February 10, 2017 — Fisheries marketing, policy issues and a legislative update are on the agenda for the second day of the annual Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference’s annual summit and membership meeting March 2-3 in Anchorage.
A fisheries policy panel moderated by the McDowell Group will include Gunnar Knapp, a fisheries economist with the University of Alaska Anchorage; Chris Oliver, executive director of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council; Julie Bonney, executive director of the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank; and a representative of the Aleutians East Borough.
Reports on Alaska’s community development quota entities will be delivered by Larry Cotter, executive director of the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association; and Norm Van Vactor, president and chief executive officer of the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp.