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Alyeska The Great Land

PLANNING AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT TO AVOID CONTROVERSY The New Alaskan Effort to Develop a Shellfish Farming Industry Ray RaLonde Marine Advisory Program University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea Grant Program School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Alyeska The Great Land.

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Alyeska The Great Land

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  1. PLANNING AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT TO AVOID CONTROVERSYThe New Alaskan Effort to Develop a Shellfish Farming IndustryRay RaLondeMarine Advisory ProgramUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks Sea Grant ProgramSchool of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

  2. AlyeskaThe Great Land

  3. CONSTRAINTS TO SHELLFISH FARMING IN ALASKA • Negative regulatory climate • High cost of doing business in rural Alaska • Lack of infrastructure • Slower shellfish growth (value needed) • Lack of investment capital (perceived risk) • Research and development hampered • Poor site selection for farms • Haphazard development

  4. ALASKA SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 15 FARMS SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA 41 FARMS KachemakBay PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND Seward BARANOF ISLAND KODIAK ISLAND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND WHERE ARE THE FARMS?

  5. PRODUCTION OF ALASKAN OYSTERS 100 Number 50

  6. DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PARTNERS • Doing the homework • What are the local circumstances? • Visitations to talk • Always have an invitation • The presentation • Just the facts • The community response • Making the decision • Act or not?

  7. UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research THE HOMEWORKPeople Impact

  8. ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES Per Capita Income UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research

  9. JUST THE FACTS Global Seafood Production

  10. SHELLFISH FARMING

  11. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ALASKA? Tidelands Leasing Growout research Oyster Broodstock Education and Training Shellfish Hatchery

  12. SEED “SPAT” Cockles Goeduck Scallop Clam Oysters

  13. WHERE ALASKA’S AQUATIC FARM DOLLARS GO? (as a percentage of gross annual revenue) Local Economy(Prince of Wales Island)53% Region (Southeast, including POW)74% State Treasury(lease fees, taxes, licensing)3.5% Alaska 96.5% Source: Based upon 2001 expenditures of Tenass Pass Shellfish Company, an oyster and clam farm located on Prince of Wales Island

  14. ECONOMIC IMPACT $20,000 gross revenues per acre for Alaska oyster [ Based upon performance of 6-acre S.E. and 1-acre Kachemak Bay farms over a five-year period. ] At this rate, Alaska would require only 5,000 acres of coastline to create a $100 million industry!

  15. ECONOMIC SPIN-OFFS OF SHELLFISH FARMS • Services(Fuel, groceries, supplies, welding, outboards, etc.) • Shellfish Nurseries($13,000 net profit/million seed) • Processing(Provides year-round flow of product) • Air Service(My farm backhauls 900-1,800 lbs/week) • Revenue Sharing(Farms pay Fisheries Business Tax) • Employment(My farm employs 4 on a year-round basis)

  16. THE RESPONSE • No way – Not here (Sitka) • No response (Hydaburg) • “We want aquaculture and we want it here!” (Thorne Bay)

  17. AQUACULTURE ZONINGA local initiative with outside help • Inventory the potential • Prevent environmental damage • Assess resource users • Eliminate surprises • Control cumulative impact • Ease permit application and review • Enable success of the farmer • Develop cooperative relationships • Allow for quick growth

  18. WHO DOES THE PLAN? PARTNERSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL Florida model (Local leading) State and federal agencies DGC, ADF&G, DNR, DEC, USFS, COE Local governments, citizens, businesses, communities University of Alaska (UAF, UAS, UAA) Aquaculture industry ASGA, Qutekcak hatchery Southeast Conference Alaska Science and Technology Foundation

  19. (16) - N: 55048.439 W: 133014.083 (17) - N: 55050.332 W: 133013.088 (18) – N:55o41.306 W: 133o22.746 (1) - N: 55044.521 W: 133017.112 (Kaguk Cove) (2) - N: 55041.305 W: 133022.495 (Salt Lake Bay) (3) - N: 55044.268 W: 133020.719 (Nossuk Bay) (3) - N: 55044.054 W: 133019.855 (Nossuk Bay) (4) - N: 55046.416 W: 133032.313 (Warm Chuck Bay (5) - N: 55046.857 W: 133030.662 (Warm Chuck Bay) (6) - GPS Down - (NE corner of Heceta Island) (7) - GPS Down - (SW Tuxekan,.) (8) - GPS Down - (Western Tuxekan Island) (9) - (POW shore of Tuxekan Passage) (10) - N:55042.791 W:133021.257 (near Salt Lake Bay) (11) - N:55047.825 W:133014.501 (Tuxekan - Yahku Cove) (12) - N:55047.825 W:133014.501 (Nundei Cove ) (13) - (Winter Harbor - POW) (14) - N:55044.230 W: 133017.850 (South of Winter Harbor) (15) - N:55047.985 W: 133020.647 (Tonowek Narrows) 8 9 17 16 11 6 7 4 1 5 13 14 PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND SITE SURVEYS 15 12 3 10 2 18

  20. PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND SITE NOMINATIONS

  21. THE WORD SPREAD • State Legislature • House Bill 208 • Funding • Community interest • Ketchikan, Metalkatla, Wrangell • Project expansion

  22. THE EXPANSION • 105 sites nominated • Over 10,000 acres • Active site review sessions • Nine month review • Leases in January 2004 • Government commitment • Partnerships are solid and spreading

  23. WRANGELL AREA SITE NOMINATIONS

  24. Ketchikan Area Aquatic Farm Nominations Location District Species Acreage Farm Sites Lower Behm Canal Ketchikan Geoduck clam 294 Carrol Inlet Ketchikan Oysters and Scallop 239.7 4 Cholmondeley Sound Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 311.2 7 South shore Kasaan Bay Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 800 6 Gravina Island S.W. Shore Ketchikan Oysters and Scallop 216.2 3 Johnson Cove Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 321 4 Niblack Inlet Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 173.9 3 Pond Cove Duke Island Oysters and Scallop 535.5 4 South Duke Island Duke Island Oysters and Scallop 607.9 5 Giants Head Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 116 3 Traitors Cove Ketchikan Oysters and Scallop 820.4 5 Kendrick Bay (West) Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 425.4 5 Kendrick Bay (East) Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 393.1 5 Gardner Bay Prince of Wales Oysters and Scallop 125.6 2 Vixen Bay Ketchikan Oysters and Scallop 175.7 3 Helm Bay Ketchikan Oysters and Scallop 689 4 Revillagigedo Canal (Coho Cove area) Ketchikan Geoduck clam 110 Revillagigedo Canal (Lucky Cove area) Ketchikan Geoduck clam 225 Revillagigedo Canal (Sykea Cove area) Ketchikan Geoduck clam 935 Total 18 Locations 7514.6 63

  25. CURRENT AND FUTURE INITIATIVES Funded ($525,000-1,000,000+) • 2002-04- Scallop culture field research (Sea Grant) • 2002-04- Cockle and geoduck slam culture research • 2001-05- Southeast Alaska Aquaculture program (CES, UAF/PRF, Sea Grant) • 2002-03 Shellfish marketing study USDA/CREES • 2003-04 University of Alaska aquaculture program • 2003-06 Annette Island Aquaculture Development

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