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 2018; Fillable Form
- Statement of Organization Practices and Procedures (Draft Council SOPPs, Revised April 2012)
- Regional Operating Agreement (Revised October 2016)
Council Members
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, 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 comments.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 |
| US Coast Guard RADM Matthew Bell Alternates: CAPT Allison Caputo LCDR Yvonne Yang |
17th Coast Guard District, MPO PO Box 25517 Juneau, AK 99802 |
907-463-2283 | jay.caputo@uscg.mil | |
| Voting | Sam Cotten Alaska Dept. Fish & Game Commissioner Alternate: Karla Bush |
ADFG PO Box 115526 Juneau, AK 99811-5526 |
907-465-4100 Fax: 907-465-2332 |
dfg.commissioner@alaska.gov karla.bush@alaska.gov |
| 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 Street Seattle, WA 98199 |
206-972-4185 | kennydown@comcast.net |
| 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 Council 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 |
| Aaron Martin (US Fish & Wildlife Service) Alternate for Greg Siekaniec |
USFWS 1011 E Tudor Rd Anchorage, AK 99503 |
907-786-3510 | aaron_e_martin@fws.gov | |
| 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 |
| Maura Sullivan NOAA General Counsel Alternates: Lauren Smoker John Lepore Molly Watson |
NOAA-GC PO Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802 |
907-586-7414 Fax: 907-586-7263 |
lauren.smoker@noaa.gov | |
| 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 |
| US State Department Vacant TBA |
Office of Marine Conservation Bureau of Oceans & Int’l Environ. & Scientific Affairs, Dept. of State Room 7820 Washington, DC 20520 |
202-647-3941 Fax: 202-736-7350 |
________@state.gov |
