The Environmental Protection Agency‘s extensive assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed and potential action that could block development of the massive Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska is being challenged by the state of Alaska.
The EPA undertook the study, which is to be completed by the end of April, at the request of fishermen from the Bristol Bay region.
EPA officials in Region 10 in Seattle say they are preparing a response to the state’s challenge, which was contained in a recent letter from Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty, who argues that the assessment is premature. Geraghty also said in his letter that the EPA lacked authority to be conducting the survey and that this action was in conflict with federal and state laws. The assessment, said Geraghty, goes beyond any process or authority contemplated by the Clean Water Act.
Geraghty said the EPA’s watershed assessment and potential exercise of its 404(C) veto authority in the absence of an actual Section 404 permit application are premature and unprecedented.
“Until an application is filed describing a potential project, EPA will be speculating and prematurely ‘determining’ unavoidable adverse impacts based on hypotheticals and inapplicable modeling, rather than waiting to evaluate real information on specific proposals, as Congress clearly intended,” he said.
Geraghty noted that the state of Alaska selected the land where the mine would be developed for its natural resources potential to provide for the economic welfare of Alaska residents.
The Pebble Limited Partnership, formed in 2007, is co-owned by Northern Dynasty of Vancouver, British Columbia and Anglo American plc. of London.
Backers of the mine continue to maintain that they should be allowed due process in going through the permitting application period. They also maintain that the mine can be developed and operated in harmony with the Bristol Bay environment and its abundant fisheries, while mine opponents say there is great potential for some of the 10.78 billion tons of toxic tailings from the mine to disrupt the fishery.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Fishermen Unite Nationally to Protect Bristol Bay
Seventy-seven commercial fishing groups from Alaska to Maine have signed a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking for protection of the Bristol Bay watershed, its wild salmon stocks and the commercial fishing jobs that rely on them.
Bob Waldrop, a leader of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay, made the announcement today in Washington DC Waldrop said the group is “Standing should to shoulder in support of sound science, the most valuable wild salmon fishery on earth and thousands of commercial fishing jobs that are threatened by development of the Pebble Mine.”
The fishing groups expressed support for the EPA’s ongoing scientific watershed assessment of the bay. The EPA is investigating potential impacts of large-scale development on Bristol Bay’s salmon streams and rivers. They are urging the agency to use its authority under Section 404 (C) of the Clean Water Act to block a required federal dredge-and-fill discharge permit for the proposed mine if the assessment finds that the bay’s natural resources would be harmed or compromised by large-scale mining.
The mine is expected to produce and store over 10 billion tons of toxic waste behind earthen dams, upstream of the bay’s salmon-spawning headwaters.
The direct value of Bristol Bay’s salmon averages $350 million per year, and the commercial fishery is the economic engine of the region. Now 130 years old, the commercial fishery supports 8,000 fishing jobs, and another 4,000 processing and industry-support positions.
Waldrop noted that commercial fishermen who participate in the Bristol Bay fishery come from 38 states where they spend their earnings, pay taxes and support local economics. “And just one federal permit stands between our fishery and a grave threat,” Waldrop said. “Anyone who suggests a huge mine can store billions of tons of toxic waste in our headwaters and not risk this fishery is substituting wishful thinking for facts.”
Bob Waldrop, a leader of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay, made the announcement today in Washington DC Waldrop said the group is “Standing should to shoulder in support of sound science, the most valuable wild salmon fishery on earth and thousands of commercial fishing jobs that are threatened by development of the Pebble Mine.”
The fishing groups expressed support for the EPA’s ongoing scientific watershed assessment of the bay. The EPA is investigating potential impacts of large-scale development on Bristol Bay’s salmon streams and rivers. They are urging the agency to use its authority under Section 404 (C) of the Clean Water Act to block a required federal dredge-and-fill discharge permit for the proposed mine if the assessment finds that the bay’s natural resources would be harmed or compromised by large-scale mining.
The mine is expected to produce and store over 10 billion tons of toxic waste behind earthen dams, upstream of the bay’s salmon-spawning headwaters.
The direct value of Bristol Bay’s salmon averages $350 million per year, and the commercial fishery is the economic engine of the region. Now 130 years old, the commercial fishery supports 8,000 fishing jobs, and another 4,000 processing and industry-support positions.
Waldrop noted that commercial fishermen who participate in the Bristol Bay fishery come from 38 states where they spend their earnings, pay taxes and support local economics. “And just one federal permit stands between our fishery and a grave threat,” Waldrop said. “Anyone who suggests a huge mine can store billions of tons of toxic waste in our headwaters and not risk this fishery is substituting wishful thinking for facts.”
Monday, March 26, 2012
58-Foot Rule
A reader asked if there was a rule change this year regarding 58-foot limit seiners. Fishermen's News Alaska corespondent Margie Bauman checked with member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, who said there has been no change.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game had asked the board to define what an anchor roller is for the 58-foot limit seiners, as the board had done for the 32-foot drift gillnetters, but the board has decided to leave things status quo for this year.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game had asked the board to define what an anchor roller is for the 58-foot limit seiners, as the board had done for the 32-foot drift gillnetters, but the board has decided to leave things status quo for this year.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Salmon Numbers Bounce Back
By Terry Dillman
Depending on who’s talking, 2012 could usher in a new era or the end of the world as we know it – bring transformation or cataclysm.
If anyone can understand how it feels to get caught between those extremes, it would be Pacific Coast commercial salmon fishermen.
Idled for most of the past six years, the fleet faces much-improved prospects for the 2012 salmon season. Encouraged by predictions of plentiful overall salmon returns, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) on March 7 announced three alternatives for managing commercial and recreational salmon fisheries. Officials say salmon fisheries in Oregon and California “look particularly promising,” thanks to good river conditions and excellent ocean conditions for salmon.
The PFMC recommends management measures for fisheries off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California.
Fishery managers expect chinook returns in the Sacramento, Klamath and Rogue rivers at “significantly higher” levels than the past several years, and the Oregon coast coho forecast is also strong. There is a caveat: fishery alternatives are, they noted, “necessarily constrained” to protect Sacramento River chinook and Columbia River coho stocks on the endangered species list.
Still, Dan Woldford, PFMC chairman, noted the “nice rebound for California salmon populations and the prospect of good fishing in 2012.”
To the North
Fisheries north of Cape Falcon are expected to emulate last season, with an Oregon coho forecast of 632,700 fish – about equal to 2011. Although Columbia River hatchery coho returns were bigger than expected in 2011, fishery managers say they were still below average. Meanwhile, Columbia River chinook returns were generally lower than expected last year, but above historical averages.
Biologists anticipate about 742,5000 summer and fall chinook to return to the Columbia River compared to last year’s actual return of 684,400. The 2012 forecasts for the river’s total chinook are “mixed, but overall above average.” Hatchery coho forecasts are slightly lower than 2011, while those for Oregon coastal natural coho are similar to last year’s actual return and “the highest forecast since 1996.”
Washington coast coho forecasts are “generally higher” than 2011, but generally lower for Puget Sound.
The ocean sport fishery alternatives north of Cape Falcon in Oregon and off the Washington coast offer seasons akin to last year, with mark-selective coho quotas ranging from 54,600 to 71,400 (2011’s quota of marked coho was 67,200) starting in late June and lasting into September. Chinook quotas are 35,500 to 51,500 (compared to last year’s quota of 64,600). Two alternatives feature a mark-selective chinook fishery in June.
Commercial salmon fishery alternatives north of Cape Falcon feature traditional Chinook seasons between May and September.
Quotas for all areas and times range from 32,500 to 47,500 – higher than the 2011 quota of 30,900. Marked coho quotas are 10,400 to 13,600, compared to last year’s 12,800.
Chinook and coho quotas for tribal ocean fishery alternatives are 40,000 to 55,000. Last year’s quotas were 41,000 and 42,000, respectively.
To the South
“Biologists are forecasting four times more salmon than last year in the Klamath River, and an astounding 15 times more than in 2006,” noted Jennifer Gilden, PFMC’s communications officer.
