishing
and processing; and
WHEREAS, fish processors in 1985 were apportioned approxi-
mately 900,000 metric tons of Alaskan bottomfish for joint venture
operations; and
WHEREAS, joint venture operations in the U.S. FCZ off Alaska
have grown from approximately 33,000 metric tons in 1983 to a projected
900,000 metric tons in 1985; and
WHEREAS, the U.s. processed harvest of bottomfish in the U.S.
FCZ off Alaska has grown from 46,000 metric tons in 1983 to only 141,617
metric tons in 1984; and
WHEREAS, the U. S. and Alaskan economies derive very little
relative benefit from foreign fishing and processing operations in the
FCZ off Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the level of investment necessary for the U.S.
fishing industry to develop bottomfish off Alaska will not take place as
long as foreign fishing and j oint venture operating remain at current
levels and as long as there is not a definite program for phasing-out
foreign fishing and processing;
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 85-43
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that:
Section 1. The time has come to aggressively implement the
phase-out of foreign fishing and processing.
Section 2. The U. S. Congress is respectfully requested to
implement a date-specific phase-out of foreign fishing and joint venture
processing in the 1985 reauthorization of the FCMA.
Section 3. Copies of this resolution shall be sent to the
Honorable John C. Danforth, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science and Transportation; the Honorable Frank Murkowski, u.S.
Senator; the Honorable Ted Stevens, U.S. Senator; the Honorable John
Breaux, House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commission; Malcolm Baldridge, U.S.
Secretary of Commerce; James Branson, North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; the Honorable Bill Sheffield, Governor of the State of Alaska;
the Honorable Jalmar Kerttula, Alaska State Senator; the Honorable Edna
Armstrong-DeVries, Alaska State Senator; and the Honorable Bette Cato,
Alaska State Representative.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, this 13 day of May , 19 85
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DONALD W. CRIPPS, MAYOR
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CRIPPS, GILLESPIE, HILTON, MEEHAN, SCHOLL, SIMUTIS & WILLIAMS
NONE
NONE
NONE
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 85-43
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
HUGHES, THORSNESS, GANTZ, POWELL
AND BRUNDIN, Attorneys for the
City of Seward, Alaska
Fr:~~ A~~~ty
Attorney