Our constitution mandates that our fish and game resources be managed on the sustained yield principle. The Knowles administration has failed to implement an intensive management program that will ensure that there is an abundance of wildlife. Attempting to manage complex wildlife populations by only addressing human use will not work. Alaskans currently harvest less than 3% of the harvestable surplus, an amount so small, that it is statistically not significant to wildlife populations. Predators on the other hand kill 87% of the harvestable wildlife that could be used for subsistence or game uses.

An abundance of fish and wildlife for all Alaskans is the only practical solution to the subsistence impasse. The policies of this administration only perpetuate the shortage. The Knowles Administration has failed to implement programs and request funding for programs that will reduce the shortage and lead to an abundance of wildlife. Abundance of wildlife is what the people of Alaska need, want, and demand.

Plentiful wildlife populations in Alaska are good for the state and all users. Intensive fish and game management will ensure that there are higher harvestable yields of Alaska's fish and game resources. It will ensure to Alaskans who do purchase hunting, fishing and trapping licenses that there will be fish and game resources available for them to harvest.