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Advisory Panel

Meet the NPFMC Advisory Panel Members

From L to R: From L to R: Susie Zagorski, Megan O’Neil, Tamara Briggie, Julie Kavanaugh, Tim Heuker, Gretar Gudmundsson, Lauren Howard, Jeff Kauffman (former member), Paul Wilkins, Patrick O’Donnell, Ruth Christiansen (former member), Sinclair Wilt (Former Member), Angel Drobnica (former member), & Matt Upton
Not pictured: Jesse Edson, Jim Johnson, Mellisa Maktuayaq Johnson, Rick Laitnen, Heather Mann
, Chelsea Radell & Brian Ritchie

Current Panel Representation .pdf

The Advisory Panel (AP) members represent major segments of the fishing industry; catching and processing, subsistence and commercial fishermen, observers, consumers, environmental/conservation, and sport fishermen. The AP currently consists of 19 members, usually serving three-year staggered terms (January 1 through December 31). These members may be reappointed or replaced by the Council annually at their December Council meeting.

Contact the NPFMC Advisory Panel

IMPORTANT NOTE: The following information is provided as a public service and is intended for general communication purposes. If you wish to submit comments on an Agenda item to be made available to the Council family as part of the record, they must be submitted to meetings.npfmc.org and must be received by the deadline date noticed in that meeting’s agenda.

NameTerm ExpiresSectorSpeciesGearTribal AffiliationContact
Tamara Briggie2022Commercial fisherman Conservation Processing/MarketingGroundfish Halibut/SablefishLongline Catcher ProcessorN/AFreezer Longline Coalition
2303 W. Commodore Way, STE 202
Seattle WA 98199
(206) 284-2522
Email 
Jesse Edson12/2023Commercial Fisherman Processing BSAI Groundfish CrabTrawl Pot88 Salmon Way
Dutch Harbor, AK 99692
(907) 359-3133
Email
Gretar Gudmundsson2022Commercial fishermanBSAI CrabPotN/AF/V Valiant
15648 Point Monroe Dr NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206-331-1864
Email
Tim Heuker2022Active Fisherman Commercial Fisherman Processing/MarketingBSAI Groundfish Halibut/Sablefish BSAI CrabLongline PotN/AP.O. Box 98
Cascade locks
OR, 97014
Email
Lauren Howard2022Active Fisherman Commercial Fisherman Conservation Processing/marketing SubsistenceHalibut/SablefishShoreline Processor LonglineN/A118 Wolff Dr.
Sitka AK 99835
(907) 738-7796
Email 
Shawaan Jackson-GambleEmail
James Johnson2023Commercial fisherman Conservation Processing/MarketingHalibut/SablefishLongline PotN/ADeep Sea Fishermen’s Union
5215 Ballard Ave NW, STE 1
Seattle, WA 98107
206-612-0106
Email
Mellisa Johnson2023Alaska Native Subsistence N/AN/ATribal Consortia

Government Affairs/Policy Director
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium (AYK TC)
821 N Street, Suite 103, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
907-301-5798

Email

Julie Kavanaugh2022Commercial Fisherman Conservation Subsistence Groundfish PotN/A1533 Sawmill Circle
Kodiak Ak 99615
907-942-0058
Email
Rick Laitinen12/2023Commercial Fisherman ProcessingGroundfishTrawlN/A3626 S J St
Tacoma, WA 98418
(206) 673-6916
Email
Heather Mann2022Commercial FishermanGroundfish TrawlN/AMidwater Trawlers Coop.,
PO Box 2352,
Newport, OR
541-272-4544
Email
Patrick O’Donnell2022Active on-boat fisherman Commercial Fisherman Conservation SubsistenceGroundfish TrawlN/AGolden West Fisheries
F/V Caravelle
PO Box 3075
Kodiak, AK 99615
907-486-2683
907-539-5296 cell
Email
Megan O'Neil2023Active on-boat fisherman Commercial Fisherman ConservationBSAI Groundfish GOA Groundfish Halibut/SablefishLongline Trawl PotN/APetersburg Vessel Owner’s Association
P.O. Box 232
Petersburg, AK 99833
907-772-9323
Email
Landry Price12/2023Active on-boat fisherman Commercial Fisherman Subsistence CDQGroundfish CrabTrawl PotN/AYDFDA
2909 Arctic Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 250-3308
Email
Chelsae Radell12/2023Commercial Fisherman ConservationGroundfishTrawlN/APO Box 788 
Kodiak, AK 99615
(315) 761-3254
Email
Brian Ritchie2022Active on-boat fisherman Conservation Guiding/RecHalibut/SablefishN/AN/ASolstice Charters, LLC
P.O. Box 939
Homer, AK 99603
907-299-5273
Email
Matt Upton (co-Vice Chair)2023Commercial Fisherman ProcessingBSAI Groundfish GOA GroundfishProcessor TrawlN/AUnited States Seafoods
1801 Fairview Ave. E, STE 100
Seattle, WA 98102
206-763-3133
Email
Paul Wilkins2022Commercial Fisherman Processing/marketing CDQBSAI Groundfish GOA Groundfish Halibut/Sablefish BSAI CrabCatcher Processor Longline Trawl PotN/ACoastal Villages Region Fund
711 H St, Suite 200
Anchorage AK 99501
907-278-5151
Email 
Susie Zagorski2022Active Fisherman Fisherman Conservation OrganizationBSAI GroundfishTrawlN/A
United Catcher Boats Association
4005 20th Ave. W., STE 116
Seattle, WA 98199
618-540-0233
Email 

Resources

AP Handbook
AP Meeting Minutes
More NPFMC Documents

We respectfully acknowledge that the Council regularly meets, and its staff office resides, in Anchorage on Dena’ina homelands. The Council wants to honor the Dena’ina, the Indigenous Peoples who have stewarded this land across generations and continue to do so. We are glad to be part of this community, and to honor the culture, resilience, and tradition of the Dena’ina people.

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