In 2013 we introduced a new format for the regulation summaries in the Southeast book. In 2014 I felt we needed a new cover design to communicate visually that the books had changed, additionally, there were many inconsistencies between the covers of the different regions that could also be addressed by a new design. Another issue that I saw was in the naming of the regions themselves. In 2013 there were five regional regulation summaries:
1) Southcentral
2) Southeast
3) Bristol Bay Drainage
4) Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands
5) Region III: Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim and Upper Copper/Susitna River Regulatory Areas
I lobbied for several changes. First, the Bristol Bay Drainage and Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands books were only 16 pages long and the first 8 pages of each book were identical and the regions were geographically adjacent to each other. I suggested that we combine the two regions into one bigger book and call it the Southwest book. Secondly, the Region III: Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim and Upper Copper/Susitna River Regulatory Areas book’s name seemed overly complex and inconsistent with the other region’s names, so I suggested it become the Northern book. My changes were adopted.
It was just too big of a job to switch the format of all the books in the same year so and there were new regulations that were to be introduced the following spring so Southcentral had to wait until 2015.
