Resident licenses typically have higher daily catch limits and allow folks to participate in resident-only personal use fisheries.
Kurt Whitehead lives in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, and every summer, he said, as the humpbacks and herring and salmon return, so too do the island’s seasonal residents.
“Some of them do have homes, but there’s a large majority of them that just have an RV parked on somebody’s lot,” Whitehead said. Clinton Cook leads the Craig Tribal Association, not too far from Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, and he said people who spend most of their time out of state shouldn’t benefit from the breaks the state cuts its residents.Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, sponsored the bill in the Senate.
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