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Fish and trawling

In short

Bronson's campaign would push to ban trawling where it has done unacceptable harm; Kreiss-Tomkins's would cut bottom trawl bycatch and keep fishing permits in Alaska. Taylor's would stop trawling it says damages the seabed; Wilson's promises bountiful salmon runs and gives no specific fishery plan. Kreiss-Tomkins's 2017 bill would have let regional trusts acquire permits for fishermen to use; it never got a House vote and did not require them to live in Alaska.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Dave Bronson

Would push for a ban on trawling where it has done unacceptable harm.

Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins

Would cut bottom trawl bycatch, keep fishing permits in Alaska, focus on restoring crashed king salmon runs, and stop the Pebble Mine.

Treg Taylor

Would stop trawling he says damages the seabed, take no money from trawl operations, and press for one Alaska voice on the federal fishery council.

Bernadette M. Wilson

Promises bountiful salmon runs for generations. Her site and statement give no specific fishery plan.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: 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.

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

  2. official action

    Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

    He backed a 2013 committee resolution to halve Chinook bycatch limits, later withdrawn, and signed a 2015 letter to halve halibut bycatch limits; we did not find his other letters or op-eds.

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    In the October 8 debate he said that as a legislator he regularly went to federal fishery council meetings, pushed for less bycatch of king and chum salmon and halibut, and wrote several sign-on letters asking for lower bycatch caps and several Anchorage Daily News op-eds. In March 2013, on the House Fisheries Committee, he recommended passing the committee's resolution asking the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to cut Chinook salmon bycatch limits in the pollock fisheries to at least half; it was withdrawn before a House vote. In April 2015 he was one of 12 legislators who signed a letter asking the council to cut Bering Sea halibut bycatch limits by half. At a House Fisheries hearing in November 2021 he asked the fish and game commissioner what the state needed before taking a position on the council's options for Bering Sea trawl bycatch, and whether the council should cap chum salmon bycatch. Limit: The 2013 resolution was the committee's and never reached a House vote. The 2015 letter had 12 signers and does not show who wrote it. We did not find his other letters, his op-eds or records of his council attendance.

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Sources13 source records

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  1. Time to end destructive trawling in Alaska (document)

    Bronson Church 2026 · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign press advisory dated January 28, 2026, linked from his policies page.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position

  2. Official election pamphlet statement: Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: campaign position

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

    JKT for Alaska · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign platform.

    candidate statement

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: campaign position; Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  4. Treg Taylor for Alaska Governorhttps://tregforak.com/

    Treg for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Treg for Governor'. One long page with his record list and plans. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Treg Taylor: campaign position

  5. Official election pamphlet statement: Treg Taylor (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Treg Taylor: campaign position

  6. Bernadette for Governor, homehttps://www.bernadetteforgovernor.com/

    Bernadette for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Bernadette for Governor'. Links her X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  7. Official election pamphlet statement: Bernadette M. Wilson (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  8. 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

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  9. 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: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  10. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 35:07)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=2107s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Kreiss-Tomkins says that as a legislator he went to North Pacific council meetings, pushed for less salmon and halibut bycatch, and wrote sign-on letters asking for lower bycatch caps and Anchorage Daily News op-eds. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  11. HR 6, Chinook bycatch limits (28th Legislature)https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/28?Root=HR%20%206

    Alaska Legislature · Published Mar 13, 2013 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    A House Fisheries Committee resolution asking the North Pacific council to lower Chinook salmon bycatch limits in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock fisheries to at least half. The March 22, 2013 committee report lists Kreiss-Tomkins and Seaton as do pass; it was withdrawn on April 2, 2013.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  12. Letter from 12 Alaska legislators to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on Bering Sea halibut bycatch (document)

    Alaska legislators (copy posted by KMXT) · Published Apr 15, 2015 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated April 15, 2015, on Alaska State Legislature letterhead. Asks the council to cut Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands halibut bycatch limits by 50 percent. Twelve legislators sign it, Kreiss-Tomkins among them. The copy is the one KMXT, Kodiak's public radio station, posted.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  13. House Special Committee on Fisheries minutes, November 15, 2021 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Nov 15, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    A hearing on bycatch. Kreiss-Tomkins, a committee member, asks the fish and game commissioner what the state needs before taking a position on the council's options for Bering Sea trawl bycatch, and whether the council should cap chum salmon bycatch.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction