2016 Pilothouse Guide Directory of Fishing Organizations

DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS

4005 20th Ave. W., Suite 102 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 783-0188 www.alaskaberingseacrabbers.org markhgleason@gmail.com Mark Gleason, Executive Director ABSC members are vigilant stewards of our crab resources and the environment, provide economic stability to our industry and Alaska’s coastal communities and produce premier crab products for American and global customers. The organization is involved in all aspects of crab fishery research, sound management and marketing.

ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL IN JUNEAU

P.O. Box 20092 Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 463-5566 whyrock@gci.net www.juneau.org/engineering/memorial The purpose of this memorial is to demonstrate support for the commercial fishing industry by individuals, families, and businesses; to salute the economic and social importance of that industry within the state of Alaska; to remember those commercial fishermen and women who have died; to provide a quiet place for remembrance and ref lection; and to serve as a location for the annual Blessing of the Commercial Fishing Fleet on the first Saturday morning in May.

ALASKA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

P.O. Box 2223 Wrangell, AK 99929-2223 (907) 276-7315 • (888) 636-7315 jdecker@afdf.org www.afdf.org Julie Decker, Executive Director Year Founded: 1978 AFDF works to turn challenges into opportunities by applying research and development and by balancing economic benefits with sustainability principles.

ALASKA INDEPENDENT FISHERMEN’S MARKETING ASSN.

P.O. Box 60131 Seattle, WA 98160 Phone/Fax: (206) 542-3930 aifma1@seanet.com www.aifma.org David Harsila, President Year Founded: 1966 Number of Members: 300 Annual Dues: $300 AIFMA’s mission is to protect the renewable salmon resource and promote economic sustainability for commercial salmon permit holders in Bristol Bay. AIFMA has worked for nearly 50 years in political and regulato-

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ry arenas. The association strives to improve salmon quality and encourages expansion of sockeye salmon markets. AIFMA offers an excellent marine insurance program.

ALASKA INDEPENDENT TENDERMAN’S ASSN.

P.O. Box 431 Petersburg, AK 99833 (907) 518-4534 admin@alaskatenders.org www.alaskatenders.org Lisa Terry, Executive Director Year Founded: 2003 The AITA was formed in 2003 by a group of tender owners and operators. These tendermen recognize the need to establish an organization of professionals with a common interest.

Fish tendering in Alaska has been around as long as there has been commercial fishing.

AITA is organized exclusively for promoting the common business interest of its members, independent vessel owners and operators, and to serve as one voice in the Alaska commercial fishing industry.

ALASKA LONGLINE FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

P.O. Box 1229 Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3400 • Fax: (907) 747-3462 alfastaff@gmail.com www.alfafish.org Dick Curran, President Linda Behnken, Executive Director Year Founded: 1978 Number of Members: 100 Annual Dues: $100-$1,000, depending on membership level ALFA is a non-profit association of independent commercial longline-vessel owners and crew members who are committed to continuing the sustainable harvest of sablefish, halibut and groundfish while supporting healthy marine ecosystems and strong coastal communities through resource stewardship and participation in federal, state and local forums.

ALASKA MARINE CONSERVATION COUNCIL

P.O. Box 101145 Anchorage, AK 99510 (907) 277-5357 • Fax: (907) 277-5975 fish@akmarine.org www.akmarine.org Kelly Harrell, Executive Director Year Founded: 1994 Number of Members: 900 Membership Dues: $25 AMCC is a community-based organization of fishermen, subsistence users, small business owners and coastal residents who are dedicated to protecting the integrity of Alaska’s marine ecosystems and sustaining the working waterfronts of our coastal communities.

ALASKA MARINE SAFETY EDUCATION ASSN.

2924 Halibut Point Road Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3287 • Fax: (907) 747-3259 amsea@amsea.org www.amsea.org Jerry Dzugan, Executive Director Year Founded: 1985 Number of Members: 100 AMSEA is a national community-based organization composed of commercial fishermen, marine safety instructors and marine safety advocates providing safety training to reduce deaths and injuries of commercial fishermen and to meet Coast Guard requirements for commercial fishing vessels.

ALASKA SEAFOOD COOPERATIVE

4241 21st Ave. W., Suite 302 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 462-7690 • Fax: (206) 462-7691 jasonanderson@seanet.com www.alaskaseafoodcooperative.org Year Founded: 2008 Number of Members: 5 Jason Anderson, Manager jasonanderson@seanet.com The Alaska Seafood Cooperative is a harvesting cooperative consisting of 5 companies and 16 vessels. AKSC was formed for the purpose of promoting, fostering and encouraging the intelligent and orderly harvest of yellowfin sole, rock sole, f lathead sole, Atka mackerel. Pacific cod, Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean perch, and other Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish; reducing waste and improving resource utilization; reducing the incidental catch of non-target species; and supporting research and public education about the fisheries.

ALASKA TROLLERS ASSN.

130 Seward St. #205 Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 586-9400 • Fax: (907) 586-4473 ata@gci.net www.aktrollers.org Dale Kelley, Executive Director Steve Merritt, President Year Founded: 1925 Number of Members: 450 Annual Dues: Start at $350 power troll; $150 hand troll; $75 crew; $500 processor ATA has seen the f leet through many significant events, from statehood to limited entry, the Pacific Salmon Treaty, and the ESA. ATA members elect 12 power- and up to 2 hand-troll representatives for two-year terms. The board seats are geographically assigned. ATA primarily represents trollers, but works on behalf of the entire industry.

ALASKA WHITEFISH TRAWLERS ASSN. P.O. Box 991

Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-3910 • Fax: (907) 486-6292 admin@alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org www.alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org Bob Krueger, President/Acting Executive Director Year Founded: Late 1960s; Incorporated 1974 Number of Members: 45 boats Annual Dues: 0.5% of vessel income; $2,500 max The AWTA represents trawl fishermen working out of Kodiak. It has established itself as an effective organization, holding many state and federal positions that allow it to fully represent the Kodiak groundfish f leet and support the community’s fishing interests.

Bristol Bay, Yukon, Kuskokwim, Norton Sound, Kotzebue and St. Paul.

AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, ALASKA CHAPTER

CONCERNED AREA M FISHERMEN

P.O. Box 670346 Chugiak, AK 99567-0346 (907) 688-1400 jennifer.stahl@alaska.gov www.afs-alaska.org Mary Beth Loewen, President Founded: 1870 The AFS is the oldest and largest professional society representing fisheries scientists. AFS promotes scientific research and enlightened management of resources for optimum use by the public. It also encourages comprehensive education for fisheries scientists and continuing on-the-job training.

AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSN.

P.O. Box 32817 Juneau, AK 99803 (907) 523-0970 • Fax (907) 523-0798 smadsen@atsea.org www.atsea.org Stephanie Madsen, Executive Director Year Founded: 1985 APA represents U.S.-f lag at-sea-processing vessels that participate in the groundfish fisheries of the North Pacific. Our principal fishery is midwater pollock. APA is committed to working with fishery managers, scientists and our colleagues to ensure the continued health of our marine ecosystems.

BERING SEA FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

431 W. 7th Ave., Suite 204 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 279-6519 • (888) 927-2732 Fax: (907) 258-6688 art.nelson@bsfaak.org www.bsfaak.org Art Nelson, Executive Director Incorporated: 1980 Communities Represented: 192 Represented Population: 125,000+ BSFA began in 1979 with 150 fishermen from western Alaska who united to become involved in fisheries that were developing in their backyard and build an organization to help fishermen gain full economic benefits from existing commercial fisheries. BSFA is governed by a board of fishermen from

BRISTOL BAY DRIFTNETTERS ASSN.

2408 Nob Hill N. Seattle, WA 98109-2048 (206) 285-1111 • Fax: (206) 284-1110 danfbarr@msn.com Dan Barr, President Year Founded: 1985 BBDA works to enhance the salmon resources of Bristol Bay and serves as a forum and voice for Bristol Bay fishermen with many different agencies and organizations, including the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

35717 Walkabout Road Homer, AK 99603 (907) 235-2631 browburk@horizonsatellite.com camfalaska.com Steve Brown, President Year Founded: 1984 Number of Members: 80+ Annual Dues: $500 permit holder; $50 associate CAMF represents the Area M driftnet f leet at Board of Fisheries meetings. We are a group member of UFA and continually work with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and Area M processors to improve product quality in Area M and all of Alaska.

COOK INLET AQUACULTURE ASSN.

40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road Kenai, AK 99611 (907) 283-5761 • Fax: (907) 283-9433 info@ciaanet.org www.ciaanet.org Brent Johnson, President Gary Fandrei, Executive Director Year Founded: 1976 CIAA is a non-profit corporation founded by commercial fishermen to engage in salmon-enhancement activities throughout the Cook Inlet watershed and to contribute fish to the common-property fisheries. Activities include lake fertilization, stocking, hatchery operation and construction of fish ladders, f low-control devices and spawning channels.

CORDOVA DISTRICT FISHERMEN UNITED

P.O. Box 939 Cordova, AK 99574 (907) 424-3447 • Fax: (907) 424-3430 director@cdfu.org www.cdfu.org Jerry McCune, President Alexis Cooper, Executive Director Year Founded: 1935 Number of Members: 275 CDFU represents all the gear types in Area E: seine, gillnet, groundfish, set net and pound net. CDFU’s mission is to preserve

and protect Alaska’s Area E fisheries and promote safety at sea. Our priorities are legislative and regulatory arenas and promoting the benefits of our healthy, wild-caught fish.

DEEP SEA FISHERMEN’S UNION OF THE PACIFIC

5215 Ballard Ave. N.W., Suite 1 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 783-2922 • Fax: (206) 783-5811 dsfu@dsfu.org www.dsfu.org Shawn McManus, President Year Founded: 1912 DSFU, the oldest union of crew members and skippers in the North Pacific, represents the longline schooner f leet crewmen under a Set Line Agreement with the FVOA and crab crewmen along the West Coast. The union’s goals are: fair wages; improved benefits; access to IFQ loan programs; proper longterm management of resources for healthy fisheries; fair and straightforward treatment of vessel, skipper and crew; professional work standards; and the prerogative of fishermen to stand together.

The union’s long-range vision is to serve as the umbrella organization for all fixed-gear fishermen.

FISHING VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

4005 20th Ave. W. Room 232, West Wall Bldg.

Seattle, WA 98199-1290 (206) 284-4720 • Fax: (206) 283-3341 RobertA@fvoa.org www.fvoa.org Per Odegaard, President Robert D. Alverson, Manager Year Founded: 1914 Number of Members: 95 FVOA is a trade association representing Seattle-based longliners. The association promotes longlining as a habitat-safe harvest method and continues its effort to minimize bycatch in all North Pacific fisheries.

FREEZER-LONGLINE COALITION

2303 W. Commodore Way 202 Seattle, WA, 98199 (206) 284-2522 • (206) 284-2902 chadsee@freezerlongline.biz www.freezerlonglinecoalition.com Chad See, Executive Director Year Founded: 2008 Number of Members: 12 The Freezer-Longline Coalition is a nonprofit trade group promoting sustainable fishing practices.

GROUNDFISH FORUM

4241 21st Ave. W., Suite 302 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 213-5270 • Fax: (206) 213-5272 chrisw@seanet.com www.groundfishforum.org Chris Woodley, Executive Director Year Founded: 1996 JULY 2016 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS Number of Members: 5 The Groundfish Forum is a trade association representing five trawl companies and 17 head-and-gut vessels, or Amendment 80 vessels, which catch and process a wide range of non-pollock species from the Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska, many of which are certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. The association is committed to responsible fishing with minimal environmental impacts, and our mission is to craft meaningful solutions to issues such as discards, incidental catches and impact on habitat, and to inform government officials of the economic contribution of the Amendment 80 f leet to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

HALIBUT ASSN. OF NO. AMERICA

P.O. Box 872 Deming, WA 98244 (360) 592-3116 • Fax: (360) 592-3115 halibutassociation.org Blake Tipton, President Peggy Parker, Executive Director Year Founded: 1961 This trade association of halibut processors in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia works for a sustainable Pacific halibut fishery and represents the industry’s interests in regulatory, management, and marketing policy matters.

HALIBUT COALITION

P.O. Box 22073 Juneau, AK 99802 (425) 949-1810 halibutcoalition@gmail.com http://halibutcoalition.org Tom Gemmell, Executive Director Year Founded: 1999 Number of Members: 13 Annual dues: As needed Members include 13 commercial fishing organizations and about 500 individual fishermen and processors. Our mission is to protect the sustainability of the Pacific halibut resource, ensure fair and equitable allocation of the halibut resource among all sectors and promote rational management of the halibut fishery.

