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Advisory Panel

Advisory Panel Members

Standing Left to Right: Annika Saltman, Landry Price, Tamara Briggi, Paul Wilkins, Chelsae Radell (co-Vice Chair), Heather Mann (co-Vice Chair), Maktuayaq Johnson, Shannon Carroll (Chair), Eva Burk, Nels Evens, and Rick Laitinen.

Sitting Left to Right: Susie Zagorski, James Johnson, Bernie Burkholder, and Lauren Howard.

Not pictured: Tiffany Agayar, Craig Lowenberg, and Chance Miller.

Current Panel Representation
AP Handbook

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
Tiffany Agayar2026Commercial Fishermen, Alaska Native, Community Development Quota (CDQ)BSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, BSAI CrabShoreline Processor, Catcher Processor, Longline, Trawl, PotAlakanuk Tribal CouncilPO Box 693
Alakanuk, AK 99554
907-949-4411
Email
Tamara Briggie2027Commercial fisherman, Conservation organizationBSAI Groundfish, GOA GroundfishCatcher Processor, LonglineN/AFreezer Longline Coalition
2303 W. Commodore Way, STE 202
Seattle WA 98199
206-284-2522
Email 
Eva Dawn Burk2026Alaska Native Subsistence Fisherwoman, Processing/MarketingSalmonGillnet, FishwheelNenana Native CouncilRock Crossing Consulting
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907-322-7467
Email
Bernie Burkholder2027Commercial FishermanBSAI Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, Dungeness Crab, Black Cod, Pacific Cod, ShrimpLongline, PotN/A
 5N Hwy 101, PMB 552
Warrenton, OR  97146
228-596-0507
Email 
Shannon Carroll (Chair)2028Commercial Fisherman, ProcessingBSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, BSAI CrabShoreline Processor, Catcher Processor, Longline, Trawl, PotN/A

717 K. Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Email

Nels Evens2026Active on-boat Fisherman, Commercial FishermanBSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish, Halibut/SablefishLongline, Trawl, PotN/APetersburg Vessel Owners Association (PVOA)
13 Gjoa St #B
Petersburg, AK 99833
907-772-9323
Email
Lauren Howard 2027Active on-boat fisherman, Commercial fisherman, Conservation organization, Processing/marketing, SubsistenceHalibut/SablefishLonglineN/A118 Wolff Dr.
Sitka AK 99835
907-738-7796
Email 
James Johnson2026Commercial fisherman, Conservation organization, Processing/marketingHalibut/SablefishLongline, PotN/ADeep Sea Fishermen’s Union
5215 Ballard Ave NW, STE 1
Seattle, WA 98107
206-612-0106
Email
Rick Laitinen2028Commercial Fisherman, ProcessingBSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, BSAI CrabShoreline Processor, Catcher Processor, Longline, Trawl, PotN/A3626 S J St
Tacoma, WA 98418
206-673-6916
Email
Craig Lowenberg2028Commercial Fisherman, Fishermen's/Conservation organizationBSAI Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, BSAI CrabLongline, PotN/A

12042 SE Sunnyside Rd
PMB 333
Clackamas, OR 97015
602-451-7752
Email

Maktuayaq Johnson2026Alaska Native Subsistence, Tribal Advocate, FisherwomanN/AGillnetNome Eskimo Community

Tribal/Independent Consultant (Sanari Maktuayaq LLC)
907-301-5798
Email

Heather Mann (co-Vice Chair)2028Fishermen's/Conservation OrganizationBSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish TrawlN/AMidwater Trawlers Coop.,
PO Box 2352,
Newport, OR
541-272-4544
Email
Chance Miller2027Active on-boat fisherman, Commercial fisherman, Guided sport fishing, SubsistenceHalibut, Salmon, Rockfish, Ling Cod, Pacific CodHand Troll, Rod and ReelN/AMiller's Landing
13880 Beach Drive Seward AK 99664

907-331-3113
Email
Landry Price2026Community Development Quota (CDQ)BSAI Groundfish, GOA Groundfish, Halibut/Sablefish, BSAI CrabCatcher Processor, Longline, Trawl, PotN/AYDFDA
2909 Arctic Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99503
907-644-0326
Email
Chelsae Radell (co-vice Chair2028Conservation organization, Processing/MarketingGOA GroundfishShoreline Processor TrawlN/APO Box 788 
Kodiak, AK 99615
315-761-3254
Email
Annika Saltman2026Commercial Fisherman, Processing/MarketingBSAI Groundfish, GOA GroundfishCatcher Processing, TrawlN/A

Fishermen’s Finest, Inc.
570 Kirkland Way, Ste. 200
Kirkland, WA 98033
206-283-1137
Email

Paul Wilkins2027Commercial Fisherman, Processing/marketing, Community Development Quota (CDQ)BSAI 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 Zagorski2027Commercial Fisherman, Fisherman Conservation OrganizationBering Sea and Aleutian Islands GroundfishShoreline Processor, TrawlN/A
United Catcher Boats Association
4005 20th Ave. W., STE 116
Seattle, WA 98199
618-540-0233
Email 

Resources

AP Handbook
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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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