Hearings on House bill H.R. 39 that was introduced January 15, 1979 by the 96th Congress (it was an reintroduced version of House Bill H.R. 39 originally passed May 19, 1978). The 1979 version of H.R. 39 led to the December 1980 enactment of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

"This study is a chronicle of how subsistence management in Alaska has grown and evolved"--P. viii.

A pictorial retrospective containing stories of visionary pioneers, scientists, and the leaders who have been a part of developing Alaska's sustainable commercial fisheries management principles.