KENAI PENINSULA FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

43961 Kalifornsky Beach Road, Suite F Soldotna, AK 99669-8276 (907) 262-2492 • Fax: (907) 262-2898 kpfa@alaska.net www.kpfaalaska.org Andy Hall, President Year Founded: 1954 KPFA’s main goal is ensuring the sustainability of our fishery resource. We strive to be fair and accessible to all fisheries gear types and areas within Cook Inlet waters. A non-profit association, we operate under the rules governing a trade association. Primarily a set-net representation organization, we do

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not restrict membership to any one gear type.

KPFA is actively involved with the community groups. We believe the primary focus of revitalization should take into consideration the social, historical and economic concerns of the regional commercial fishing families.

KODIAK FISHERMEN’S WIVES & ASSOCIATES

P.O. Box 467 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-8587 www.facebook.com/ KodiakFishermensWives Melissa Schmeil, President Founded by local fishermen’s wives, this community service group works with others close to the Kodiak commercial fishing industry to promote the consumption of Alaska seafood and foster safety within the f leet. In addition, the group maintains the Kodiak Fishermen’s Memorial and sponsors an annual memorial service and survival-suit race during the Kodiak Crab Festival.

KODIAK REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

104 Center Ave., Suite 205 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-6555 • Fax: (907) 486-4105 kraa.fairbanks@gci.net www.kraa.org Tina Fairbanks, Executive Director Year Founded: 1983 Number of Members: 611 KRAA is composed of 611 CFEC permit holders dedicated to the stabilization of Kodiak’s salmon production. The association funds numerous salmon-enhancement tasks in the Kodiak area. Long-term production goals are addressed through three strategies: 1) improved management and research, 2) rehabilitation of depressed wild stocks and supplemental production and 3) salmonhabitat monitoring, improvement and protection.

The YRDFA’s 16-member board crafts solutions to allocation and management issues in this complex fishery. The YRDFA also conducts various projects on salmonbycatch identification, habitat restoration and stock assessment, as well as marketing and promotion of Yukon River salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

NORTHERN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

1308 Sawmill Creek Road Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-6850 • Fax: (907) 747-1470 ilona_mayo@nsraa.org www.nsraa.org Steve Reifenstuhl, General Manager Year Founded: 1977 Number of Members: All Southeast Alaska salmon permit holders NSRAA operates the Hidden Falls, Medvejie and Sawmill Creek hatcheries, the

Deer Lake coho-rearing project, four spawning channels and incubation boxes in Haines and works cooperatively on a number of projects with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service.

NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES ASSN.

Box 796 Homer, AK 99603 (907) 235-1091 npfahomer@gmail.com www.npfahomer.com Malcolm Milne, President Year Founded: 1955 NPFA is a non-specific-gear group working in areas of resource management, fisheries conservation and public awareness of commercial fishing interests and contributions.

NORTH PACIFIC FISHING VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

Vessel Safety Program 1900 W. Emerson, Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 285-3383 • Fax: (206) 286-9332 info@npfvoa.org www.npfvoa.org Karen Conrad, Executive Director Tim Vincent, President Year Founded: 1985 (non-profit since 1969) Annual Dues: $75-$600 The NPFVOA’s non-profit Vessel Safety Program is dedicated to safety education and training for the commercial fishing industry and other mariners. NPFVOA’s program offers hands-on, Coast Guard–approved safety courses, customized and portable safety training and regular seminars on relevant industry topics.

NORTH PACIFIC GILLNET ALLIANCE

2408 Nob Hill N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 285-1111 • Fax: (206) 284-1110 Dan Barr, Chairman Year Founded: 1991 The NPGA addresses the common concerns and needs of gillnet fishermen on the West Coast. The alliance has been a pioneer in reducing high-seas salmon interception in the North Pacific and led the effort that secured passage of the High-Seas DriftnetMoratorium-Enforcement Act.

NORTHWEST FISHERIES ASSN.

6523 California Ave. S.W., Suite 314 Seattle, WA 98136 (206) 789-6197 • Fax: (206) 284-9409 info@northwestfisheries.org www.northwestfisheries.org Michael DeCaro President Val Motley, Manager Year Founded: 1951 Number of Members: 180 NWFA is an association of primary and

secondary seafood processors, brokers, distributors and support industries. Our mission is to provide networking opportunities and support to our members in the seafood industry.

