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 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.

Related Documents

• AP Policy on Minutes Preparation, adopted February 2015
• AP Handbook, adopted October 2016, revised April 2019
• Minutes from the AP meetings
  
• Current Panel Representation

Panel Members

Back row, L to R: Ruth Christiansen, Matt Upton, Craig Lowenberg, John Scoblic (former), Jamie O’Connor(former), Julie Kavanaugh, Anne Vanderhoeven (former), Heather Mann, John Gruver (former), Angel Drobnica, Sinclair Wilt, Joel Peterson (former), Natasha Hayden (former), Gretar Gudmunsson, & Ben Stevens (former)
Front row: Ernie Weiss (former), Tory Curran (former), Jim Johnson, Jeff Kauffman, Dan Donich (former), & Erik Velsko (former)
Not pictured: Tamara Briggie, Tim Heuker, Paddy O’Donnell, Mellisa Johnson, Lauren Mitchell, Megan O’Neil, Brian Ritchie, Paul Wilkins, & Susie Zagorski

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 meetings.npfmc.org and must be received by the deadline date noticed in that meeting’s agenda.