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Vaccination Resources for Commercial Fishermen

March 24, 2021 — The following was released by the Fishing Partnership Support Services:

Make a Plan to Get Vaccinated!

COVID-19 is frightening – especially for commercial fishermen who don’t receive paid sick time. The economic costs of catching the virus can be greater than the physical toll of becoming ill. Effective March 22nd, commercial fishermen became eligible to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment. Make a plan of action to protect yourself and your loved ones. Vaccines are safe and effective, free of cost regardless of your insurance status, and have been approved for emergency use authorization (EUA) by the FDA.

Vaccination Resources On Our Website:

  • How to sign up and/or preregister for the vaccine.
  • Updates on your eligibility status for the vaccine.
  • Myths versus Facts Primer.
  • FAQs about the vaccine.
  • What to expect after your shot.
  • Videos of Navigators sharing their vaccine story.
  • Resources for coping with COVID-19 vaccine anxiety.
  • Where to find COVID-19 testing near you.

Together we can end this pandemic. Need help interpreting vaccination resources? Contact a Fishing Partnership Navigator 888.282.8816

Hundreds of Alaskans submit comments on who should be included in next phase of COVID-19 vaccination

January 6, 2021 — As an Alaska committee prepares to vote this week on which groups to include in the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations, people from a wide range of backgrounds and industries — along with those most vulnerable to a severe infection from the virus — are vying for a spot.

Nearly 50 people — including teachers, seniors, seafood industry workers, pilots, judges, veterinarians and utility plant workers — made their case during a public hearing held Monday evening by the Alaska Vaccine Advisory Committee.

The group also received over 300 written public comments.

Teachers, older adults and seafood industry workers made up a large share of the comments.

“As health care professionals, your job should be to protect those who face the greatest medical dangers from COVID,” said Cynthia Pickering Christianson, who identified herself on the call as an Alaska resident over the age of 65. “This committee should vaccinate our oldest residents first.”

Ole Christenson spoke next, and said he agreed, “100 percent.”

Read the full story at the Anchorage Daily News

Seafood industry urges states to keep workers near front of the COVID vaccination line

December 23, 2020 — As the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines continues across the United States, discussions are now taking place to determine the groups that should receive the vaccine after nursing home residents and staff and essential health care workers. Food processing businesses, including those in the seafood industry, are urging leaders in their respective states to keep them toward the front of the line.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines, food and agricultural workers fall into Phase 1b of the essential workers category, along with first responders, grocery store workers, public transit workers, and those in education.

Read the full story at Seafood Source

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