NORTHWEST INDIAN FISHERIES COMMISSION

6730 Martin Way E. Olympia, WA 98516-5540 (360) 438-1180 • Fax: (360) 753-8659 mgrayum@nwifc.org nwifc.org Mike Grayum, Executive Director Lorraine Loomis, Chairwoman Year Founded: 1974 Number of Members: 20 tribes Assisting treaty Indian tribes in conducting biologically sound fisheries and providing a unified tribal voice in fisheries management. The long-term goals of economic stability, renewable resources and regulatory certainty are shared by the tribes, who are working toward their own self-sufficiency.

OREGON FISHERMEN’S CABLE COMMITTEE

2021 Marine Drive, Suite 102 Astoria, OR 97103 (503) 325-2285 • Fax: (503) 325-7012 smcmullen@ofcc.com www.ofcc.com Scott McMullen, Chairman Year Founded: 1998 The OFCC works with undersea cable owners to route cables for maximum burial in the fishing grounds and with the fishing industry to safely fish around cables. The OFCC provides submarine cable routes in popular marine-navigation software formats to West Coast trawlers.

PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS

P.O. Box 29370 San Francisco, CA 94129-0370 (415) 561-5080 • Fax: (415) 561-5464 TSloane@ifrfish.org www.pcffa.org Tim Sloane, Executive Director Dave Bitts, President Year Founded: 1976 Number of Members: 14 organizations representing 1,200 individuals PCFFA is a nonprofit umbrella organization representing working men and women in the West Coast commercial fishing fleet.

Throughout its history it has been engaged in issues ranging from resource protection (habitat, etc.) to marketing programs, such as establishing the California Salmon Council.

PACIFIC SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSN.

1900 W. Emerson Place, Suite 205 Seattle, WA 98119-1649 (206) 281-1667 • Fax: (206) 283-2387 info@pspafish.net

www.pspafish.net Glenn Reed, President; glennr.pspa@gmail.com PSPA, a nonprofit trade association, was established in 1914 to address issues of concern to member companies. PSPA encourages conservation, enhancement and optimal utilization of our renewable fishery resources.

PACIFIC WHITING CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE

4039 21st Ave. W., Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 285-5139 • Fax (206) 285-1841 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Suite 358 Portland, OR 97202 (971) 544-7787 • Fax (971) 544-7731 www.pacificwhiting.org Dan Waldeck, Executive Director Year Founded: 1997 PWCC was formed to promote rational harvest, optimal utilization and minimal waste in the whiting fishery. PWCC is comprised of three member companies — American Seafoods, Glacier Fish Co., and Trident Seafoods.

PETERSBURG VESSEL OWNERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 232 Petersburg, AK 99833 (907) 772-9323 • Fax: (907) 772-9323 pvoa@gci.net www.pvoaonline.org Megan O’Neil, Executive Director Jerry Dahl Jr., President Year Founded: 1954 PVOA is composed of almost 100 members participating in a wide variety of fish species and gear types. An additional 30 businesses supportive to our industry are members. Our members fish throughout Alaska, from Southeast to the Bering Sea. Targeted species include salmon, herring, sablefish, cod, crab and shrimp.

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AQUACULTURE CORP.

P.O. Box 1110 Cordova, AK 99574 (907) 424-7511 • Fax: (907) 424-7514 pwsac@ak.net www.pwsac.com David Reggiani, General Manager dave.pwsac@ak.net Time Moore, Chairman Year Founded: 1974 PWSAC is a private, non-profit regional aquaculture corporation formed to provide economic stability to Prince William Sound commercial salmon fisheries and added opportunity to the regional sports, subsistence and personal-use fisheries.

PURSE SEINE VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

1900 W. Nickerson, Suite 320 Seattle, WA 98119

(888) 284-7733 • Fax: (206) 283-7795 410 Calhoun Ave., Suite 206 Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 523-3004 • Fax: (907) 523-3005 rfk@psvoa.org www.psvoa.com Bob Kehoe, Executive Director Year Founded: 1936 Number of Members: 300+ PSVOA is governed by a 13-member board of directors representing small-boat owners operating throughout the West Coast and Alaska. PSVOA actively participates in the development of federal and state fisheries management plans and related legislative policy. To further these activities, PSVOA manages a group of member-owned affiliates providing a variety of marine insurance services.

SEAFOOD PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE

2875 Roeder Ave., Suite 2 Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 733-0120 • Fax: (360) 733-0513 spc@spcsales.com spcsales.com Tom McLaughlin, President/CEO Year Founded: 1944 Number of Members: 520 The mission of Seafood Producers Cooperative is to maintain an opportunity for fishermen to participate in a cooperative organization that provides the processing, marketing and support services which allow members to maximize the benefits of their fishing efforts and provide the consumer with the highest-quality seafood possible.

