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E. Recreation and Tourism (Point 12) 



Sealaska recommends that the Forest Service give 

 greater emphasis to recreation and tourism, and specifically 

 that more of its budget be allocated to recreation 

 resources. Specific language relative to this 

 recommendation is included in the management guideline 

 reflected in section 107, eibove. 



F. Fisheries Enhancement (Points 13 and 14) 



Under long-standing principles, and as specifically 

 recognized in 1314 of ANILCA, the State of Alaska has 

 authority to regulate the taking of fish and game on public 

 lands, including the Tongass National Forest. Although a 

 Forest Permit may be required to engage in any aquaculture 

 or mariculture project on the National Forest, an Alaska 

 Fish & Game permit also would be required. Under Alaska 

 law, for-profit aquaculture and mariculture is not 

 permitted. 



Under the United States-Canada Pacific Salmon 

 Interception Treaty, ratified in 1985, the United States is 

 required to restrict its take of Pacific salmon and to 

 engage in enhancement activities to help replenish the 

 wildstock of salmon. Pursuant to that treaty, the Congress 

 appropriates approximately $3.5 million annually to the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service. The appropriation is a 

 direct pass through, however, to the Alaska Department of 

 Fish and Game. Alaska does all the enhancement work for 

 Pacific salmon, as required by the treaty. 



Section 1315(b) of ANILCA allows fisheries enhancement 

 projects within wilderness areas in the State of Alaska. 

 The Forest Service's 1987 706(b) report, supra , lists some 

 74 enhancement projects (fishways, fertilization, spawning 



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