Alaska HB356 simplifies regulations for small-scale commercial fishers in rural coastal communities.

HB356, known as the Alaska Coastal Micro-Fisheries Act, aims to streamline regulations for commercial fishers who harvest less than 10,000 pounds of fishery resources annually from vessels under 50 feet in length. The bill also applies to those harvesting from vessels not exceeding 65 feet in length. It exempts these fishers from additional health and sanitary requirements and allows them to package and freeze up to 5,000 pounds of harvested fishery resources aboard the vessel for each voyage.

Alaska HB356 simplifies regulations for small-scale commercial fishers in rural coastal communities.

HB356, known as the Alaska Coastal Micro-Fisheries Act, aims to streamline regulations for commercial fishers who harvest less than 10,000 pounds of fishery resources annually from vessels under 50 feet in length. The bill also applies to those harvesting from vessels not exceeding 65 feet in length. It exempts these fishers from additional health and sanitary requirements and allows them to package and freeze up to 5,000 pounds of harvested fishery resources aboard the vessel for each voyage.