The Joint Board of Fisheries and Game meeting has rescheduled for January 14, 2015 to develop a list of qualified persons for the governor to consider for the Alaska Department of Fish & Game commissioner.
Previously meetings had been scheduled in Anchorage and Juneau for December 29 but due to a low number of applicants, Glenn Haight with the department said that it made more sense to just have one meeting.
Haight: “And so each of the boards have provided committee members, three of them, and they will be meeting to review the candidates they’ve received.”
Public comments are being accepted by fax and email until 5:00 pm Friday, January 8, 2015.
Among the candidates is local drifter Roland Maw who was appointed to Gov. Bill Walker’s transition team subcommittee to represent fisheries in November.
He is up against Sam Cotten who was named interim Fish and Game commissioner on the same day Walker took the oath of office.
The meeting has also added a live internet audio stream which can be found at the Joint Board website along with additional information about the meeting.
That meeting will begin in Juneau at 8:30 am on January 14, 2015.
