August 7, 2024
One more voting member on the NPFMC must be named fast
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One more voting member must be seated on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and it has to happen fast.
State governors submitted their choices in March for regional fishery councils to the US Secretary of Commerce who announced her choices last week.
But a special appointment must be made to fill the seat held by recently deceased Kenny Down, one of two Washington voting members out of 11 on the NPFMC. Down was long active in the freezer-longline sector and served on the NPFMC from…
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Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She has also worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and Cape Cod. Click here to send her an email.
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