Biologists estimate the ocean salmon population at 1.6 million adult Klamath River fall chinook, well above last year’s 371,100. That estimate derives mainly from the 85,840 two-year-old salmon (jacks) that returned to the river in 2011. “This is the highest of jacks to return since at least 1978, when recordkeeping began,” Gilden added.
Sacramento River stocks also show improvement, with a “conservative” forecast of 819,400 fall chinook, up from last year’s 729,000. Biologists expect at least 436,000 adult spawners in the river system, and the 2012 annual catch limit is at least 245,820 spawners.
“These returns are particularly important when seen in the context of the last several years,” noted Gilden. “Klamath and Sacramento stocks drive ocean fishing seasons off California and Oregon.”
Commercial chinook salmon season options for Oregon in the Tillamook, Newport and Coos Bay areas open April 1 and run through October. In the Brookings area, the season opens April, but only runs through August or September, with monthly quota fisheries starting in June.
For California, Crescent City and Eureka have quota fisheries in late September or are closed. At Fort Bragg, commercial alternatives open in July or August, extending through September. The San Francisco and Monterey areas open May 1 and go through September, with some closures in June. The south-central coast areas are open May 1 to September 30.
Research fishery alternatives allow collection of genetic stock identification samples in closed areas. Salmon caught in research fisheries must be released unharmed after the samples are taken.
Cautious Optimism
Despite the generally rosy predictions, a number of commercial fishermen don’t expect a silver lining in the black cloud that has hung over them for the past several seasons as they watched their livelihoods shrink to almost nil.
“Commercial fishermen have noted that because of the series of poor years, much of the capacity to fish commercially – especially in California – has been lost,” Gilden stated.
Since 2004, when Oregon’s salmon trollers landed 2.9 million pounds of fish, and 2005, when they hauled in 2.6 million pounds, they have endured a federally-declared disaster in 2006, a well-below-average catch in 2007, another federally-declared disaster in 2008, a basically non-existent 2009 season, a somewhat improved, yet quite limited season in 2010, and a disappointing 2011, when fish were scarce, despite healthy forecasts. Fishery managers predicted much stronger returns of fall chinook and coho, opening the hatch to more sizeable commercial ocean salmon season that never materialized. Many fishermen ended up in debt or broke after gearing up for a season that failed to live up to the early expectations, said Nancy Fitzpatrick, executive director of the Lincoln City-based Oregon Salmon Commission. Others who don’t want to follow in their wake this season are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Eric Schindler, the Ocean Salmon Sampling Project leader with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Resources Program, said he was among those who “were not exactly convinced” about the Sacramento River forecast last season.
The 2011 predictions, while up over the previous year, were still below average. “Even if they were right, nothing really materialized, anyway” he noted. “This year, chinook is definitely looking better. We’re looking at a very good year for chinook.”
Public hearings on the 2012 alternatives were scheduled for March 26 in Coos Bay and Westport, Wash., and March 27 in Eureka, Calif. The council also took public comment during its April 2 meeting in Seattle, with adoption of final recommendations tentatively scheduled for April 6. The National Marine Fisheries Service is set to adopt the 2012 regulations May 1.
Depending on who’s talking, 2012 could usher in a new era or the end of the world as we know it – bring transformation or cataclysm.
If anyone can understand how it feels to get caught between those extremes, it would be Pacific Coast commercial salmon fishermen.
Idled for most of the past six years, the fleet faces much-improved prospects for the 2012 salmon season. Encouraged by predictions of plentiful overall salmon returns, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) on March 7 announced three alternatives for managing commercial and recreational salmon fisheries. Officials say salmon fisheries in Oregon and California “look particularly promising,” thanks to good river conditions and excellent ocean conditions for salmon.
The PFMC recommends management measures for fisheries off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California.
Fishery managers expect chinook returns in the Sacramento, Klamath and Rogue rivers at “significantly higher” levels than the past several years, and the Oregon coast coho forecast is also strong. There is a caveat: fishery alternatives are, they noted, “necessarily constrained” to protect Sacramento River chinook and Columbia River coho stocks on the endangered species list.
