Advisory Panel

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 22 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.

Call for AP Nominations

The North Pacific Council is accepting nominations for an interim appointment to its Advisory Panel.  Theresa Peterson, currently serving on the AP, has been appointed to the Council effective August 11, 2016. The new AP appointee will fill out the remainder of her term through December 31, 2017. Please send letters of interest and/or nominations along with a resume to npfmc.comments@noaa.gov.  Nominations close July 29.

AP Policy on Minutes Preparation, adopted February 2015
AP Handbook, adopted October 2016
Minutes from the AP meetings

Panel Members

Back row, L to R: Kurt Cochran, Sinclair Wilt, Joel Peterson, Art Nelson (former member)
4th row: Ruth Christiansen, Jeff Kauffman, Ernie Weiss
3rd row: John Scoblic, Chuck McCallum, Jeff Stephan
2nd row:  Shannon Carroll, Ben Stevens, Matt Upton, John Crowley
Front row: Angel Drobnika, Carina Nichols, Jerry Downing, Dan Donich, Craig Lowenberg
Not pictured: John Gruver, Alexus Kwachka, Paddy O’Donnell

Contacts

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 npfmc.comments@noaa.gov and must be received by the deadline date noticed in that meeting’s agenda.