January 26, 2022 — Rep. Sarah Vance’s Bill HB 52 is irresponsible, anti-commercial fishing, anti-community and presented with false and misleading statements.
HB 52 is about removing approximately 123 acres of land from Kachemak Bay State Park that the Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery sits on. And basically, handing the land over to the contractor of thirty years, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association.
For 38 years, my income primarily came from commercial fishing, we raised a family on fish. I’m not against commercial fishing, or salmon hatcheries, but I am against HB 52 which makes me pro-commercial fishing and pro-community.
Rep. Vance is charging ahead with HB 52 without basic financial information from CIAA, no business plan, profit and loss statement, nothing but a wink and nod.