{"id":7949,"date":"2014-09-19T08:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksalmonalliance.org\/staging1\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2014-09-19T08:03:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T16:03:44","slug":"setnetter-ban-ballot-initiative-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksalmonalliance.org\/staging1\/2014\/09\/19\/setnetter-ban-ballot-initiative-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Setnetter Ban Ballot Initiative Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peninsula Clarion published the following editorial:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wl-title-block\">\n<div class=\"wl-title\">\n<h1>Setnet initiative inappropriate for fish regs<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wl-dates\"><span class=\"wl-startdate\"><strong>Posted:<\/strong>\u00a0July 31, 2014 &#8211; 7:21pm<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"wl-updated\"><strong>Updated:<\/strong>\u00a0August 1, 2014 &#8211; 8:46am<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wl-dates\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wl-dates\">&#8230;A ballot initiative to ban a gear type has the potential to allow hundreds of thousands of Alaskans from outside the Kenai Peninsula to decide the future of the commercial setnet industry that generates millions in revenue for our local economy.If the initiative is successful, it paves the way for fishing regulations to be decided at the ballot box and bypasses the Board of Fisheries\u2019 process and purpose for existence.It is a dangerous precedent to set and while we believe that evolving fisheries require fishermen who are willing to adapt, the regulation of a multi-billion dollar industry and the state\u2019s No. 1 private sector employer through the ballot box is not the way to ensure that the state\u2019s fisheries are prosecuted safely, fairly and with the upmost regard for the resource&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Due to copyright law, the Alaska Salmon Alliance cannot repost full articles. 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