Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

• Providing and Protecting Your Salmon Resource

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A nonprofit regional association created by state
legislation.
Our mission is to
1) protect self-perpetuating salmon stocks and
habitats upon which they depend
2) rehabilitate self-perpetuating salmon stocks
3) rehabilitate salmon habitat
4) maximize the value of the Cook Inlet (Area H)
common property salmon resource by applying
science and enhancement technology.
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Cook Inlet Watershed
Headquarters
Primary Facilities
Secondary Facilities
Stocking Projects
Flow Control
Monitoring
Habitat Projects
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Similarities between the Energy and Commercial
Fishing Industries
1) Harvest a natural resource
2) Highly regulated
3) In the public eye.
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Issues between the Energy and Commercial Fishing
Industries
1) Unanswered questions
2) New problems
3) Cooperative opportunities.
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Conclusion - Communication
Need a system in place during energy resource
development and operational phase to address
existing issues and any unforeseen problems that
may arise