The Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee
to the boards of Fish and Game will meet 4 p.m. Friday at the assembly chambers to discuss
seeking changes to the local subsistence moose hunt.
Board chair Dean Risley said the committee will discuss possible
changes to the antler configuration requirements. Risley said residents of Wrangell were
able to get an alteration to the three-brow-tine, split-forked or 50-inch regulations.
The Wrangell change was to also allow harvest of moose with two brow
tines on each side of the antler.
Ryan Scott, area management biologist for the state Department of Fish
and Game, said factors involved in that decision included a large bull population and
scientific data showing the mean age of "2 by 2" bulls.
That information came from a limited, "any-bull" hunt in the
area that coincided with the more regulated one.
Other agenda items include wolf predation, extending goat-hunting
opportunities around Haines, susbsistence, and spring board proposals. Members also will
hear a report from the recent meeting of the Board of Game, and from biologists.
Risley took over chairmanship at the group’s annual membership
meeting in December, where former chair Gary Hess resigned. Les Katzeek also stepped down
from the committee. Residents Al Gilliam and Sean McLaughlin were elected to the
committee.
Other committee members include John Katzeek, Dave Werner, Mike
Saunders, Tim McDonough and Skagway members Larry Pierce and John Tronrud. McDonough is
vice-chair and Saunders is secretary. Don Turner Sr. was elected as an alternate.
The group makes recommendations on state fish and game regulations.