SEASHARE

600 Ericksen Ave. N.E., Suite 310 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (206) 842-3609 info@seashare.org www.seashare.org Jim Harmon, Executive Director jharmon@seashare.org Year Founded: 1994 SeaShare is a national, nonprofit, hungerrelief organization that links seafood companies and their suppliers to food banks across the country, providing desperately needed high-quality, nutritious seafood to feed the hungry. This effective model has allowed the seafood industry, through SeaShare, to become one of the largest private sources of protein for hunger relief in the United States.

SEATTLE FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL

P.O. Box 17356 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 782-6577 info@seattlefishermensmemorial.org www.seattlefishermensmemorial.org Year Founded: 1985 Completed in 1988, the Seattle Fishermen’s JULY 2016 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS Memorial is a place of reverence, recognition and healing for the families of more than 675 local commercial fishermen who have lost their lives at sea since the turn of the century. The memorial’s board of directors is a charitable, non-profit organization devoted to promoting safety in fishing and easing the emotional and financial burden of surviving family members.

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FISHERMEN’S ALLIANCE

9369 N. Douglas Hwy. Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 586-6652 • Fax (907) 523-1168 seafa@gci.net www.seafa.org Kathy Hansen, Executive Director Year Founded: 2000 Number of Members: 300+ SEAFA represents more than 300 members involved mainly in the salmon, crab and shrimp fisheries of Southeast Alaska as well as Gulf of Alaska longline fisheries. Our goal is to maintain and enhance the sustainability of the resource and the longevity of the commercial fishing industry and coastal communities. SEAFA also maintains and operates for its members a low-cost vessel-insurance pool.

SOUTHEAST ALASKA SEINERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 23081 Juneau, AK 99802 (907) 463-5080 • Fax (907) 463-5083 info@seiners.net www.seiners.net Bob Thorstenson Jr., Executive Director Dan Castle, President Year Founded: 1968 Annual dues: Permit-holders, $750; non-fishing, $400 Seiners founded SEAS, a member-based organization, to promote the vitality of the commercial seine f leet and the sound stewardship of the salmon resource in Southeast Alaska. SEAS is composed of seine skippers, deckhands and businesses that have an interest in a productive seine fishery. Major issues SEAS will confront include: federal subsistence takeover, Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations, fishery legislation, Board of Fisheries salmon issues, ADF&G budget and identifying opportunities that could improve benefits fishermen receive from hatchery programs.

SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

14 Borch St. Ketchikan, AK 99901 (907) 225-9605 • Fax: (907) 225-1348 admin@ssraa.org www.ssraa.org David Landis, General Manager Year Founded: 1978 Number of Members: All salmon permit holders in southern Southeast districts

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The SSRAA was established and funded by salmon fishermen for the purpose of enhancing the endangered salmon stocks in the southern Southeast districts and for monitoring the environment and any activities that may affect the fisheries in those areas. Although there are no dues, the association members voted to impose a 3 percent enhancement tax on themselves. The state contracts the money back to the association on a yearly basis.

UNITED CATCHER BOATS

4005 20th Ave. W., Suite 116 Fishermen’s Terminal Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 282-2599 • Fax: (206) 282-2414 bpaine@ucba.org www.ucba.org Brent Paine, Executive Director Year Founded: 1993 Number of Members: 72 United Catcher Boats is a trawl-vesselowners’ trade association that represents the interests of the catcher-vessel trawl f leet.

United Catcher Boats members participate in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands pollock, P-cod and yellowfin sole trawl fisheries; the Gulf of Alaska pollock, P-cod, rockfish and sole trawl fisheries; and the West Coast whiting trawl fishery. Goals of the association include rational fisheries management, including support for catch shares and cooperative-based management programs, innovative gear technology, reducing non-target species harvest and maintaining vessel owners’ market share.

UNITED COOK INLET DRIFT ASSN.

43961 K-Beach Road, Suite E Soldotna, AK 99669 (907) 260-9436 • Fax: (907) 260-9438 info@ucida.org ucida.org David Martin, President Year Founded: 1980 Number of Members: 300 Annual Dues: $200; associate, $25 UCIDA serves Cook Inlet drift fishermen by its involvement with the Board of Fisheries, state and federal legislation, marketing, in-season price information, and environmental and oil-spill concerns.

