The Aleutians East Borough is considering providing per diem payments for fishermen and residents who are traveling to Anchorage for the February 18-24 Board of Fisheries Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands/Chignik Finfish meeting at the Egan Center.
A special AEB Fish News outlining an application process is attached here.
The annual end-of-the-year AEB Winter Fishermen's meeting is scheduled for Monday December 15, 2025. The meeting is an opportunity for AEB fishermen to receive updates on upcoming winter fisheries from State, Federal and other agencies, including management decisions impacting upcoming fisheries.
The meeting will be held virtually via Teams at Aleutians East Borough meeting sites in Sand Point, King Cove, False Pass and Nelson Lagoon. Meeting flyer/agenda can be found here.
While some AEB fishermen who are also public officials may attend this informational meeting for fishermen, this is NOT a meeting of the Aleutians East Borough Assembly and NO decisions impacting the Aleutians East Borough will be made at this virtual meeting.
The United States Coast Guard has released information for those who may have pending mariner credentials or vessel documentation applications. The USCG’s National Vessel Documentation Center and National Maritime Center have been closed during the shutdown, presenting uncertainty about expiring documents and unprocessed applications.
On October 15th the USCG published Lapse in Appropriations and Government Shutdown UPDATE #2, on mitigation efforts and extensions for those with pending mariner credentials and certificates.
On October 29th the USCG published Marine Safety Information Bulletin number 06-25 with further information including pending vessel documentation applications.
The Pacific Cod Tagging Team has finalized a high-level outreach report of key findings to date. The team includes the Aleutians East Borough, The University of Alaska College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Atka Blue LLC and Kingfisher Marine Research LLC.
The Pacific Cod Tagging Team outreach update for October 2025 includes key findings and data from the study and can be found at this link: http://www.aebfish.org/outreach_goa_update_oct_2025.pdf
