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Overall production was up while prices were down in the Southeast Alaska Gillnet fishery this year. This year’s fishery ended up being worth about 17-point-seven million dollars to the fleet – about five million dollars less than 2008. The last opening of the season wrapped-up in mid-october. Matt Lichtenstein has a review of the year’s catches, effort, and value.

A Petersburg man is taking a leadership role in the State’s oldest native organization. Ross Nannauck III is President of Alaska Native Brotherhood, camp 16 in Petersburg and will serve for the next year as Second Grand Vice President of the organization's Grand Camp. Nannauck was voted into the office at the Grand Camp convention in Juneau earlier this month. He spoke with KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein about ANB and the honor of becoming one of Grand Camp’s officers:

Petersburg will continue its search for a City Manager. The City Council was split this week on an unscheduled proposal to hire the interim manager for the permanent post, but he’ll remain in the running.
Also Tuesday, the councilors agreed to seek letters of interest from people interested in filling the Council seat left vacant by this falls recall vote. And in other city news, the Mayor and new Council took the oath of office this week, made a variety of appointments, and heard more about plans for developing a marine services facility in Scow Bay. Matt Lichtenstein has a review of more news from Tuesday’s Council meeting.

Some Petersburg officials and harbor users want to curb the dumping of fish waste off the docks. Concerns over aggressive sea lions prompted the Harbor Board to discuss the issue at a meeting last week.

A Petersburg boat haul-out business won final approval for a lease at Scow Bay Tuesday night. The City Council voted five to one in favor of leasing 93 hundred square feet of land to Island Ventures LLC. The decision followed an hour of council and public debate over the issue.