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What has Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins done to keep commercial fishing permits in Alaska?

Matches stated direction. His 2017 bill would have let regional fisheries trusts acquire limited entry permits for fishermen to use; it never reached a House vote and did not require them to live in Alaska.

Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins

Keeping fishing permits in Alaska communities

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What they say

His platform says Alaska's commercial fishing permits should stay in Alaska and be fished by Alaskans.

“Prevent permits from leaving Alaska for the Lower 48. Alaska’s commercial fishing permits should be fished by Alaskans.”

What the record shows ·

He was the only sponsor of House Bill 188, introduced March 20, 2017. It would have let up to three regional fisheries trusts acquire limited entry permits and transfer them to fishermen for up to six years. Its findings cite a substantial drop since 1975 in permits held by residents of many Alaska communities. The House Fisheries Committee advanced it in February 2018; it stopped in Labor and Commerce.

Limit: The bill never reached a House vote. Each trust could hold no more than 2.5% of a fishery's permits in its region, and the bill did not require the fishermen who used them to live in Alaska.

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  1. Issues and prioritieshttps://www.jktforak.com/platform

    JKT for Alaska · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign platform.

    candidate statement

    For: What has Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins done to keep commercial fishing permits in Alaska?

  2. HB 188 (30th Legislature), bill historyhttps://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB%20188

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 28, 2018 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Representative Kreiss-Tomkins alone. Introduced March 20, 2017. House Fisheries moved a committee version February 27, 2018; it stayed in Labor and Commerce.

    official legislative record

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  3. CSHB 188(FSH) (2018), House Fisheries version (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 28, 2018 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Creates up to three regional fisheries trusts that may acquire limited entry permits and transfer them to fishermen for up to six years. A trust may hold no more than 2.5% of a fishery's transferable permits in its region. Its list of who may not receive a trust permit (AS 16.44.080) has no Alaska residency rule.

    official legislative record

    For: What has Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins done to keep commercial fishing permits in Alaska?