UCIDA is strongly committed to fighting attacks against the commercial fishing industry in Cook Inlet and Alaska.

UNITED FISHERMEN OF ALASKA P.O. Box 20229 Juneau, AK 99802-0229 (907) 586-2820 • Fax: (907) 463-2545 ufa@ufa-fish.org www.ufa-fish.org Jerry McCune, President Year Founded: 1974 Number of Members: 35 groups, plus about 500 individual members Annual Dues: Individual, $175 for one year,

$300 for two years; crew, $50; lifetime, $3,000; group membership, $3,000; business memberships at $300, $750 and $2,000 levels UFA’s mission is to promote and protect the common interests of Alaska’s commercial fishing industry as a vital component of Alaska’s social and economic well-being.

UFA maintains a statewide trade organization with core functions including legislative presence, communication within the fishing industry, continued access to fisheries resources and promoting positive public relations for Alaska’s commercial fishermen.

The UFA voting board of directors is composed of representatives from group members and four at-large representatives elected by the individual and lifetime (fishing permit holder) members.

UNITED FISHERMEN’S MARKETING ASSN.

P.O. Box 1035 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-3453 Jeff Stephan, Manager Year Founded: Mid-1930s UFMA membership includes Pacific cod pot fishermen; crab fishermen; halibut, blackcod and Pacific cod longliners; salmon and herring seiners; and other groundfish harvesters who participate in the diversified fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. UFMA represents vessel owners with regard to many important state and federal legislative, regulatory, research, conservation, management, political, quality and marketing issues that affect the economic welfare of member vessels. Issues include crab, groundfish and halibut management; population assessments and other research; habitat protection; bycatch reduction; observer programs; blackcod/halibut IFQ program; IFQ/CDQ fee proposals, etc.

UNITED SOUTHEAST ALASKA GILLNETTERS ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 2196 Petersburg, AK 99833 (253) 237-3099 via Google Voice usag.alaska@gmail.com www.akgillnet.org Max Worhatch, President Cynthia Wallesz, Executive Director Year Founded: 1978 Annual Dues: $300 for individual permit holders, $250 for businesses with 8 employees or fewer; $500 for corporate members USAG is an association of about 170 men and women who participate in the Southeast Alaska gillnet salmon fishery. USAG promotes and protects the interests of its members by active involvement in legislation (local, state and national) that affects the gillnet fishery, such as allocation, marketing, quality, taxes, safety, environment and enhancement programs. USAG offers a vessel-insurance program to members and publishes a biannual newsletter.

WESTERN FISHBOAT OWNERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 992723 Redding, CA 96099 (530) 229-1097 • Fax: (530) 232-0107 wfoa@charter.net www.wfoa-tuna.org Wayne Heikkila, Executive Director Louie Hill, President Year Founded: 1967 Western Fishboat Owners Association is a California-based, non-profit trade association established in 1967, representing approximately 400 albacore tuna troll-vessel owners based in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand and British Columbia. These are family-owned boats that fish albacore tuna during summer and fall months. Some fish the South Pacific waters January to April. WFOA’s primary mission is to promote troll-caught albacore tuna through market and management issues. WFOA also manages the affairs of the American Fishermen’s Research Foundation.

YAKUTAT REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN. P.O. Box 153 Yakutat, AK 99689

(907) 784-3000 yakutatRAA@gmail.com www.yraa.org Larry Bemis, President Year Founded: 2011 YRAA is the ADFG-recognized aquaculture association for the Yakutat region.

The group’s purpose is to augment the state of Alaska common-property fisheries in the Yakutat region that contribute to the subsistence, sport, commercial, personal-use and other Alaska fisheries through the rehabilitation of the state of Alaska salmon fisheries by artificial means; to conduct and promote scientific studies on fisheries and fisheries research; to build self-perpetuating runs of salmon; and other educational and scientific activities as allowed under the law.

solutions to allocation and management issues in this complex fishery. The YRDFA also conducts various projects on salmonbycatch identification, habitat restoration and stock assessment, as well as marketing and promotion of Yukon River salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

YUKON RIVER DRAINAGE FISHERIES ASSN.

P.O. Box 100498 Anchorage, AK 99510 (907) 272-3141 Fax: (907) 272-3142 info@yukonsalmon.org www.yukonsalmon.org Wayne Jenkins, Executive Director Year Founded: 1990 The YRDFA’s 16-member board crafts

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