The Council is composed of 15 members; 11 voting and 4 non-voting. Seven of the voting members are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce upon the recommendation of the governors of Alaska and Washington. The governors must submit three names for each vacancy occurring on the Council and may indicate a preferred choice. Further details can be found on the NOAA website here.
Related Documents
- Minutes from the Council meetings
- A listing of Council Terms of Office
- Financial Disclosures 2019; Fillable Form
- Statement of Organization Practices and Procedures (Council SOPPs, Amended April 2019)
- Regional Operating Agreement (Revised October 2016)
Council Members – Meet the Council
Back row, L to R: Dr. Jim Balsiger, Craig Cross, Bill Tweit, John Jensen, Simon Kinneen,
Andy Mezirow, Ivan Weinstien, Glenn Merrill
Front row: Buck Laukitis, Capt. Allison Caputo, Theresa Peterson, Kenny Down,
Sam Cotten (former ADF&G commissioner), Dave Hansen, Steve Marx
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.
| Name | Address | Phone/Fax | E-mail Address | |
| Voting | Jim Balsiger NMFS Regional Director Alternates: Glenn Merrill, Chris Oliver |
NOAA Fisheries PO Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802 |
907-586-7221 Fax: 907-586-7249 |
jim.balsiger@noaa.gov glenn.merrill@noaa.gov chris.w.oliver@noaa.gov |
| RADM Matthew Bell Jr. US Coast Guard Alternates: CAPT Allison Caputo LCDR Yvonne Yang |
17th Coast Guard District, MPO PO Box 25517 Juneau, AK 99802 |
907-463-2283 | allison.j.caputo@uscg.mil Yvonne.C.Yang@uscg.mil |
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| Voting | Craig Cross | Aleutian Spray Fisheries 2157 N. Northlake Way, Ste 210 Seattle, WA 98103 |
206-784-5000 Fax: 206-784-5500 |
craigc@starboats.com |
| Voting | Kenny Down | 3123 W. Harley St. Seattle, WA 98199 |
206-972-4185 | kennydown@comcast.net |
| Jon Gerken (US Fish & Wildlife Service) Alternate for Greg Siekaniec |
USFWS 1011 E Tudor Rd Anchorage, AK 99503 |
907-786-3510 | jonathon_gerken@fws.gov | |
| Dave Hanson Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission |
PSMFC 205 SE Spokane St. Ste 100 Portland, OR 97202 |
503-595-3100 Fax: 503-595-3232 |
dhanson@psmfc.org | |
| Voting | John Jensen | Jensen Boat Rentals P.O. Box 681 Petersburg, AK 99833 |
907-518-0121 | i.fishjensen@gmail.com |
| Voting | Simon Kinneen Chair |
Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation PO Box 358 Nome, AK 99762 |
907-443-2477 Fax: 907-443-2478 |
simon@nsedc.com |
| Voting | Buck Laukitis | 59065 Meadow Lane Homer, AK 99603 |
907-299-0112 | buck.laukitis@gmail.com |
| Voting | Steve Marx Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Alternate for Curt Melcher |
PO Box 1754 Bend, Oregon 97709 |
541-602-6299 | SLMarx@msn.com |
| Voting | Andy Mezirow | Gray Light Fisheries, LLC PO Box 2794 Seward, AK 99664 |
907-362-1600 | graylight@alaskan.net |
| Voting | Theresa Peterson | 1850 Three Sisters Way, Kodiak, AK 99615 |
907-486-2991 | theresa@akmarine.org |
| Voting | Bill Tweit Vice Chair Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Alternate for Kelly Susewind |
WDFW 600 Capitol Way N Olympia, WA 98501-1091 |
360-902-2723 Fax: 360-902-2207 |
tweitwmt@dfw.wa.gov |
| Voting | Doug Vincent-Lang Alaska Dept. Fish & Game Commissioner Alternate: Rachel Baker |
ADF&G 333 Raspberry Road Anchorage, AK 99518 |
907-267-2257 | douglas.vincent-lang@alaska.gov rachel.baker@alaska.gov |
| Ivan Weinstein US State Department |
2201 C St. NW Washington, DC 20520 |
202-647-1952 | weinsteinis@state.gov |