Still, Dan Woldford, PFMC chairman, noted the “nice rebound for California salmon populations and the prospect of good fishing in 2012.”
To the North
Fisheries north of Cape Falcon are expected to emulate last season, with an Oregon coho forecast of 632,700 fish – about equal to 2011. Although Columbia River hatchery coho returns were bigger than expected in 2011, fishery managers say they were still below average. Meanwhile, Columbia River chinook returns were generally lower than expected last year, but above historical averages.
Biologists anticipate about 742,5000 summer and fall chinook to return to the Columbia River compared to last year’s actual return of 684,400. The 2012 forecasts for the river’s total chinook are “mixed, but overall above average.” Hatchery coho forecasts are slightly lower than 2011, while those for Oregon coastal natural coho are similar to last year’s actual return and “the highest forecast since 1996.”
Washington coast coho forecasts are “generally higher” than 2011, but generally lower for Puget Sound.
The ocean sport fishery alternatives north of Cape Falcon in Oregon and off the Washington coast offer seasons akin to last year, with mark-selective coho quotas ranging from 54,600 to 71,400 (2011’s quota of marked coho was 67,200) starting in late June and lasting into September. Chinook quotas are 35,500 to 51,500 (compared to last year’s quota of 64,600). Two alternatives feature a mark-selective chinook fishery in June.
Commercial salmon fishery alternatives north of Cape Falcon feature traditional Chinook seasons between May and September.
Quotas for all areas and times range from 32,500 to 47,500 – higher than the 2011 quota of 30,900. Marked coho quotas are 10,400 to 13,600, compared to last year’s 12,800.
Chinook and coho quotas for tribal ocean fishery alternatives are 40,000 to 55,000. Last year’s quotas were 41,000 and 42,000, respectively.
To the South
“Biologists are forecasting four times more salmon than last year in the Klamath River, and an astounding 15 times more than in 2006,” noted Jennifer Gilden, PFMC’s communications officer.
Biologists estimate the ocean salmon population at 1.6 million adult Klamath River fall chinook, well above last year’s 371,100. That estimate derives mainly from the 85,840 two-year-old salmon (jacks) that returned to the river in 2011. “This is the highest of jacks to return since at least 1978, when recordkeeping began,” Gilden added.
Sacramento River stocks also show improvement, with a “conservative” forecast of 819,400 fall chinook, up from last year’s 729,000. Biologists expect at least 436,000 adult spawners in the river system, and the 2012 annual catch limit is at least 245,820 spawners.
“These returns are particularly important when seen in the context of the last several years,” noted Gilden. “Klamath and Sacramento stocks drive ocean fishing seasons off California and Oregon.”
Commercial chinook salmon season options for Oregon in the Tillamook, Newport and Coos Bay areas open April 1 and run through October. In the Brookings area, the season opens April, but only runs through August or September, with monthly quota fisheries starting in June.
For California, Crescent City and Eureka have quota fisheries in late September or are closed. At Fort Bragg, commercial alternatives open in July or August, extending through September. The San Francisco and Monterey areas open May 1 and go through September, with some closures in June. The south-central coast areas are open May 1 to September 30.
Research fishery alternatives allow collection of genetic stock identification samples in closed areas. Salmon caught in research fisheries must be released unharmed after the samples are taken.
Cautious Optimism
Despite the generally rosy predictions, a number of commercial fishermen don’t expect a silver lining in the black cloud that has hung over them for the past several seasons as they watched their livelihoods shrink to almost nil.
“Commercial fishermen have noted that because of the series of poor years, much of the capacity to fish commercially – especially in California – has been lost,” Gilden stated.
