The Port and Harbor Advisory Committee on March 24 unanimously recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly to allow limited commercial vessel storage in the Small Boat Harbor parking lot during the off-season.
The proposal is to allow storage of 10 commercial fishing boats in the four-acre lot along the waterfront that was built in 2020 with state sportfish funding.
Per the proposal, which harbormaster Shawn Bell said he worked out with the Alaska Department of…