Since 2004, when Oregon’s salmon trollers landed 2.9 million pounds of fish, and 2005, when they hauled in 2.6 million pounds, they have endured a federally-declared disaster in 2006, a well-below-average catch in 2007, another federally-declared disaster in 2008, a basically non-existent 2009 season, a somewhat improved, yet quite limited season in 2010, and a disappointing 2011, when fish were scarce, despite healthy forecasts. Fishery managers predicted much stronger returns of fall chinook and coho, opening the hatch to more sizeable commercial ocean salmon season that never materialized. Many fishermen ended up in debt or broke after gearing up for a season that failed to live up to the early expectations, said Nancy Fitzpatrick, executive director of the Lincoln City-based Oregon Salmon Commission. Others who don’t want to follow in their wake this season are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Eric Schindler, the Ocean Salmon Sampling Project leader with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Resources Program, said he was among those who “were not exactly convinced” about the Sacramento River forecast last season.
The 2011 predictions, while up over the previous year, were still below average. “Even if they were right, nothing really materialized, anyway” he noted. “This year, chinook is definitely looking better. We’re looking at a very good year for chinook.”
Public hearings on the 2012 alternatives were scheduled for March 26 in Coos Bay and Westport, Wash., and March 27 in Eureka, Calif. The council also took public comment during its April 2 meeting in Seattle, with adoption of final recommendations tentatively scheduled for April 6. The National Marine Fisheries Service is set to adopt the 2012 regulations May 1.
Southwest Alaska Communities Want J-1 Visa Program Kept Alive
An economic group representing more than 50 communities in Southwest Alaska is asking the federal government to keep alive a student work visa program they say is critical to the commercial fisheries industry. The concerns of the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference for the J-1 Visa summer work travel program are contained in a March 16 letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Similar concerns were voiced again this past week to the federal Office of Management and Budget by Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.
The Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference said excluding seafood processing from the J-1 program will likely displace 3,000 to 5,000 student workers already signed on to work in Alaska this summer, while leaving processors with a labor shortage.
The program received much negative publicity last summer when foreign students in the J-1 program protested working conditions at facilities packing chocolates for Hershey in Pennsylvania. The State Department’s response included a proposed interim final rule that would exclude all seafood processing from the program. Leaders of the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference said students engaged for fish processing jobs in Southwest Alaska received a good wage, plus an opportunity to experience a remote, culturally and geographically abundant region of America.
SWAMC and Begich both told the federal government that the foreign student workers are a vital part of the work force for processing seafood and that a labor shortage in the processing sector would have a direct impact on harvesters who would be unable to sell all their catch due to disruptions in processing capacity.
They asked federal officials to consider necessary adjustments to meet the program’s intended goals, while keeping in mind the economic value of the foreign student workers to execute the summer salmon fisheries.
The Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference said excluding seafood processing from the J-1 program will likely displace 3,000 to 5,000 student workers already signed on to work in Alaska this summer, while leaving processors with a labor shortage.
The program received much negative publicity last summer when foreign students in the J-1 program protested working conditions at facilities packing chocolates for Hershey in Pennsylvania. The State Department’s response included a proposed interim final rule that would exclude all seafood processing from the program. Leaders of the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference said students engaged for fish processing jobs in Southwest Alaska received a good wage, plus an opportunity to experience a remote, culturally and geographically abundant region of America.
SWAMC and Begich both told the federal government that the foreign student workers are a vital part of the work force for processing seafood and that a labor shortage in the processing sector would have a direct impact on harvesters who would be unable to sell all their catch due to disruptions in processing capacity.
They asked federal officials to consider necessary adjustments to meet the program’s intended goals, while keeping in mind the economic value of the foreign student workers to execute the summer salmon fisheries.
Legislation on the Move to Boost Limit on Fisheries Loans
A bill moving through the Alaska Legislature would boost loan amounts to qualified resident commercial fishermen to purchase limited entry fishing permits from $100,000 to $200,000.
The committee substitute for House Bill 261, by Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, moved out of the House Finance Committee on March 20, headed for the Rules Committee and then to the House floor. If approved by the House, it will move on to the state Senate.
The initial language in the bill called for loans at two percent below the prime rate, with an interest floor of three percent, but that language was removed by legislators during the House Finance Committee meeting before being passed out of committee.
Edgmon says his legislation is aimed at increasing Alaskan ownership in Alaskan fisheries by enabling more state residents to buy limited entry fishing permits.
Residents not eligible for financing through commercial banks or the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank in Anchorage would be eligible for the loans.
Commercial fishing permit prices have fluctuated widely over the years with the value of their harvest. At one point over a decade ago some permits were valued as low as $18,000, but this year some Prince William Sound drift permits were commanding asking prices as high as $193,000.
The bill has support from United Fishermen of Alaska.
The committee substitute for House Bill 261, by Rep. Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, moved out of the House Finance Committee on March 20, headed for the Rules Committee and then to the House floor. If approved by the House, it will move on to the state Senate.
The initial language in the bill called for loans at two percent below the prime rate, with an interest floor of three percent, but that language was removed by legislators during the House Finance Committee meeting before being passed out of committee.
Edgmon says his legislation is aimed at increasing Alaskan ownership in Alaskan fisheries by enabling more state residents to buy limited entry fishing permits.
Residents not eligible for financing through commercial banks or the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank in Anchorage would be eligible for the loans.
Commercial fishing permit prices have fluctuated widely over the years with the value of their harvest. At one point over a decade ago some permits were valued as low as $18,000, but this year some Prince William Sound drift permits were commanding asking prices as high as $193,000.
The bill has support from United Fishermen of Alaska.
Alaska Governor Proposes Second NPFMC Terms for Dersham, Hull
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has nominated Dan Hull and Ed Dersham for second terms on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Parnell made his recommendations this past week to Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, with Timothy Evers and Julianne Curry as alternate choices.
Dersham is an active charter boat operator and lodge owner in Lower Cook Inlet who served for nine years on the Alaska Board of Fisheries. He has also worked as a consultant for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and as a coordinating liaison between the Board of Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. He is a retired special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
Hull is the owner of Hull Fisheries LLC, and fishes for halibut and salmon out of Cordova on Prince William Sound. He is a member of the Alaska Sea Grant Advisory Committee and a former member of the Cordova District Fishermen United board of directors, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s public advisory group, the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. board of directors, the Prince William Sound Fisheries Ecosystem Research Planning Group, and the board of United Fishermen of Alaska. He has fished commercially for 30 years.
Evers, a long time charter operator from Ninilchik on the Kenai Peninsula, currently serves on the NPFMC advisory panel. He owns the Deep Creek Sport Shop, Big Valley Lodge and Cabin Rentals and Fishward Bound Adventures. He is also the founder and a former president of the Depp Creek Charterboat Association.
Curry is the executive director of the Petersburg Vessel Owners Association and a member of the NPFMC advisory panel. She has participated in the commercial fishery of halibut, sablefish, salmon, herring and crab. Curry is also a board member and member of the executive committee of United fishermen of Alaska and chairs the Petersburg Commercial Fishing Committee.
Dersham is an active charter boat operator and lodge owner in Lower Cook Inlet who served for nine years on the Alaska Board of Fisheries. He has also worked as a consultant for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and as a coordinating liaison between the Board of Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. He is a retired special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
Hull is the owner of Hull Fisheries LLC, and fishes for halibut and salmon out of Cordova on Prince William Sound. He is a member of the Alaska Sea Grant Advisory Committee and a former member of the Cordova District Fishermen United board of directors, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s public advisory group, the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. board of directors, the Prince William Sound Fisheries Ecosystem Research Planning Group, and the board of United Fishermen of Alaska. He has fished commercially for 30 years.
Evers, a long time charter operator from Ninilchik on the Kenai Peninsula, currently serves on the NPFMC advisory panel. He owns the Deep Creek Sport Shop, Big Valley Lodge and Cabin Rentals and Fishward Bound Adventures. He is also the founder and a former president of the Depp Creek Charterboat Association.
Curry is the executive director of the Petersburg Vessel Owners Association and a member of the NPFMC advisory panel. She has participated in the commercial fishery of halibut, sablefish, salmon, herring and crab. Curry is also a board member and member of the executive committee of United fishermen of Alaska and chairs the Petersburg Commercial Fishing Committee.
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